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Zombie Army Trilogy
A third-person shooter where up to four friends take down hordes of undead soldiers across three campaigns.
Online co-op for up to 4 players.
- 4 online
Where to buy
Playing together
- Online co-op4 players
- Local co-opNoOnline only
- Not confirmedFriends on different platforms, such as PC and PlayStation, can play together.
- YesA friend can join or leave while you are already playing, without starting over.
- Not confirmedFriends play free with a Friend's Pass or similar.
- Steam DeckVerifiedValve's own rating
About the game
It is the end of World War II, and an undead army is spreading across Europe. You fight through three campaigns of five missions each, mostly shooting zombies in the head with a rifle. You also set mines and trip wires to hold off the crowd, and a slow-motion X-ray view shows your best shots.
Up to four of you play online, and the number of zombies goes up and down with the size of the group. A friend can join or leave a game in progress. Horde mode adds waves of enemies on five maps. Playing alone works, but the game is built around co-op.
Each mission takes about an hour, with safe rooms between the fights. You cover each other because the slow zombies can overwhelm you fast. It suits a group that wants steady shooting with a horror mood.
How it feels
Kind of game
A team takes on missions or runs full of enemies. You pick gear, cover each other and pick each other up.
- At its heart
- Now and then
- Story
- Rivalry in the group
- Building and creating
- Planning ahead
- Sessions
- Campaign to finish
Rated on our own feel scale. 5 sources back these ratings.
Screenshots
From the Steam store page. Open one to see it full size.
If you liked Zombie Army Trilogy
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Zombie Army 4: Dead War
Why it scores 82%
What they share
- Kind of game
- Squad shooter
- About
- Zombies and Warfare
- Notable in both
- Fear, Time to hang out, Working in sync, Tension and danger, Getting better
- Core to both
- Fighting
- Co-op
- Online co-op for up to 4 players
How Zombie Army 4: Dead War differs
- More to unlock than Zombie Army Trilogy
- Repeatable runs and missions, not one campaign to finish
- 4 online
- Crossplay
Both send your squad into fights where you watch each other's backs. Both are about zombie outbreaks and soldiers at war. Both are often scary.
But more to unlock than Zombie Army Trilogy.

Dying Light
Why it scores 78%
What they share
- Kind of game
- Squad shooter
- About
- Zombies
- Notable in both
- Fear, Time to hang out, Tension and danger, Fighting
- Sessions
- Campaign to finish
- Co-op
- Online co-op for up to 4 players
How Dying Light differs
- More jumping and climbing than Zombie Army Trilogy
- More exploring than Zombie Army Trilogy
- More to unlock than Zombie Army Trilogy
- 4 online
Both send your squad into fights where you watch each other's backs. Both are about zombie outbreaks. Both are easy to play while you chat.
But more jumping and climbing than Zombie Army Trilogy.

Cry of Fear
Why it scores 76%
What they share
- Kind of game
- Squad shooter
- Notable in both
- Fear, Working in sync, Tension and danger, Getting better
- Core to both
- Fighting
- Sessions
- Campaign to finish
- Co-op
- Online co-op for up to 4 players
How Cry of Fear differs
- Less time to just hang out than Zombie Army Trilogy
- 4 online
Both send your squad into fights where you watch each other's backs. Both have a lot of fighting side by side. Both are campaigns you play to the end together.
But less time to just hang out than Zombie Army Trilogy.
All co-op facts
Last checked 28 October 2026. The small numbers link to the page that states each fact.
Co-op
- Fewest players online
- Not confirmed
- Most players on one screen
- Does not apply
- Split or shared screen
- Does not apply
- Separate-device co-op
- Not confirmed
- Most players on separate devices
- Not confirmed
- Free base co-op
- No
The base game is sold on Steam. Sales and subscriptions do not count as free access.
- 23567
- Confirmed free setups
- Does not apply
- Crossplay
- Not confirmed
- Crossplay between
- Not confirmed
- Only one of you needs to buy it
- Not confirmed
- Voice chat by distance
- Not confirmed
Platforms
Sources
14 pages
rebellion.comOfficial site, read 28 October 2026
Backs Online co-op, Most players online, Platforms, Release date, Genres, About, Fear, Story, Building and creating, Planning ahead, Fighting.
- Online co-op: The page says to play solo or in online co-op for 2-4 players.
- Most players online: Online co-op is for 2-4 players and Horde mode is for 1-4. The page gives no per-platform difference.
- Platforms: Lists PC, PS4, Xbox One and Switch.
- Release date: Shows March 6, 2015. The PlayStation Store lists March 3, 2015, and the maker's date is used.
- Genres: Calls it a cult horror shooter series and a third-person shooter.
- About: Sets the game at the end of World War II, with an undead army overrunning Europe.
- Fear: Presents the game as a horror shooter with gruesome enemies.
- Story: Gives a short setup about an undead Hitler and offers no deeper story pitch.
- Building and creating: Mentions explosive traps that you place.
- Planning ahead: Offers custom loadouts and explosive traps.
- Fighting: Pitches rifle shooting, explosives and an X-ray kill camera.
store.steampowered.comStore page, read 28 October 2026
Backs Kind of game, About, Fear, Fighting, Free base co-op.
- Kind of game: User tags include Co-op, Multiplayer and Third-Person Shooter.
- About: User tags include Zombies, World War II and War.
- Fear: User tags include Horror and Survival Horror.
- Fighting: User tags include Shooter, Third-Person Shooter and Sniper.
- Free base co-op: The base game is sold on Steam. Sales and subscriptions do not count as free access.
store.steampowered.comStore data, read 28 October 2026
Backs Steam app ID, Local co-op, Release status, Release date, Platforms, Free base co-op.
- Local co-op: Categories list Single-player, Multi-player and Co-op, and no Shared/Split Screen category.
- Release status: Steam lists the game as released, with no Early Access genre.
- Release date: Steam shows Mar 6, 2015.
- Platforms: Backs windows only. Steam lists no macOS or Linux build.
- Free base co-op: Steam marks the game as not free, with a list price of 44.99 US dollars.
store.steampowered.comStore data, read 28 October 2026
Backs Steam Deck.
- Steam Deck: Valve rates the game Verified on Steam Deck.
store.playstation.comStore page, read 28 October 2026
Backs Online co-op, Most players online, Local co-op, Platforms, Release date, Free base co-op.
- Online co-op: The description says online co-op for 2-4 players, and the player table lists network players 2-4.
- Most players online: Network players are listed as 2-4.
- Local co-op: The player table lists 1 player for one console.
- Platforms: Lists PS4 only. No PS5 edition is listed.
- Release date: Lists March 3, 2015, which differs from the maker's March 6. The maker's date is used.
- Free base co-op: The page sells the game.
xbox.comStore page, read 28 October 2026
Backs Online co-op, Most players online, Platforms, Release date, Free base co-op.
- Online co-op: Capabilities list Online co-op (2-4).
- Most players online: The same listing says Online co-op (2-4).
- Platforms: Lists Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S.
- Release date: Shows 3/6/2015.
- Free base co-op: The page sells the game for 49.99 US dollars.
nintendo.comStore page, read 28 October 2026
Backs Platforms, Free base co-op.
- Platforms: The page is for the Nintendo Switch edition and marks Switch 2 as supported with the same behaviour. Switch 2 play is backward compatibility, not a separate edition.
- Free base co-op: The page sells the game.
ec.nintendo.comStore page, read 28 October 2026
Backs Local co-op, Most players online.
- Local co-op: The player table lists 1 player on one console. Local wireless play for 2-4 links several consoles, so it does not count as one-device co-op.
- Most players online: Online play is listed for 2-4 players.
nintendolife.comPress, read 28 October 2026
Backs Friends can join mid-game.
- Friends can join mid-game: News of 2020-03-05 quotes Rebellion's text that all three campaigns and Horde mode run in drop-in, drop-out co-op for up to 4 players. The text covers the console releases and Switch, and PC is not named.
gematsu.comPress, read 28 October 2026
Backs Friends can join mid-game.
- Friends can join mid-game: Shows the same Rebellion text as an overview from the maker.
thesixthaxis.comPress, read 28 October 2026
Backs Friends can join mid-game, Kind of game, Tension and danger, Fear, Story, Working in sync, Rivalry in the group, Time to hang out, Getting better.
- Friends can join mid-game: Review of 2015-03-04 calls it 2-4 player, drop-in, drop-out co-op.
- Kind of game: Says co-op is where the game is at its best, and the challenge scales with the player count.
- Tension and danger: Says the slow zombies can overwhelm you surprisingly quickly, and a wipe sends you back to the last checkpoint.
- Fear: Calls the atmosphere oppressive when playing alone and says some of it is lost in co-op.
- Story: Says story is hardly the point.
- Working in sync: Says the game pushes you to work together and watch each other's backs.
- Rivalry in the group: Describes a combo meter with arcade-style scoring that gets tricky when two players aim at the same target.
- Time to hang out: Ends by telling readers to get some mates together, and calls sniping an inherently slow paced activity.
- Getting better: Says landing headshots is tricky, and harder settings add wind, bullet drop and heart rate.
destructoid.comPress, read 28 October 2026
Backs Sessions, Planning ahead, Building and creating, Getting better.
- Sessions: Review of 2015-03-06 says replay value drops once the campaign is done, and Horde mode is something to play afterwards.
- Planning ahead: Praises setting trip wires and mines for zombies to spring.
- Building and creating: Praises setting trip wires and mines for zombies to spring.
- Getting better: Mentions four difficulty settings that scale up to four players.
gamesasylum.comPress, read 28 October 2026
Backs Kind of game, Sessions, Tension and danger, Rivalry in the group, Planning ahead, Building and creating, Time to hang out.
- Kind of game: Review of 2015-03-18 says the focus is on co-operatively mowing down zombie hordes, and the game was designed for co-op.
- Sessions: Says each episode takes about five hours, for roughly 15 hours in all.
- Tension and danger: Says most missions are about surviving relentless onslaughts.
- Rivalry in the group: Mentions a scoreboard with points and a score multiplier that gives co-op a competitive side.
- Planning ahead: Says you place landmines, trip wires and dynamite, and can change loadouts.
- Building and creating: Says you place landmines, trip wires and dynamite.
- Time to hang out: Calls it a sturdy shooter meant to bring friends together.
wikidata.orgWikidata, read 28 October 2026
Backs Wikidata item, Genres, Release date.
- Genres: P136 lists tactical shooter and third-person shooter. Horror comes from the maker's own wording.
- Release date: P577 is 2015-03-06.








