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World War Z
Developer Saber Interactive Inc
World War Z is a third-person shooter video game developed and published by Saber Interactive. It was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on 16 April 2019, and a Nintendo Switch version was released on 2 November 2021. It was released for Google Stadia on 5 April 2022. Ports for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S released on 24 January 2023. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
463 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
73
Fresh
245 positive · 92 negative
95% range 68–77%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 245 | 92 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 16 | 6 | 77 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 27 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
8,403 of 9,959 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
70% recommend · 179 yes, 75 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 254 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (27,207 of 33,011 positive).
Players praise the game for its intense zombie horde battles and co-op gameplay. [1][2][3] Some reviewers find the missions repetitive and the campaign short. [4][5][6] Several players criticize the AI teammates and lack of lobby browser. [7][8][9]
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Representative posts
- [14]
Been wanting to try this game since it's release just never got round to it. Finally picked it for $5. Firstly, why does a game like this have team damage, when you enable team damage in a game like this you're just asking for trolls to run wild. In my third game playing I was team killed by a level 500 midway through the match for no reason at all, not only doesn't he get punished for that he does it a second time …
- [1]
World War Z is definitely one of the best zombie games on Steam and still way too underrated for what it has to offer. It's a four player co-op game set in a world right after a zombie apocalypse. There are 3-4 levels each in New York, Moscow, Jerusalem, and Tokyo. If you upgrade your game to the Aftermath Edition (which I highly recommend), you'll get another 3-4 levels each in Marseille, Rome and Kamchatka. The …
- [4]
I’ve played this game for nearly 1,800 hours, so I am one of the most qualified to speak on it. My evaluation of it is somewhere between good and bad. Why do I say that? Because the maps are boring; some of them are monotonous and not fun at all. When you play them for the first time, there might be some enjoyment, but after playing them a few more times, they become repetitive and dull. The game menu itself …
- [5]
Fun for a few hours, but gets repetitive very fast. World War Z is definitely an entertaining game at first. Watching massive swarms of hundreds of zombies climb over each other and running them down with heavy weapons gives a great initial rush. It’s a solid arcade co-op shooter to turn your brain off and play. However, the biggest issue is that it gets incredibly boring after a short while. The gameplay loop is …
- [2]
A really fun co-op shooter, especially if you play with friends. Fighting through huge waves of zombies together can get pretty intense, and seeing hundreds of them rushing toward you never really gets old. The missions can feel a bit similar after a while, but the action and teamwork keep it entertaining. It’s one of those games that’s easy to jump into and just have a good time. …
Summarised from 34 of the 347 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 10, 2026. How summaries are made
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Players who liked World War Z talk about great co-op zombie shooter with huge swarms; those who didn't talk about repetitive missions and short campaign. Which matters more to you?
Critics, per Wikipedia
According to review aggregator Metacritic, the game received "mixed or average reviews" from critics. Game Informer compared it to Left 4 Dead series and praised its shooting mechanics, visuals and story, but criticized its soundtrack and lack of non-vocal player interactions. It was the best-selling retail game in the UK in its week of release. As of 23 April 2019, more than 1 million units of the game have been sold. It sold almost 2 million copies in the first month after the release. In Japan, the PlayStation 4 version of World War Z sold 27,872 copies within its first week of release in September 2019, placing it at number seven on the all format video game sales chart. As of October…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 463 · most liked firstBeen wanting to try this game since it's release just never got round to it. Finally picked it for $5. Firstly, why does a game like this have team damage, when you enable team damage in a game like this you're just asking for trolls to run wild. In my third game playing I was team killed by a level 500 midway through the match for no reason at all, not only doesn't he get punished for that he does it a second time when I get revived. This game is meant to be played with others as the AI in…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Base game campaign is only 4 episodes, took 3hrs to complete everything else is locked behind dlc.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Players are being silenced, their threads deleted or locked when they have negative things to say about the game and we're given the dumbest reasons as to why, like "This thread was quite old before the recent post, so we're locking it to prevent confusion." Who's confusion? We all can read that the thread is 2 years old which doesn't matter to be honest when the issues described by the OP are still not fixed in 2026 so they locked the threads when new players "revives" them sharing their…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I’m working on a review of Toxic Commando. As someone who put obscene hours into World War Z, playing Saber’s latest has been informative. You really appreciate how linearity can directly contribute to a memorable and well-paced experience after playing the same kind of game in a big open map.
neutral · AI labelView post →The game is mostly good. I didn't play much (~5 hours) but I'd have played more if it wasn't for 1 mechanic. The reason its only 5 hours is because my friends hated it. For 1 reason - When zombies tackle you (and this is a common mechanic) you can't do anything. Another player has to come over and kill the zombie. By itself that's just annoying. But once we got into missions with multi "things" to defend and spread out it was decided this is not the game for us. Mechanics like this in…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →!!!STEAM DECK USERS!!! As of February 2026, ignore the unsupported tag, this game runs great on deck with only a few steps 1. go to properties and set resolution to 1600x1000 2. copy this and paste into launch options: SteamDeck=0 %command% 3. switch to proton experimental 4. ingame, switch from directx11 to vulkan. you will get substantially higher fps. make sure to set graphics to medium or low and enable dynamic resolution. I personally use a mix of medium and low settings and set the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Saber Interactive have admitted to replacing real human developers with AI while not disclosing it on the Steam pages for those games. While this game is older and likely didn't have GenAI used, I can no longer support the developer because of their anti-human behavior. Quote from the CEO in regards to the writer they fired to replace with GenAI; “Stella who? I had to ask Claude because I have never spoken to her or seen her. We have already said we are using AI for certain parts of the game…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →buy game, locked maps, buy maps, locked weapons, buy weapons, locked perks, buy perks, locked skins, buy skins, locked characters, buy characters... etc
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →World War Z is definitely one of the best zombie games on Steam and still way too underrated for what it has to offer. It's a four player co-op game set in a world right after a zombie apocalypse. There are 3-4 levels each in New York, Moscow, Jerusalem, and Tokyo. If you upgrade your game to the Aftermath Edition (which I highly recommend), you'll get another 3-4 levels each in Marseille, Rome and Kamchatka. The levels don't differ much from another, mostly vary between “defend this…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The best Left 4 Dead successor. Zombie Army trilogy is actually my favorite game in the L4D-like genre but the most recent game in that franchise, Zombie Army 4, is held back by some weird shenanigans with how the weapons upgrades work that seem to be left over from a previous build of the game, as well as huge amounts of content, especially in the form of weapons, which were simply hacked out of the game to sell as "DLC". If you want a spiritual successor to Left 4 Dead with modern gameplay…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this game has a ton of potential but the devs just dont listen to anyone. It's def one of the best zombie shooters but a lot of things need to change cuz it's basically unplayable at higher difficulties unless you get lucky and get super good teammates. You sometimes join servers on the other side of the world with 200 ping because there's no way to limit the ping of what match you want to join and it's so laggy that it takes forever to register a kill. There's also toxic people who teamkill…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →repetitive gameplay and AI teams feel stupid, compare to left 4 dead 2 AI is more helpful
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is an absolute grind. npc players are useless, they stand in the dumbest spots and get steamrolled by Z's. They stand on you or in you and get in your line of fire effectivly killing themselves. if they are behind you they will shoot you in the back. 2 or 3 humans are needed and working together. This game has so many bugs and problems that never get fixed. Half of my time in this game is sitting in menus waiting for ready players, or selecting the perks or upgrades to your own…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I honestly WANTED to love this game. But I can't. 1st, why is first-person mode locked behind a paywall??? HUH? 2nd, the bots are absolutely stupid. 3rd, trying to play multiplayer is just painful. There is no penalty for killing your teammates, so people just continue to do it on purpose to get people to leave and it ruins the game. 4th, the spawning of some of the harder mobs makes 0 sense. I can be standing there in a cleared room, then all of a sudden I'm jumped on. When THE ROOM WAS…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A really fun co-op shooter, especially if you play with friends. Fighting through huge waves of zombies together can get pretty intense, and seeing hundreds of them rushing toward you never really gets old. The missions can feel a bit similar after a while, but the action and teamwork keep it entertaining. It’s one of those games that’s easy to jump into and just have a good time. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2755617816
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cash grab game. 2/3s of the game is behind DLC, and so is FIRST PERSON MODE. Who makes a game, and puts FIRST PERSON MODE BEHIND A PAYWALL? Disgusting. Got it for £5.49, refunded.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I’ve played this game for nearly 1,800 hours, so I am one of the most qualified to speak on it. My evaluation of it is somewhere between good and bad. Why do I say that? Because the maps are boring; some of them are monotonous and not fun at all. When you play them for the first time, there might be some enjoyment, but after playing them a few more times, they become repetitive and dull. The game menu itself displays a model of the Earth, so why not release more global maps? The gameplay could…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Quickly. Positives - Runs extremely well, super well optimized even with thousands of zombies - Sounds are on point, headshots feel good and satisfying. Think Hitman WoA style gunplay but more fast paced and crazy. - Massive levels, good artstyle and has a very clean look, easy to spot what and where to shoot - Industry leading zombie fluid simulation, really cool to look Negatives - solo is near impossible for the AI bots are terrible in programming - quest/level structure is just for…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I like it the games entertaining and runs fine on a 5060ti but putting the first person view mode behind a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ PAYWALL is unacceptable. Fix that and you'll get a thumbs up.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Had a lot of fun getting to voice direct the World War Z VR game. Such a fun project & a great team to work with and I always love getting into the Director chair. 🙏
neutral · AI labelView post →Mechanically passable game with "ongoing support" in form of unimaginative weapon "skin" DLCs and leveling mechanics straight out of the worst free-to-play grinder. Everything costs virtual currency. Pay to get class perks, pay to get weapon levels, pay to get weapon perks that you unlocked by grinding AND paying for levels, "prestige" class costs an atrocious amount of currency and simply forces you to grind and PAY once again for all the perks you have already payed for. You can grind by the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →left 4 dead on steroids basically, insane. Has beautiful graphics and runs like a dream, great campaign and the hordes are CRAZY, so much fun with friends and matchmaking works perfectly. New fave zombie game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The best Zombie shooter I've ever played. I have 2,750 hours played and that number keeps going up. They add new content at a reasonable pace and the DLC and Skin Packs are pretty cheap considering what you get from buying them and compared to other shooter type games. I also have only ever blocked 2 players so the community is NOT toxic at all like a lot of other games. I'd recommend this game to anyone who is looking for a FPS game. The voice acting is also very well done and quite humorous…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Purchased on PS4 when it came out in 2019, transferred progress to PS5 (Max Level 999) in 2023. Then I sold my PS5 junk & started all over again on PC recently (Level 845). I truly love this game despite some flaws... -The Good Game features fast zombie swarms that pyramid just like in the movie. The Horde Modes are a lot of fun and late rounds produce thousands of zombies on screen simultaneously. No other game to date has used this swarm mechanic. Wanna slow it down? The Walking Dead Mode…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game. One of the better L4D-likes out there. Would love to give it a positive review once Saber's CEO Karch is gone with his genAI-loving ass.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →At a whopping 72 gigs, this game feels shockingly lacking in actual content, an issue made even worse by what feels like nearly half the game being carved up into DLC packs. Astoundingly, even the ability to play in a first-person camera mode is monetized behind an additional $20 DLC. When compared to other staple titles in the zombie genre, like Left 4 Dead 2 and Killing Floor 2, it becomes immediately apparent just how barebones this title feels by comparison.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Honestly I like the game, but I have problem with the campaign. It's incredibly short. Half the maps are behind DLC's and more expensive than they seem worth. Idk why you would hide whole maps. Let people play them and they will get the DLC's for weapons etc. This is a game to buy on sale, enjoy for a weekend, and then move on.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun for a few hours, but gets repetitive very fast. World War Z is definitely an entertaining game at first. Watching massive swarms of hundreds of zombies climb over each other and running them down with heavy weapons gives a great initial rush. It’s a solid arcade co-op shooter to turn your brain off and play. However, the biggest issue is that it gets incredibly boring after a short while. The gameplay loop is exactly the same from start to finish. You go to an area, press a button, setup…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🌟ROLE ANNOUNCEMENT🌟 For VR players, you can hear me in the recently released World War Z VR game as Tedashi in the Tokyo stage (along with a couple other voices). Many thanks to @sabergames.bsky.social @soughtaftercast.bsky.social and @chrishackneyggk.bsky.social for this opportunity. #voiceacting
neutral · AI labelView post →things to consider when buying this game: (+) actually a fun horde shooting game (+) dlcs only contain cosmetic, other than that is new chapters (+) 10-year-old pc probably runs fine (+) hidden stealth mechanic, so silencer gives you higher survival chance in higher difficulty (-) no lobby browser (-) you need to be FAST to press that ready button if you wanna host your own game (-) no banning player system, if there's a griefer, you have to vote kick them everytime they join (-) base game is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If they only fixed bots to actually, you know, DO SOMETHING, then this game would be a 10/10. But like every other single 4-player coop game in existance, the bots do nothing at all for some reason.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Play for the unique zombie horde battles and somewhat customized class setups. Stay for(ever) the endless grind. And I do mean endless.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →good game, but oddly my teammates can't differentiate between me and zombies 7/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →started playing this game on Play Station, bought it on epic when I got a pc, bought it again when it released on steam. safe to say I think this game is pretty alright.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the most fun co-op zombie shooters out there. It captures the chaos of the movie perfectly huge swarms of zombies, fast pacing, and constant pressure that keeps every match exciting. The classes give you real variety, and leveling up weapons feels rewarding.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I thought the game was fine until I saw that to unlock weapon perks I'd have to wait for a specific map to be on the daily challenge rotation to get documents. This instantly killed my motivation to play because I'd either have to wait until there's a daily challenge for the map I need, then hopefully finish it before it changes maps, or spend forever changing the date and time until I can find the map and good mutations to compensate for the offline NPCs.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Relaxing shoot 'em up, but a bit too repetitive. Gameplay: I give this game a positive review for its gameplay, content, playable characters, and weapons. However, the campaign is too short, and so much areas are in DLC too much expensive. This game is not a cash grab, though. The difficulty level ranges from very easy to incredibly hard. The gameplay is really focused on the horde style, even the campaign, with each map's areas designed in horde style. There are many shoot 'em up games,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →little pig little pig LET ME IN! This game is best zombie game after L4D2
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →didn't play the second game and now I'm not going to. I don't know why people think this shit is clever. I remember going to see World War Z and being just horrified at how flagrant and unapologetic it was, except in that case the Palestinians were the literal zombies
neutral · AI labelView post →Got this for around seven bucks, and it still feels overpriced. Half of the game's content, including first-person mode, is locked behind a DLC, for one. There's a skill-tree system too, which doesn't make much sense in a zombie game. The special infected aren't very, well, special, and the creeper is especially annoying, as all you get is a "Creeper" in the same tone as the survivors say everything else before it pounces on you, usually from two feet away. First-person would probably help…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game, cant tell you the rush I got when I saw the first wave of bodies swarming at me. super satisfying to mow down hundreds of zombies with an auto shotgun XD
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I never really got interested in this game despite i have it in my library from a bundle probably and also had it on a list that i will play it one day ...but that is one day since 2022 :) but this one amazing perfectly splendid dlc of the most iconic franchise with zombies one and only Walking Dead made me start and play this game and realized what i missed all these years ..the game is so fun and worth to play especially those 3 new leveles inspired by the Walking Dead if you are a fan of the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was so glad to buy it cause I got it for free once. I gullibely thought all dlcs were included in aftermath. But that was pretty obvious : no. It's everything or nothing for me. As long as the campaign is short, well hey, it would be Amazing to have a " gold " expansion to have all dlcs.......... i guess. Times are harsh you know. Refund, sorry.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Get this game instead of Toxic Commando, lots of content and replay value.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the greatest underrated games ever. You can't say you love zombie games and not have this gem in your library. Stop making a fool out of yourself, and tell your momma to get you this game for Christmas! Those zombies ain't gonna kill themselves!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →#HorrorWritersChat I’m Chance, and as a horror guy, I’m a big fan of monsters and monstrous institutions, both of which are plentiful in war. My favorite depiction of war in horror is probably the book of World War Z, especially Yonkers. For horror in war, the game Spec Ops: The Line for sure.
neutral · AI labelView post →Most content is behind a paywall... Cannot recommend when I see that out of 10 (if I recall correctly) missions, 6 are locked. You can't use the first person POV unless you get one of their extension too.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I bought this game about 4 years ago on sale thinking it would be fun but that it was at the end of it's life cycle and no new updates would be coming out, it was good and worth the money even though they weren't adding anything. I was wrong and they just keep coming out with updates and DLC's. Now in 2026 I was thinking that they've had a great run but the game was at the end of it's life cycle, but NOW they are releasing a walking dead crossover and I'm right back in the same position I was 3…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →its a meh game. same thing over and over. swarms and little missions. noone has mics or communicates. i think the game is dead now.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →if you're looking for a game that's like left 4 dead 2, but not quite left 4 dead 2, this is a much-try. besides the perk system, the game's difficulty comes more from fighting the massive horde of zombies itself rather than amping up the enemy health or special zombies count. While those can increase, they aren't the focus of the difficulty. i.e. if you want to shoot more zombies than you've had to in other games, give this one a try
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Apparently we're doing another #promosky today? - Video Game Music - Star Fox - Metroid - F-Zero - Wii - Mii - N64 - 3DS - Dreamcast - Switch - PSO2 NGS - No Man's Sky - World War Z - DOOM - Steam - Screw Fascism - LGBTQ+ Solidarity - Canadian - Animation - Video Making Hi! My name is Vee, and...
neutral · AI labelView post →Developer Saber Interactive, the minds behind Evil Dead: The Game and World War Z: Aftermath has something cooking for horror fans for their next title. While we won't know what it is for a few more days, signs are indicating...HELLRAISER?
neutral · AI labelView post →what game(s) do you think is CRIMINALLY underrated?? me personally i think Vermintide 2, Deep Rock Galactic, and World War Z, i need more people to kill rats, bugs and zombies with!!
positive · AI labelView post →This works perfectly on steamdeck. I don't understand why it s still labeled as unsupported. I really wish you have a collaboration with left 4 dead and the witch, jockey, smoker and the others. That will be awesome as old school gamers gonna play this too..
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Broke: 20,000 Knicks fans booing the president at game 3 of the NBA finals. Woke: 20,000 Knicks fans overwhelming the president's security detail like it's World War Z and literally ripping him apart with their bare hands.
neutral · AI labelView post →Not allowed to play online if you turn off the "Mad Dog Games Privacy & Data collection" option because you aren't agreeing to the terms of service. First person mode costs $10 extra dollars because you can only enable it with the Aftermath edition. This game has like 50 characters and not a single one of them is memorable. They just say the same one liners every 30 seconds with zero variety. The desync with hordes is actually horrendous. I've seen my teammates shooting at zombies and they…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →WORLD WAR Z meets GAME OF THRONES meets THE DARK CRYSTAL in @mmdaviesostrom.bsky.social's epic dark-fantasy novel RISE FROM THESE DARK WATERS. Coming in 2026. SAVE by using code BADFRIDAY25. Cover by @juliedillon.bsky.social. Illustrated by @tomsbrown.bsky.social. badhandbooks.com/preorders/6y...
neutral · AI labelView post →World War Z is a great multiplayer shooter. I enjoyed it very much. Pros Play with other players or with AI bots Jump into games at any time without waiting in a lobby Extensive skill trees to upgrade your weapons 8 distinct character classes Deep upgrade trees for each character Horde mode Both PvE and PvP modes Impressive zombie swarm technology with hundreds of enemies on screen at once Great replayability on higher difficulties due to required teamwork and class synergies Runs…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game of Thrones meets World War Z meets The Dark Crystal in @mmdaviesostrom.bsky.social's RISE FROM THESE DARK WATERS, coming this October. First in an epic series. “The most original novel I’ve read in a very long time." -- @cgolden.bsky.social Pre-order now: badhandbooks.com/purchasedire...
neutral · AI labelView post →PROS: The gameplay is smooth. A lot of customization for a lot of things. DEFINITELY more fun with friends. CONS: Repetitive. Used formula. Yes it works but lack of innovation. There is a GRIND for basically all the weapons. Would I play it consistently....No. So if you like it, good for you, but it's not for me and I did give it a chance. I would still recommend it though because it's well made for what it provides in its genre. Buy it on a discount, and not a full price buy IMO.
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