[Top 25] Best Zombie Games for PC (Ranked Fun To Most Fun)

Updated:

20 Dec 2022

1 - Dead Frontier 2

2018 (PC)

What Is It About: Online survival horror at its darkest. As one of the few survivors of the outbreak, you must scratch a living out of the decaying ruins of society. Scavenge for supplies, improve your skills, and trade with other players. All the while, keep your eyes peeled for the infected lurking around every corner.

It’s a great game if you like to interact with people (although you can play as a lone wolf if you want), and I’m sure you will have a lot of fun making trades in this economy, or not.

(Dead Frontier 2 trailer)

Choose this game if you like:

Old-school survival horror
Ethical free-to-play
Create your unique character build by selecting from a wide variety of skills, rare equipment, and cosmetic items.

2 - Cold Fear

2005 (PlayStation 2/Xbox/Microsoft Windows)

What Is It About: In a ferocious Arctic storm, distress signals are sent by a mysterious Russian whaler. As leading Coast Guard veteran Tom Hansen, you board the ship to investigate and discover unthinkable horrors lurking beneath the ship's bloodstained decks.

If you like zombies and ships this game is perfect for you, unless you have sea sickness…

(Cold Fear trailer)

Choose this game if you like:

Brave the dangerous waters
Create fatal traps and use shotguns, flame throwers, or any object you can find to survive.
Unstable environments.

3 - How to Survive

2013 (Microsoft Windows/PlayStation 3/PlayStation 4/Xbox 360/Xbox One/Wii U)

What Is It About: You're shipwrecked on an isolated island, a desperate castaway in a total freakshow world. How will you survive?

Collect the pages of a Survival Guide and figure it out, of course! Find food, water, and shelter before you perish. Uh oh, is it getting dark? Figure out how to get through the night! While at it, gather up some of this awesome stuff and piece together over 100 handmade weapons and tools—from shotguns to Molotov cocktails. Now you can defend yourself and your friends like a boss!

If you love those survival reality shows and zombie apocalypses, this game is an excellent fit for you.

(How to Survive trailer)

Choose this game if you like:

To play offline with your friends
Islands filled with zombies
A deep crafting system

4 - Unturned

2014 (PlayStation 4/Xbox One/Microsoft Windows/Linux/macOS/GeForce Now/Xbox Series X/Series S/Mac OS)

What Is It About: You're a survivor in the zombie-infested ruins of society and must work with your friends and forge alliances to remain among the living.

If you like the interface for Minecraft, you are going to enjoy this game.

(Unturned trailer)

Choose this game if you like:

Sneaking around
Struggle against nature
Survival mechanism

5 - Resident Evil

1996 (PlayStation/Microsoft Windows/PlayStation Portable/PlayStation 3/Sega Saturn/Nintendo DS)

What Is It About: In 1998, a special forces team is sent to investigate some bizarre murders on the outskirts of Raccoon City. Upon arriving they are attacked by a pack of blood-thirsty dogs and are forced to take cover in a nearby mansion. But the scent of death hangs heavy in the air. Supplies are scarce as they struggle to stay alive.

If you want to see the inspiration for many zombie games, you should definitely play this amazing game.

Choose this game if you like:

High-Resolution Environments
A compelling storyline
Classic games

6 - Undying

2021 (Windows)

What Is It About: Infected by a zombie bite, Anling's days are numbered. She must now fight to survive, not for herself but for her young son, Cody. Ensure Cody's survival in this zombie-infested world by protecting him, searching for safety, and teaching him valuable skills, at any cost.

This game will undoubtedly increase your parenting DIY skills, as well as taking care of a child in the event of a zombie apocalypse.

Choose this game if you like:

Being a caretaker
Emotional games
Player-generated world map

7 - Dead Space (2008)

2008 (PlayStation 3/Xbox 360/Microsoft Windows/Xbox Cloud Gaming)

What Is It About: A massive deep-space mining ship goes dark after unearthing a strange artifact on a distant planet. Engineer Isaac Clarke embarks on the repair mission, only to uncover a nightmarish blood bath the ship's crew has been horribly slaughtered and infected by an alien scourge. Now Isaac is cut off, trapped, and engaged in a desperate fight for survival.

This game is the right fit for you if you like space and zombies. Now there are two threats against your life.

Choose this game if you like:

Zero gravity combat
Messy monster slaying
Improvised weapons

8 - Resident Evil 5

2009 (PlayStation 3/Xbox 360/Microsoft Windows/Shield Android TV/PlayStation 4/Xbox One/Nintendo Switch)

What Is It About: The Umbrella Corporation and its crop of lethal viruses have been destroyed and contained. But a new, more dangerous threat has emerged. Years after surviving the events in Raccoon City, Chris Redfield has been fighting the scourge of bio-organic weapons all over the world. Now a member of the Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance (BSAA), Chris is sent to Africa to investigate a biological agent that is transforming the populace into aggressive and disturbing creatures. Joined by another local BSAA agent, Sheva Alomar, the two must work together to uncover the truth behind the disturbing turn of events.

This game is great to play with a friend and have a wonderful time, as well as go on a revenge crusade.

Choose this game if you like:

A revenge storyline
Action scenes
Act quick

9 - Them and Us

2021 (Windows)

What Is It About: The year is 1978. A survivor. A young woman, her mind scarred by a life of tragedy, has the name Alicia. She is alone. She is injured. Around her, quietly and slowly, a surreal and deadly nightmare unfolds.

This game is perfect for you if you like badass women and a scary, classic environment.

Choose this game if you like:

Realistic damage
In-world puzzles
End of the 70s vibes

10 - Half-Life 2

2004 (Android/Microsoft Windows/Xbox/IBM PC compatible/macOS/Linux/Xbox 360/PlayStation 3/Mac OS)

What Is It About: The player again picks up the crowbar of research scientist Gordon Freeman, who finds himself on an alien-infested Earth being picked to the bone, its resources depleted, and its populace dwindling. Freeman is thrust into the unenviable role of rescuing the world from the wrong he unleashed back at Black Mesa. And a lot of people he cares about are counting on him.

This game is great for those who like sci-fi and being a scientist.

Choose this game if you like:

Immersive storytelling
Startling new realism and responsiveness
Suspense

11 - Resident Evil 7

2017 (Xbox One/Playstation 4/Microsoft Windows/Nintendo Switch)

What Is It About: Set in modern-day rural America and following the events of Resident Evil® 6, players experience the terror from the first-person perspective. Resident Evil 7 embodies the series’ signature gameplay elements of exploration and tense atmosphere that first coined “survival horror” some twenty years ago; meanwhile, a complete refresh of gameplay systems simultaneously propels the survival horror experience to the next level.

This is a very scary game. You’ll love to play this during the day, but I cannot be responsible for what happens when you play at night…

Choose this game if you like:

Emotional storyline
A lot of suspense
Realistic action

12 - The House of the Dead: Remake

2022 (Nintendo Switch/PlayStation 4/Xbox One/Microsoft Windows/Google Stadia/Xbox Series X and Series S/PlayStation 5)

What Is It About: THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD: Remake is a remade version of the game introduced in 1997 on the arcade platform. A classic arcade rail shooter receives a whole new entourage and gameplay changes to suit modern gaming standards.

This game will make you be immersed in a very horror arcade style and make you forget that we are in 2022.

Choose this game if you like:

Multiple endings
Arcade Classic
Local 2-player multiplayer

13 - Resident Evil 4

2005 (Nintendo Switch/PlayStation 4/Xbox 360/Microsoft Windows/PlayStation 2/Wii/PlayStation 3/Xbox One/Android/iOS/Zeebo)

What Is It About: Survival is just the beginning. Six years have passed since the biological disaster in Raccoon City. Leon S. Kennedy, one of the survivors, tracks the president's kidnapped daughter to a secluded European village, where there is something terribly wrong with the locals.

This game will make you feel like you are a true secret agent. And make you a true hero for saving the president’s daughter.

Choose this game if you like:

Rescue stories
Be on a secret mission
Realistic trades

14 - The Walking Dead: Michonne

2016 (Mac/Microsoft Windows/OS X/PlayStation 3/PlayStation 4/Xbox 360/Xbox One/iOS/Android)

What Is It About: The Walking Dead: Michonne - A Telltale Miniseries stars the iconic, blade-wielding character from Robert Kirkman's best-selling comic books.

If you like the series or the comic book of The Walking Dead, you will love to play Michonne, more so if she’s your favorite character or you like to make zombie slaves.

(The Walking Dead: Michonne trailer)

Choose this game if you like:

A laidback story
Comic book style
Be a lone wolf

15 - Night of the Dead

2020 (Microsoft Windows)

What Is It About: Lucy wakes up from a human experiment and gets trapped in a city covered with zombies. She must survive nightly zombie waves and communicate with a group of survivors to escape from the isolated area.

You will have to explore the city and find your way out while running from zombies, and if that wasn’t hard enough, you just went through an experiment. If that doesn't prepare you for a zombie apocalypse, I don’t know what will.

(Night of the Dead trailer)

Choose this game if you like:

Finding clues
Building and upgrading fortresses
Crafting

16 - Dying Light 2 Stay Human

2022 (PlayStation 5/PlayStation 4/Xbox One/Xbox Series X and Series S/Nintendo Switch/Microsoft Windows)

What Is It About: The virus won and civilization has fallen back to the Dark Ages. The City, one of the last human settlements, is on the brink of collapse. Use your agility and combat skills to survive, and reshape the world. Your choices matter.

I think the most fun part of this game is the memories and having to decipher them while fighting zombies. Be a Badass Sherlock Holmes.

Choose this game if you like:

Vasp Open World
Choices and Consequences
Creative and Brutal Combate

17 - Resident Evil 3 Remake

2020 (Microsoft Windows/PlayStation 4/Xbox One/PlayStation 5

Xbox Series X/S)

What Is It About: Jill Valentine is one of the last remaining people in Raccoon City to witness the atrocities Umbrella performed. To stop her, Umbrella unleashes its ultimate secret weapon; Nemesis!

You will have to go through the city and solve puzzles, but you will also have to learn how to work under pressure because the big bad Nemesis is on your back.

(Resident Evil 3 Remake trailer)

Choose this game if you like:

Act quick
Being chased
Solve puzzles

18 - Dead Rising 3 Apocalypse Edition

2013 (Xbox One/Microsoft Windows)

What Is It About: Anything and everything is a weapon in Dead Rising 3. Explore the zombie-infested city of Los Perdidos, and find a way to escape before a military strike wipes the entire city, and everyone in it, off the map. With intense action and an unmatched level of weapon and character customization, Dead Rising 3 delivers a heart-pounding experience unlike any other as you explore, scavenge, and fight to survive in a massive open world on the brink of a zombie apocalypse.

With horror and gore elements, it’s a perfect game to play on a Friday night with a thunderstorm. Just be careful when you go to sleep, check underneath your bed.

Choose this game if you like:

Hundreds of unique combo weapons and vehicles
Being immersed in the action and stunning visuals.
With intelligent AI, zombies are smarter and deadlier than ever before

19 - 7 Days to Die

2013 (PlayStation 4/Xbox One/Microsoft Windows/macOS/Linux/Xbox Cloud Gaming)

What Is It About: 7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooters, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!

If you like to play in a huge world and craft your own weapons to fight off those nasty zombies, this game is great for you.

Choose this game if you like:

Huge, unique, and rich environments, offer the freedom to play the game any way you want
Create your own character and further customize your character in-game with a huge selection of clothing and armor you can craft or loot in the world
Meet several Trader NPCs who buy and sell goods and offer quest jobs for rewards

20 - Resident Evil 2 Remake

2019 (PlayStation 4/Nintendo Switch/PlayStation 5/Xbox One/Xbox Series X and Series S/Microsoft Windows/Amazon Luna)

What Is It About: A deadly virus engulfs the residents of Raccoon City in September of 1998, plunging the city into chaos as flesh-eating zombies roam the streets looking for survivors. An unparalleled adrenaline rush, a gripping storyline, and unimaginable horrors await you. Witness the return of Resident Evil 2.

In this game, you’re going to play as two characters and find yourself immersed in two different storylines full of action. Be careful or you will spend the whole night awake.

Choose this game if you like:

Terrifyingly realistic visuals
A spine-chilling reimagining of a horror classic
Engage in frenzied combat with enemies, explore dark menacing corridors, solve puzzles to access areas, and collect and use items discovered around the environment in a terrifying constant fight for survival

21- Back 4 Blood

2021 (PlayStation 4/Xbox One/PlayStation 5/Xbox Series X and Series S/Microsoft Windows/Xbox Cloud Gaming)

What Is It About: Back 4 Blood is a thrilling cooperative first-person shooter from the creators of the critically acclaimed Left 4 Dead franchise. You are at the center of a war against the Ridden. These once-human hosts of a deadly parasite have turned into terrifying creatures bent on devouring what remains of civilization. With humanity's extinction on the line, it's up to you and your friends to take the fight to the enemy, eradicate the Ridden, and reclaim the world.

You are the only one who can take the world back. Be the leader of the group and test your skills, at least if a zombie apocalypse really happens in real life, you’ll be prepared to lead.

Choose this game if you like:

Fight your way through a dynamic, perilous world in a 4-player co-op story campaign where you must work together to survive increasingly challenging missions.
Competitive Multiplayer
Extreme Replayability

22 - The Walking Dead: Telltale Series

2012 (Android/iOS/Kindle Fire HDX/OS X/Linux/Microsoft Windows/Nintendo Switch/Ouya/PlayStation 3/PlayStation 4/PlayStation Vita/Xbox 360/Xbox One)

What Is It About: The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series contains all 4 Seasons, 400 Days, and The Walking Dead: Michonne, which includes over 50 hours of gameplay across 23 unique episodes. With graphical enhancements, behind-the-scenes bonus features, and faithful recreations of classic menus, this is the definitive way to experience Clementine’s journey and find out how her story ends.

This game is for the ones who love to make choices that impact the gameplay and you can have a unique experience, you’ll feel like you’re the one in charge, because you are. Are you ready for that?

Choose this game if you like:

Be a caretaker
Make difficult decisions
Very emotional storyline

23 - Resident Evil 6

2012 (PlayStation 4/Nintendo Switch/Xbox One/PlayStation 3/Xbox 360/Microsoft Windows)

What Is It About: Blending action and survival horror, Resident Evil 6 promises to be the dramatic horror experience of 2013. Resident Evil favorites Leon S. Kennedy, Chris Redfield, and Ada Wong are joined by new characters, including Jake Muller, to face a new horror, the highly virulent C-virus, as the narrative moves between North America, the war-torn Eastern European state of Edonia and the Chinese city of Lanshiang.

You’ll play 4 different storylines and all of them have a lot of action, I hope you are ready, as well as your heart.

(Resident Evil 6 trailer)

Choose this game if you like:

Travel to a lot of different locations
Play with a lot of new characters
Crossover with your own characters

24 - Left 4 Dead series

2008 (Microsoft Windows/Xbox 360/Mac OS X/Mac OS Classic/Android/iOS)

What Is It About: Set in the immediate aftermath of the zombie apocalypse, L4D's survival co-op mode lets you blast a path through the infected in four unique “movies,” guiding your survivors across the rooftops of an abandoned metropolis, through rural ghost towns and pitch-black forests in your quest to escape a devastated Ground Zero crawling with infected enemies. Each "movie" is comprised of five large maps and can be played by one to four human players, with an emphasis on team-based strategy and objectives.

If you love a stress-induced game, you’ll love this one, if you take a lot of time to get where you need to go more and more zombies will keep appearing.

Choose this game if you like:

Addictive single-player, co-op and multiplayer action gameplay
An advanced AI director dynamically creates intense and unique experiences every time the game is played
A diverse of different locations to play in

25 - Resident Evil Village

2021 (Microsoft Windows/PlayStation 4/PlayStation 5/Stadia/Xbox One/Xbox Series X and S)

What Is It About: Experience survival horror like never before in the 8th major installment in the Resident Evil franchise - Resident Evil Village. With detailed graphics, intense first-person action, and masterful storytelling, the terror has never felt more realistic.

Again, we reconnect with Ethan and now we are in search of his daughter and wife. But I think the most iconic element is Lady Dimitrescu, a vampire lady whom many think is very hot. I’ll leave you to draw your own conclusions.