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Plants vs. Zombies™ Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition cover art

Plants vs. Zombies™ Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition

PopCap · Electronic Arts · 2022-05-16

SteamEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionCasualStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: May 16, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 23, 2016 (Xbox One), Feb 23, 2016 (PlayStation 4)

Ready the Peashooters and prepare for the craziest, funniest shooter in the universe: Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2.

1,266
playing now
90%
positive of 50k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

1,266 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 is a 2016 third-person shooter video game developed by PopCap Games and published by Electronic Arts. It was released for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One. It is the sequel to Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare and the fourth game in the Plants vs. Zombies franchise. The game was released in February 2016. A successor, Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville, was released in October 2019.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1,266 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10,989 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,374/week).
  • · Review velocity up 100% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 1.0M–2.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 50,235 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00
lowest across shops (ITAD)$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at EA Store (2024-07-23)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 18 of 34 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3.1k3.1k20222026Week of 2022-05-01: 2,674 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 343 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 858 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 597 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 553 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 383 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 294 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 959 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 550 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 715 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 455 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 408 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 707 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 645 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 128 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 472 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 774 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 848 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 103 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 777 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 506 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 512 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1,258 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 176 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 877 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 688 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 823 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 121 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 511 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 600 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 430 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1,657 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 322 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1,528 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 154 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 622 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 448 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 571 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,233 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 129 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 893 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 909 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 987 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 580 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 709 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 573 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 705 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 831 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 552 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 505 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 591 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3,124 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 363 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2,024 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 221 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 809 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 120 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1,105 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 166 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 600 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 185 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 598 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 665 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 120 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 714 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 103 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 622 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 82 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.6k6882026-08-06 21:00 — 1,370 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 1,065 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 1,129 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 1,265 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 1,130 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 1,185 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 1,279 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 1,246 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 1,210 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 1,624 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 1,001 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 1,127 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 1,272 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 1,059 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 1,228 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 784 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 1,053 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 1,133 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 1,525 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 1,131 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 909 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 989 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 1,282 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 771 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 901 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 1,228 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 688 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 897 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 1,266 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$69.99$0.002015-06-162026-08-272015-06-16 — best price $69.992016-07-14 — best price $34.992016-11-29 — best price $49.992017-04-18 — best price $49.992017-11-20 — best price $14.992018-01-30 — best price $29.992018-05-29 — best price $29.992018-11-01 — best price $29.992019-01-29 — best price $29.992019-07-25 — best price $29.992020-08-18 — best price $29.992020-11-20 — best price $9.992021-07-22 — best price $9.992021-11-19 — best price $7.492022-02-22 — best price $7.492022-05-24 — best price $29.992022-08-11 — best price $29.992022-11-01 — best price $29.992023-01-05 — best price $29.992023-03-23 — best price $29.992023-06-29 — best price $5.992023-10-26 — best price $5.992024-01-04 — best price $29.992024-03-28 — best price $29.992024-05-30 — best price $29.992024-08-19 — best price $29.992024-11-11 — best price $29.992025-01-02 — best price $29.992025-04-10 — best price $8.992025-07-10 — best price $29.992025-09-29 — best price $8.992025-12-18 — best price $2.992026-02-09 — best price $8.992026-03-26 — best price $29.992026-07-02 — best price $29.992026-08-27 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

141572026-05-30 — 92 pageviews2026-06-02 — 131 pageviews2026-06-05 — 141 pageviews2026-06-08 — 101 pageviews2026-06-11 — 85 pageviews2026-06-14 — 117 pageviews2026-06-17 — 79 pageviews2026-06-20 — 90 pageviews2026-06-23 — 96 pageviews2026-06-26 — 86 pageviews2026-06-29 — 78 pageviews2026-07-02 — 89 pageviews2026-07-05 — 108 pageviews2026-07-08 — 102 pageviews2026-07-11 — 97 pageviews2026-07-14 — 85 pageviews2026-07-17 — 100 pageviews2026-07-20 — 68 pageviews2026-07-23 — 102 pageviews2026-07-26 — 91 pageviews2026-07-29 — 67 pageviews2026-08-01 — 79 pageviews2026-08-04 — 67 pageviews2026-08-07 — 85 pageviews2026-08-10 — 79 pageviews2026-08-13 — 91 pageviews2026-08-16 — 100 pageviews2026-08-19 — 98 pageviews2026-08-22 — 81 pageviews2026-08-25 — 81 pageviews2026-08-26 — 92 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
71.7%
earned "Hero to Zero"
10.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsIn-App Purchases

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Traditional Chinese

Where its players are

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

Player tags

PvPCuteFunnyActionCasualShooterZombiesColorfulControllerTeam-Based

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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