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The best zombies indie games, ranked by reviews

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Data report Built from live indielist data on 2026-07-24. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 34 zombies indie games on Steam, holding 1,621,242 reviews at an average of 86% 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 577,971 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. The Forest · 577,971 reviews · 96% positive · 2018
  2. Project Zomboid · 350,081 reviews · 94% positive · 2013
  3. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition · 141,936 reviews · 98% positive · 2009
  4. Black Mesa · 133,917 reviews · 95% positive · 2020
  5. SCUM · 97,724 reviews · 74% positive · 2025
  6. Plague Inc: Evolved · 64,888 reviews · 94% positive · 2016
  7. ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights · 42,570 reviews · 94% positive · 2021
  8. Pavlov · 37,829 reviews · 89% positive · 2024
  9. SurrounDead · 23,635 reviews · 92% positive · 2022
  10. Tower Unite · 16,200 reviews · 90% positive · 2025
  11. Monster Prom · 14,309 reviews · 93% positive · 2018
  12. Mist Survival · 13,525 reviews · 76% positive · 2018
  13. Yet Another Zombie Survivors · 12,332 reviews · 91% positive · 2023
  14. No More Room in Hell 2 · 11,391 reviews · 49% positive · 2024
  15. DYSMANTLE · 10,967 reviews · 91% positive · 2021
  16. Death Road to Canada · 8,986 reviews · 93% positive · 2016
  17. Colony Survival · 8,203 reviews · 92% positive · 2017
  18. CastleMiner Z · 7,934 reviews · 81% positive · 2014
  19. The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners · 7,567 reviews · 86% positive · 2020
  20. Unturned · 7,505 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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