Zombie Stage Round 2 Countdown & Status Tracker

“Round 2 countdown” is the phrase fans type when they want a number. Here is the honest version of that page: a status tracker that says exactly where production stands, what has actually leaked (nothing), and what a real announcement would look like.

Current status

As of 27 September 2026: Round 2 is not out, no date has been given, and no official countdown exists.

The last Zombie Stage release was Round 1, on 26 June 2026. Since then VIVINOS has shipped music and comics — not episodes:

| Date | Release | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | 26 Jun 2026 | Zombie Stage Round 1 | Episode | | 17 Jul 2026 | Ache | 19-page comic | | 18 Sep 2026 | ALIEN STAGE 4th Anniversary REMIX | Music |

That is the full release record since Round 1. The oldest item in this table is the episode everyone is still waiting on a sequel to.

Update log

| Date | Check | Result | | --- | --- | --- | | 27 Sep 2026 | Official release channels checked | No new episode, date or verified leak | | 25 Sep 2026 | Tracker published | Round 2 status page went live |

Follow official updates

Want to know when the status changes? Follow the sources that can publish a real announcement:

• Subscribe to this site’s RSS feed — this tracker is included in the feed, along with new release coverage.
• VIVINOS on YouTube — where the episode itself appears.
• The official ALIEN STAGE account on X — usually the fastest announcement signal.

This page does not promise an email list or invent a release date. When official information changes, the status, update date and release record here change with it.

Why there is no countdown timer

A countdown needs a target. There is no target.

Every timer you have seen — including ones on fan wikis and Discord bots — is counting down to a date a fan chose, not a date the studio gave. VIVINOS has never once run an official countdown for an Alien Stage or Zombie Stage episode. When episodes release, they simply appear.

This page will add a real timer the day a real date is announced. Until then, a number ticking down would be a lie told with better animation.

Production timeline

The one legitimate way to estimate: look at how long episodes have actually taken. This is every main-series release with its gap.

| # | Episode | Released | Gap | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Round 1 | 7 Sep 2022 | — | | 3 | Round 2 | 5 Oct 2022 | 3 weeks | | 4 | Round 3 | 5 Jan 2023 | 3.0 months | | 9 | Round 6 | 5 Apr 2024 | 3.2 months | | 10 | Final Round | 25 Oct 2024 | 6.7 months | | 12 | Karma | 27 Jun 2025 | 4.4 months | | 13 | Round 1 (Zombie Stage) | 26 Jun 2026 | 12.0 months |

What this tells you:

• A normal episode takes three to seven months in an active run.
• Launching a new universe took a full year — the longest gap on record.
• The gap between Karma and Zombie Stage Round 1 was almost exactly 12 months, which is why a second episode is expected during 2026 rather than promised.

Do not average these numbers into a date. Two of the gaps are measured in days; the schedule is real but irregular.

What counts as a real leak

“Leaks” is the second-most-searched Zombie Stage phrase, so it deserves a straight answer: there has been no verified leak of Zombie Stage episode 2. Not a storyboard, not an animatic, not a stray audio file.

What actually circulates as “leaks”:

| Claim | Reality | | --- | --- | | “Storyboard for Round 2” | Fan art, usually posted with a speculation tag | | “Track name leaked” | Usually a guess built from Round 1’s OST titles | | “Release window from Patreon” | Patreon has carried translations, never dates | | “Leaked character designs” | Designs from the official 2026 teaser, re-captioned |

Where real news would land, in order: the official ALIEN STAGE account on X, the VIVINOS YouTube channel, the ALIEN STAGE OFFICIAL MUSIC channel, then VIVINOS’s Patreon. The teaser on 5 June 2026 went out through X first — that is the pattern.

Where it will not come from: TikTok reposts, screenshot threads with no link, and any page that shows you the date before the studio does.

Round 2 matchup

No matchup has been announced. Based on who appeared in Round 1 without performing, Ivan and Hyuna are the two characters with no track, which is where a next episode would logically go.

What is worth watching, phrased as the questions a second episode would have to answer:

• Does Ivan get a song? He is in Round 1 with no role and no theme.
• Does Hyuna get one? Same situation — visible, not yet a performer.
• Does Hia, Sua’s older sister, appear? She has a full profile and zero screen time.
• Does Sua perform again after losing an arm? Round 1 leaves that unresolved.

For the deaths and survival odds behind these names, see Who Dies in Zombie Stage?.

Reader vote

Which matchup do you expect in Round 2?

A. Ivan vs Till — the most-requested pairing B. Hyuna vs Luka — the Round 1 grudge C. Sua vs someone new — the one-armed rematch D. No duel at all — a story episode instead

How this page stays current

This is a tracker, not a prediction. It is updated when the release record changes — a new episode, a new announcement, a new official post. It does not update to add invented dates.

• This site’s RSS — zombiestage.com/rss.xml for this page and new release coverage.
• The official X account — fastest signal for an announcement.
• VIVINOS on YouTube — where the episode itself appears.

Two adjacent pages do the jobs this one deliberately does not: Release Date: What Is Confirmed holds the sourced date record, and The 2026 Teaser, Decoded reads every frame of the official preview. This page tracks status; those two hold evidence.