Kakao Games has just released its 2026 roadmap for God Save Birmingham, currently in development at its subsidiary, Ocean Drive Studio, via a dev note on its Steam page. This roadmap focuses on content expansion and combat system improvements, based on user feedback collected during last year's early access test.

The development team for God Save Birmingham stated that the initial early access test, which served to verify core systems, has laid a solid foundation for expansion. First, the combat roster has been expanded with the addition of blunt weapons alongside existing pitchforks and axes. Items previously used only for breaking boxes or serving as background decor, such as hammers and deer leg meat, have been improved to function as weapons, allowing for more creative combat and survival gameplay using the environment.

Each weapon and object now has its own durability, which decreases with repeated use. Players must manage their weapon condition and choose their gear strategically. The developers noted, "We are also running parallel tests for bladed weapon sets, ensuring players can choose from various combat styles depending on the situation."

The developers are currently focusing on a base-building system optimized for God Save Birmingham. This system is designed not to build new structures from scratch, but to reinforce existing ones or install barricades. They are currently preparing the system implementation, focusing on zombie behavior patterns that react to barricades and locked doors.

Cooperative play is a key element that the God Save Birmingham team considers important and has set as a core task for their mid-to-long-term development. However, at this stage, the strategy is to focus on stably building the world and the single-player survival experience.

They also highlighted physics-based combat with hit reactions for specific body parts. When a player strikes a specific point, the zombie reacts differently depending on the area hit. This reflects feedback from the previous test regarding the gap between player intent and actual character action; by focusing on improving the accuracy between the crosshair and the actual hit detection, internal tests have shown improvements in both melee combat accuracy and impact feel.

The development team plans to focus on strengthening the core survival content over the coming months. Elements currently in development, such as new weapons, the barricade system, and combat improvements, will be introduced sequentially in the next public test, and they intend to continue verifying and adjusting based on user feedback by applying new features and improvements in stages.