[Top 50] Best Zombie Games of All Time

Updated: 07 Jul 2020 5:01 pm
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Over the last decade, the zombie genre has grown impossibly huge with a wide range of platforms and price points.

These are the top fifty that have made their mark in one way or another.

With reviews and trailers for you to dive into to see what fits your tastes from never-ending runners, shooters, or stories to make you wonder what really went bump in the night.

Name Release Year Platform Steam Rating Metacritic Score Review Trailer
10 Miles to Safety 2019 PC 9/10 N/A Review Trailer
7 Days to Die 2013 PS, XBOX, PC 8/10 7 Review Trailer
Arizona Sunshine 2017 PS, VR, PC 9/10 7.7 Review Trailer
Black Masses 2018 PC 7/10 N/A Review Trailer
Black Mesa 2012 PC 10/10 8.9 Review Trailer
Codename CURE 2017 PC 9/10 N/A Review Trailer
Containment Initiative 2016 PC, VR 9/10 N/A Review Trailer
Corridor Z 2018 Switch, PS, PC 8/10 N/A Review Trailer
Cry of Fear 2012 PC, App 9/10 8.2 Review Trailer
Days Gone 2019 PS N/A 7.1 Review Trailer
Dead Island 2011 PS, XBOX, PC 7/10 7.8 Review Trailer
Dead Pixels 2012 PC 7/10 7.3 Review Trailer
Dead Road to Canada 2016 Switch, App, PC, XBOX 9/10 8 Review Trailer
Dying Light 2015 PS, XBOX, PC 9/10 8 Review Trailer
Earn to Die 2 2016 App, PC 9/10 N/A Review Trailer
GTFO 2019 PC 10/10 8.1 Review Trailer
How To Survive 2013 PS, XBOX, Wii, PC 9/10 7 Review Trailer
Hunt: Showdown  2019 PS, XBOX, PC 9/10 7.3 Review Trailer
Killing Floor 2009 PS, XBOX, PC 9/10 8.6 Review Trailer
Left 4 Dead 2008 XBOX, PC 10/10 9.1 Review Trailer
Living Dead 2020 PC 8/10 N/A N/A Trailer
Love Is Dead 2018 PC 8/10 7.6 Review Trailer
MarZ: Tactical 2017 PC 7/10 8 Review Trailer
Metal Dead 2011 PC 9/10 7.5 Review Trailer
Mist Survival 2018 PC 9/10 N/A Review Trailer
Nation Red 2009 PC 8/10 7.2 Review Trailer
No More Room In Hell 2013 PC 9/10 7.6 Review Trailer
OMG Zombies 2012 PC 9/10 N/A Review Trailer
Organ Trail 2012 PS, App, PC 9/10 7 Review Trailer
Plants Vs. Zombies 2009 App, PC, XBOX, PS, DS 9/10 8.9 Review Trailer
Project Zomboid 2011 PC 9/10 7.5 Review Trailer
Rebuild 3 2015 PC, App 9/10 8.7 Review Trailer
Resident Evil 2 2019 XBOX, PC, PS 10/10 8.8 Review Trailer
Resident Evil 7 2017 PS, PC, XBOX, Switch 9/10 7.9 Review Trailer
State of Decay 2013 PC, XBOX 9/10 7.9 Review Trailer
Subterrain 2016 PC 9/10 8.6 Review Trailer
The Final Station 2016 PS, PC 9/10 7.5 Review Trailer
The Walking Dead 2012 PS, XBOX, Switch, PC, App 8/10 8.5 Review Trailer
The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners 2020 VR 9/10 8.4 Review Trailer
They Are Billions 2019 PS, XBOX, PC 9/10 7.2 Review Trailer
Typing of the Dead: Overkill 2013 PC 7/10 7.6 Review Trailer
Unturned 2017 PC 9/10 7.8 Review

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Withstand: Survival 2020 PC 7/10 N/A Review Trailer
Z Dawn 2019 PC 7/10 10 Review Trailer
Zombicide 2016 PC 7/10 N/A Review Trailer
Zombie Army Trilogy 2015 PC, XBOX, PS, Switch 9/10 7.1 Review Trailer
Zombie Exodus 2015 PC, App 9/10 N/A Review Trailer
Zombie Night Terror 2016 Switch, App, PC 9/10 7.8 Review Trailer
Zombotron 2019 PC 9/10 7 Review Trailer
ZomDay 2020 PC 9/10 N/A Review Trailer

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