Best Zombie Games

The best zombie games on PS5 and PS4 are Days Gone, Resident Evil 2 and Dying Light 2: an open-world horde survival, a claustrophobic survival-horror remake, and a parkour-driven outbreak. This list spans the whole undead spectrum, from four-player horde shooters to a single-player VR nightmare, and ranks each pick by zombie-genre centrality and quality rather than raw score, weighed against what players actually say and not just critic reviews.

By Ugur Saritepe · Updated Jul 21, 2026

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1DAYS GONE
Best overall

DAYS GONE

4.7(173,215)2025
ESRB Maturepost-apocalyptic
GoodReview analysis

Overall player feedback for Days Gone is predominantly positive, with many praising its engaging story, immersive open world, and unique horde mechanics. However, some critiques highlight issues with game pacing, repetitive quests, and occasional technical problems that detract from the experience. The community largely expresses a desire for a sequel, emphasizing its status as an underrated title in the gaming landscape.

Why it's here: Most zombie games hand you a horde as set dressing; Days Gone makes it a physics problem. The Freaker swarms move as one mass of hundreds, and a fight becomes a live calculation of routes, fuel and where you left your bike. Whether that tension carries a slow-burning open world is the real test.

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2Dying Light 2
Best open-world

Dying Light 2

4.1(34,000)2022
Co-op: 4ESRB Maturepost-apocalyptic
MixedReview analysis

Player feedback on Dying Light 2 is highly polarized, with significant appreciation for the gameplay mechanics, particularly parkour and combat, while many criticize the story, bugs, and removal of content from the original. While some players enjoyed the game as a fun co-op experience, others felt let down due to technical issues and the pacing of the narrative.

Why it's here: The pitch is a plague-ravaged city you read entirely through your feet: rooftops, ledges and infected streets are one continuous parkour route, and nightfall turns the map into open season. The traversal is the reason to stay. Whether the branching story earns the same faith is where opinion splits.

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3Dying Light: The Beast
Best combat

Dying Light: The Beast

4.5(24,463)2025
Co-op: 4ESRB Maturehorror
MixedReview analysis

Overall player feedback for 'Dying Light: The Beast' is predominantly positive, with players praising its gameplay mechanics, visuals, and the return of beloved characters. However, there are notable criticisms regarding the story depth and some gameplay elements that did not meet expectations, leading to a mixed reception. Like the previous installments, while some players love the combat and parkour, others find flaws in the game mechanics and narrative coherence.

Why it's here: A leaner Dying Light that brings back Kyle Crane and hands him a rage meter: fill it and the infection stops being a threat and becomes your weapon against the horde. It trades sprawl for a denser, combat-first loop. Whether that focus is a step forward or just a step smaller is the open question.

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4RESIDENT EVIL 2
Best survival horror

RESIDENT EVIL 2

4.8(114,401)2019
ESRB Maturehorror
GreatReview analysis

Overall, players overwhelmingly praise the remake of Resident Evil 2 for its impressive graphics, atmospheric design, and engaging gameplay, highlighting the tension it creates through well-executed sound design and memorable encounters, particularly with Mr. X. However, some reviewers express dissatisfaction with certain changes from the original game, especially regarding story depth and character interactions.

Why it's here: Where the co-op shooters here bury you in numbers, RE2 does the opposite: a near-empty police station, a bullet economy that never quite balances, and one unkillable Tyrant whose footsteps decide your route. It is this list's argument for zombies as dread rather than target practice. Start here if scarcity scares you more than swarms.

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5Dead Island 2
Best gore

Dead Island 2

4.2(35,648)2023
PS+ ExtraCo-op: 8PS Plus ExtraESRB Maturehorror
MixedReview analysis

Overall, player feedback for Dead Island 2 is largely enthusiastic, with many praising the engaging combat and satisfying gore mechanics. However, there are notable criticisms regarding the story and repetitiveness, leading to a divide in opinions on its enjoyment value.

Why it's here: This is the list's pure-carnage entry. The FLESH system peels, burns and shears each walker layer by layer, and the whole build-and-loot economy exists to make dismemberment more elaborate. Sunlit, pulpy, unbothered by scares. Whether gleefully detailed gore is enough to carry a thin story is exactly what divides players.

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6Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster
Best sandbox

Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster

4.4(4,000)2024
ESRB Mature 17+
MixedReview analysis

Overall, player feedback for Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster is largely positive, with many players enjoying the updated graphics and quality of life improvements while still retaining the core gameplay of the original. However, there are significant criticisms regarding performance issues, censorship changes, and the voice acting, leading to a mix of sentiments among some long-time fans.

Why it's here: A shopping mall, thousands of undead, and a 72-hour clock that never stops for you. Dead Rising turns zombies into a playground: almost anything on a shelf is a weapon, but survivors, boss psychopaths and story beats all want the time you do not have. Whether that pressure thrills or frustrates is the whole design.

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7World War Z: Aftermath
Best horde shooter

World War Z: Aftermath

4.2(22,583)2019
PS+ ExtraCo-op: 4PS Plus ExtraESRB Mature 17+post-apocalyptic
MixedReview analysis

Player feedback for "World War Z: Aftermath" is quite divided, with a significant number of players enjoying the chaotic horde mechanics and cooperative gameplay, while others criticize the game for its repetitive objectives, poor AI, and technical issues. Notably, the game's community behavior and grindy gameplay aspects also have garnered negative remarks. Overall, sentiments range from high praise to strong disapproval, indicating a mixed reception.

Why it's here: When this list talks about a horde, this is the literal version: hundreds of zombies pour over walls and stack into living pyramids to reach you. Aftermath is built entirely around holding ground against that tide with three others. Whether the spectacle survives repeated missions is the co-op question it lives or dies on.

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8Zombie Army 4: Dead War
Best co-op shooter

Zombie Army 4: Dead War

4.3(19,356)2020
PS+ ExtraCo-op: 4PS Plus ExtraESRB Maturehorror
GoodReview analysis

Overall, player feedback for Zombie Army 4: Dead War is largely positive, highlighting its fun gameplay, engaging graphics, and strong co-op experience, though there are complaints regarding microtransactions and some performance issues. Many players recommend the game, especially when on sale, despite a few critical views on weapon progression and game support.

Why it's here: The list's most gleefully absurd pick: four players against Hitler's undead army, with the Sniper Elite X-ray killcam now trained on rotting Nazis. It knows exactly how schlocky it is and leans in. Whether campy horde-shooting holds a whole campaign, or wears thin once the killcam novelty fades, is the trade.

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9Back 4 Blood
Best for four players

Back 4 Blood

3.9(12,148)2021
PS+ ExtraCo-op: 4PS Plus ExtraESRB Mature 17+horror
MixedReview analysis

Overall, player feedback on "Back 4 Blood" presents a divided experience, with some players lauding its fun gameplay and improvements over its predecessor, while others criticize its perceived shortcomings in comparison to "Left 4 Dead" and issues with game optimization and difficulty balance. The sentiment reflects a mix of enjoyment and disappointment, particularly regarding pricing and expectations.

Why it's here: Made by Left 4 Dead's own veterans, so the comparison is the point. The twist is a card system: before each run your squad builds a deck that rewrites weapons and rules, while an AI Director deals corruption back at you. Whether that systemic layer improves on the classic or just complicates it is what divides squads.

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10The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series
ESRB Maturepost-apocalyptic
GoodReview analysis

Overall player feedback for 'The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series' is overwhelmingly positive, with many praising its emotional storytelling, character development, and decision-making elements. However, some players expressed frustration over technical issues and a lack of meaningful choices affecting the overall narrative, resulting in a mixed response from certain segments of the player base.

Why it's here: The one game here where the zombies are the backdrop, not the mechanic. Every season of Clementine and Lee's story sits in one package, and the horror is in the choices: who you save, who you lie to, what a child learns from watching you. Whether limited-consequence choices still land emotionally is the debate it invites.

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11The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners
ESRB Mature
GoodReview analysis

Overall, player feedback on 'The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners' is overwhelmingly positive, with the game praised for its immersive experience, engaging combat, and well-crafted gameplay mechanics. However, several users expressed frustration about control issues, particularly concerning compatibility with newer VR headsets, which has impacted their overall enjoyment.

Why it's here: The list's most physical fight. In VR you draw, stab and reload with your own hands, so a walker grappled badly can pin you in a way no button press ever could, across a flooded New Orleans on a survival clock. Whether that immersion outweighs VR's control friction is the wager it makes.

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127 Days to Die - Console Edition
Best survival crafting

7 Days to Die - Console Edition

4.5(16,085)2024
Co-op: 100ESRB Mature 17+survival
MixedReview analysis

Overall player feedback for '7 Days to Die - Console Edition' is polarized, highlighting significant enjoyment from gameplay and base building while expressing heavy criticism towards high pricing and recent updates that altered core mechanics. Players appreciate the fun-factor and replayability, particularly in multiplayer settings, but many feel the game is overpriced compared to its perceived value and showcase concerns about developer decisions.

Why it's here: Every seventh night the map comes for you. Days are for scavenging and fortifying; the blood moon then sends a horde straight at whatever base you have built, and RNG-gated progression means you are rarely as ready as you want. Whether that build-and-defend loop rewards the grind is the survival question at its core.

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About Zombie Games

Zombie games span far more than one genre, so this list is organized by how you want to face the undead rather than by score alone. Open-world survival (Days Gone), survival horror (Resident Evil 2), gory action (Dead Island 2), sandbox mayhem (Dead Rising), choice-driven narrative (The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series) and four-player horde shooters (World War Z, Zombie Army 4, Back 4 Blood) each earn a place. Cordyceps-infected worlds like The Last of Us sit on their own list; this one stays with the recognisably undead. Every entry is grounded in player reviews collected from Steam and the PlayStation Store, summarized per game into what players consistently praise and consistently complain about.

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Best Zombie Games Compared

  • DAYS GONE
    Best overall4.66 / 5

    Freaker hordes of hundreds behave as one mass, turning every open-world fight into a problem of routes and resources.

  • Dying Light 2
    Best open-world4.1 / 5

    A full city read through parkour, where nightfall empties the buildings and the infected own the streets.

  • Dying Light: The Beast
    Best combat4.55 / 5

    A leaner, combat-first Dying Light where a rage meter lets Kyle Crane become the monster he is hunting.

  • RESIDENT EVIL 2
    Best survival horror4.77 / 5

    A near-empty police station, a strict bullet economy, and an unkillable Tyrant stalking your every route.

  • Dead Island 2
    Best gore4.21 / 5PS Plus Extra

    The FLESH system dismembers walkers layer by layer, with elemental weapon builds serving pure sunlit carnage.

  • Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster
    Best sandbox4.39 / 5

    A mall full of undead and a 72-hour clock, where almost any object becomes an improvised weapon.

  • World War Z: Aftermath
    Best horde shooter4.18 / 5PS Plus Extra

    Zombies stack into living pyramids to overrun you, the horde spectacle its whole reason to exist.

  • Zombie Army 4: Dead War
    Best co-op shooter4.28 / 5PS Plus Extra

    Sniper Elite ballistics and the X-ray killcam turned loose on Hitler's campy undead legions.

  • Back 4 Blood
    Best for four players3.93 / 5PS Plus Extra

    A roguelike card system rewrites each run while an AI Director escalates the Ridden against your squad.

  • The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series
    Best story4.85 / 5

    Choice-driven survival where the horror is who you save and what Clementine learns from watching you.

  • The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners
    Best VR4.5 / 5

    VR survival where you physically draw, stab and reload by hand across a flooded, walker-infested New Orleans.

  • 7 Days to Die - Console Edition
    Best survival crafting4.48 / 5

    Scavenge and fortify by day, then survive a blood-moon horde thrown at your base every seventh night.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best zombie game on PS5?
Days Gone is the strongest all-round pick: an open-world survival game built around Freaker hordes of hundreds that move as a single mass. Resident Evil 2 leads for survival horror, and Dying Light 2 is the top pick for parkour-driven action across a plague-ravaged city.
What are the best co-op zombie games?
For teams, World War Z: Aftermath, Zombie Army 4: Dead War and Back 4 Blood are all built around four-player online co-op against zombie swarms. Dying Light 2 and Dying Light: The Beast also support four-player co-op alongside their campaigns.
What is the best single-player zombie game?
Days Gone, Resident Evil 2 and The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series are the standout single-player picks, covering open-world survival, survival horror and choice-driven narrative respectively.
Is The Last of Us a zombie game?
Not strictly. The infected in The Last of Us are driven by a cordyceps fungus rather than reanimated undead, so it sits on its own games-like list. This list stays with recognisably undead outbreaks like Days Gone, Resident Evil 2 and Dead Island 2.
Are there zombie games in VR on PlayStation?
Yes. The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners is a VR-native zombie survival game where you draw, stab and reload with your own hands across a flooded New Orleans, playable on PlayStation VR.
What is the goriest zombie game?
Dead Island 2 is the most graphic pick, built around its FLESH damage system that peels, burns and shears each walker layer by layer, with deep weapon builds that exist to make dismemberment more elaborate.

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