Zombie Defense
Released Sep 2016
A modern hybrid of the classic RTS and modern Tower Defense. Recruit soldiers, place them on slots and let them shoot incoming waves of zombies by their own. Order supplies, throw grenades, order airstrikes and many more... Perfect mix of strategy, tactics and micromanagement.
83% positive · 2,174 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Where to get it
Free on Steam
Evaluation
Zombie Defense launched on September 30, 2016 as a free-to-play tower defense/RTS hybrid. In the months following launch, the developer shipped several updates adding new heroes, features, and bug fixes — with the last content-bearing update (Update 11.8, adding the Lasercut hero) arriving on March 16, 2017. After that, the developer's news posts shifted entirely to promoting their other games (The Pirate: Plague of the Dead in October 2017, and Hex Commander: Fantasy Heroes in December 2017), with no new content announced for Zombie Defense itself.
The most recent post for this game — a security update to Unity (version 12.9.9) on October 14, 2025 — is purely a maintenance patch with no gameplay content. No DLC, roadmap, or future content has ever been announced. The store description presents the game as a complete, self-contained package with a fixed feature set (49 missions, 22 recruit types, 150 upgrades, etc.), and there are no unreleased DLC entries. The developer has never indicated plans for additional content.
The game launched as a finished product and received a handful of content updates in its first few months. Content development effectively concluded in early 2017, with only occasional maintenance patches since then. Someone waiting for all content would have had everything available by March 16, 2017.
Evidence
Update 11.8 added the Lasercut hero and minor bug fixes — the last content update for the game.
Developer announced another separate game (Hex Commander: Fantasy Heroes), further indicating development effort had shifted away from Zombie Defense.
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Home Net Games
Achievements
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Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
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Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player
About this game
Today, 7 billion humans live on our planet.
Over 100 billion lived and died on it in the past.
What if just a tenth of them came back... for us?
A modern hybrid of the classic RTS and modern Tower Defense.
Recruit soldiers, place them on slots and let them shoot incoming waves of zombies by their own.
Manually move soldiers between slots, upgrade slots and soldiers, order supplies,
throw grenades and molotovs, order airstrikes and operate huge bulldozers.
Perfect mix of strategy, tactics and micromanagement.
Earn money on missions and spend them between missions to buy permanent technologies, upgrades, weapons ect.
Features
- 49 missions.
- 5 difficulty modes regular, nightmare, 3 man challenge, TV challenge, boss challange
- 22 types of recruits.
- 150 permanent upgrades between each mission.
- 8 basic enemy types, from shambling creatures, to crawling horrors, to fast predators.
- 2 types of giant mutant zombie bosses for extra action.
- Zombie birds
- Decoys
- A gun rack of weapons, from trusty .38s, to deadly shotguns, to ultra-accurate sniper rifles.
- High explosives to turn zombies into pink jelly.
- Molotov cocktails to stop zombies with a blazing inferno.
- Heavy vehicles to crush every zombie in their path.
- Laser-activated turrets.
- Devastating airstrikes.
- Tesla towers
- Supply deliveries.
- Real-time soldier upgrades, recruitment and trading.
- Infinite mode for hardcore players who crave endless excitement.
- Special challenge modes.
- High replayability allows you to complete each mission and return to it as you please, to earn more money and rise your score.
- Full 3D environment, highways, towns and deserts.
Over 100 billion lived and died on it in the past.
What if just a tenth of them came back... for us?
A modern hybrid of the classic RTS and modern Tower Defense.
Recruit soldiers, place them on slots and let them shoot incoming waves of zombies by their own.
Manually move soldiers between slots, upgrade slots and soldiers, order supplies,
throw grenades and molotovs, order airstrikes and operate huge bulldozers.
Perfect mix of strategy, tactics and micromanagement.
Earn money on missions and spend them between missions to buy permanent technologies, upgrades, weapons ect.
Features
- 49 missions.
- 5 difficulty modes regular, nightmare, 3 man challenge, TV challenge, boss challange
- 22 types of recruits.
- 150 permanent upgrades between each mission.
- 8 basic enemy types, from shambling creatures, to crawling horrors, to fast predators.
- 2 types of giant mutant zombie bosses for extra action.
- Zombie birds
- Decoys
- A gun rack of weapons, from trusty .38s, to deadly shotguns, to ultra-accurate sniper rifles.
- High explosives to turn zombies into pink jelly.
- Molotov cocktails to stop zombies with a blazing inferno.
- Heavy vehicles to crush every zombie in their path.
- Laser-activated turrets.
- Devastating airstrikes.
- Tesla towers
- Supply deliveries.
- Real-time soldier upgrades, recruitment and trading.
- Infinite mode for hardcore players who crave endless excitement.
- Special challenge modes.
- High replayability allows you to complete each mission and return to it as you please, to earn more money and rise your score.
- Full 3D environment, highways, towns and deserts.
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Last evaluated Jun 27, 2026
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