Skip to content
indielist (beta)

The best zombies indie games, ranked by reviews

5 min read for players

zombiesgenre-guidedata-reportrecommendations

Data report Assembled from live indielist data on 2026-06-06. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 22 zombies indie games on Steam, holding 2,078,058 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 570,988 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. The Forest · 570,988 reviews · 96% positive · 2018
  2. Unturned · 563,169 reviews · 91% positive · 2017
  3. Project Zomboid · 343,212 reviews · 94% positive · 2013
  4. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition · 140,494 reviews · 98% positive · 2009
  5. Black Mesa · 132,752 reviews · 95% positive · 2020
  6. Plague Inc: Evolved · 56,119 reviews · 94% positive · 2016
  7. They Are Billions · 45,754 reviews · 85% positive · 2019
  8. ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights · 41,953 reviews · 94% positive · 2021
  9. Pavlov · 37,822 reviews · 89% positive · 2024
  10. SurrounDead · 22,653 reviews · 92% positive · 2022
  11. Tower Unite · 21,712 reviews · 90% positive · 2025
  12. No More Room in Hell 2 · 20,994 reviews · 49% positive · 2024
  13. Monster Prom · 14,278 reviews · 93% positive · 2018
  14. Yet Another Zombie Survivors · 13,267 reviews · 91% positive · 2023
  15. CastleMiner Z · 11,127 reviews · 81% positive · 2014
  16. Death Road to Canada · 10,266 reviews · 93% positive · 2016
  17. The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners · 10,017 reviews · 86% positive · 2020
  18. Colony Survival · 8,875 reviews · 92% positive · 2017
  19. DreadOut · 5,665 reviews · 77% positive · 2014
  20. Cepheus Protocol · 3,599 reviews · 76% positive · 2020

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 modeled estimates, not official sales data.

Want the underlying estimate for your own game? Try the sales estimator, or browse the full game directory.