Quarantine Simulator

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Ever played Papers, Please but wished it had more zombie headshots? Quarantine Simulator throws you into a post-apocalypse checkpoint where you're the last line of defense between survivors and the undead. Your job: scan people in line, spot the infected, and either cure them or put them down before they turn. It's part border control, part zombie shooter, with a dash of base management thrown in. You'll juggle medical tools, guns, and tough moral calls while trying to keep your camp stocked and alive.

Key Features

• Dual Gameplay Modes: Switch between scanning survivors with medical tools and fighting off zombie bosses with firearms.
• Base Management: Regularly restock food and medical supplies to keep your survivor camp running.
• Progressive Upgrades: Unlock and improve screening equipment, weapons, and expand your quarantine facility.
• Moral Decision System: Every call you make—who lives, who dies—affects your camp's survival chances.

How to Play Quarantine Simulator

Getting started is straightforward, but keeping everyone alive gets brutally hard fast.

Inspect and Screen the Queue

You start each day with a line of NPCs waiting at your checkpoint. Move with WASD and use your mouse to click on people and activate your scanning tools. Press 1, 2, 3, or 4 to switch between your thermometer, UV lamp, syringe, and pistol. Hover over each person and look for telltale signs—weird skin color, twitchy behavior, or a fever reading that's off the charts. Press U to hit them with the ultraviolet lamp if you suspect hidden infection marks. When you're done checking someone, hit F to call the next visitor.

Make the Call: Cure or Eliminate

Here's where it gets tense. If someone's clean, you let them through. If they're showing early symptoms, you can use a syringe (limited supply, check that x1 counter) to cure them. But if they're too far gone or a full-blown zombie crashes the gate, you press E and shoot. The game doesn't hold your hand—send an infected person into the camp and you'll pay for it. Raiders and zombie bosses show up periodically to wreck your whole operation, so keep that trigger finger ready.

Upgrade and Survive

Between waves, spend your earned cash (that dollar counter in the top corner) on better scanning gear or base upgrades. You'll unlock more accurate tools, expand your quarantine zone to process more people per day, and buy supplies to keep your camp fed. The cycle repeats: scan, shoot, upgrade, repeat. The difficulty ramps up as infected get sneakier and bosses hit harder.

Who is Quarantine Simulator for?

This is for casual gamers who like short, repeatable sessions with a power fantasy edge. Perfect if you've got 15 minutes and want to feel like a badass gatekeeper without committing to a deep story campaign. It's also fine for teens and up—there's zombie violence, but the low-fidelity graphics keep it cartoony rather than graphic. If you loved the tension of Papers, Please but want more action and less paperwork, this hits that niche.

The Gameplay Vibe

It's stressful in bursts. You'll get into a rhythm—scan, scan, scan—then suddenly a zombie boss breaks through and you're panic-shooting while trying to remember which key pulls out your gun. The visuals are budget Unity all the way: stiff character models, basic lighting, and a weird mismatch of assets (I saw "Happy Halloween" decorations mixed with biohazard signs, which is… a choice). The UI is cluttered with currency counters and hotbar icons everywhere, so expect some visual noise. Audio-wise, it's functional but forgettable—generic zombie groans and gunshot effects. It won't blow your mind, but it gets the job done for a quick dopamine hit.

Technical Check: Saves & Performance

The game auto-saves your progress in your browser's local storage, so as long as you don't wipe your cache, you'll pick up where you left off. Performance-wise, this runs smooth even on older PCs or budget laptops—it's clearly designed for low-spec hardware, which is a plus if you're playing at work on a potato computer. Mobile touch controls are supported, though the first-person point-and-click setup feels more natural with a mouse.

Quick Verdict: Pros & Cons

A solid time-killer with satisfying upgrade loops, but don't expect polish or originality.

• ✅ Pro: Instant action—no tutorials, just jump in and start scanning.
• ✅ Pro: The upgrade treadmill is addictive; always one more tool to unlock.
• ❌ Con: Visuals are rough and asset-flippy—mismatched themes and low-res textures everywhere.

Controls

Responsive enough, though the hotbar weapon switching can feel clunky when zombies are charging.

• Desktop: WASD to move, mouse to interact, E to shoot, F for next visitor, U for UV lamp, 1-4 for tool selection, C to sit, Space to close windows, P to pause, TAB for cursor.
• Mobile: Touch controls for movement and interaction, tap icons to switch tools.

Release Date & Developer

Developed by Play More Games and released on November 20, 2025. It's part of their growing catalog of hyper-casual simulation games aimed at the mobile and browser crowd.