26 Best Open World Zombie Games for PC

Neighborhorde is an Action-Adventure, Local Co-op, Survival, and Single-player video game with Twin Stick Shooter and Beat ‘em up twist created and published by Fermenter Games. It offers a thrilling plot, in which you as the protagonist goes outside with your friends to play games. Suddenly a portal opens up from another dimension, and bad guys like robots, dragons, evils, zombies, and wizards come in your world to threaten the environment. They start attacking the world and kill the innocent people. You have to do something before they demolish your land and left nothing alive. The world needs a hero, and it’s your responsibility to rescue your home, world and your friends from being destroyed. Grab multiple weapons and participate in the battlefield against evils, kill them all through a variety of levels and score the highest points to unlock hi-tech weapons. There are more than forty toys available to include in your arsenal and become powerful allies by selecting more than forty superpowers. Tons of Spooky enemies, Survival Action, over 80 Weapons, a Bumpin Soundtracks, etc. are prominent features to enjoy.

Guns n Zombies is an Awesome, Action-Adventure, Top-down, Role-playing, Co-op, Survival and Single-player video game created and developed by krealit. The game provides you with action-packed gameplay and allows you to immerse yourself in top-down experience. In the story of the match, the artificial nano-virus effected the whole world and destroyed most of the human population and transform people into deadly creatures. In the game, you take on the role of the survivor, and your primary task is to find the people like you can rescue the people who are not affected. The game offers exciting gameplay and allows you to use a huge range of weapons and equipment against zombies. It consists of challenging missions and lets you complete it to progress in the story. The game rewards you with XP points as you kill the hordes of the zombies and complete the objectives. You can use your points to upgrade your weapons. Guns n Zombies offers core features such as Hordes of Zombies, Zombie Apocalyptic Story, Robotized Zombies, Random gameplay, Tons of destructive Weapons, a Thrilling Plot, Compete with other players, and much more. With the excellent story, engaging and quite addictive gameplay, brilliant mechanics and fantastic graphic details, Guns n Zombies is the best game to play and enjoy.

Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare is an Action, Third-person Shooter, Open World, Tower-defense and Single-player video game developed by PopCap Games and published by Electronic Arts. It is the third entry in the series of Plants vs Zombies and introduces new elements such as Third-person, Exploration, Multiplayer mode, and zombies. It has different modes such as Team Vanquish, Gnome Bomb, Classic Tram Vanquish, Mixed Mode and more. You can get into the game world by select your side from zombies or plants. In the game world, you have to fight against zombies using advanced weapons and defeat them to earn experience points. There are hundreds of items and accessories to customize your character and can upgrade your weapons using experience points. The game becomes more challenging as you progress. Use different towers to fend off zombies from destroying your units and smash them using advanced technology. With enhanced mechanics, addictive graphics, and superb gameplay, Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare is the best game to play and enjoy.

Counter-Strike Nexon: Zombies is an Action-Adventure, Massively Multiplayer Online, First-person Shooter and Horror video game with PvP and PvE elements. The game offers fictional environment where it takes place and invaded by zombies. The player needs to choose his playable character and jump into the brutal world to face zombies and kill them using a variety of weapons. As the player advances, the game becomes challenging and other additional content will be unlocked to play. The player can use melee weapons and advanced weapons to slay zombies and fulfill his missions to progress. He can team up with other players, and explore the massive world to battle against zombies. During the navigation, the player interact with other real players and explore the open world environment to gather ammo, complete objectives and more. The game mainly focuses on First-person shooter element with exploration and survival elements. Counter-Strike Nexon: Zombies offers enhanced mechanics, addictive gameplay, and wonderful graphics. Try it out.

Dead Rivals: Zombie MMO is an Action Role-playing, Open World, Exploration, and Crafting video game created and published by Gameloft. The game brings both Single-player and Multiplayer modes and takes place in the post-apocalyptic world populated with zombies. In the beginning, you have to select or create your character using accessories and items and set out it on an epic adventure to save the innocent people in the brutal environment. It mixes the fast-paced, MMORPG, and ARPG elements for mobile devices. Explore the huge environment, create your character and build your arsenal of weaponry to participate in PvP Arenas. The ultimate task is to survive as long as possible interact with NPCs and real players while exploring the environment. Craft useful items, weapons, and equipment to kill zombie-like creatures to survive. Dead Rivals: Zombie MMO includes core features such as Three Character Classes, Post-apocalyptic environment, Zombie-infested Maps, Quest-based System, and more. With the highly detailed environment, superb graphics, and touch controls, Dead Rivals: Zombie MMO is the best game to play.

Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel without a Pulse is an Action, Third-person Perspective, Horror and Single-player video game developed by Wideload and published by Aspyr. The game takes place in an open world environment and available to play on Xbox, Windows, and Mac platforms. In the game, the player can assume the role of the zombie and his ultimate task is to navigate the world from a third-person perspective, encounter humans to slaughter and eat their brains. The game rewards the player with XP points per kill human. As the game proceed, it becomes challenging. Fulfill your tasks, convert as many humans as possible into zombies and immerse himself in a violent gameplay experience. The world is populated with thousands of humans who are ready survive, but you have to take down them and complete your tasks. The Police chase the player as the player kills anyone, avoid them and maintain his health bar to survive longer in the 3D world. With prominent features, open environment, and brilliant gameplay with stunning graphics, Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel without a Pulse is the best game to play and enjoy.

Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 is a Tower-defense, Third-person Shooter, Single and Multiplayer video game developed by PopCap Games and published by Electronic Arts. It is the direct sequel to the original game known as Plant vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare. The game introduces new plant and zombies classes in this entry and each class has its unique abilities and skills. You can play as either the zombie or the plant. Your ultimate task is to navigate the world from third-person perspective and try to take over your against team. The game rewards you with points as you kill the member of against team. You can use different defenses at the right time to fend off enemies by destroying your units and can attack those using different weapons. It has different modes such as Garden Ops, Flag of Power, Backyard Battleground, Graveyard Ops, Solo Ops and more. It offers an exciting story, in which the zombies defeats the plants and the antagonist Dr. Edgar who obtains a technology known as Z-Mech, piloted by Zombies. Select your side and go far in the game to score the highest points. With enhance mechanics, impressive gameplay, and brilliant detailed environment, Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 is the best game to play and enjoy.

ZMR or also known as Zombies Monsters Robots is a great Free-to-Play MMO Third-person Shooter video game similar to CrossFire. The game mostly focuses on PvP and PvE combats and allows you to engage yourself into close range enemy encounters to enjoy it more. As indicated by the name, ZMR – Zombies Monsters Robots lets you go against a number of Enemies including Zombies, Monsters and Robots in different gaming modes and allows you to use both new and old weapons, your best tactical approach and your courage in order to complete the game objectives. With various game modes, ZMR – Zombies Monsters Robots allows you to either be part of a team of 5 or 8 members or go against the enemies all alone, defeat them by killing and earn skill points and game currency that you can use to buy upgrades, weapons and other stuff. With an insane level of enemies such as a lot of different types of monsters, Zombies and Robots, Huge amounts of PvP and PvE content, multiple exciting game modes, a huge community of online players, brilliant graphics and an awesome game-play, ZMR – Zombies Monsters Robots is great shooting experience.

Dead Rising 4 is an Adventure, Beat ‘em up, Survival Horror, Single-player and Multiplayer video game created by Capcom Vancouver and published by Microsoft Studios. It takes place in an open world environment explored by third-person perspective. The game serves as the 4th title in the series of Dead Rising. It introduces the return of Frank West and takes place in the Christmas-themed Willamette Colorado. Unlike its previous titles, the game doesn’t feature the timer system or co-op gameplay. According to the story, Frank West, who is a former photojournalist and works as the professor in the college. One of Frank West students named as Vicky Chu approaches the professor and convinces him to assist her interrogate a military component in Willamette Colorado, the place where the first zombie outbreak. The player can take on the role of the protagonist with a job to kill as many zombies as possible while exploring the game world to fulfill the objectives. The player can navigate the world from a third-person perspective and can smash them using a huge arsenal of weaponry. With enhanced mechanics, improved gameplay, and stunning graphics, Dead Rising 4 is the best game to play.

Infestation: The New Z is an Action-Adventure, Massively Multiplayer Online, Open World and Role-playing video game with Horror-Survival and Battle Royale elements developed by Fredaikis AB. The game offers a huge environment and features a dynamic player versus player experience in multiple modes and environments. There are different playable characters available and the player has to select one of them to customize and jump into the competitive world where he has to battle against enemies to crush them and remain the last survival. In the game, the player can explore the world from a first-person view with friends, scavenge for loot and battle players to win. The player navigates the environment either on foot or by vehicle, bus, and other convince to kill zombies and communicate other players. A unique Battle Royale mode also available in the game for unique experience, where the ultimate task of the player is to be the last standing man by finding items, random airdrops, and killing other players. Infestation: The New Z includes prominent features such as Survival, Customization, Play with Friends, Discover lots of Armors, Weapons and Melees, PvP Mode, and more. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.

Boiling Point: Road to Hell is an action-adventure, RPG and Shooting video game developed by “Deep Shadows” and published by “Atari” for PC (Microsoft Windows) only. The game is set on two fictitious locations of Puerto Sombra and Pueblo Faro. The Government controls “Puerto Sombra” and “Pueblo Faro” is in the control of the Communist insurrectionists. The story of the game features Agent Mayers who captures Don Pedro to interrogate him about the connections to criminal activities in the country. Don Pedro’s guards ambush him and the Don flees from the compound. Story continues an agent Mayers gets to know about another Don named Diego who is turning people into zombies and after a lot of effort and investigating a lot of people he learns that Don Diego is really Don Pedro. Mayers sets out in search of Don Pedro once again and finds him taking refuge in his island fortress. He confronts him and kills Don Pedro along with all of his militia. “Boiling Point: Road to Hell” provides with an open world environment, true HD graphics and a well written and acted upon storyline. You must play this game.

Contagion is a Multiplayer Co-Op, Horror Survival, Shooter video game by Monochrome LLC. Based on three main game modes (Hunted, Escape and Extraction), Contagion allows you to engage yourself in a 16 player Multiplayer Co-Op gameplay and kill the zombies. Every mode allows a limited number of players to play with weapons best suitable for the concerning game modes etc. Your duty in the game is to select a mode to play, explore the game world from a first person perspective and fight against the undead. Just like the different player characters, Contagion provides with a lot of different enemies, dynamic and thrilling gameplay, cool visuals, a great story, etc. along with cool weapon choices, great tactical skills, and strategic thinking, etc. Contagion is one of the best Action-Adventure, Horror-Survival and Shooting video game to play and enjoy, Contagion will entertain you to the limits. Do give it a try.

Dead Rising 3, by Capcom Vancouver, is an Open World, Action-Adventure, Horror Survival and a third person beat em’ up video game. The game is set in a post-apocalyptic era and features the protagonist Nick Ramos, who after the three initial days of the outbreak, scavenges for supplies like water, food and medicines. You as the protagonist act as you see suitable to survive by encountering the zombies and killing them in Melee Combats. You search for the possible safe zones to get to safety and find out that the only safe passage goes through the lairs of zombies. As the game mostly bases on the melee combats so you get only melee weapons to fight against the zombies. You can buy weapons and different melee techniques from in-game stores by spending your experience points (XP). Dead Rising 3 provides with an open world bigger than the world in Dead Rising and Dead Rising 2 combined, in which you can roam freely and travel to different locations and scavenge a larger area for goods. The game also provides with an extremely horror and action-packed gameplay. You will surely enjoy it a lot.

H1Z1: Just Survive is a brilliant Sandbox Style Action and Thrill filled Horror-Survival, Third-person and MMO video game that offers game-play to the popular DayZ. The game is set in a massive open world in Rural America and leaves you right in the middle of a Zombie infested area where your only task is to survive. In order to survive you’ll have to hunt for supplies such as Food, Water, Weapons, Shelter and Medicines etc. H1Z1: just Survive allows you to either go alone on scavenging quest or team up with your friends playing as other survivors online, go hunting down the zombies or find the valuables. Be aware of the friendlies turned enemies, because not everybody is your friend in the game. With a great Action and Adventure packed game-play, well-written story and fantastic visuals, H1Z1: Just Survive is one of the best Action, Adventure, horror-Survival and exploration video game to play and enjoy.

DayZ is a Multiplayer Open World Horror-Survival and First, and Third-person Shooter video game by Bohemia Interactive. The game is set in the fictitious world of Chernarus City, Russia, where an unknown plague outbreak turns almost half of the population into deadly Zombies. As one of the survivors, player scavenges for Food, Water, Shelter and Medical Supplies while encountering and killing the Zombies and other mutant creatures, alone and with other survivors as a team. The main goal of the game is to stay alive for as long as possible in a world filled with Zombies and loads of other types of Mutant creatures. To stay alive, you must avoid getting infected by any means, keep on searching for the medicines and, food because food provides with nutrition that is needed to stay immune. DayZ offers no weapons at startup so you’ll have to use whatever you think can be a weapon and keep on exploring the world covering almost 225 Kilometer radius of Chernarus. You must also keep on searching insides of houses for any types of helping materials and useful tools that can come handy when there is nothing else to defend yourself against the deadly zombies, or you can simply make any abandoned home your refuge against all the deadly creatures lurking outside as a threat. The combats in the game are mainly Melee type so you must master the art of melee combats so whenever you get into a survival war against the enemies, you will be able to defend yourself. DayZ is all about Survival and your abilities to deal with situations like you experience in the game. With an amazingly haunting setting, brilliant visuals, and immersive gameplay, DayZ is one of the trendsetters of the games with similar subjects.

CrossFire developed by SmileGate is 2007’s best Free-to-Play Action, Multiplayer and Tactical First person Shooter video game. The game is set in a War-torn era and tells the story about an epic Worldwide Conflict between the two most powerful and tactically advanced mega Corporations named as Black List and Global Risk. The player assumes the role of anyone of the operatives of the corporations (Black List and Global Risk) and joins the teams of mercenaries in order to eliminate the enemies and to complete various tasks. CrossFire allows you to select the team of your choice Global Risk or Black List, join your online eight man team of mercenaries, get into the already raging gameplay and complete a number of different objectives or simply port to the Zombie mode and enjoy Sixteen men Co-op gameplay. The game lets you jump to more advanced modes of the game by reaching up to the specific Ranks such as Trainee, Marshal etc., customize your characters with all the available options, get weapon, skills and environment based upgrades and keep on enjoying the fantastic gameplay. CrossFire offers a chance to earn GP (game points) by completing the game objectives and move to the more advanced modes of the game. CrossFire offers multiple game modes such as Team Deathmatch, Deathmatch, Search and Destroy, Elimination, Free for All, Ghost Mode, Escape Mode, Mutation Mode, Hero Mode, Zombie Apocalypse, Hero Mode X, Elite Bounty Mode, Wave Mode and Shadow Mode along with loads of different types of weapons, multiple scenarios and environments, fantastic visuals and an addictive gameplay.

Dying Light is a First-Person Action, RPG Open World and Horror-Survival Video game by Techland. The game revolves around the character of the protagonist an undercover agent who is tasked to infiltrate the city of Harran. The city is infested with the undead (Zombies) and your task is to stay alive, by the use of your Parkour skills, Unique Combat Techniques and advanced weaponry. Featuring a Zombie Apocalypse, Dying Light is one of the best game of this specific genre. If you are a hardcore fan of Apocalyptic and chaotic themes, you must be familiar Dying Light, because the game offers a true action and thrill filled gameplay that will definitely let you enjoy it big time. Dying Light offers Close combats against the enemies that you can also call the Melee Combats and it lets you use a number of tools as your melee weapons and allows yo to enjoy the deadly encounters from close. You must stay alive in order to complete the game objectives and to save the others depending on you. Dying Light offers a fantastic story and portrays it impressively enough to lets you immerse yourself into the gameplay and feel like being actually a part of the game world. With a great game setting, beautifully created game visuals, adrenaline pumping gameplay and Co-Op multiplayer game mode, Dying light is a great Action, RPG, horror and Survival video game to play and enjoy.

Resident Evil 5 is an Action-Adventure, RPG, Horror-Survival and Shooting game developed and published by Capcom. The story of the game revolves around the protagonist Chris Redfield and a secondary character Sheva Alomar. The game paces on the investigation carried out by Sheva about a terrorist threat in the fictional city of Kijuju, Africa. Chris also confronts an old enemy Albert Whisker who disturbs his conscious and haunts him down wherever he goes. They start their journey and in the midst of their adventure, the engage in heavy combats with Humanoid enemies instead of Zombies, Ganados, and a lot of other creatures using their guns, melee weapons and explosives. As the game offers multiplayer gaming mode, the players all around the world can team up or choose to play as enemies upon their liking. The game features an open word gaming environment, a dramatically engaging story-line, high definition graphics and a thrilling game-play that takes you to the heights of a super best gaming experience. Try this game and you’ll definitely be amazed.

Call of Duty: Black Ops III is a Military-themed, Action-Adventure, First-person Shooter, Single-player and Multiplayer video game published by Activision and created by Treyarch. It is the 12th entry in the series of Call of Duty and serves as the sequel to Call of Duty: Black Ops II, released in 2012. The game takes place in the future 2065, after the event of the original title, in which the world is facing upheaval from new technologies to climate change. The gameplay is similar to the previous title, and the story revolves around the team of black ops soldiers. It offers two new modes such as a Nightmare and the Zombie mode. The game is designed to support up to four-player gameplay, enabling for the massive and open environment to explore with less corridor shooting. In the starts, the player can customize his character’s clothing and appearance using tons of items, and accessories. The Campaign offers its progressing system, which lets the player unlock tokens and use them to unlock different gears and weapons. With the highly detailed environment, an arsenal of weaponry, and new technologies Call of Duty: Black Ops III is the incredible military-themed game to play and enjoy.

Tom Clancy’s The Division: Survival is a Downloadable Content Pack for Tom Clancy’s The Division and introduces new hostile environment with brutal weather conditions. The DLC pack features a new mode called Survival mode. The game is a mix of Action Role-playing, Third-person Shooter, and Survival elements and supports Multiplayer mode. It takes place in the fictional Manhattan, offering the open world with destructive environments. The player can assume the role of the protagonist, who must investigate the virus which turns the people into zombie-like creatures. The player can carry three different weapons, mines to battle against enemies and explosives like bombs. Using stealth elements, the player can hide behind objects during firefights to avoid bullets. He explores the environment from a third-person perspective, and the game rewards him with experience points, as the player completes an objective. The game becomes challenging, as the player progresses. Tom Clancy’s The Division: Survival offers prominent features such as breathtaking Environments, NPCs, a variety of Weapons, and more. Try it out, and it’ll entertain the player.

Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare is an Action-Adventure, First-person Shooter, Single and Multiplayer video game created by Infinity Ward and published by Activision. It is the thirteenth major title in the series of Call of Duty and was released for multiple platforms. The plot follows the Battle for the Solar System, which is the SDF (Settlement Defense Front), a force who are the antagonists, are struggling to take over the world. You can get into the role of the protagonist named as Captain Nick Reyes, who is the member of the Special Combat Air Recon. The gameplay is divided into three different component such as Campaign, Multiplayer, and Zombie. In Campaign, it offers the similar gameplay to previous entries and focuses on FPS elements. The game offers new setting, themes, gameplay mechanics, zero gravity, weapons and outer space. The protagonist equips with a boost pack, which lets him move in zero gravity environment. The game has Multiplayer Zombie mode, which offers its unique gameplay mechanics and storyline, separate from the campaign. With enhanced mechanics, engaging gameplay, and a brilliant storyline Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare is the best game to play and enjoy.

Postal Redux is an Addictive, Action, and Horror, Top-down, Twin Stick Shooter and Single-player video game created and published by Running with Scissors. The game offers the combination of exploration, open-world, zombie, and survival elements and lets you immerse yourself in shooting experience. The game takes place in the zombie apocalyptic world, where most of the human population transformed into zombies like creatures. In the game, you can assume the role of the protagonist, who is a survivor and his primary task is to fight against hordes of zombies and kill them all to rescue those people that are not affected. The game features more than 17 levels in the classic campaign. It includes a huge range of enemies such as Crazy Vigilantes, SWAT, Military Squad, Police Officer, and Angry Ostriches. It also includes over ten destructive weapons and you can upgrade them with your skill points. It is the first game in the popular series of the Postal game. The game consists of challenging levels, update controls, and much more. You can play this game and can experience a lot of elements. With the exciting story, top-down gameplay, brilliant mechanics and stunning visuals, Postal Redux is the best game to play and enjoy.

Dead Rising is a Survival-Horror, Beat ‘em up, and Single-player video game created and published by Capcom. It is the first marvelous entry in the series of Dead Rising. The game takes place in the fictional world invaded by zombies. It lets you take on the role of the protagonist, a journalist named Frank West who trapped in a mall suffering from zombies. The ultimate task is to explore the mall, slaughter zombies using deadly weapons and items and rescue other survivors like you. Find the way out and complete each level at any cost. The game is played from the third-person perspective and it has two different modes such as Sandbox mode and 72 Hour mode. According to the story, the protagonist entered into the city without any movement to investigate why the city is closed by the Nation Guard. After reaching, he discovers the city is suffering from Zombie Outbreak. It lets you a chance to become a hero, rescue people who are not effected and beware from zombies because they want to bite you. Fight against zombies or have eaten your brain. Dead Rising includes key features such as Zombie-apocalyptic World, Lots of Missions, different types of Zombies, NPCs, Customization and more. Try it out and you’ll enjoy it.

Project Zomboid is an Action, Horror-Survival, Role-playing, Single and Multiplayer video game developed and published by The Indie Stone. The game takes place in the post-apocalyptic-themed world where you are challenged by the game to survive as long as possible before dying. It offers an open environment invaded by zombies and you must face different challenges, pain, thirst, hunger, and tiredness. The ultimate task is to explore the game world, gather resources, and find foods to live alive for another day. It has two modes such as Survival and Sandbox. Build a shelter using different items, go to sleep to recover your energy and complete each and every level to prove yourself as the best survivor. Craft different weapons to attack zombies and eliminate them to earn experience points. Other features, modes, and levels will be unlocked as you gain experience. With horror gameplay, superb mechanics, addictive visuals, and horrific story, Project Zomboid is the best game to play and enjoy.

Resident Evil 4 is a Horror-Survival video game for those players who love playing Horror-filled games. It combines the elements of Action, Shooter and Zombie developed and published by Capcom. The game supports Single-player mode only, and it is the 6th entry in the series of Resident Evil. The story focuses on the special agent of the US government named Leon S. Kennedy, who is a female and sent on an epic mission to save Ashley Graham, the daughter of US President who is kidnapped by a sinister cult. The game takes place in the rural area of Spain and casts you in the role of the protagonist and lets you fight against hordes of violent villagers. You explore the world from a third-person perspective and can use different weapons to slaughter foes. It centers on the action, shooting and massive crowds of foes in open-ended areas. There are several missions, and you have to complete each one to gain access to new weapons, by gathering enough experience points and use them to get upgrades. Resident Evil 4 includes key features such as Global Leaderboards, Customization Controls, Challenging Missions and more. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.

Saw is a Horror-Survival video game for those players who love playing terrifying games developed by Zombie Studios and published by Konami. The game supports Single-player mode and available to play on PlayStation and Xbox platforms. The game is inspired by the horror movie having the same name. It casts you in the role of the protagonist named David Tapp who is detective and revolves around his struggle for his life. In the beginning, Tapp stuck in an abundant asylum and he must travel to collect clues and take revenge from Jigsaw for the murder of his beloved friends. As he navigate the environment, he encounter lots of people with past and his relation with them, whom he has to rescue. The asylum is populated with a strange inhabitant who wants to kill Tapp. There are challenging levels, and the protagonist must complete each one to save his and his friends life. Earn points and explore the world from third-person perspective, interact with NPCs, and objectives and complete tasks. With superb and horrific gameplay, brilliant mechanics, and superb visuals, Saw is the best game to play and amuse.