Quarantine Zone: The Last Check launches Jan 12, 2026

A checkpoint sim where one wrong call can doom the living

Quarantine Zone: The Last Check is a border checkpoint simulator set in a collapsing city, where a rampant zombie-like infection is taking hold — and your station is the last line before everything spills over.

Players take command of the final checkpoint and inspect survivors as they arrive, deciding their fate in seconds: trust, quarantine, or liquidate. Every choice matters, and a single mistake can unleash the plague with devastating effect.

Quarantine Zone: The Last Check — Trailer

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Inspect, decide, and hold the line

The core loop is all about scrutiny under pressure. You’ll use high-tech tools to uncover signs of infection, while also keeping an eye out for contraband, forbidden items, and even rare collectibles slipping through the cracks.

Anyone who doesn’t look too healthy — or runs a higher-than-usual temperature — gets extra attention. Suspicious cases get routed to quarantine for observation or sent to the lab for additional screening. Survivors who clear inspection are sent onward to the living block, as you try to keep your checkpoint secure while the world outside collapses.

It’s a nail-biting mix of checkpoint management, tower-defense tension, and FPS-style combat pressure — a premise that’s being pitched as “Papers Please with Zombies,” except the consequences are a lot nastier.

Steam Q&As, AI questions, and cut ideas

Developer Brigada Games has been running multiple Steam Q&A sessions with the community, answering questions about the game’s content — including its use of AI, the setting, the use of guard dogs, and design ideas that didn’t make it into the final release version.