Zombie game recommendations

The zombie apocalypse never goes out of style: the tone changes — from claustrophobic horror to chainsaw comedy — but the horde keeps coming. This list gathers the best zombie games in the catalog, ranked by score.

The 25 best zombie games

1. 1

   Half-Life 2 (2004)

   PC

   96
2. 2

   The Last Of Us Remastered (2014)

   PlayStation — PS Store ↗

   95
3. 3

   Red Dead Redemption (2010)

   PlayStation · Nintendo · PC — PS Store ↗ · Steam ↗

   95
4. 4

   Resident Evil Code: Veronica (2000)

   PlayStation

   94
5. 5

   Quake (1996)

   PlayStation · Nintendo · PC — PS Store ↗ · Nintendo ↗

   94
6. 6

   Half-Life: Alyx (2020)

   PC — Steam ↗

   93
7. 7

   The Walking Dead: Season 1 (2012)

   PlayStation · Nintendo · PC — PS Store ↗ · Nintendo ↗

   92
8. 8

   Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007)

   PlayStation · PC — PS Store ↗ · Nintendo ↗

   92
9. 9

   Thief Gold (1999)

   PC

   92
10. 10

    Resident Evil 4 (2023)

    PlayStation · PC — PS Store ↗ · Steam ↗

    92
11. 11

    Death Road to Canada (2016)

    PlayStation · Nintendo · PC — PS Store ↗ · Nintendo ↗

    91
12. 12

    Resident Evil 2 (2019)

    PlayStation · Nintendo · PC — PS Store ↗ · Steam ↗

    91
13. 13

    Resident Evil 2 (1998)

    PC — PS Store ↗

    90
14. 14

    Half-Life 2: Episode Two (2007)

    PC

    90
15. 15

    Nightmare of Decay (2022)

    PC

    90
16. 16

    The Forest (2018)

    PlayStation · PC

    90
17. 17

    Dead Estate (2020)

    PC

    90
18. 18

    Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop (2017)

    PC

    90
19. 19

    Transmissions: Element 120 (2016)

    PC

    90
20. 20

    Left 4 Dead 2 (2009)

    PC

    89
21. 21

    Left 4 Dead (2008)

    PC

    89
22. 22

    Endoparasitic (2022)

    PC — Steam ↗

    89
23. 23

    Project Zomboid (2013)

    PC

    89
24. 24

    Propagation VR (2020)

    PC

    89
25. 25

    Return to Castle Wolfenstein (2001)

    PC

    88

How this list was built: we start from a catalog of 20,827 PlayStation, Nintendo and PC games, then filter and sort by score — the critic score (Metacritic or IGDB) where it exists, the player score in the exceptions (hover a score to see its source). It is updated along with the catalog.