Zombies 2013 — top best games in the Zombies genre

Resident Evil 6 - a game in the Zombies genre

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Zombies

Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 22 March 2013

VGTimes: 7.2/10

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Resident Evil 6 is an action-horror adventure game with a third-person view in the popular Resident Evil series. Ten years have passed since that memorable night...

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2

Action, Shooter, Online, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Zombies

Game released: Xbox 360, PC, PlayStation 3, Wii U, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 → 13 November 2012

VGTimes: 6.0/10

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 80/100

A first-person shooter that continues the story of the series and combines events from two eras. The plot takes players from the end of the 20th century to the near...

Left 4 Dead 2

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Zombies, Cooperative (co-op), Online

Game released: Mac, PC, Xbox 360, Linux → 5 October 2010

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 89/100

This cooperative first-person horror shooter is set during a zombie apocalypse in the southern United States. Across five campaigns, four survivors travel from...

Walking Dead: Season 1

Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic, Interactive movie, Zombies, Point & Click

Game released: PC, Mac, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, iOS, PS Vita, Ouya, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Wii U, Nintendo Switch → 24 April 2012

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Walking Dead: Season 1 is an episodic third-person interactive adventure based on Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead comics. The main character is a black guy named...

How to Survive

Action, Horror, Hack and slash, Beat them all, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Survival, Zombies, Crafting

Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U → 23 October 2013

VGTimes: 7.0/10

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 58/100

This survival action game follows a shipwrecked castaway stranded on a remote island inhabited by monsters. To stay alive, the protagonist must find food and water...

State of Decay

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Survival, Open world, Zombies

Game released: Xbox 360, PC → 5 June 2013

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This third-person action game with horror and survival elements takes place in an open world after a massive zombie outbreak. A small group of survivors must band...

Resident Evil: Revelations

Action, Horror, First-person view, Third-person view, Puzzle, Zombies

Game released: Nintendo 3DS, PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii U, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 27 January 2012

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Resident Evil: Revelations is an action-horror adventure game with a third-person view set in the Resident Evil universe. The game takes place between the events of...

Dead Rising 3

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, Slasher, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Open world, Zombies

Game released: Xbox One, PC → 22 November 2013

VGTimes: 7.0/10

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Dead Rising 3 is an action-adventure game with elements of horror, slasher and third-person view in a post-apocalyptic setting. The game takes place ten years after...

The Walking Dead: Season 2

Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Interactive movie, Zombies, Point & Click

Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Mac, iOS, PS Vita, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Wii U, Nintendo Switch → 17 December 2013

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 80/100

In a post-apocalyptic world overrun by the undead, Clementine searches for safety and learns to survive after being orphaned. The Walking Dead: Season 2 continues...

Dead Island: Riptide

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Zombies, Cooperative (co-op), Online

Game released: PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, Linux → 22 April 2013

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 60/100

A first-person action game about surviving a zombie apocalypse, continuing the story of Dead Island. After escaping Banoi, the heroes find themselves aboard a...

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 - Apocalypse

Action, Shooter, DLC, First-person view, Zombies, Online

Game released: Xbox 360, PC, PlayStation 3 → 27 August 2013

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 70/100

This expansion for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 adds four multiplayer maps and a Zombies experience. Frost and Pod stage combat in a snow-covered European city and an...

Walking Dead: 400 Days

Adventure, Horror, DLC, Third-person view, Puzzle, Interactive movie, Zombies, Point & Click

Game released: PC, iOS, Mac, PlayStation 3, PS Vita, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 3 July 2013

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Walking Dead: 400 Days is an expansion for the first season of the episodic adventure Walking Dead: Season 1. Five different stories await you, each of which has...

No More Room in Hell

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Free game, Zombies, Online

Game released: PC, Linux → 31 October 2013

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 88/100

This cooperative first-person survival horror shooter is set in a world collapsing under an unknown disease that turns the dead into the walking undead. Small...

Dead Effect

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Zombies, Horror

Game released: iOS, Android, PC, Mac → 12 September 2013

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 65/100

Dead Effect is a fantastic indie shooter with a third-person view. You have to fight for your life and hunt hordes of...

Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army

Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view, Zombies, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 28 February 2013

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 62/100

A third-person shooter with horror elements, Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army is set in Berlin near the end of World War II, where supernatural forces threaten to...

Contagion

Online, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Cooperative (co-op), Zombies

Game released: PC → 25 October 2013

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 73/100

Contagion is a multiplayer cooperative first-person shooter where you have to survive in the world of a zombie apocalypse. The game has three exciting modes, where...

Yet Another Zombie Defense

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Horror, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Zombies

Game released: PC, Windows Phone, iOS, Xbox 360 → 28 March 2014

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 86/100

Yet Another Zombie Defense is a top-down cooperative shooter in which the player — alone or in co-op mode with up to 4 players — must build...

Survivor Squad

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Top-down view, Tactics, Roguelike, Indie, Zombies

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox 360 → 21 January 2015

Steam: 67/100

This tactical action game with strategy elements follows a squad of survivors searching for supplies in a world overrun by the infected. The player commands up to...

Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army 2

Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view, Zombies, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 31 October 2013

Players: 6.3/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 53/100

This third-person co-op shooter with horror elements is set in a World War II-era Europe overrun by the undead. Players venture into demon-infested Berlin to find...

Typing of the Dead: Overkill

Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Zombies, Comedy

Game released: PC → 29 October 2013

Players: 10/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Typing of the Dead: Overkill is an educational arcade shooting gallery with a first-person view in the setting of a zombie apocalypse. In the game you have to go...

Dead Sky

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Isometric, Indie, Zombies

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux → 22 November 2013

Steam: 37/100

Set amid a mysterious outbreak, this isometric survival shooter takes place in contaminated areas overrun by hordes of mutated creatures. The player fights enemies...

Burn Zombie Burn

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Isometric, Zombies

Game released: Mac, PlayStation 3, PC, Android → 2 June 2011

Players: 6/10

Steam: 43/100

Metacritic: 76/100

This isometric arcade action shooter follows Bruce as he fights endless zombie hordes and tries to keep Daisy safe. The player must keep the hero alive and score as...

Organ Trail: Director's Cut

Arcade, Logic, Zombies, Indie, Strategy

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android → 19 March 2013

Players: 10/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 86/100

This retro zombie survival game follows a group of five travelling west in a station wagon. Along the way, the player scavenges for supplies and fights the undead...

Zombies

Best Games in the Zombies genre of 2013 (Game released)