State of Decay 3 · Facts
Alpha 2026
A small door, already used
Short answer
Closed alpha sign-ups and play in 2026, starting around April. Not a public beta.
Also: closed alpha · alpha test
What we know
Undead Labs ran limited alpha tests. Feedback they named in public: combat vs multiple freaks, lighting, weather, cosmetics, movement. That is flavour, not a patch note.
What to do
If you weren't in, you weren't in. See sod3-beta.
Don't
Don't leak. Don't paste NDA as a wiki.