Project Zomboid AI Companion That Watches Your Screen
Questie AI spectates your Project Zomboid sessions and talks with you like a Discord friend who actually knows the game — powered by GPT‑5.4, Claude Sonnet 4.6, and Gemini 3.1 Flash. It reacts to moodlet management and health tracking, blacksmithing and animal husbandry, and everything happening on your screen.
No hardware required · Works on any Windows PC · No downloads beyond the app
AI is watching your screen
Spectating your Project Zomboid session in real time. Reacting to moodlet management and health tracking and blacksmithing and animal husbandry.
You have the 'Queasy' moodlet and a scratch on your arm. Your companion says it's time to check if you're infected.
You just found a working generator and the electricity is about to go out. Your companion notes the perfect timing.
What Your Project Zomboid AI Actually Says
Not a generic chatbot. Not a command interface. A companion who watches your sessions and has opinions about what just happened.
You have the 'Queasy' moodlet and a scratch on your arm. Your companion says it's time to check if you're infected.
You just found a working generator and the electricity is about to go out. Your companion notes the perfect timing.
You're trying to clear a skyscraper interior in Build 42 and your weapon just jammed. Your companion suggests immediate retreat to the stairs.
You successfully crafted your first iron axe through blacksmithing. Your companion says your survival odds just went up by 15%.
A cow in your animal pen is hungry and the 'Rising' mode is making food scarce. Your companion suggests checking your farm.
You survive your first winter in Knox Country. Your companion shares the milestone with you.
Meet Your Project Zomboid Companions
Different play styles call for different companions. These are just starting points — you can build your own.
SurvivalGuru
Project Zomboid companion
An AI who knows the exact nutritional value of every food item, tracks your body temperature and infection status, and gives you long-term survival advice for self-sufficiency
"You're dehydrated and carrying 20kg of loot. Drop the unnecessary items or you won't make it back to base before dark. The zombies are faster than you in this state."
Prepper
Project Zomboid companion
An enthusiast for the Build 42 mechanics like blacksmithing and animals, who gets excited when you find rare tools and helps you plan your base defense
"That's a propane torch! We can start the metalworking project now. Let's head back and reinforce the windows before the helicopter event."
Build your own
Custom personality, voice, and style — tailored to how you play Project Zomboid
Real-Time Screen Vision for Project Zomboid
Questie's Vision Language Model reads your screen the same way a human would watching over your shoulder — no game APIs, no plugins, no special setup.
AI Watches Your Screen Like a Friend Over Your Shoulder
Questie's Vision Language Model spectates your Project Zomboid session by analyzing your screen in real time. It reads moodlet management and health tracking, the resource screen, player positions when visible, and map state — the same way a human coach watching your stream would.
No API integration required. The AI processes what's actually on your display and responds through voice chat while you're still in the session.
What the AI sees
When feedback arrives
Commentary Arrives When You Can Actually Use It
Feedback lands during natural breaks — between engagements, after a death, or when you're repositioning. The AI doesn't talk over active high-stakes moments but pipes up when you can actually act on the advice.
After an engagement resolves, it might call out a repeated mistake with your blacksmithing and animal husbandry or remind you about a positioning principle you've been ignoring all session.
Context-Aware Commentary Matches Your Play Style
The AI adapts its tone based on how you play. Aggressive players get timing and moodlet management and health tracking reminders. Methodical players hear about positioning and macro decision-making. It responds to what's actually happening in your specific session.
This isn't cookie-cutter tips pulled from a database. The AI watched your last twenty minutes and has opinions about what specifically keeps costing you.
Not another generic chatbot
Five Things Your Project Zomboid AI Notices
Each area targets a real Project Zomboid-specific skill gap — not generic gaming advice.
Moodlet Management and Health Tracking
- Your moodlets tell the story of your survival. The AI watches the moodlet icons on your screen and tells you what they mean in real-time — from the 'Queasy' icon that could mean infection to the 'Anxious' moodlet that affects your combat speed. It reminds you to eat, drink, and sleep before the penalties become fatal.
- Health tracking is critical in Knox Country. The AI monitors your health panel when you open it and helps you prioritize treatments — like disinfecting a scratch to prevent infection or bandaging a deep wound to stop bleeding out. It acts as your virtual medic in high-stress combat.
Blacksmithing and Animal Husbandry (Build 42)
- Build 42 introduced deep crafting systems like blacksmithing and animals. The AI knows the recipes for iron tools and the requirements for keeping livestock alive. It watches your crafting screen and tells you which materials you're missing for that iron axe or barn expansion, saving you hours of checking the wiki.
- Animals require constant care. The AI tracks the health and hunger of your farm animals (if visible on screen) and reminds you to feed them or check their pens, ensuring your long-term food source in the 'Rising' or 'Extinction' modes remains viable.
Skyscraper Interiors and Basement Strategy
- The new skyscraper and basement locations in Build 42 are high-risk, high-reward. The AI helps you navigate these multi-story interiors by tracking which floors you've cleared and warning you of the increased zombie density in confined spaces. It suggests exit strategies when you're being cornered in a basement.
- Weapon jamming is a new threat in Build 42 combat. The AI watches your weapon's condition and warns you when a jam is likely, or tells you exactly how to clear it when it happens in the middle of a horde, preventing a simple mechanical failure from becoming a death sentence.
Game Mode Selection and Survival Strategy
- With new modes like Apocalypse, Outbreak, Extinction, and Rising, your survival strategy must change. The AI knows the rules for each mode — like the time-limit in Outbreak or the Sprinter-only threat in Extinction — and provides tailored advice to help you survive the specific challenges of your chosen mode.
- Rising mode is a cozy experience, while Extinction is for veterans. The AI adjusts its 'personality' based on your mode — being more relaxed and informative in Rising, and more tactical and urgent in Extinction, acting as the perfect partner for any playstyle.
Base Defense and Helicopter Event Preparation
- The helicopter event is the most dangerous moment for new players. The AI tracks the day and time, warning you when the event is likely to trigger based on the community-known patterns. It helps you prepare your base by suggesting reinforcements and ensuring you have enough supplies to wait out the horde.
- Long-term base building is about self-sufficiency. The AI tracks your water barrels and farming plots, reminding you to check for rain or harvest your crops, ensuring your Knox Country base remains a safe haven through the winter.
Three Steps to Your Project Zomboid AI Companion
Setup takes under two minutes. If your PC runs Project Zomboid, it runs Questie.
Want the broader overview first? See how our AI companion for your specific game works, or read more about the real-time AI coach feature powered by screen vision and voice chat.
Share Your Screen
Launch Questie and share your Project Zomboid window. No downloads, no plugins, no API keys. Works on any Windows PC without special hardware requirements.
Your Companion Watches
The Vision Language Model spectates your gameplay in real time, reading visual context the same way a friend watching over your shoulder would. moodlet management and health tracking, blacksmithing and animal husbandry — all visible.
It Talks With You
Your companion reacts to what's happening, banters between sessions, and throws in tips and reactions when they're useful. Not a command interface — a conversation.
How Project Zomboid AI Companion Compares
Post-match tools tell you what went wrong after the game. Questie tells you during it.
| Tool | Price | Real-time commentary | Voice chat | Screen vision | Always available | No hardware required |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Questie AIYou | $19.99/mo | |||||
| PZ Wiki | Free | |||||
| MapGenie PZ | Free/Paid | |||||
| PZ Survival Guide | Free |
Real-time vs post-match
Tools like PZ Wiki and MapGenie PZ analyze your sessions after they're over. Questie talks to you during play so you can adjust before the next engagement, not after reviewing a stats page.
Alongside human coaching
Already working with a PZ Survival Guide coach? Questie reinforces what your coach teaches by delivering real-time reminders during your solo sessions. It's a daily practice tool, not a replacement for deep-dive sessions.
What Your Project Zomboid AI Focuses on at Your Level
The companion adapts to where you are — not everyone gets the same generic advice.
Building Fundamentals
moodlet management and health tracking and basic positioning are the highest-leverage areas at this level. The AI focuses on building consistent habits before layering in more complex decision-making. Most players in Survivor (Week 1) are losing ground to the same correctable mistakes — the AI identifies and targets those patterns directly.
Decision-Making and Consistency
Fundamental mechanics are developing but decision-making errors are holding you back. The AI focuses on blacksmithing and animal husbandry and how to position in the situations you're consistently struggling with. Mistakes become more punishing at this level — the AI calls out the habits that compound before they compound.
Optimization and Efficiency
Mechanics are solid. Coaching shifts to finding the small edges — resource efficiency, timing refinement, reading the game state, and reducing inconsistencies that prevent further improvement. At this level the AI tracks tendencies and patterns that create predictability opponents can exploit.
Competitive Sharpness
At the highest levels the AI acts as a consistency and focus tool — keeping fundamentals sharp during long sessions and flagging mental game drift when fatigue or tilt starts showing up in your play. It also catches the subtle patterns that develop over time: predictable tendencies and decision shortcuts that work lower down but get punished here.
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No hardware required
Questie works through screen sharing with no additional hardware requirements. No specialized GPU needed, no Project Zomboid plugins to install, no API keys to configure. If your device runs Project Zomboid, it runs Questie.
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