Season 1 Lore:

The survivors wake up on Day One, scattered across the frozen wasteland of an island called Namalsk. With no memory of how they arrived, they are left with only their instincts and basic means of survival. The island's unnatural cold bites deep, and as they scavenge for resources, they soon find that something far more sinister is at play. Strange factions and dangerous anomalies populate the island, and eerie radio broadcasts speak of “Project Radiant”, some kind of experimentation they have no knowledge of. The first broadcasts started with “If you are hearing this, you are resistant to the corruption, and you are in danger”.

The survivors only know they woke up in a hostile, freezing environment with strange monsters hunting them. As they explore the island, they uncover remnants of the past: abandoned labs, encrypted data, and camps of other survivors who managed to carve out an existence amidst the chaos. Namalsk is more than a survival struggle — it is a race to uncover the truth behind Project Radiant. How did they get here? What is this corruption? Can it spread beyond the island? And is there a way to escape the living nightmare that Namalsk has become, or is it already too late?

• You were brought to the Island. You don't know why. Only know what's been repeated on a radio message.
• You have no previous knowledge of Zombies or the Infected. Neither does the rest of the world.
• The Island of Namalsk was cut off from the rest of the world. No known information to and from it to the outside world.
• This is Day ZERO of the “Infection”.