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Ongoing v0.1.5.0.0

The Parasites

3.6

(30 votes)

Game Information

Developer

Rab-Bit

Version

v0.1.5.0.0

Engine

Unreal Engine

Release Date

Apr 19, 2026

Last Update

Apr 20, 2026

Censorship

Uncensored

Overview

The Parasites is a 3D survival horror sandbox for players who like grim, monster-infected worlds with a female protagonist at the center. The tone is bleak and tense, built around isolation rather than action thrills.

Story

After a meteorite strikes, the surrounding area is left abandoned and infected. You are one of the survivors, carrying a parasite that took hold when the disaster hit. Every attempt to leave the area fails, pulling you back in, while the parasite's presence steadily wears at your mind as much as your body. There is no rescue coming; survival means learning to live with what has changed you.

Gameplay

You explore an open world scavenging for materials, building shelters, and crafting tools, traps, and weapons to fend off mutants and other threats. Character progression ties directly into the parasite itself, granting physical strength and survival skills that improve as you push further into the infected zone. Combat, resource management, and base-building sit alongside quieter moments of coping with isolation, since death and danger are constant possibilities. Strategic choices about what to craft, where to shelter, and when to fight shape how long you last.

Features

Open-world survival horror setting shaped by a dystopian, post-disaster backdrop
Character creation and progression tied to the parasite's growing influence
Base-building, trap-making, and weapon crafting as core survival tools
Graphic violence and adult content woven into a horror-survival framework

Installation

1. Extract and run.

Changelog

v0.1.3.0.0

Updates
Items located nearby are now taken into account when crafting
From the start, the merged skill is at level 6
Venous can absorb your merged skill
The parasite will not understand Anna when she is drunk or with low mind
Replaced placeholder symbols (“;%?*№%?!...”) (parasite doesn’t understand Anna’s speech)
Replicas of some events with mutants
Molotov now also sets fire to corpses
Added teleport sound for the queen
Totems, loot boxes, cars and static loot points now respawn (BETA)
You can now give a name to the wooden box
Closing the book and hours with Esc/Tab
Immortality for 20 seconds after the start of the game (to prevent invisible death)
All corpses are now taken by train and then the mutant static points respawn (BETA)
The uterus can randomly avoid dynamite damage by teleporting
Various fixes and improvements
I’ve updated the credits and added the missing alpha/beta Parasites. If you didn’t find yourself on the list, please contact watchmans on Discord . I apologize in advance for the inconvenience

Changes:

Balance of animal damage
Increased growth for the large mutant uterus
Changed max weight value for most containers
At level 8 the parasite fully understands Anna
Reduced neck turning radius
Increased wooden box capacity
Reduced corpse capacity
Increased small arms damage
Increased arrow durability and damage
Disabled cinematic camera for counter-attacks, finishers and stealth kills
Reduced stamina consumption while flying
Bugs
Location of sex positions with Krivich had inaccuracies
When crafting, not all items were removed
Strong rainbow effect when intoxicated with alcohol
Rifle could shoot endlessly like a machine gun after the spider attack
If you exit inventory while crafting, equipment buttons become inactive
Items dropped into a nearby container after crafting or respawn had no USID
After save/load, skill points in books displayed incorrectly
Can’t reset new skills using the cheat menu
The slave mark, clothes, backpack and sockets were placed incorrectly
Interaction with the workbench was difficult
During melee combat, it was possible to cut off heads of already headless slaves/mutants and send them into endless knockout
Large Backpack inventory went off-screen
Headless Slave didn’t take hand damage
All functions/events for receiving damage or death were broken/missing
Slave resource could not be obtained from headless
Random line for arson of the vein applied to Molotovs instead of torches
Bear could stay alive after being beheaded
Incorrect damage calculation on animals after headshots
Big mutant/uterus didn’t lose limbs during explosions
After death of uterus, there was a chance of invisible spider attack
Uterus was not susceptible to Molotov
Fire could remain burning in the air after body disappeared
In rare cases Anna could get stuck in “open mouth” animation
When loading, the car trunk opened in the opposite direction
Max level absorption on shooter was broken, number not increased
Changing mouse sensitivity set FOV to 0
Skills could be infinitely upgraded by reloading level (old system exploit)
Reset entities in cheat menu could set counter to negative
Recorder UI was cut off at the bottom
Tanning rack arrow was opposite of the hide
Horse could duplicate after healing
Masks blocking water/snow could also block arrows
If you open inventory at the very start and hide item menu nearby, it disappeared forever
Collapsing item menu nearby made it invisible after reopening inventory
Animals still made death sounds even without heads
Disease statuses reset after save/load
Body weight reset to default after loading
Wound healing timer sometimes didn’t start after save/load
In rare cases character appeared with 0 HP and died after loading
2D animation in command selection menu was incorrect
Steel axe location incorrect
Large animals could freeze in flying pose after obstacles
Bound continued to pray even when attacked by animals
Armor/thermal insulation could go into negative
Sound controls in settings didn’t work
After hitting an animal, it could stop attacking until you moved away
Bound female used male voice when taking damage or dying
in rare cases the player could load with 0 hp and die before the game started