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Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ cover art

Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™

PopCap · Electronic Arts · 2020-06-04

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ActionCasualStrategy

Franchise: Plants vs. Zombies · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Oct 18, 2019 (Xbox One), Oct 18, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Oct 18, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 19, 2021 (Nintendo Switch)

Kick some grass in Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville, the wackiest shooter yet!

Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ is an Action, Casual, and Strategy game released in 2020, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (71% of 18,816 reviews).

63
playing now
71%
positive of 19k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
71/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
65/100
IGDB user rating (36 ratings)
30
Nexus mods (5.1k downloads)
4.17★
PlayStation Store rating (37,949 ratings)
68h
time to beat (IGDB)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$29.99
steam price (US)

63 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville is a third-person shooter video game developed by PopCap Vancouver and published by Electronic Arts. It was originally released for PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One in October 2019, with a Nintendo Switch version releasing in March 2021. It is a continuation of the Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare spin-off series of Plants vs. Zombies, being the third overall installment. The game was released as an early access title in September 2019 before its full release in October the same year. It received generally positive reviews upon release. Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville is the last PopCap Vancouver game before its closure in 2021.

Trailer

Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ trailer thumbnail

Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ Official Launch Trailer

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 63 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,083 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~135/week).
  • · Review velocity up 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 27,751 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 376k–847k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 18,816 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.00 at AllYouPlay (2020-03-17)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 30 of 38 observed days · $18.99 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
54254220202026Week of 2020-06-01: 542 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 270 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 236 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 233 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 383 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 137 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 283 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 265 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 119 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 253 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 287 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 456 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 162 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 397 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 166 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 222 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 312 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 153 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 373 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 216 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 424 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 294 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 293 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 115 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 21 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

166482026-09-15 12:00 — 95 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 54 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 63 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 163 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 116 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 77 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 100 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 112 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 107 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 166 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 98 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 56 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 116 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 163 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 90 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 86 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 133 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 64 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 67 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 126 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 70 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 48 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 63 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
65686Jun 2020Aug 2026Jun 2020 — avg 314 · peak 857Aug 2020 — avg 199 · peak 769Oct 2020 — avg 94 · peak 259Dec 2020 — avg 355 · peak 844Feb 2021 — avg 420 · peak 1,263Apr 2021 — avg 138 · peak 283Jun 2021 — avg 167 · peak 710Aug 2021 — avg 160 · peak 267Oct 2021 — avg 118 · peak 454Dec 2021 — avg 295 · peak 971Feb 2022 — avg 602 · peak 1,797Apr 2022 — avg 359 · peak 1,130Jun 2022 — avg 223 · peak 443Aug 2022 — avg 199 · peak 413Oct 2022 — avg 136 · peak 338Dec 2022 — avg 206 · peak 561Feb 2023 — avg 284 · peak 1,121Apr 2023 — avg 524 · peak 2,150Jun 2023 — avg 206 · peak 597Aug 2023 — avg 228 · peak 504Oct 2023 — avg 141 · peak 405Dec 2023 — avg 656 · peak 2,544Feb 2024 — avg 267 · peak 591Apr 2024 — avg 138 · peak 381Jun 2024 — avg 146 · peak 561Aug 2024 — avg 458 · peak 1,950Oct 2024 — avg 148 · peak 366Dec 2024 — avg 333 · peak 1,034Feb 2025 — avg 206 · peak 543Apr 2025 — avg 110 · peak 304Jun 2025 — avg 110 · peak 254Aug 2025 — avg 140 · peak 269Oct 2025 — avg 91 · peak 220Dec 2025 — avg 192 · peak 478Feb 2026 — avg 113 · peak 221Apr 2026 — avg 86 · peak 214Jun 2026 — avg 113 · peak 238Aug 2026 — avg 133 · peak 245
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$42.13$1.002019-09-302026-10-152019-09-30 — best price $39.992020-01-12 — best price $29.992020-02-12 — best price $41.462020-03-25 — best price $37.992020-05-18 — best price $35.992020-06-05 — best price $35.992020-07-10 — best price $39.992020-07-26 — best price $35.992020-08-28 — best price $13.992020-09-24 — best price $35.992020-10-16 — best price $35.992020-11-09 — best price $39.992020-12-01 — best price $37.992020-12-22 — best price $9.002021-01-23 — best price $39.992021-02-11 — best price $9.002021-03-04 — best price $39.992021-03-22 — best price $39.992021-04-20 — best price $37.992021-07-01 — best price $35.892021-09-01 — best price $35.892021-11-02 — best price $29.992021-12-21 — best price $5.162022-02-12 — best price $35.892022-05-25 — best price $39.992022-11-01 — best price $29.992023-03-30 — best price $5.992023-11-02 — best price $29.992024-04-16 — best price $29.992024-06-28 — best price $4.992024-11-11 — best price $29.992025-04-10 — best price $8.992025-09-29 — best price $8.992026-02-03 — best price $7.992026-06-19 — best price $7.992026-09-24 — best price $19.992026-10-15 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

190542026-05-30 — 128 pageviews2026-06-03 — 143 pageviews2026-06-07 — 137 pageviews2026-06-11 — 91 pageviews2026-06-15 — 76 pageviews2026-06-19 — 95 pageviews2026-06-23 — 84 pageviews2026-06-27 — 94 pageviews2026-07-01 — 94 pageviews2026-07-05 — 117 pageviews2026-07-09 — 82 pageviews2026-07-13 — 104 pageviews2026-07-17 — 88 pageviews2026-07-21 — 83 pageviews2026-07-25 — 87 pageviews2026-07-29 — 89 pageviews2026-08-02 — 99 pageviews2026-08-06 — 91 pageviews2026-08-10 — 94 pageviews2026-08-14 — 90 pageviews2026-08-18 — 94 pageviews2026-08-22 — 91 pageviews2026-08-26 — 75 pageviews2026-08-30 — 93 pageviews2026-09-03 — 84 pageviews2026-09-07 — 116 pageviews2026-09-11 — 68 pageviews2026-09-15 — 75 pageviews2026-09-19 — 109 pageviews2026-09-23 — 75 pageviews2026-09-27 — 108 pageviews2026-10-01 — 66 pageviews2026-10-05 — 82 pageviews2026-10-08 — 54 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

50
achievements tracked
31.2%
earned "Hat's All Folks!"
4.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsFull controller support1 DLC

14 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-06-04 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

PvEPvPFunnyActionCasualShooterZombiesStrategyTacticalMultiplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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