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The best zombies indie games, ranked by reviews

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Data report Built from live indielist data on 2026-09-07. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 34 zombies indie games on Steam, holding 1,761,170 reviews at an average of 87% positive. This list ranks them by Steam review count, the most reliable public sales proxy, with a white-box sales estimate behind every title. The most reviewed is The Forest with 681,741 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. The Forest · 681,741 reviews · 96% positive · 2018
  2. Project Zomboid · 362,878 reviews · 94% positive · 2013
  3. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition · 141,936 reviews · 98% positive · 2009
  4. Black Mesa · 134,638 reviews · 95% positive · 2020
  5. SCUM · 98,248 reviews · 74% positive · 2025
  6. Plague Inc: Evolved · 59,090 reviews · 94% positive · 2016
  7. ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights · 43,017 reviews · 94% positive · 2021
  8. Pavlov · 37,866 reviews · 89% positive · 2024
  9. No More Room in Hell 2 · 27,477 reviews · 56% positive · 2026
  10. SurrounDead · 26,706 reviews · 91% positive · 2022
  11. Tower Unite · 21,802 reviews · 90% positive · 2025
  12. Yet Another Zombie Survivors · 13,876 reviews · 91% positive · 2026
  13. Mist Survival · 13,659 reviews · 76% positive · 2018
  14. Monster Prom · 12,237 reviews · 93% positive · 2018
  15. CastleMiner Z · 11,159 reviews · 81% positive · 2014
  16. DYSMANTLE · 11,002 reviews · 91% positive · 2021
  17. Death Road to Canada · 9,109 reviews · 93% positive · 2016
  18. Colony Survival · 8,248 reviews · 92% positive · 2017
  19. The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners · 7,597 reviews · 86% positive · 2020
  20. Unturned · 7,495 reviews · 91% positive · 2017

How this list is built

Games are ranked by Steam review count, the most reliable public proxy for sales when actual figures are private. Each title links to its indielist page, where the white-box sales estimate expands into the full Boxleiter formula, so you can audit the number rather than trust a black box. Review counts come from Steam; sales figures are estimates, not official sales data.

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