Zombies for Nintendo Switch — top best games in the Zombies genre

Graveyard Keeper 2 - a game in the Zombies genre

Action, Simulation, Top-down view, Indie, Comedy, Medieval era, Zombies, Sandbox, Construction

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 September 2026

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 73/100

The continuation of the simulator of a graveyard keeper in the medieval era. The player takes on the role of the Grand Inquisitor, who develops the graveyard while...

Resident Evil 3

Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Zombies

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 November 2022

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Resident Evil 3 is a remake of the legendary action-horror game with a fixed camera Resident Evil 3: Nemesis. Get ready to dive back into the chaos of the dying...

Resident Evil 2

Action, Shooter, Horror, Stealth, Third-person view, Puzzle, Zombies, Survival horror

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 11 November 2022

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 91/100

Resident Evil 2 is a re-release of the classic action-horror Resident Evil 2 (1998) from 1998 with a third-person perspective. The events of the sequel unfold two...

Resident Evil 7 Biohazard

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Virtual Reality (VR), Survival horror, Adventure, Zombies, Horror

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 December 2022

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 85/100

The main character Ethan receives a message from his girlfriend, who disappeared without a trace three years ago. She invites him to meet in the vicinity of the...

Red Dead Redemption

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Open world, Zombies

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 August 2023

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 95/100

The events of the game take place in America in 1911, in which the Wild West, as such, had almost collapsed, and technologies like cars and machine guns had already...

Dying Light

Role-playing game, Action, Horror, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Zombies, Survival horror

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 October 2021

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Adventure action game in the open world Dying Light allows you to fully immerse yourself in the world of the zombie apocalypse. You can expect upgrades, RPG...

Resident Evil 6

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 October 2019

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...

The Walking Dead: Streets of Survival

Arcade, Action, Post-apocalyptic, Beat them all, Side view, Old school, Zombies

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 September 2026

Players: 7/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 64/100

An arcade beat 'em up in the universe of "The Walking Dead," based on the events of the storyline "All-Out War." The game brings familiar heroes into a brutal...

Resident Evil 4 (2005)

Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Survival horror, Zombies

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 May 2019

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Continuation of the action-horror adventure with a third-person view in the Resident Evil series. The story of the fourth part takes place in 2004, six years after...

Zombie Army 4: Dead War

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 April 2022

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Zombie Army 4: Dead War is a continuation of the series of first-person shooters with horror elements. According to the plot of the game, the war with the dead did...

Resident Evil 5

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 29 October 2019

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Plants vs. Zombies Replanted

Strategy, Cooperative (co-op), Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Casual game, Comedy, Zombies

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 October 2025

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 64/100

Metacritic: 75/100

The classic Plants vs. Zombies returns in a remastered version, with updated HD graphics, new levels, and surprises for those who remember where it all began. The...

Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP

Action, Adventure, Slasher, Third-person view, Zombies

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 12 September 2024

Players: 6.1/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Remaster Lollipop Chainsaw about a chainsaw-wielding girl exterminating zombies. The game's plot revolves around schoolgirl Juliet, who finds herself in the...

Walking Dead: Season 1

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 August 2018

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...

Resident Evil: Revelations 2

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 November 2017

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Resident Evil: Revelations 2 is a continuation of the cooperative action horror game with a third-person view in the Resident Evil universe. This time you will play...

EBOLA VILLAGE

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Exploration, Zombies, Survival horror, Action, Horror

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 23 January 2026

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 79/100

A dark game inspired by classic survival horror games from the 90s, set in Russia. The main character named Maria is investigating mysterious events in the village...

World War Z

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2 November 2021

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 70/100

World War Z — a cooperative shooter with horror elements and a first-person view, created based on the film "World War Z". The cooperative campaign is designed for...

Zombie Army Trilogy

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Collection, Futurism (Future), Historical, Cooperative (co-op), Zombies

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 31 March 2020

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Zombie Army Trilogy is a game collection that, in addition to the remakes Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army and Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army 2 , includes a...

Resident Evil: Revelations

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 November 2017

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...

Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville

Online, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Zombies

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 March 2021

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville is a continuation of the multiplayer third-person shooter in the Plants vs. universe. Zombies. The game will tell about...

Yet Another Zombie Defense HD

Shooter, Online, Top-down view, Cooperative (co-op), Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Survival, Construction, Zombies, Strategy

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 5 April 2019

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 45/100

Yet Another Zombie Defense HD is a top-down cooperative zombie shooter for multiple players. Every night you have to defend yourself from hordes of undead. This...

Darkenstein 3D

Shooter, First-person view, Old school, Zombies, Free game, Action

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 2026

Players: 6.2/10

Steam: 90/100

A retro game inspired by classic shooters like Wolfenstein and Doom. The protagonist is an American drifter stranded in enemy territory in 1940s Germany. He...

The House of the Dead 2: Remake

Arcade, Shooter, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game, Zombies, Remake, Action

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 August 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 44/100

A remake of the 1998 on-rails zombie shooter The House of the Dead 2. The updated version received a redesigned soundtrack and improved...

Zomborg

Online, Educational game (Education), Top-down view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Tactics, Science fiction, Zombies, Action

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 10 November 2017

Steam: 56/100

The game takes place in the year 2000. The UN created quarantine zones around the world to conceal the spread of an unknown virus. Scientists searched for the cause...

Undying

Action, Adventure, Horror, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Survival, Open world, Zombies

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 25 July 2024

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 74/100

An isometric zombie action game about a mother who is trying to protect her son from all the dangers of the post-apocalyptic world. The problem is that she has been...

The Walking Dead: Season 2

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 January 2020

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...

The Walking Dead: A New Frontier

Adventure, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Interactive movie, Zombies

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 January 2020

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 69/100

The Walking Dead: A New Frontier is the third season of an episodic third-person adventure set in the Walking Dead universe. The game's plot is connected to...

Death Road to Canada

Role-playing game, Action, Top-down view, Post-apocalyptic, Roguelike, Zombies, Survival

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 8 May 2018

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Death Road to Canada is a top-down action RPG set in a post-apocalyptic world. You will go to the center of a full-scale invasion of the living dead. Having taken...

Night Slashers: Remake

Side view, Beat them all, Adventure, Arcade, Indie, Remake, Zombies, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Action

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 26 September 2024

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 61/100

Remake of the beat 'em up Night Slashers, the original version of which was released in 1994 on arcade machines. The events of the game unfold in a nightmare...

Resident Evil Zero HD Remaster

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Zombies, Survival horror

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 21 May 2019

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Resident Evil Zero HD Remaster is a re-release of the action-horror game with a third-person view in the Resident Evil universe. One of the S.T.A.R.S. units sent to...

The Walking Dead: The Final Season

Adventure, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Interactive movie, Zombies

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 28 August 2018

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 78/100

The Walking Dead: The Final Season is the final season of an episodic third-person adventure set in the Walking Dead universe. In the new game in the series, major...

Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Zombies

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 16 March 2021

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse is a third-person action-comedy horror game in which you take on the role of a real zombie who has risen from the depths...

Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare

Action, Shooter, DLC, Third-person view, Card game, Open world, Zombies, Adventure

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 August 2023

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 87/100

An addition to the original Red Dead Redemption, where the familiar world of the wild west changes dramatically under the influence of the zombie apocalypse...

Son of a Gun

Shooter, Top-down view, Casual game, Old school, Zombies, Science fiction, Action, Arcade

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 22 October 2024

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 78/100

A dynamic top-down shooter in the spirit of the Alien Shooter series. The plot tells about interplanetary mercenaries who carry out contracts to clear territories...

The Walking Dead: Destinies

Action, Third-person view, Zombies, Comics, Adventure, Survival horror

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 17 November 2023

Players: 5/10

Steam: 41/100

Action adventure based on the series “The Walking Dead”. The game's events focus on the adventures of Rick Grimes in the first four seasons. The main character...

Slaycation Paradise

Action, Shooter, Isometric, Top-down view, Indie, Roguelike, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Survival, Zombies

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 18 August 2022

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 81/100

Slaycation Paradise is a post-apocalyptic isometric shooter with tower defense elements. The game tells the story of a family who was offered an unusual vacation...

Bridge Constructor: The Walking Dead

Logic, Puzzle, Side view, Post-apocalyptic, Simulation, Zombies

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 November 2020

Steam: 69/100

Bridge Constructor: The Walking Dead is another crossover in the bridge-building puzzle game Bridge Constructor, this time meeting famous characters from the...

Heaven Dust 2

Action, Shooter, Puzzle, Adventure, Isometric, Zombies, Horror, Dungeons

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 6 January 2022

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 90/100

Heaven Dust 2 is a continuation of the isometric action horror game in the spirit of Resident Evil, but with a modified visual style. After a press conference, a...

Double Kick Heroes

Arcade, Music game, Post-apocalyptic, Side view, Zombies, Shooter

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 13 August 2020

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Double Kick Heroes is a fiery mix of shooter and musical rhythm game. You have to fight for your life, shooting back from opponents on the steep Gundillac on the...

DEADCRAFT

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Post-apocalyptic, Action, Slasher, Survival, Zombies

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 19 May 2022

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 76/100

DEADCRAFT is a post-apocalyptic zombie survival game with a top-down view from the creators of Daemon X Machina and Doraemon: Story of Seasons. The main...

Zombies

Best Games in the Zombies genre for Nintendo Switch