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Zombie Defense

Home Net Games · 2016-09-30

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ActionCasualIndieStrategyFree To Play

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A modern hybrid of the classic RTS and modern Tower Defense. Recruit soldiers, place them on slots and let them shoot incoming waves of zombies by their own. Order supplies, throw grenades, order airstrikes and many more... Perfect mix of strategy, tactics and micromanagement.

Zombie Defense is an Action, Casual, Indie and Strategy game released in 2016, free-to-play, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (84% of 2171 reviews).

8
playing now
84%
positive of 2.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)

8 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 8 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 33 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 23% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

All-time low: $1.79 at Steam (2023-07-17)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
292920182026Week of 2018-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2132026-09-15 13:00 — 12 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 12 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 8 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 11 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 15 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 8 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 10 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 11 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 7 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 10 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 11 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 6 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 11 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 6 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 7 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 4 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 8 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 11 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 14 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
76511Oct 2016Aug 2026Oct 2016 — avg 765 · peak 2,356Feb 2017 — avg 97 · peak 186Jun 2017 — avg 66 · peak 144Oct 2017 — avg 80 · peak 186Feb 2018 — avg 81 · peak 144Jun 2018 — avg 62 · peak 114Oct 2018 — avg 34 · peak 101Feb 2019 — avg 27 · peak 58Jun 2019 — avg 23 · peak 39Oct 2019 — avg 23 · peak 56Feb 2020 — avg 27 · peak 58Jun 2020 — avg 25 · peak 54Oct 2020 — avg 24 · peak 42Feb 2021 — avg 23 · peak 49Jun 2021 — avg 19 · peak 35Oct 2021 — avg 19 · peak 40Feb 2022 — avg 17 · peak 33Jun 2022 — avg 16 · peak 36Oct 2022 — avg 17 · peak 37Feb 2023 — avg 19 · peak 38Jun 2023 — avg 18 · peak 36Oct 2023 — avg 20 · peak 49Feb 2024 — avg 20 · peak 46Jun 2024 — avg 17 · peak 36Oct 2024 — avg 17 · peak 35Feb 2025 — avg 12 · peak 30Jun 2025 — avg 11 · peak 27Oct 2025 — avg 12 · peak 25Feb 2026 — avg 11 · peak 27Jun 2026 — avg 11 · peak 24Aug 2026 — avg 12 · peak 59
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerIn-App PurchasesSteam CloudFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Turkish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4584%4
Switch (Nintendo)230%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

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

Player tags

RTSCo-opIndieActionCasualHorrorShooterZombiesStrategySurvival

Census log

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