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Ultimate Zombie Defense

Top-down zombie survival shooter with buildable defenses and co-op

Terror Dog Studio · Released Dec 8, 2020

ActionAdventureCasualStrategy

Reviews
Very Positive
87% of 1,501
Recent reviews
Not enough recent
Players
11
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
1 year ago
Mar 19, 2025
Minimum PC
® HD 5000
4 GB RAM · 2 GB disk
Full requirements

What is Ultimate Zombie Defense?

This top-down survival shooter takes place in the sealed-off suburbs of a European city, where a military squad searches for the source of a zombie outbreak. Alone or in co-op with up to four players, you build barricades and turrets, choose weapons, and fight hordes of infected and bosses.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy surviving increasingly difficult waves with friends
  • +you like combining guns and defenses against zombie hordes

Not for you if...

  • −you want a first-person view of the action
  • −you prefer exploration to repeated defensive battles
  • −you want extensive level variety and character progression

What players say

87% of 1,501 reviews are positive

Players praise the shooting and base-building loop, especially with friends. Common complaints are repetitive play and limited content. Players also report sparse public lobbies, strangers selling their defenses, and occasional multiplayer lobby and achievement problems.

Players over time

▼ -11% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 51 players on Nov 1, 2026.

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Screenshots and trailer

Ultimate Zombie Defense screenshot 1

Ultimate Zombie Defense system requirements

Minimum: ® HD 5000, 4 GB RAM, 2 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

OS
Windows 10
Processor
2.5GHz or Equivalent
Graphics
Intel® HD Graphics 5000
Memory
4 GB RAM
Storage
2 GB available space
DirectX
Version 11

Recommended

OS
Windows 10
Processor
3.5GHz or Equivalent
Graphics
Nvidia GTX 1050
Memory
4 GB RAM
Storage
2 GB available space
DirectX
Version 11

Does Ultimate Zombie Defense have co-op or multiplayer?

Yes: co-op online. It also has a single-player mode.

Does Ultimate Zombie Defense run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

  • Default controller config not fully functional
  • Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
  • Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
  • Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
  • The native resolution is not the default one
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows, macOS
Achievements
12
Steam features
Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Languages
Full audio: English, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Dutch, French, Italian, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Japanese, Korean.

Does Ultimate Zombie Defense use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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Recent updates

1 DLC available.

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