Bodycam Dead and Damned is the update PC shooter fans have been waiting for, and Reissad Studio is not making anyone wait much longer. The French developer has confirmed that the v0.9 update, officially titled The Dead & Damned, goes live on Steam on Friday, November 13, 2026, and it turns the ultra-realistic bodycam FPS into a full-blown zombie survival game. After more than two years in Early Access, Bodycam is about to get its biggest shake-up yet, and players do not even have to wait until Friday to try it.
A free 24-hour public playtest opens today, Wednesday, November 11, at 09:00 UTC and runs until Thursday, November 12, at 09:00 UTC. Anyone who wants in can request access on the game’s Steam page, with places handed out on a limited basis and no NDA attached, so playtesters are free to stream it, clip it and talk about it. That is a confident move from a small studio, and it tells you everything about how much faith Reissad has in what it has built.
Bodycam Dead and Damned Brings Zombie Trenches
The headline addition in Bodycam Dead and Damned is Zombie Trenches, a brand-new game mode built entirely around survival. Players are dropped into a network of trenches and must hold the line against endless waves of the undead, with each wave hitting harder than the last. There is no easy out and no generous checkpoint to fall back on. Ammo is precious, so every shot has to count, and the mode is designed to punish trigger-happy players while rewarding teams that communicate, cover each other’s angles and know when to fall back and regroup.
What makes the mode so tense is the way it plays with Bodycam’s signature style. This is a shooter that lives and dies on its first-person body-camera perspective, with a shaky, grainy, almost found-footage feel that makes every firefight feel uncomfortably real. Put that presentation together with a horde closing in through a dark trench, and you get something that feels less like a standard wave mode and more like a nightmare you are living through in real time.
Zombie Trenches is not the only new way to play. Two maps are also making their return in the update. Village and Asylum are back, giving longtime players familiar ground to fight over while the zombie action takes centre stage. On top of that, weapon boxes are being introduced, offering random weapon attachments for players who are willing to take a gamble in the middle of a fight, and the Public Pool map has been completely reworked to improve how it plays.
What Else Is Changing in the v0.9 Update?
Beyond the headline zombie content, the v0.9 update brings a series of smaller changes that should make the whole game feel better to play. Easy Anti-Cheat is being added, which is a big deal for a competitive multiplayer shooter that has had to fight its share of cheaters. The update also introduces lobby room features, including drones and RC cars to mess around with while waiting for a match to start, which should take some of the sting out of the time spent between rounds.
Reissad has been teasing the update with a devlog titled “We Made a Zombie Game You Won’t Want to Play,” and the studio’s own summary of the mode sets the tone perfectly: “You don’t need to be a hero to survive — just a little luck, and a lot of patience.” That is the whole pitch in one line. This is not a power fantasy. It is a survival test, and the game is happy to let you fail.
The numbers behind Bodycam explain why an update like this matters so much. The game counts 282,000 followers on TikTok and 115,000 subscribers on YouTube, and on Steam it holds 81% positive reviews across more than 72,900 reviews, with over 3.7 million wishlists and a peak of more than 38,900 concurrent players. For a game built by a small team in Unreal Engine 5, those are serious figures, and they show just how big the appetite is for a shooter that looks and feels this different from everything else on the market.
Why Bodycam Dead and Damned Matters Right Now
Bodycam launched into Early Access on Steam on June 7, 2024, and it made an immediate impact because nothing else on PC looked quite like it. The body-camera perspective, the fisheye lens, the way the camera bobs and shakes as you move, and the punishingly realistic gunplay all combined into something that felt genuinely new. Since then, Reissad has kept building on that foundation, and The Dead & Damned is the clearest sign yet that the studio is thinking bigger than a single multiplayer mode.
Zombie modes have a long history of giving shooters a second life, and Bodycam is a perfect candidate for one. The tension of a horde mode, the scarcity of ammo and the claustrophobia of the trenches all play directly to the game’s strengths. If Zombie Trenches lands the way Reissad hopes, it could pull back lapsed players, convert a few of those 3.7 million wishlists into sales, and give the game a whole new identity alongside its tactical multiplayer roots.
For players on the fence, the 24-hour playtest is the perfect way in. It costs nothing, there is no NDA, and it runs for a full day starting today. Request access on Bodycam on Steam, and if you get a spot, you will be among the first to see whether you have what it takes to survive the trenches. The full Bodycam Dead and Damned update then arrives on Friday, November 13, 2026, priced at $33.32 on Steam.
Fans of big FPS news should also check out Marathon Symbiosis Is Coming December 8 — Free PvE Mode, 3v3 Deathmatch and a Week You Can Play for Free and EVE Online: Fractured Skies Is Live — And EVE Vanguard’s Alpha Is Open 24/7 for $15!, two more shooters making big moves this week.
Source: Reissad Studio, via Games Press.
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