Co-op hit on Steam brings powerful zombies with a new update, developers explain: “Guys, it is hard to balance a game for 14 million players”

On Steam, co-op games seem to be a major trend. One of the biggest is probably PEAK. With a new update, the game has received various new content, including quite powerful zombies that seem to have divided the player base.

What is PEAK? In PEAK, you must embark on an expedition alone or together with friends. You climb through different biomes and face all sorts of challenges and dangers. Although the game was just a fun project for the developers, it was quite successful after just 6 days. On Steam, a peak of 170,000 players was even reached (via SteamDB).

Accordingly, there are also updates with new content for the game. However, one type of enemy seems to divide the community so much that the developers felt the need to comment on it.

Controversial Zombies

What kind of update is this? With the The Roots update, a new forest biome was added on November 5, 2025, which replaces the Tropics map until November 17 (after that, the maps will rotate randomly). The new forest area not only offers many gigantic trees to climb but also many edible mushrooms, spiders, large insects, and zombies.

In a new video on YouTube, the developers explained just a day after the update’s release that they slightly nerfed the zombies after some players found them too difficult. However, other players didn’t feel they were OP enough.

The developers are trying to find a good balance but also explain in the video: Guys, it’s so hard to balance a game for 14 million players, okay. Seriously, some people were so angry at us in the forum, it’s crazy.

They assure that the zombies would still kick players’ butts. In the video, they also mention using the new gadgets introduced with the update. If any bugs are discovered, players should report them to the developers on Discord.

More on the topic

More on the topic

New mega hit from China lets role-playing fans not only chat freely with NPCs, they can also immortalize their own dances as emotes

von Niko Hernes

More on the topic

New survival hit on Steam starts 94 percent positive, it was clear years ago that it would make the developer a millionaire

von Karsten Scholz

More on the topic

One of the biggest viral game hits of recent years teams up with Warhammer 40,000, fans go wild: “My goodness, it’s perfect”

von Karsten Scholz

Peak is among a group of new Steam games that focus on fun moments in co-op, which usually arise through situational comedy and quirky mechanics. One of the latest representatives is RV There Yet?: A game about boomer dads camping takes over Steam and has already reached 100,000 concurrent players