Zombies vs Humans Version History

A short timeline for Zombies vs Humans so patch arguments can point at dates instead of vibes. Dejavu Studios shipped the experience on 28 December 2023 as the spiritual sequel to Creeper Chaos. Peak concurrent players on public trackers hit 6,760 on 19 April 2025. Visits sit above 70 million. This page is the spine; current advice lives on New Frontiers and Saving Grace.

Tycool’s 1.2 update video is in the middle — that is the zombie-variant snapshot most YouTube guides still talk from.

2023 — launch (v1.0 era)

Build five minutes, explode at night, Minecraft-coded blocks. Fandom’s v1.0 archive notes: no player highlights yet (rim hiding was stronger), armor models reused from Creeper Chaos Remastered, shop “Too poor.” button text, /e dance4 as a sit. On 26 November 2025 roffcat posted an unlisted v1.0 archive in Discord so people could tour old bugs on purpose. It is not the live game. Discord.

Zombies vs Humans 1.2 update — new zombie content

2025 — v1.2 beta and zombie five-pack

Fandom’s v1.2 beta page: about 20 days of testing, Dejavu group required to apply, keybind settings, anti-cheat / anti-fly notes from roffcat, last session 12 April 2025, live v1.2.0 the same night. dangler’s video explains five zombie variants from that generation — the roster this wiki ranks on zombie tier.

If your memory of ZvH is “only creepers with bombs,” you are pre-1.2. Play Hunter and Cannoneer before you write a guide in chat.

v1.3 — emotes, then winter

The Emote Update added a Tix dance shop (Sit, Kazotsky, duos) and leftover /e commands. Combat-adjacent note: Sit lowers silhouette. Full page: emote update. v1.3.3 layered the yearly winter event (Cold Open, Snowballer, snow blocks). Those hunts are calendar-gated — they are not live in August 2026.

Saving Grace

Description header: permanent saving, weapon durability. Economy brain transplant. Full page: Saving Grace. Fandom also notes data-restore windows moving from minutes to 24 hours in November 2025 community tracking. Bring patience, not a dupe loader.

New Frontiers (2026 header)

Two maps, revamp, sandbox, two blocks. Map update. This is the live front of the Roblox page as of this writing (event copy around 29–30 August 2026).

What we are not listing

• Every tiny shop price tweak.
• Fighting-clone codes from Ahmed’s similarly named place.
• Fake “v1.3 cars” from content farms.

When roffcat ships a numbered patch with a new zombie or a bind change, it gets a paragraph here and a link from the updates hub. Until then, use this timeline to translate old YouTube advice: if the clip has no Cannoneer, it is teaching a different night.

Credits have stayed stable: roff, BadHmidou, megatron, ynnad, Creeper Chaos as inspiration. That continuity is why the block language still feels like the sequel even when the header font changes.

Play live. Cite dates. Do not argue 2024 Sportskeeda Night length against a 2026 HUD without looking.

Using this timeline in chat

When someone says “Gladiator has always been in,” they skipped v1.2. When someone says “just leave and the shop resets,” they skipped Saving Grace. When someone drops a screenshot of a map you cannot find, they skipped New Frontiers. Point them at the matching child page instead of rewriting Iron Sword’s level in an argument. Tycool’s video in the middle of this article is the 1.2 visual; dangler’s zombie explained clip on the zombie tier page is the variant lecture; the Roblox description is the 2026 header. Three sources, three dates, one live game.

The Creeper Chaos DNA (blocks, explosions, night) is why old advice still half-works. The patches are why it only half-works. Read the date on the thumbnail.