diff --git a/.changeset/seven-points-mate.md b/.changeset/seven-points-mate.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d359485104
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/seven-points-mate.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@latticexyz/store-sync": patch
+---
+
+Fixed `syncToZustand` types so that non-existent tables give an error and `never` type instead of a generic `Table` type.
diff --git a/packages/store-sync/src/zustand/syncToZustand.ts b/packages/store-sync/src/zustand/syncToZustand.ts
index fe8d0950c4..7b88722863 100644
--- a/packages/store-sync/src/zustand/syncToZustand.ts
+++ b/packages/store-sync/src/zustand/syncToZustand.ts
@@ -6,12 +6,15 @@ import { createStore } from "./createStore";
 import { createStorageAdapter } from "./createStorageAdapter";
 import { Address } from "viem";
 
-type AllTables<config extends StoreConfig, extraTables extends Tables> = ResolvedStoreConfig<config>["tables"] &
-  extraTables &
+type AllTables<
+  config extends StoreConfig,
+  extraTables extends Tables | undefined
+> = ResolvedStoreConfig<config>["tables"] &
+  (extraTables extends Tables ? extraTables : Record<never, never>) &
   typeof storeTables &
   typeof worldTables;
 
-type SyncToZustandOptions<config extends StoreConfig, extraTables extends Tables> = SyncOptions & {
+type SyncToZustandOptions<config extends StoreConfig, extraTables extends Tables | undefined> = SyncOptions & {
   // require address for now to keep the data model + retrieval simpler
   address: Address;
   config: config;
@@ -20,13 +23,13 @@ type SyncToZustandOptions<config extends StoreConfig, extraTables extends Tables
   startSync?: boolean;
 };
 
-type SyncToZustandResult<config extends StoreConfig, extraTables extends Tables> = SyncResult & {
+type SyncToZustandResult<config extends StoreConfig, extraTables extends Tables | undefined> = SyncResult & {
   tables: AllTables<config, extraTables>;
   useStore: ZustandStore<AllTables<config, extraTables>>;
   stopSync: () => void;
 };
 
-export async function syncToZustand<config extends StoreConfig, extraTables extends Tables>({
+export async function syncToZustand<config extends StoreConfig, extraTables extends Tables | undefined>({
   config,
   tables: extraTables,
   store,
@@ -41,7 +44,7 @@ export async function syncToZustand<config extends StoreConfig, extraTables exte
     ...extraTables,
     ...storeTables,
     ...worldTables,
-  } as AllTables<config, extraTables>;
+  } as unknown as AllTables<config, extraTables>;
 
   const useStore = store ?? createStore({ tables });
   const storageAdapter = createStorageAdapter({ store: useStore });