All The Best Zombie Games Available Now

Summary

• Left 4 Dead 2 is a classic always worth visiting.
• There's always a great indie zombie game to find.
• Horde shooters from small teams can provide a lot of good surprises.
• Early Access zombie games are often hit-and-miss.

Call them what you will, Infected, Walkers, The Undead, zombies are iconic monsters that shuffled their way into our hearts with how much they've bled their way back into video games, movies, and pop culture in general over the years.

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There are a plethora of great games from studios that are triple-A, indie, and everything in between, with each producing their own take on the classic decaying rotting tide. Some takes are better than others, with a handful even redefining the "zombie survival" genre completely and although there is a little bit of over-saturation with how many of these games have been churned out over the years, there are still quite a few worth checking out. Here are the best zombie games that have come out so far.

Updated January 26, 2025 By Matthew Mckeown: In the gaming marketplace, zombie games arguably outnumber everything. There’s so many of them, and they vary in such quality that it can be overwhelming if you’re just looking for something simple.

Luckily there are signs to keep an eye out for and if you’re not familiar with them then don’t worry, we are. There’s a cherry-picked collection just waiting for you to try them, and we’ve lined them up for you nice and neatly. So have a browse at our updated look at the best zombie games out now.

So Many Zombies

Holding Your Own Against Huge Hordes

A chaotic top-down game from Casual Distraction Games, So Many Zombies is a fast-paced arcade style action game that pits you against the unending hordes. The waves are so massive that you genuinely may have frame rate issues, but don’t worry you’re armed well before and during each round.

There’s a plethora of powerful pickups and weapons to unlock as well as a levelling system that allows for power-ups and abilities that will clear the field of shambling corpses before they overwhelm you. A fun distraction for a few hours, So Many Zombies is welcoming to all skill levels and highly recommended if you’re looking for a simple shooter to sink some time into.

Only Out

Co-Operative Survival Carnage

A co-op zombie survival game you can play from your couch with a pal, Only Out from Shark Studio is a solid game on your own, but by far it shines the most when you bring along a buddy. It’s another top-down affair, but it works well as the graphics are simple so it runs super smoothly.

Set in your stereotypical post-apocalyptic wasteland, Only Out tasks you and your friend with surviving as you navigate your way through zombie-filled town after town. There’s cross-platform play if you want to mix things up, and it’s fairly easy to blow through each level so it guarantees a fun afternoon.The hordes never stop, so you better work fast.

Invisible Flow

A James Bond Esque Adventure

A brilliantly entertaining survival game from the DogHadHouse development duo, Invisible Flow is a love letter to 80’s style spy and adventure serials and it just keeps the hits coming. You play as John, an investigator that heads to Lush Palms, an island where something sinister has gone down.

Communication has been cut off for weeks and raving infected workers roam the land, so it’s up to John to solve the mystery and help his missing sister. Crafting and preparation for encounters is emphasised off the bat and it doesn’t take much for things to go spectacularly wrong. With a fun comic style and a story that keeps twisting and turning right up until the end, it’s hard to not recommend picking up Invisible Flow.

Staying Fresh

Ferocious Food Fights

Staying Fresh from Rubel Games is the kind of zombie indie game that turns heads for all the right reasons. Instead of your usual shambling corpses, here you’re fighting against rotten food that just won’t die. It’s a turn-based Early Access game that deserves a spot on your radar for how original, cute and surprisingly challenging it can be.

Gameplay is in a tactical perspective and as you progress through the kitchen you’ll pick up a bunch of culinary heroes to help you that all come with their own unique attack styles and abilities. Fresh food helps you upgrade your fighters and with each trip into the kitchen being randomized, you never know what you’re going to get. A fun distraction that’s unexpectedly deep at times, Staying Fresh is highly recommended.

Graveyard Gunslingers

Whacking Wraiths In The Wild West

Strap on a bandolier and grab your six-shooter, the dead are crawling out of their graves and it’s up to you to save the Wild West from their grasp. Graveyard Gunslingers from Pyro Physics is a simple top-down wave shooter with some interesting survival mechanics.

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During the day you have to explore, scrounge for items and resources, then as night falls things become much more hostile. The dead emerge in vast waves and they’re after one thing, your tasty organs. Hold off the horde and make it to another day to unlock special skills and use them to give yourself an edge over these shambling monsters.

Each level is procedural, so if you have a bad run just reset and try again.

Temporal Purge: Z

Taking Out Timetravelling Undead Terrors

An Early Access inter-dimensional Zombie shooter from Exec Games, Temporal Purge: Z is a tight, simple and action-packed indie horror game. The future is at risk from the dead and it’s up to you to time travel to different locales and send those rotting rioters back to the graves.

It’s rocking some classic Call Of Duty: Zombie vibes and with a large array of colorful period, modern and futuristic weaponry at your disposal those shambling hordes won’t stand a chance. A game that’s relatively new on the scene but is bursting with potential, Temporal Purge: Z is worth trying out or at least sticking on your wishlist.

Zompizza: The Last Delivery

Saving Humanity With A Hot Slice

The world may be over, but there’s one Pizza Delivery Company that won’t be put out of business in Zompizza: The Last Delivery from Studio Gimbap. This cute and chaotic top-down driving survival game mixes cathartically cruising through crowds of crumbling corpses and restaurant management seamlessly.

The goal, to deliver a satisfying and piping hot slice to whoever in the neighborhood needs it. However, the hordes of Zombies in the way say otherwise. So it’s up to you to grab a car, upgrade it with brutal modifications and then pave a path through all those bodies. Simple, easy to get going and satisfying to play, Zompizza is an indie horror game that needs to be on your radar.

Endo Parasitic 2

A One-Armed Mans Worst Nightmare

After waking up on the floor with no legs, a missing arm and a parasite in your spine, Endo Parasitic 2 from Deep Root Interactive is a strange indie game that happily chucks you in the deep end from the jump. The premise is simple, you’re stuck in a lab that’s overrun with zombies, monsters and worse, and you need to get out. Simple right?

Wrong. You’ve only got one arm and everything in the game, including weapons, switches and more, need to be manually interacted with. What follows is a chaotic and fun mix of balancing your one good arm with what task in the moment is the most important. Dragging yourself across the floor to leave, or trying to fight. Very weird but very fun, Endo Parasitic is worth picking up.

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Dread Dawn

Surviving Highschool, But Not How You Think

A zombie game from Kioop that needs a lot more awareness, Dread Dawn is a fantastic open-world zombie survival game that absolutely nails the scope and size of undead hordes. You play as a student that’s been left behind in a city that’s literally heaving at the brim with Zombies, and it’s up to you to rally other survivors, defend your school and wait for rescue.

But that’s easier said than done as the hordes are hyper reactive, absolutely massive and there’s so much that can go wrong. The crafting list is huge and you can mess around with a lot of build and customisation options for your character and your base. Not one for the faint of heart, Dread Dawn is a must-play if you’re looking for a zombie game with absolutely gigantic horde sizes.

Zombie Within

Trust No One

A unique and refreshing take on the imposter style game, Zombie Within from NewGen tasks six survivors with working together, but there are infected within the group. A simple premise with some unique gameplay mechanics that involve spreading or stopping the spread of the Zombie virus.

Each side has their own goals. For example, Zombies have to shutdown generators, spread the infection and they can shapeshift to blend in. Whilst Defenders have to use traps, scanners and their intuition to find out who’s here to help and who’s just causing harm.

The map is randomly generated, so each round is unique and completely new.