Zombie Infection Games
Zombie games are games that involve zombies in one way or another. Most of the time, one player has to battle against a large group of zombies, but some allow you to be a zombie instead. These games come in all shapes and sizes, like multiplayer, singleplayer, 2D side-scrollers, 3D shooters.
The best zombie games are starting to thaw as spring approaches, and there have never been more ways to play with hordes of the hungry dead. This list takes a more specific approach than our rundown of the; it's dedicated entirely to the many fine ways that video games can make use of hordes of zombies. Some of the games on this list are action-packed undead slaughter fests, while others are intricate simulations where even one encounter with a shambling corpse could leave you infected and waiting for an ignoble death. Some of them aren't even strictly scary, though as you probably can already tell, it does tend toward the horrifying. Now let's take it from the top, starting from the great at No. 10 and rolling all the way down to the best zombie game at No. 1.Read more: 10.
Tinierme trade. Project ZomboidAvailable on: PCIf Project Zomboid wasn't still in early access despite first being put up for sale way back in 2011, it would definitely be higher on this list. Zomboid's old-school isometric pixel graphics belie what may be the most ambitious zombie apocalypse simulation ever created. And don't be fooled, this really is meant to be a simulation of what would happen to most 'survivors' if the majority of their neighbors turned into zombies: they'd die.There's no evac helicopter coming if you can survive long enough, or any other formal objectives (at least not in the main mode): your death is inevitable and what you do until then is up to you.
But if you want to live more than a few days, I'd suggest building yourself a nice little fort and maybe getting a farm going. You can only scavenge for so long before the food - or your luck - runs out. Project Zomboid is great to play alone or in multiplayer now, and I can only imagine how gripping it will be if the developers ever manage to complete their vision. World War Z(Image credit: Saber Interactive)Available on: PC, PS4, Xbox OneNo one part of World War Z is all that impressive on its own, but if you're looking for a way to mow down hundreds, no, thousands of zombies with a group of friends or strangers, there's no better game for you. It's loosely based on the 2013 Brad Pitt movie (which was even more loosely based on a 2006 novel), but that's mostly excuse to repurpose the one memorable thing about the film: humongous hordes of zombies that rush through streets and crash around corners like a river through a broken dam.It clearly takes some cues from the Left 4 Dead franchise (RIP) but adds in some modern gaming standbys like selectable classes with persistent progression. You could play as a Slasher who gets extra health from taking out enemies in quick succession, a Fixer who lays down traps to secure areas, or one of four other classes. Whoever you decide to level up first, you'll get to unload plenty of lead into moving walls of rotten flesh.
Dying Light: The FollowingAvailable on: PC, PS4, Xbox OneRunning over zombies was never so much fun. As the DLC for the main game, cuts out most of the parkour from the original and instead puts you behind the steering wheel in a swathe of almost-spotless countryside. Splatter zombies into chunks of gore as you speed across the fields and leave tyre-tracks in their guts as you take on daring jumps. Just be careful you don't get a zombie head trapped in your windscreen wipers.We don't really have a zombie-driving game around at the moment, and The Following plugs this niche perfectly. There's even a new, evolved (and much more deadly) version of the Volatiles, who are instant death if you encounter one either whilst in your buggy or sneaking around at night.
Regardless, you'll have to dodge them as you drive around investigating a cult who seem to be immune to the zombie virus. The responsive steering makes careering down roads a delight, but beware: the more you swerve out of the way of zombies, the bigger the horde following you will get.
Not that it's an issue, because as soon as you take your foot off the brake, sit back, and slam that gas pedal, in no time you'll understand why we love The Following. Urban DeadAvailable on: PCWait, one of the best zombie games you can play right now looks like an Angelfire website that still has a Y2K countdown clock? Urban Dead is a zombie MMORPG that has been running since 2005, hosting an endless war between desperate survivors and roving hordes of undead. Don't let the looks fool you - this game runs in real time, there's quite a lot to it, and it is intense.Every in-game action depletes your pool of stamina (no, there aren't microtransactions that let you buy more), so survivors have to balance traveling, foraging, and barricading to make sure they're always holed up somewhere safe when they tire out. Zombies who run out of stamina far from a horde are just as quick to be cut down. Hopefully Urban Dead's brilliant take on survival and social dynamics in the apocalypse will keep rolling for another few decades to come. Death Road to CanadaAvailable on: PC, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS, AndroidWith its grindhouse gore, chiptune surf rock, and chunky pixel aesthetics, Death Road to Canada is easily the strangest game on this list.
Death Road to Canada uses the classic 'I hear it's safe there' premise to kick off a desperate roadtrip from Florida to the land of maple syrup and polite strangers, straight through the overrun rest stops and cities of the United States. Many aspects of your journey are randomly generated, including the characters you start with or later recruit, and each survivor comes with their own stats that influence how well they do at fighting off undead or recruiting dogs to their cause. You know, typical apocalypse stuff.The random events that unfold on the road and in the top-down, zombie-dodging segments feed into one another; a few good supply runs mean you'll have enough gas and food to choose riskier responses, but getting overconfident in either part of the game could quickly turn deadly. And this is not a game that's afraid to perma-kill your randomly generated darlings. It smarts even more if you use the optional create-a-survivor feature to seed your game world with pixelated versions of your friends and family. No matter who you need to leave behind, you'd better be ready to start up that car and get gone if you want to make it north of the border.