Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
Casual tower defense with weaponized plants and varied zombie waves
PopCap Games, Inc. · Published by PopCap Games, Inc., Electronic Arts · Released May 5, 2009
- Reviews
- Overwhelmingly Positive
- 98% of 156K
- Recent reviews
- Overwhelmingly Positive
- 97% of 974 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 2,490
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Unsupported
- Last update
- Unknown
- no patch notes found
Free demo available, 6 playing it now: get the demo.
Metacritic: 87/100 (critic reviews)
What is Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition?
A 2D single-player tower defense game about protecting a home from a zombie invasion. You place plants with different attacks across 50 Adventure levels, adapting to day, night, fog, pools, and rooftops. Additional modes include Mini-Games, Puzzle, Survival, and Zen Garden.
For you if...
- +you like approachable tower defense with varied enemy types
- +you want a 50-level campaign plus puzzles and minigames
- +you enjoy light comedy in a family-friendly game
Not for you if...
- −you want multiplayer rather than a single-player campaign
- −you dislike placing defenses against repeated zombie attacks
What players say
98% of 156,095 reviews are positive · 97% of 974 in the last 30 days
Players praise the satisfying tower defense loop and replay value. The most common complaints are the fixed low resolution, missing video settings, and severe flickering or other graphics problems on some modern systems.
Screenshots and trailer
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows XP/Vista/7
- Processor
- 1.2GHz+ processor
- Graphics
- 128MB of video memory, 16-bit or 32-bit color quality
- Memory
- 1GB of RAM
- Storage
- 65+MB of free hard drive space
- DirectX
- DirectX 8 or later
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Achievements
- 21
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
Steam Deck: Unsupported
- Graphics settings cannot be configured to run well on Steam Deck
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