Hi guys, Harz here. I wanted to update you guys on the community mod creation plan for people to create multiplayer mods within the SD-Online platform. I am making a separate studio app for people to create mods to enhance the SD-Online experience with community creations.

There’s no official eta, but I am hoping for later today release so modders can start help enhancing the project of SD-Online.

Thank you all for the support!

I want to say thank you to the SD community for being so supportive in the development community made platform SD-Online. It is a pleasure working on this platform for you guys and trying to make this work. The alpha is going amazing and we now have 100+ downloads / people in the SD-Online community. I am trying to update the platform everyday to make this even cooler then it already is, again thank you!

[ALPHA TESTING]

We’ll be officially launching the SD-Online network for public and private multiplayer servers tonight — 10PM EST. !

Once the update is live, you’ll be able to join the official public server or rent your own server to create a SurrounDead community, play privately with friends, or build your own unique experience.

Server pricing and purchase links will be added to the website during the release window. A YouTube showcase video will also be uploaded at release time, demonstrating the new build, its features, and how everything works!

Please remember that this is still an Alpha build, so it may not be perfect and you could encounter bugs. Even so, I’m incredibly excited to finally release this build and let everyone begin their multiplayer adventures.

Thank you all so much for your continued support, patience, and excitement for SD-Online!

SD-Online is an unofficial, community-made multiplayer mod. It is not created, endorsed, sponsored, supported by, or affiliated with the developer or publisher of SurrounDead. SurrounDead and its related names and assets belong to their respective owners.

Hey everyone,

I am currently working on creating the proper infrastructure for SD-Online, including private multiplayer servers and one large public world where everyone can play together.

I know I have been releasing builds for people to test, but constantly sending out new downloads and patches is not the right long-term solution. I want SD-Online to feel like a complete, reliable, and easy-to-use multiplayer service—not just a collection of temporary test builds.

Because of this, I am taking some extra time to build the network correctly. This includes the launcher, server connections, updates, public world, private server support, and everything else needed to provide players with a smooth and high-quality experience.

My goal is to create the multiplayer SurrounDead experience that we have all dreamed about. I do not want to rush it and leave everyone with something unreliable. I want to make sure the foundation is strong so that SD-Online can continue growing for a long time.

Thank you all for the incredible support, patience, love, and respect you have shown me and this project. It truly means more than you know.

Please give me a little more time to complete the network and make sure everything is done properly. I promise that I am working hard to make SD-Online the best experience it can be.

Thank you for believing in SD-Online I am sorry for the delay I hope people are still excited.

HI everyone! I want to update this to you guys as I just had to buy a GPU server for our new patch/upgrade to the multiplayer mod/launcher. This means servers are down, but be excited 😄 as this update / patch im building will put the road map miles ahead the development time. This new GPU Server will allow real world player animation and world environment syncing, there is no ETA, but my hopes are for late tonight. Thank you all and be excited for the future 😄 I hope you guys enjoy what I am trying to do, as this is a self funded project.

HI! I will be doing a maintenance on the SD-Online servers on 6/25 (Today) from 1AM - 6AM EST. during these time if you are connected to the game servers you might experience lag, and disconnects, so I ask to be off the servers until 6 AM EST.

This update/Maintenance will bring FPS fix, and launcher overhaul, as well as some upgrades to users experience of seeing each other etc. I will post a video on YouTube when its all done.

One last things:

SD-Online is an unofficial, community-made multiplayer mod. It is not created, endorsed, sponsored, supported by, or affiliated with the developer or publisher of SurrounDead. SurrounDead and its related names and assets belong to their respective owners.

HI! Harz here from SD-Online. I hear that some peoples frames are low and I am working on a fix right now. I thank you all for the support on this project, I will continue to develop and maintain it as much as I can. Tonight overnight I will push updates again thank you, more updates soon.

HI Harz here. I made a Reddit post early morning EST hours of getting opinions on if I were to create multiplayer servers/co-op would you play? The amount of people who upvoted, commented, and want this surprised me.

With that said I would like to announce "SD-Online". This will be a client, sort of like FiveM in the GTA space, but for SurrounDead. In no way is this an official multiplayer for the game, as this is a community made service. I will need beta testers here soon, so if you would like to test the PVE global server then please join my service discord and let me know and DM me here on Reddit for a Discord Invite.

FAQ:

Will the server have PVP? -- No, we will only support 1 global server for the beta that will be PVE only.

Where is the server location? -- The VPS/server location is in Detroit as of now, but if things go well with the community I will open more locations to servers.

How can I play? -- I will post a website for the official client download here soon.

Again I want to say the support and want for this service is amazing, and I hope that I meet people expectations, but remember this is just starting out and is a beta, so please be patient. The server might lag, or have issues at the start but you best know I will try to be fast acting in fixing everything.

Progress:

The progress of this creation is going very well with hardly any bumps in the road, We should be able to get a server online by 4PM EST today (6/23/26), but no promises, again I need help with people testing before I release the full client/server to the public so please let me know if you are interested and DM me here on Reddit for a Discord Link.

Thank,

Harz

HI! My name is Harz and I create mulitplayer mods for single player games. I was wondering if SurrounDead community wants a multiplayer or co-op mod? would you guys actually play it?