Ultimate Zombie Defense

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

Terror Dog Studio · Released Dec 8, 2020

Reviews: Very Positive; 85% of 4,801
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Playing now: 7; peak 24h 12
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: 1 year ago; Mar 19, 2025

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

85% of 4,801 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.

Screenshots and trailer

Ultimate Zombie Defense system requirements

As published by the developer.

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

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows, macOS
Achievements: 12
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing

Steam Deck: Playable

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

Multiplayer and co-op

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.