Best Zombies Games on Steam
Games featuring undead hordes, infection, survival, outbreak, or zombie combat.
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1Left 4 Dead 2 - Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
Nov 16, 2009
In this game, you can…
- play as the infected in multiplayer, coordinating ambushes and hunting your friends as special monsters.
- have a giant brute show up mid-fight and start throwing cars at you in the middle of your escape route.
- run the same campaign twice and get different enemy spawns, item placement, lighting, and even weather, changing every fight and route.
- rip through a crowd with a chainsaw, then swap to a frying pan and keep clearing zombies up close.
- get grabbed by a long tongue and dragged around a corner while your team has to sprint after you.
- startle a crying witch, and she instantly mauls the nearest survivor.
- get vomited on, and it immediately calls a horde straight onto your whole team.
- race to fill a generator with gas cans while the other team tries to stop you, turning the match into a frantic objective sprint.
2The Forest - As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
Apr 30, 2018
In this game, you can…
- get knocked out, dragged through the forest, and wake up trapped in a cave you have to escape.
- watch cannibals scout your camp, retreat to call reinforcements, and come back as a coordinated raiding party.
- fight off a base siege where mutants smash your walls and one rips up a whole tree to use as a weapon.
- wake up after a plane crash and hunt for your kidnapped son by following clues through caves, boats, and survivor camps.
- build treehouses, cliff forts, and spiked walls, then have a falling tree smash your own structure to pieces.
- craft gear by gluing teeth to your axe, wearing bones as armor, and turning skulls and bodies into lamps and defenses.
- creep through pitch-black caves, squeeze through flooded passages, and surface missing gear with enemies still hunting you.
- turn the crash site into a long-term fortress, or build rafts and dock houses into a whole river-and-coast base network.
3Unturned - Unturned is an open-world zombie survival sandbox game. As one of the few not yet turned, you must fight to remain among the living.
Jul 7, 2017
In this game, you can…
- arrest other players with handcuffs and blindfolds instead of killing them, then stage prisoner captures on roleplay servers.
- find a tank, stock ammo for it, and use it to raid other players' bases.
- pose as a killed player, talk your way into their squad, ride in their truck, then shoot the front seats and take everything.
- build a silenced, scoped marksman gun from junk parts, including duct-tape optics and a campfire-made muffler.
- shoot out of vehicles, cram friends into a truck, and do drive-bys as a rolling squad platform.
- fortify rooftops and hillside bases with barricades and traps, or even build on a vehicle to make a moving fortress.
- recruit a beach full of kids into your crew, make yourself the leader, and roll up on bases as a growing mob.
- explore huge maps for hidden bunkers, military zones, and radioactive deadzones, then hop into custom workshop maps built for totally different modes.
4Dying Light - First-person action survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by flesh-hungry zombies. Roam a city devastated by a mysterious virus epidemic. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and face hordes of the infected.
Jan 26, 2015
In this game, you can…
- swing across the skyline with a grappling hook that opens up entirely new routes.
- outrun night hunters, flash an ultraviolet light to buy seconds, then hide in a pipe until the chase ends.
- dropkick enemies off rooftops so they ragdoll down six-story drops.
- chain parkour into kills by vaulting a zombie and instantly drop-attacking for a finisher.
- turn the city into a weapon by luring zombies into spikes, fires, and exploding barrels.
- risk going out at night for bigger rewards, then sprint safehouse-to-safehouse when the world flips into hunt mode.
- craft melee weapons with elemental effects that set zombies on fire or shock them on hit.
- join a friend in co-op and race rooftops together, turning escapes into shared, chaotic near-misses.
5Project Zomboid - Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..
Nov 8, 2013
In this game, you can…
- look down from a skyscraper roof at thousands of zombies swarming below, then get trapped inside and survive by rationing food.
- trade Sonic fan fiction for gasoline in multiplayer, then crash the car and die four minutes later.
- kill your bitten friend after he turns into a zombie, using a frying pan on the side of a highway.
- load a car with supplies, drive out for a VHS-store run, and find a pristine video store packed with tapes after clearing the street.
- press one wrong key, accidentally shout, and pull the whole neighborhood into your base like a siren.
- turn a lumber mill into a fortified co-op settlement with roof crops and water projects, then lose it to a kitchen fire and a converging horde.
- loot a gun store, get chased deeper into the city by a helicopter, fight from a rooftop until the door breaks, then jump off and keep going on a shattered leg.
- level skills by doing physical work like dismantling furniture and electronics, stripping car parts, and even practicing first aid by bandaging your own injuries.
6Half-Life 2 - Reawakened from stasis in the occupied metropolis of City 17, Gordon Freeman is joined by Alyx Vance as he leads a desperate human resistance. Experience the landmark first-person shooter packed with immersive world-building, boundary-pushing physics, and exhilarating combat.
Nov 16, 2004
In this game, you can…
- use a gravity gun to turn junk into weapons, tools, and stepping stones mid-fight.
- launch a saw blade and slice an enemy clean in half.
- pick up a random can, throw it at a guard, and watch him chase you down.
- carry one specific object for ages because the world stays physically consistent.
- drive a buggy across huge stretches of coast and ruins while the same looming tower stays in sight.
- storm a fortified prison complex as a full-scale set-piece assault.
- walk into a chapter the game treats like horror, with zombies howling and shadows jumping rooftop to rooftop.
- solve small puzzles by moving real objects through water, fire, and weight, instead of hitting switches.
7Resident Evil 4 - 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.
Mar 23, 2023
In this game, you can…
- stun a villager and follow up by suplexing them onto the ground.
- board a minecart and ride it through a combat-heavy escape sequence that plays like an action set piece.
- hunt down regenerating enemies that crawl and leap at you while you search for their weak points.
- parry attacks with a knife instead of just getting grabbed.
- stun an enemy with a shot, then roundhouse-kick them into the crowd.
- sneak behind enemies and take them out with a silent kill.
- scavenge jewels and valuables, sell almost anything, then rebuild your weapons and upgrades chapter by chapter.
- fight a chainsaw-wielding maniac during an early village assault that turns into a full-on survival set piece.
- get thrown into a giant lake monster encounter where the water itself becomes a threat you have to respect.
8DOOM - Now includes all three premium DLC packs (Unto the Evil, Hell Followed, and Bloodfall), maps, modes, and weapons, as well as all feature updates including Arcade Mode, Photo Mode, and the latest Update 6.66, which brings further multiplayer improvements as well as revamps multiplayer progression.
May 12, 2016
In this game, you can…
- fire a single BFG shot that clears an entire room of demons.
- snap together and share custom maps and game modes, including editing the rules and logic behind them.
- rip a demon apart up close to instantly refill health and ammo.
- upgrade a chainsaw into your emergency ammo dispenser mid-fight.
- double-jump across vertical arenas, bait shots, and stay alive by never stopping.
- turn a basic shotgun into an explosive launcher with a mod, then keep upgrading it into a specialized tool.
- get locked in an arena while portals spawn waves of demons, and the doors only open after you wipe them all out.
- find secret rooms, hidden weapons, and even classic DOOM secret levels, then fast-travel back to grab what you missed.
9Resident Evil 2 - 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 for survivors. An unparalleled adrenaline rush, gripping storyline, and unimaginable horrors await you. Witness the return of Resident Evil 2.
Jan 24, 2019
In this game, you can…
- board up first-floor windows so zombies stop climbing in for good.
- walk instead of run because some enemies track you by sound, and sprinting can get you jumped.
- cripple zombies by cutting their legs with a knife, then pull that same knife back out of them to reuse it.
- be hunted through the police station by Mr. X, who can show up mid-map-check and force you to run.
- shoot enemies until limbs come off and bodies pile up physically, with other zombies stumbling over the mess.
- spin items in your inventory to reveal hidden mechanisms, turning a "key item" into something usable.
- watch rooms turn blue on the map when you've collected everything inside, so you can route-plan with confidence.
- play two campaigns where Leon and Claire get different weapons, characters, scenes, and unique final bosses.
10Resident Evil Requiem - Requiem for the dead. Nightmare for the living. Prepare to escape death in a heart-stopping experience that will chill you to your core.
Feb 26, 2026
In this game, you can…
- deal with zombies who keep weird routines, like singing, cleaning, turning off lights, or getting mad if you "make a mess."
- collect blood from zombies to craft a formula, then inject it to stop certain enemies from mutating into something worse.
- parry a missile with a hatchet, then keep moving like nothing happened.
- switch between first-person and third-person whenever you want, even mid-play, to see different details and handle fights differently.
- run a brutal opening stretch where you crouch, scout for supplies, and avoid fights because one wrong move gets you killed.
- make every save count with scarce ammo and craftable ink ribbons, sometimes leaving items behind and returning when you have space.
- parry attacks with a hatchet, sharpen it mid-fight, and keep fighting like it's just part of the routine.
- return to the ruined Raccoon City and walk through the post-nuke police station as an explorable area.
- hit a final code choice where you either release Elpis to try saving Leon, or destroy it without knowing if it's a cure or a weapon.
