Nothing 2 Lose guides

Welcome, survivor

Nothing 2 Lose is a free, blocky zombie survival shooter that runs in your browser. You drop into a map with a team of survivors, the horde comes at you in growing waves, and you hold out until the round is won. Every kill and every round pays Cash and EXP. Cash buys new guns, attachments, armor and items. EXP raises your rank, and higher ranks open stronger weapons and harder maps. There is nothing to download: it runs on desktop browsers and on phones held sideways.

You never have to play alone. When there are not enough people in your game, AI survivor bots fill the empty spots on your team. They shoot, follow you around the map, and the medics among them carry a Defibrillator to bring fallen teammates back. If you would rather play with friends, you can host a co-op room and share the invite link, or join a room someone else has opened.

These guides explain the game in plain words. They are generated from the same data the game itself uses, so the prices, damage numbers, magazine sizes, map lists and zombie stats you read here are the ones you meet in a round. When a gun is rebalanced or a new map arrives, the guides change with it.

All guides

Pick a topic. Each guide starts with an explanation of how that part of the game works and ends with reference tables you can come back to.

• How to playControls, round flow, Cash and EXP, ammo stations, reviving, AI bots, difficulty tiers and co-op rooms, explained for new players.
• WeaponsEvery gun and melee weapon with its price, rank and stats, plus attachments and the best early buys.
• MapsEvery map with its difficulty, mode, objective chain, round length, reward and tips on where to hold.
• ZombiesEvery zombie type, elite and boss: how they hurt you, how to beat them and their health per map tier.
• ItemsMedkits, grenades, fire, armor and Hammer buildings: prices, ranks, stats and a starter loadout.
• UpdatesThe devlog: every release, every new gun and map, every balance change and bug fix, newest first.

Your first hour

New to the game? This order gets you up to speed fastest.

1. Learn the basics. Read How to play for the controls, how a round flows, how Cash and EXP work, where to refill ammo and how reviving works.
2. Start on an Easy map. The game sorts its 13 maps into 3 Easy, 5 Medium, 4 Hard, 1 Extreme. Easy maps (Ashford Estate, Café County, Farmhouse) have fewer, weaker zombies and give you room to learn. The maps guide explains each one.
3. Spend your first Cash well. Your starter gun gets the job done, but an early upgrade makes rounds much smoother. The weapons guide lists every gun with its price and unlock rank and suggests a buying order.
4. Know what is chasing you. Most zombies just walk at you, but the specials can knock you down, pin you or blow up next to you. The zombies guide tells you how to spot and beat each one.
5. Carry the right gear. Armor, healing and throwables keep you standing when the horde gets thick. The items guide covers what each one does and when to use it.

Tip: stay near your team. Zombies pick off survivors who wander away alone, and a teammate with a Defibrillator can only revive you if they can reach you in time.

Difficulty in short

Every map has one fixed difficulty tier: Easy, Medium, Hard, Extreme. The tier decides how many zombies can be alive at once, how hard they hit and how tough they are, which special zombies appear and how much the round pays. Harder tiers pay more for the same work, so moving up is how you earn faster once your guns can keep up. Extreme maps never come up at random: you only play them when you pick or vote for one on purpose.

When you use the Random map button on your own, the game only draws maps that fit your rank, so a brand-new player is never thrown onto a Hard map by accident. You can still choose any map yourself from the map picker at any time.

Frequently asked questions