7 Days to Die left Early Access with its Version 1.0 release on July 25, 2024. The Fun Pimps described the Early Access period as “nearly twelve years,” so the title’s “10 years” is an understatement, not the developer’s stated duration. The Fun Pimps’ launch announcement named Steam, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and Windows as launch platforms.
When did 7 Days to Die leave Early Access?
The Fun Pimps announced on April 20, 2024, that 7 Days to Die was leaving Early Access, referring to the planned release as “Alpha 22 (Now 1.0).” The developer’s July 24 launch announcement then said Version 1.0 would be available the next day, July 25, 2024. That announcement described the game as reaching release after “nearly twelve years of early access.” Official launch announcement · April announcement
The “nearly twelve years” figure is the publisher’s own characterization, rather than an independently calculated exact duration. It is the clearest answer to whether the game took ten years: it took longer than ten, according to The Fun Pimps.
What platforms received Version 1.0?
The July 2024 launch announcement listed Steam, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and Windows. The developer’s earlier May schedule had described a Steam release in June followed by PS5 and Xbox Series X|S in July; that was a preliminary timetable. The final announcement set July 25 as the Version 1.0 date and included all four platform names.
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- Explore – Huge, rich environments, with unique biomes and worlds up to 100 square kilometres in size.
- Craft – Handcraft and repair weapons, clothes, armour, tools, vehicles, with hundreds of recipes and schematics.
- Build – Design your fort with traps, electricity, auto turrets, and gadgets to survive in a fully destructible and mouldable world.
- Cooperate or Compete – Work together to build settlements or against each other in a wasteland where zombies and outlaws rule the land.
- Farm or Hunt – Plant gardens for sustainable resources or head out to the wilderness and hunt over a dozen unique animals.
What changed with the 1.0 release?
The Fun Pimps presented 1.0 as a release milestone that brought new content and features alongside polish, quality-of-life changes, optimizations, and gameplay systems. In a February 2024 developer diary, it identified planned features including a new armor system, character customization, zombie variants, updated vehicles and animals, new points of interest, changes to random-world generation, and performance work. Those were the developer’s announced plans; the diary alone does not independently verify the final implementation of each item. February 2024 developer diary
What did the 2024 roadmap say?
The same diary included post-1.0 roadmap items and headings such as a weather and biome overhaul, bandits, a UI and main-menu overhaul, story mode, and Steam Workshop support. These are historical plans announced in 2024, not confirmation that each feature was subsequently delivered. The available official material cited here does not establish their completion status or the current roadmap as of October 2026.
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- Explore – Huge, rich environments, with unique biomes and worlds up to 100 square kilometres in size.
- Craft – Handcraft and repair weapons, clothes, armour, tools, vehicles, with hundreds of recipes and schematics.
- Build – Design your fort with traps, electricity, auto turrets, and gadgets to survive in a fully destructible and mouldable world.
- Cooperate or Compete – Work together to build settlements or against each other in a wasteland where zombies and outlaws rule the land.
- A must-have for collectors and fans of Open-World Survival Horror, the 7 Days to Die – Console Edition Survival Bundle includes the following: An exclusive Artbook with over 100 pages showcasing never-before-seen illustrations of the zombie apocalypse, a CD featuring the haunting Original Soundtrack (OST) of the game, a double-sided poster, Fine art prints x3, Sticker sheets x 3, the physical game, and a collectible tuck-in box housing all the contents.
Was the game $44.99 at launch?
Yes. The Fun Pimps’ July 2024 announcement gave a retail price of $44.99 USD for the 1.0 launch. In its May announcement, the developer had described the Early Access price at that time as $24.99 and said it would rise to $44.99 at 1.0. These are historical 2024 prices, not a statement of the current price. July launch announcement · May 2024 announcement
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- A double-sided poster
- Fine art prints x3
- Sticker sheets x3
- The physical game
- And a collectible tuck-in box housing all the contents
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