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25 games with real bite
Updated February 21, 2020: New entries added
Whether you're talking about films, TV shows, comics or video games, the zombie genre simply will not die. Even with a bullet to the brain.We seem to be morbidly obsessed with shuffling crowds of the undead. And if we can jump in and actively smash some zombie skulls, or flee for our lives from said rabble, even better.
There are a whole bunch of zombie-themed games on the Google Play Store. And while we've referred to it as the zombie genre, there's really nothing of the sort. Rather, there are a whole bunch of different game genres that have received a zombie theme, from tower defence to first person shooters to RPGs.
All these games really share in common is that they feature the undead, and that they're really good fun.
If you're hankering for some undead bashing action on your Android device, check these games out.
Death Road to Canada
Publisher: RocketCat Games
Genre: Action, Adventure, RPG
A sharp dungeon crawler with a neat zombie twist, Death Road to Canada has way more charm and brains than your average undead-blaster. Party management and tough decision making play a part in this compelling adventure.
Plants vs Zombies
Publisher: PopCap Games
Genre: Strategy, Tower defence
Plants vs Zombies is one of the key games in the rise of the tower defence genre - although technically it's a lane defence game. Whatever, Plants vs Zombies remains an accessible yet tactical treat.
Organ Trail: Director's Cut
Publisher: The Men Who Wear Many Hats
Genre: Adventure, Retro, Shooter, Simulation
Organ Trail: Director's Cut is a survival horror adventure with a gleefully twisted sense of humour. Indeed, the whole thing exists as a grim parody of popular educational game The Oregon Trail.
Into the Dead 2
Available on: iOS + Android
The sequel to PokPok's eery first person autorunner Into the Dead received a much more action-focused sequel. Despite the increased firepower, Into the Dead 2 remains a highly atmospheric zombie game.
Call of Duty Mobile (2019)
Publisher: Activision Blizzard
Genre: Shooter
It's not inherently a zombie game, but Call of Duty: Mobile has its own zombie mode that's pretty darned popular. Fend off waves of undead attacks either solo or with up to three team mates.
The Walking Dead: The Game
Available on: iOS + Android + PS Vita ...
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Telltale's Walking Dead games are all about making tough decisions that have brutally meaningful narrative consequences. In other words, a whole lot of 'major' characters get munched by zombies.
Dragon Hills 2
Available on: iOS + Android
Dragon Hills 2 and its zombie-filled world is a physics-fuelled playground with a tactile swoop mechanic that harks back to the early days of smartphone gaming.
Dead Venture
Available on: iOS + Android
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Dead Venture scores a cliche double whammy in being a zombie game with blocky Minecraft visuals. Somehow, though, it turns out to be a very fresh action game that has you running down zombies in a car.
Dead Island: Survivors
Available on: iOS + Android
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Rather than attempt to replicate the lavish first person action of the Dead Island console series, Survivors crafts a solid tower defence game with hack-and-slash action elements.
Kill Shot Virus
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Kill Shot Virus is a vibrant, violent, and deliberately brainless zombie-themed first person shooter, with a variety of shooting gallery-like missions to run and gun through.
Mini Day Z
Available on: iOS + Android
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Here we have a simplified top-down take on one of the original zombie survival game big-hitters, Day Z. Mini Day Z is a lot more basic, of course, but it still offers a sprawling roguelike survival experience.
Zombie Football
Genre: Arcade, Sports
A neat twist on the runner genre that sees your American football player juking past hoards of the undead, utilising speed boosters and other environmental elements as you head for the end zone.
Infectonator
Publisher: Armor Games
Genre: Casual, Strategy
In casual strategy experience Infectonator, you are the zombie plague-bringer. It's your gruesome task to ravage cities with brain-munchers.
The Walking Dead: No Man's Land
Available on: iOS + Android
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A decent strategy game based on the most popular zombie TV show ever made. No Man's Land lets you build up your very own post-apocalyptic community, under the tutelage of Daryl himself.
Plants vs. Zombies Heroes
Available on: iOS + Android
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Plants vs Zombies Heroes bravely messes with the lane defence genre of the original, stirring in a little Clash Royale for taste. And it tastes good.
Zombicide: Tactics & Shotguns
Available on: iOS + Android
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It's not particularly involved or deep, but this boardgame conversion provides a healthy dose of light tactical RPG action featuring a bunch of brain-munching zombies.
AI Dungeon
Genre: Adventure
AI Dungeon goes back to the text adventures of old, but employs AI to essentially make up an original adventure on the spot. And one of those themed adventures can be a rip-roaring zombie yarn.
Dead Trigger 2
Publisher: MADFINGER Games
Genre: Action, Shooter
Dead Trigger 2 is a relentless and technically impressive first person shooter with lots of bite-sized levels to tackle. You'll play it to test how good your new Android phone is - then struggle to put it down.
War of the Zombie
Publisher: Van der Veer Games
Genre: Shooter, Strategy
War of the Zombie could basically be described as X-COM with zombies, but with a more zoomed out top-down perspective.
Zombie Catchers
Available on: iOS
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Another game that understands how silly and darkly funny zombies can be, Zombie Catchers is an action-platformer that has you harpooning zombies and feeding them to unwitting punters.
Guns 'n' Glory Zombies
Available on: iOS + Android
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The popular Guns'n'Glory tower defence series gets an undead twist, as you take control of four gung-ho girls fighting back a zombie outbreak.
Unkilled
Available on: iOS + Android
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Yet more first person zombie shooting from the Dead Trigger developer. Unkilled still has you legging it around small maps blasting the undead in first person. And that's fine by us.
Radiation City
Available on: iOS
Radiation City isn't the slickest or most intuitive zombie game around, but its brutal post-zombie-apocalypse world is way more immersive than most.
Plants vs Zombies 2: It's About Time
Available on: iOS + Android
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Its free-to-play structure means that Plants vs Zombies 2 isn't as good as the original. However, it's still one of the better zombie-themed strategy games on the Google Play Store.
Zombie Gunship Survival
Available on: iOS + Android
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Blasting zombies from the comfort of an AC-130 gunship sounds like a lot of fun - and it is. But Zombie Gunship Survival also stirs in base building elements for an extra edge.