The Indie Stone
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3 documents in the library are about The Indie Stone, from writers such as GameDiscoverCo, Game Discovery Now and Safe In Our World. Each has a summary and key insights with the page they come from.
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Documents about The Indie Stone
Impact Report 2025-2026
Safe In Our World is a registered charity in England and Wales that supports mental health across the global games industry and gaming communities.
- The Year In Review section reports that over 500,000 accessed its hub of lifesaving information and 70k employees were supported with free resources.
- The 2026 Charity Bundle raised $263,582 and was described as the most successful bundle in six years.
- The Mental Health Star Accreditation is described as the video game industry's first and only certificate demonstrating exemplary mental health and wellbeing practices in the workplace.
How Project Zomboid Just Kept Selling
Project Zomboid, the isometric co-op zombie survival sim from The Indie Stone, has become a quiet "evergreen" success.
- Project Zomboid has sold over 15 million units on Steam alone, with a median playtime exceeding 13 hours and an average of over 65 hours, consistently ranking in the Top 50 most-played games by concurrent users.
- Key factors for Project Zomboid's sustained success include its sandbox nature allowing players to customize their experience, a vital and extensive modding scene (with half the dev team being ex-modders), and its high watchability for streamers and YouTubers due to legible in-game events.
- The game benefits from complex in-game progression, permadeath, and social dynamics that generate unique, anecdote-worthy playthroughs, fostering a highly dedicated fanbase with many players logging 1,000 to 5,000+ hours.
How Project Zomboid Made 23x Its Normal Sales Numbers
Project Zomboid, a decade-old isometric zombie survival game still in Steam Early Access, surged into the Steam top 10 grossing games in early January 2022 after releasing 32-player multiplayer with Minecraft-style dedicated servers on December 20th.
- The release of a 32-player multiplayer update and architectural rewrite drove Project Zomboid to 23x its previous year's sales by December 2021.
- The multiplayer update triggered a 13x increase in monthly sales compared to the period immediately preceding the release.
- Project Zomboid reached a peak of 64,000 concurrent users in December 2021, fueled by a viral loop of returning players and high visibility on Twitch and YouTube.
