Zombies are the fictional undead beings created through the reanimation of the human corpse. Zombies are mostly found in fantasy and horror genres and come with thrilling gameplay. These games take place in the zombie-apocalyptic, where zombies have invaded the environment, turning the people into undead people. Open world games deal with a massive environment where the player can move freely roam and interact with environment and objects to fulfil his objectives. In Open World Zombie games, the player takes on the role of the survivor with a task to manipulate the zombie-infested world and struggle to save the citizens from turning into zombie-like creatures. The player struggles to kill the zombies using a variety of weapons and collect items. Zombies are the famous themes for games, but not limited to Horror-Survival, Role-playing, First-person Shooter, and Stealth game genres. Dead Rising, Resident Evil, The House of the Dead, Left 4 Dead, State of Decay, etc. are famous zombie-themed video games. Urban Dead is a Massively Multiplayer Online Role-playing video game, offering a free grid-based browser game where the survivors and the zombies are battling to take over the ruined city.

13 Best Open World Zombie Games for Xbox One

#1 Neighborhorde

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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.

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#2 Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare

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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.

#3 Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare 2

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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.

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#4 Dead Rising 4

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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.

#5 Dead Island 2

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Dead Island 2 is an Action Role-playing, Horror-Survival, Single-player and Multiplayer video game with an emphasis on First-person Shooting element developed by Sumo Digital and published by Deep Silver. The game serves as the sequel to Dead Island, released in 2011 and brings improved mechanics, controls and highly detailed graphics. The story takes place several months after the event of previous title Dead Island and Escape Dead Island. Unlike the previous event, which set on islands, Dead Island 2 takes place in multiple locations in the fictional California. It offers an open-ended world of Los Angeles, San Francisco, threatened by zombies. The player assumes the role of the survivor who must explore the land to save the remaining people, face zombies and kill them using a huge arsenal of weaponry while defending himself. There are challenging missions available, and the player must accomplish the objectives of each one to progress through the game. With brilliant graphics, thrilling gameplay, and smooth control, Dead Island 2 is the best game to play and enjoy.

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#6 Dead Rising 3

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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.

#7 Dying Light

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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.

#8 Call of Duty: Black Ops III

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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.

#9 Dead Rising 3: Apocalypse Edition

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Dead Rising 3: Apocalypse Edition offers four Downloadable Content Pack with Ultimate Open World Environment developed by Capcom Vancouver and published by Microsoft Studios. It is an Action-Adventure, Horror-Survival and Beat ‘em up video game supports both Single and Multiplayer modes. It takes place in the zombie-apocalyptic, and the game lets the player step into the shoes of the previous title’s protagonist named as Nick Ramos and navigate the world from a third-person perspective. In the game, the primary objective of the player is to search for weapons and supplies to battle undead creatures and fulfill the requirements of different missions. Throughout the game, the player can save his progress anywhere. There are lots of challenging missions, and each mission needs a completion of individual objectives. The player will receive points for complete mission and can use them to unlock additional content. During the gameplay, the player will experience the horror, exciting open world and supply shortage. With the massive open environment, detailed graphics, brilliant controls, and realistic sound effects. Dead Rising 3: Apocalypse Edition is the best game to play and enjoy.

#10 Tom Clancy’s The Division: Survival

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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.

#11 Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare

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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.

#12 Dead Rising

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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.

#13 Resident Evil 4

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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.