15 - 死寂(Deathly Stillness)
2021 (Microsoft Windows)
What Is It About: This is a boring third-person zombie game with no plot, Complete the quest to kill all the zombies. This game is a teaching case study of bilibili by Chen Jiacheng, not an officially released game.
A fantastic game for teaching you how to survive with few resources, avoid wasting ammo, and avoid getting hurt. Isn't it easier said than done?
Choose this game if you like:
- There are no health packs, which means you have to keep an eye on your health
- Complete the quest to kill all the zombies
- 5 or more melee attacks will trigger a skill that can kill a zombie in one blow
14 - Bloody Walls
2016 (Microsoft Windows)
What Is It About: The world was plunged into chaos following an accident at a bioweapons research facility. 100% of the earth's population has been infected. There is an antidote that blocks infection from the airborne strain of the virus, but the effect is temporary.
All I have to wish you is good luck. You’ll try to survive with the limited access you have to the antidote, maybe it’s time to start training your breathing?
Choose this game if you like:
- An original mechanic for dealing damage to enemies
- Four-bit graphics using the Game Boy's color pallet
- Every step you take is fraught with tension
13 - Codename CURE
2017 (Microsoft Windows/Linux/macOS)
What Is It About: Codename CURE is a first-person, cooperative zombie game with support for up to five players, providing dynamic, fast-paced zombie fighting with both objective, and survival-based missions.
Do you also hate those fast zombies? Because you know you wouldn't survive if you had to flee. Well, good luck on your missions and safe travels.
Choose this game if you like:
- The game has a variety of difficulty options that adapt dynamically to the number of players
- In objective mode play as a team of special military operatives, tasked with “curing” infected areas of a post-apocalyptic world
- Pick your specialty out of five player classes: Pointman, Support, Assault, Technician, and Sniper, using each one's unique play style and equipment to support your team, and successfully complete each mission
12 - Knock Harder: Useless
2020 (Microsoft Windows)
What Is It About: The only way to wake up is to die. The player must decide for himself whether he is inside a dream or is in reality.
Did you ever have those dreams inside your dreams? Well, now you have to try and guess if you’re really awake or not. Which to be honest is not that far from reality.
(Knock Harder: Useless trailer)
Choose this game if you like:
- Unique gameplay where a player makes a decision that can be fatal without any hints provided
- An uncommon combination of two graphic styles
- You must be careful. Any awakening has the potential to be the final one within reality
11 - Cry of Fear
2012 (Microsoft Windows)
What Is It About: Cry of Fear is a psychological single-player and co-op horror game set in a deserted town filled with horrific creatures and nightmarish delusions. You play as a young man desperately searching for answers in the cold Scandinavian night, finding his way through the city as he slowly descends into madness.
Try not to lose your mind while trying to help your character not to lose his mind too. But at least you can enjoy the terrific scenario.
(Cry of Fear trailer)
Choose this game if you like:
- There are 24 different and unique weapons to choose from
- The original soundtrack comprises over 5 hours of haunting, melodic music
- Terrifying and unforgettable atmosphere
10 - No More Room in Hell
2011 (Microsoft Windows/Linux/macOS/SteamOS/Mac OS Classic)
What Is It About: The chances of you surviving this all-out war between society and the undead are slim to none. Already, there are millions of the walking dead shambling about, searching for food to eat. There's no known cure. One bite can possibly end it all for you. However, you aren't alone in this nightmare.
Good luck trying to survive in this world filled with the undead. You’ll try your best not to get bitten and try to find shelter. God help you all.
(No More Room in Hell trailer)
Choose this game if you like:
- Defend and maintain your shelter against the undead in the hopes of getting extracted to a safe area
- One bite may be all it takes to bring you down. If infected, you must decide if you want to alert your team to rid you of your burden, or keep quiet in the hopes of finding a cure
- Ammo and weapons are extremely scarce. With that in mind, aim down your sights and shoot for the head
9 - Zombidle: REMONSTERED
2017 (Microsoft Windows)
What Is It About: Like the song says, good guys finish last, and in this case, they also finish homeless, and on fire. Welcome to Zombidle, Berzerk Studio's newest idle game, or tap game; whatever, you do you, man.
You are a local Necromancer who got tired of boring days. Now you can conquer the earth and have your little minions do your evil work.
Choose this game if you like:
- Various evil baddies to help you on your quest of not being a nice guy
- Lots of towns to pillage and plunder for some phat loots
- Gallons of skills to enable the ultimate, deadliest sin: utter slothing
8 - Deceit
2017 (GeForce Now/Microsoft Windows)
What Is It About: Test your instincts for trust and deception in an action-filled, multiplayer first-person shooter. You wake up in unknown surroundings to the sound of the Game Master’s unfamiliar voice, surrounded by five others. A third of your group has been infected with a virus, but who will escape?
Test your survival instincts and learn how to be a team player, or not. But you have to do whatever it takes to survive and escape this room.
(Deceit trailer)
Choose this game if you like:
- In this action-packed multiplayer first-person shooter, your instincts for trust and deception are put to the test.
- In a test of strategy and skill, innocents must work together to gather weapons, secure objectives, and vote out those suspected of infection to strengthen their chances of survival
- At the end of each zone, a blackout period occurs, allowing the infected players to transform into their terror form and attack
7 - The Last Conflict
2017 (Microsoft Windows)
What Is It About: The Last Conflict is a 2-D multiplayer online action and strategic based-game inspired by classic games Resident Evil, Silent Hill, and Zombie Ate my Neighbors, bringing them together to create a fun zombie-killing experience.
Another simple and relaxing game to play on a Friday evening is checkers.. Kill the monsters and become a hero!
Choose this game if you like:
- Rip and tear through your enemies with over 87 weapons to choose from
- Create clans and go head to head against other clans
- Upgrade and become a killing machine in 2000 with the easy-to-use perk system
6 - Zom Nom
2020 (Microsoft Windows)
What Is It About: Zom Nom is a humorous, 2.5D, side-scrolling platformer with puzzle elements. Play as Barry, a brain-munching, gob-spitting, slap-happy Zombie. Spit and slap your way through the streets and sewers to take on the President of the World. Claim your place as Ruler of all Human and Zombie-kind.
This is a very nice game if you want to relax and spend your time plotting how to take over the world when you become a zombie.
Choose this game if you like:
- A lot of puzzles solving
- A relaxing game with nice music
- A plan to become the president
5 - GunGirl 2
2010 (Microsoft Windows)
What Is It About: GunGirl2 is an action platformer in the style of games like Metroid, Castlevania, or Cave Story. But with blood… LOTS of blood! Go on an epic adventure and explore a huge world with the heroic blonde chick GunGirl or her best friend GunDude.
This is a great game if you love to make quests and high-quality blood effects, you’ll have a lot of fun.
Choose this game if you like:
- Several main- and sub-quests in the game
- The game starts off in a small building, from which you have to escape. The more you explore, the more will the world opens up
- GG2 offers 6 main weapons, each has a unique feel, ammunition, an alternate fire mode, and a variety of unique power-ups and you can even level them up
4 - Yet Another Zombie Defense
2017 (Nintendo Switch/PlayStation 4/Xbox One/Microsoft Windows)
What Is It About: Top-down zombie shooter with tower defense elements featuring up to 4 players local and online co-op. Build your base by day, defend it by night, and put your skills to the test to stay alive for as long as possible! The darkness is coming. How long can YOU survive?
In another arcade zombie game, you have to build your defenses and prepare yourself for a night of a lot of action, which is great training if your friends are planning to begin a zombie apocalypse.
(Yet Another Zombie Defense HD trailer)
Choose this game if you like:
- Create your own characters and levels - play just the way you like it!
- Mount your favorite firearms on automated turrets and set up traps - they’re not expecting that
- Compete with others and own the Leaderboards
3 - Dead Frontier 2
2018 (Microsoft Windows)
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.
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 - SAS: Zombie Assault 4
2014 (macOS/iOS/Android/Microsoft Windows/SteamOS)
What Is It About: Purge the undead! Intense action shooter with deep RPG elements, including upgradeable guns and armor, unique class skills, and class special abilities. The entire game can be played single-player or as a 4-player online co-op game, including PvP events like Last Man Standing.
You are going to be a badass zombie killer! And the outfit looks ready to slay. Embrace your new life as a hero.
Choose this game if you like:
- Intense action. Zombies swarm the screen, exploding into bits under your hail of bullets
- Over 160 incredible guns and armor pieces are locked up tight inside increasingly rare strongboxes that you can find in secret rooms or on the mangled remains of your enemies
- The Assault, Medic, and Heavy Gunner classes each have unique upgrade trees, giving each character 19 skills to customize
1 - Unturned
2014 (PlayStation 4/Xbox One/Microsoft Windows/macOS/Xbox Series X and Series S/Linux/GeForce Now/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.
Choose this game if you like:
- Face and learn to counter special abilities such as invisibility, fire breathing, and lightning attacks
- Fight with every kind of weapon under the sun - swords, machine guns, snipers, missiles, landmines - you name it
- For pure PvP play arena mode in a last-man-standing battle to the death, or PvE for peaceful cooperation
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