---
title: "Die 4 a Paycheck - s&box game"
description: "Survive 15 minutes, kill zombies, and extract alive for a $1,000,000 paycheck in this darkly comic top-down shooter"
canonical: "https://sbox.watch/games/vjdanov/zombieshooter/"
generated_at: "2026-09-17T12:22:50.481Z"
---

# Die 4 a Paycheck

Survive 15 minutes, kill zombies, and extract alive for a $1,000,000 paycheck in this darkly comic top-down shooter

- Type: game
- Ident: vjdanov.zombieshooter
- Creator: vjdanov
- Canonical: https://sbox.watch/games/vjdanov/zombieshooter/
- Markdown: https://sbox.watch/games/vjdanov/zombieshooter/index.md
- sbox.game: https://sbox.game/vjdanov/zombieshooter/
- Game jam: [Game Jam III](https://sbox.game/jam/three) entry; deadline Sep 25, 2026
- Generated: 2026-09-17T12:22:50.481Z

## Stats

- Playing now: 1
- 24h player peak: 1
- 24h momentum: +2
- Terry score: 27%
- Favorites: 1
- Upvotes: 1
- Downvotes: 0
- Total players: 2
- Total sessions: 6
- Cumulative playtime: 36 minutes
- Updated: Sep 17, 2026
- Created: Sep 17, 2026
- Size: 1019.1 MB
- Files: 1.2k
- Tags: action, arena, horde, isometric, progression, pve, roguelite, survival

## Description

Survive fifteen minutes. Extract alive. Collect $1,000,000.

Hi there! This is my first-ever game jam, and I’m excited to be taking part! Die 4 a Paycheck is my entry, and I hope you have fun with it.

The laboratory is recruiting volunteers to test experimental equipment in a zombie-infested outpost. No experience required. Payment requires a living recipient.

Die 4 a Paycheck is a darkly comic, single-player top-down survival shooter inspired by Crimsonland and Alien Shooter. Enter the trial, fight through escalating attacks, build your loadout, and reach extraction before your volunteer becomes another research expense.

- 🔦 Fight in the dark. Your flashlight reveals approaching threats. Watch for warning lights and listen for trouble beyond the beam.
- 🔫 Make every shot count. Carry an infinite-ammo pistol and a pump-action shotgun with limited shells. Keep moving, reload carefully, and find ammunition.
- 🧬 Experiment with upgrades. Collect battle data from fallen zombies and choose from twelve upgrades as you level up.
- 🧪 Fund the next attempt. Earn Scrap and purchase permanent LAB RESEARCH unlocks that add new upgrade choices to future trials.
- 🧟 Learn what’s hunting you. Shamblers, charging Runners, heavy Brutes, and Spitters demand different reactions.
- 📋 Meet your next volunteer. Each recruit has a name, a former job, and a trait that helps—or complicates—their chances.
- 🚁 Survive, then escape. Last fifteen minutes and hold the extraction zone to retire alive. Random Trial Conditions add new complications to repeat attempts.

Death ends a volunteer’s story. Your research remains, the laboratory’s body heap grows, and the next applicant arrives.

Controls: WASD to move, mouse to aim, left click to fire, R to reload, 1/2 to switch weapons, F for the flashlight, and E to interact.

 Development will continue after the jam! I have plenty of ideas I want to bring to the game, and there’s only so much I can finish before the deadline.
 More updates are coming, so stay tuned, and thanks for playing!

Credits:

David KBD — mission music from Eternity and Eternity Vol. 2, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Makoto Hiramatsu — “Alone” and “Transfer” from LOST, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Michel Baradari — player pain vocals, adapted through trimming and normalization, licensed under CC BY 3.0.
Binbun3D — RetroUrban Free floor textures, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
artisticdude — Zombies Sound Pack.
Kenney — impact sounds and UI audio.
SnakeF8 — pistol firing audio from Snake’s SECOND Authentic Gun Sounds Pack.
Place Holder Assets — zombie death audio from 50 Free Game Sounds.
Fredrik Svanholm — Weiholmir font.
YourPetFish — Low Poly Flare model.
Facepunch and s&box community creators — models, materials, effects, and additional audio, including alloyworkshop, baik, debelizmik, vidya, and cannedburgers.