The Best Zombie Games From The 2000s

In the early 2000s zombies took over the world. Not literally, but in terms of media. From Shaun Of The Dead to Zombieland, to The Resident Evil movie franchise - everyone had zombies on their delicious brains.

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This was also reflected in the video games of the time. The improved graphics of the more recent consoles meant that survival horror could really lean into the gore and terrify players. Many of the zombie games between 2000 and 2010 were instant classics and have influenced so many video games going forward, whether it is blowing up a zombie's head with a shotgun, or running them over with a lawnmower, the naughties made zombie killing fun.

10 Left 4 Dead

Friends Forged On The Battlefield

Left 4 Dead was a stand-out moment in online co-op gaming. The game allowed players to gather a group of friends, go out, and kill zombies, and it was all done online. In 2008 this was a bug deal and the game was one of the blueprints that many future online shooters used.

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What was fun about Left 4 Dead was that it wasn't just plain old shambling zombies. There was a wide range of zombie types to kill such as:

• The Smoker.
• The Boomer.
• The Hunter.
• The Tank
• The Witch

9 The House of the Dead Overkill

Arcade Classics In Your Own Home

The House Of The Dead series was an arcade classic. Players spent hours in arcades pointing plastic guns at the screen and blasting zombies to pieces.

There had been many light gun peripherals at home for consoles prior to this, but the Nintendo Wii made it easy to play on-rail shooters and there was an influx of these games. House of the Dead 2+3 came to the Wii and restarted people's love for the series, then in 2009, House of the Dead: Overkill came along and gave everyone the best-on-rails zombie shooting experience.

8 Resident Evil Zero

A Prequel To An Iconic Game

Many gamers wondered what went on at the Spencer Mansions before Jill, Chris, and the S.T.A.R.S team showed up. Well, Resident Evil 0 tells that story and in usual Resident Evil fashion, it is an over-the-top plot filled with giant creatures, a cartoonishly evil villain, and of course, zombies.

This game allows players to take on the roles of two different characters who use their skills to work together as a team. There are also a lot more zombies to blast through in Zero compared to the RE1 and the graphical capabilities of the GameCube meant that the zombies now looked more terrifying than ever.

7 Left 4 Dead 2

New Weapons, New Environments, New Zombies

This sequel took everything from the first game and made it bigger, and better, and added more things to kill. Left 4 Dead 2 was an online co-op shooter like the first and had all the enemies the first did, but added three more terrifying zombies for players to blast through with their friends.

• The Charger.
• The Spitter.
• The Jockey.

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There is also a new cast of characters and new locations. The campaign is also a lot more in-depth than the first. Also, this game allows gamers to play as a zombie in one of the online modes, which was a much-loved fan-favorite mode.

6 Resident Evil: Code Veronica

A Popular Resident Evil Side Story

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This was also the first fully 3D Resident Evil game and took the world by storm when it was released on the Dreamcast in 2000. Seeing the zombies fully rendered in 3D made them a bit more scary. Also, people loved seeing Claire and Chris together, and it fleshed out their relationship in a meaningful way.

5 Red Dead Redemption Undead Nightmare

Cowboys + Zombies = Yeehaw

The release of this game blew people's minds when it was released. Red Dead Redemption Undead Nightmare was a humongous expansion for Red Dead Redemption and was even classed as a game in its own right.

The introduction of zombies into the Red Dead world was genius and fighting zombies as John Marston, and the undead John Marston was a lot of fun. Undead Nightmare had a really great sense of humor and that was interspersed with some genuinely scary moments.

4 Call of Duty: World at War - Zombies

What's Worse Than Zombies? Nazi Zombies

The Call of Duty zombie games have been loved by COD fans everywhere. Call Of Duty: World At War started the whole thing with its Nazi Zombies mode. The mode was so popular it inspired a spin-off game for iOS in November 2009 called Call of Duty: World At War - Zombies.

The game had co-op multiplayer via Wi-Fi and really showed what mobile gaming could be. It requires players to fight off hordes of zombies in a bunker by barricading entrances and upgrading weapons. The graphics were surprisingly great, and the zombies looked genuinely terrifying.

3 Dead Rising

Great For Anger Management Therapy

This game is a lot of fun. Frank West is an awesome character and being able to make him smash through hordes of slow-moving zombies never gets old.

Dead Rising encourages players to use every item they can find in the mall to kill zombies in fun and interesting ways! Running zombies over with lawnmowers, slicing through them with a chainsaw, or practicing wrestling moves on them are just some of the ways players get to watch Frank get out of his unresolved anger issues on these walking corpses.

2 Plants Vs Zombies

An Iconic Tower Defence With Fun Art

• Released: May 5, 2009
• Developers: PopCap Games
• Platforms: PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PS Vita, Android, iOS, Nintendo DS, and many other older platforms

Plants Vs Zombies was an addiction for so many people. It came out on Windows and Mac in 2009 and was soon ported to mobile devices and has continued to be played and supported massively over the years.

The art is what really makes the game stand out and the variety of plants and zombies with their fun character designs keeps people hooked, waiting to see what fun characters they will see next. There is everything from disco-dancing zombies to zombies on pogo sticks, to zombies with their pants down holding a newspaper.

1 Resident Evil 1 HD Remaster GameCube

A Beautiful Coat Of Paint Over The Definitive Survival Horror Game

Resident Evil 1 on the PlayStation 1 was a genre-defining game that has been used to inspire just about every survival horror game since its release. The Spencer Mansion is such an incredible setting for a horror game and every inch of that mansion is filled with things designed to scare the player.

The GameCube remaster took an already amazing game and gave it a coat of paint. The art was completely remade and every part of the game was lovingly and faithfully remade to create a masterpiece of a video game. This also meant that the zombies got a makeover and looked incredibly detailed and scary, and many players feel that the GameCube remaster is the best version of Resident Evil to this day.

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