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Zombie Party
Developer Peach Pie Productions
Zombie Party is a retro rampage of fun and over-the-top action, while still giving the players a deep and engaging Action-RPG Rogue-like experience! Go on a time traveling adventure, or delve deep into procedural dungeons full of gold, loot, and secrets! From the Steam store page
184 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Oct 7, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
71
Fresh
129 positive · 52 negative
95% range 64–77%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 129 | 52 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
3 newer reactions are still waiting for a label.
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
593 of 699 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Mixed: praised for chaotic fun, but criticized for broken online co-op and shallow gameplay.
Many players enjoy the chaotic, mindless fun and variety of weapons and customization, especially in local co-op. The game is described as a 'cute little gem' with 'huge replay value' and 'lots of features.' [2][5][8][9]
However, significant issues are reported: online co-op is 'seriously broken and unplayable,' and the gameplay can be 'repetitive and banal' with dumb enemies. Some also note UI problems and lack of polish. [29][33][34][16]
Praised chaotic fun · weapon variety · local co-op
Criticised broken online co-op · shallow gameplay · UI issues
Summary drafted by an AI model from the 36 reactions it cites ([n] links open each post), then checked by code: every paragraph cites real posts and every quote is verbatim. Written Oct 9, 2026. Method
Reactions
60 of 184 · most liked firstVersatile, fun, fast, twin-stick shooter. All enemies behave the same way, some just shoot stuff (enemy bullets always behaving the same way) and some don't. Don't expect depth. Expect stupid mindless killing crap. I expected it, and loved this!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Zombie party is the first twin stick shooter that I've played in my life and I found the experience quite enjoyable. Although I can't compare it to other games of this genre, I can clearly say that its a pretty well done game. It comes with lots of features, several game modes, it is vastly customizable and has huge replay value. All in all, it presents itself as an almost complete and solid product. As a newbie in this genre, I found the learning curve quite easy. No matter the game mode…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Overview 1. Hung the moment I tried to exit the game. The screen froze and became blank (white), and I couldn't even access Task Manager to shut it down from there, because the game screen covered and overlaid everything else. [OS: Win 8.1] 2. Not much different from other shooters. Has an inventory, allows you to use different weapons which you can cycle through with your mouse wheel during gameplay, and a "magic" system. Kill zombies, get money, visit shop, upgrade weapons, repeat cycle.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Got this for $2 because I wanted a co-op roguelike to play with my partner. EDIT: Changed to not recommended. I can't actually play this co-op with my partner because we are in the same building. Online co-op works but being on the same LAN is not supported... This is such a primitive problem to have and has not been addressed for a very long time according to discussions on the forums. /EDIT The gameplay is simple. You run around shooting/looting until you die. Pace depends on the gameplay…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Review Written on Thursday, August 25th, 2016 It's a bird... it's a plane... it's a rogue-lite-like twin stick shooter‽ Zombie Party is not as much a top-down or twin stick shooter with rogue-like elements as it is a rogue-lite that just happens to play like a wave survival shooter with boss fights. Per-run as well as permanent upgrades, spell drops with randomized stats, plus randomized dungeons and even super weapons – this game is not shy about its origins. Gameplay Your player…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pretty colorfull for a zombie game I love it, the options are endless when it comes to offencive tools https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYFYc-Np2N8
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My main problem with this game: online multi-player is seriously broken and unplayable. As a some reviewers mentioned, the gameplay is repetitive and banal. It has a lot of potential to be a very casual and fun shooter as its weapons perk system is very interesting. However, the bugs and the lack of polish (specially, UX, color pallettes, and awful audio design + audio interactions) completely turn me off from playing it. Even though I bought it for 2 eur on the Halloween sales, I do not…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You can't rebind the controls.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i like it . cool weapons . upgrades enemies nice , hordes of "zombies monsters try to get you cool boss fights pixel and level design ♥ can be completed without any extra dlc just by playing it 100% achievements a lot of characters to choose (need to collect coin drops and choose the one you like)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The only game I've played where I used a rainbow launcher to kill demons in hell while awesome music was playing in the backround. I'm too lazy to write a real review, but it's basically a ridiculously chaotic 8-bit shooter with awesome music, lots of characters and weapons, and masses of enemies waiting to be killed. 10/10 would murder thousands of weak tiny creatures again
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun enough slaughterfest to warrant getting all the achievements. Recommend playing enough to get a little gold on hand and then moving to the slot machine to earn piles of gold, and unlock characters and weapons. You can unlock pets and hats with slots also, but pets have limited use (not to mention you outrun them the whole game so if you want them to be useful you have to run back to them a lot) and hats are kinda meh since most characters already have a hat that fits them well. To play…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bought it for co-op. Setting up a server caused crashed both my friend and I. Tried a year later. same crash.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As of September 2017, online co-op multiplayer is not working. The person that joins the host gets a bizarre error screen when trying to load into the world. Do not purchase this game with the intent to play online co-op with anyone.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Zombie Party is a cute little gem on the Rogue-Like titles. It is almost the same as games like Nuclear Throne or Hero Siege, but brings originality in form of content, assimilating pets, game modes, hats, lots of guns, characters and weapons customization. You can change your starting loadout, but your weapons won't stay the same, and you'll probably end up shooting cats through your machinegun to 10 different directions. The only downfall I see with this game is the lack of achievements. A…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →online mode is broken and needs fixing.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun game n absolutly awesome when you play with friends :D
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I died - of boredom. Enemies pose no threat. Shooting doesn't have much punch. I didn't get past the first zone, it lasted way too long. I wanted new scenary, new threats... I love roguelikes and I love twin stick shooters, so why don't I like this? It just seems half-baked. Weapon and slot system is cool, enemies seem to be dumb as rocks though. They'll walk away from you, slamming their heads against a tree waiting for you to shoot them. Whee.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A decidedly mediocre top down shooter. It's got buckets of weapon drops (three whole categories of weapon, which drop and are expended in radically different ways!) and customization, but because the enemies are so very stupid and the maps are so simple, each weapon can basically be boiled down to four attributes: range, dps vs groups, dps vs bosses, and ammo usage (or mana usage for runes). So the weapons, while they look frenetic and unique, end up pretty much all the same.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cool game! Especially in local coop with friends or family!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Advertised as having multiplayer, but it does NOT.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sadly cannot recommend this game. It's just too boring as much as I wanted it to be fun. Every level feels exactly the same with tiny variations that don't really matter, all the enemies act the same for the most part, again with only tiny variations, you get easily over powered within the first two levels so that you just breeze past all the remaining levels, it's just overall bland. It's a shame too because from the store page it looked like it would be awesome and fun, but once you actually…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Seems like a well though-out game, but it's just not that fun to play. It feels and plays like a flash game. After 1 hour, I've seen the whole game and have no desire to explore it further.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Zombie Party is a total Hidden Gem on Steam. I recieved a key from the developers a few years ago in order to write a review for it, and I went into it expecting it to be horrible. Much to my suprise at the time, the game ended up totally blowing me away. It may not have the same level of polish as some of its roguelike competitors like Nuclear Throne or Enter the Gungeon, but the local Co-op is a total blast and will keep you entertained for several hours. There isn't a ton of replayablity…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game feels like an unfinished asset flip. I haven't been looking up news on it, I don't know that it isn't. It's an extremely disjointed and yet somehow boring and same-ey experience. Everything acts the same and moves at the same speed, finding things isn't exciting at all because nothing changes up gameplay. No matter what mode you're playing, the goal is to locate something to shoot and shoot it, and it feels like looking at a plain white wall. That is to say: utterly boring and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Multiplayer just crashes and doesn't work at all
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Stay away from this half-baked game. That's the bottom line. Controller doesn't work in MP, crashes when you try to switch on the in-game option for it in MP. If you join a match more than once it refuses to connect to said MP match. If you resurrect an ally in-game in MP your client crashes. If you're not the host instead of grass you get 0's and 1's as your backround, in lovingly crafted Green and Yellow. As if the developer put it there just to ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ annoy you. Put 11 minutes…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →UNLIMITED POWER AND CHAOS!!! I only just got this game but I am very please with the purchase. The sheer amount of chaos and mayham that is unleashed as you and/or your friends get some really impressive guns and mods and the screen fills with explosions and light. It does have framerate trouble when you get some of the super weapons and you and your friends are destroying everything. Another downside is that the multiplayer is not very intuitive. It's pretty much luck whether or not…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In my most honest opinion. This game is fun for the first hour, but it's all the same. It needs a lot of improvements to feel like a real game. The UI is basic, and the game is just rinse and repeat.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Large projectiles move too slow and are not translucent enough making it impossible to see what's under them for far too long. Trying to adjust load-out is cumbersome because it doesn't pause so you have to wait until levels end or walk around until you can find an enemy free location, on top of that the load-out screen is too small making it hard to select what you want quickly and easily. It is not a very fun game I didn't enjoy it and I wouldn't recommend it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →WARNING: Multiplayer ONLINE CO-OP Does not work... i bought this game especially to play with friends online so am a bit letdown to see that you cant even get on a game online. feeling very disappointed because the game looks really fun. maybe ill give it a go as a solo experience but the fact that online coop is advertised and that is doesn't work is a big letdown
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Got it for Coop, game crashed out on attempting to set up a server and when I tried joining a server the server list appeared empty. Needless to say I requested a refund without playing since I was unable to play.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →7/10 UI is god awful
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is an abandoned retro 2D pixel survival shooter. Fight waves of retro pixel enemies with retro pixel guns. The game advertises multiplayer but that's broken. Parts of the game are procedurally developed, which just means the developer was incapable of generating compelling content manually. Procgen is not content and should not be confused with content. Ugly retro pixel graphics, broken multiplayer, tired survival shooter gameplay, there's nothing of value here.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bought it for online co-op, game crashes all the time and keep getting stuck on setting up server... :(
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Can't connect to multiplayer
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun game, yet to simple for the price. the upgrades are fun and all. But the normal mode is just a arena with waves and the adventure mode adds little to the fun. Not bad, just not good enough
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this game is completely ok but the multiplayer that is promised will not work whatsoever and you cannot join through the steams friends list on top of the already broken in-game server browser
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Overview Zombie Party is an overall solid roguelike experience, studded with a variety of weapons, characters, pets and enemies. It has permanent progression elements and enjoyable coop (online and offline with splitscreen). As of this review, the game is still in early access and it will show from time to time. This hasn't deterred me from enjoying the experience alone and with friends. It supports controller, but I find it is best played with a mouse. If you like top-down rouguelikes,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →worst lagg everrrrrrrrrrrrr need better online!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Multi-player is laggy, and host crashes after longer runs. Please fix :^(
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is a game in this game you play the game how you do that is really up to you, it has a lot of open end systems that allow you to play the game. Really its up to you to beat this game but if you dont you will indeed lose the game. But thats just my opinion on this game, you should form one for yourself and not be a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ sheep. 10/10 would shot my ♥♥♥♥ off for a game again. Also, have you seen my dad?
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is fun. Pros: -Great for playing local multiplayer -Wave survival or dungeon crawling w/ randomized map -find lots of guns: range from near useless to super awesome -choose and buy a starting gun or characters w/ money u don't spend in previous matches -upgrade most of ur favorite characters starting stats for all future games u play Cons: -Last time i tried i couldn't connect to online matches, not a normal problem for me, i read that it's kind of a work in progress, i couldn't…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this game really needs a "help" button that shows controls. i cant really play this game because i have absolutely no idea what button to press to select a character or buy something from the shop. it looks pretty fun but it really does need to tell you what the "select" button is.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Zombie Party pros: //fast game with modern day graphics with easy controls that moves from location A to B to C and so on //good amount of action and special effects cons: //some difficult battles/boss battles //some overpowered enemies //some enemies have unfair attacks //could use more powerups and loot //sometimes too many enemies/hazards //upgrades require a lot of resources //collecting resources are a grindfest //a little repetitive //good game Personal Suggested Purchase Price: $0.49 Or…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I cant believe a game THIS good is a dolla. playing in 2025 worth it!!!!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Doesn't have anything that captivates you. So the experience while decent gets boring quick.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Overall a nice roguelike with interesting synergies. Acid graphics and a crude UI make a little pain.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's pure mindless fun for very cheap. It's not long but there's a lot of variety to the guns and the upgrades you can put in them for some super crazy combinations. The game is quite easy (I beat it and don't have the achievement for 15 deaths). You can get in on sale just to kill a few hours, just for that it's worth it. Most negative reviews come from the fact that apparently online coop doesn't work. I can't say much about that since I played the game on single player and it worked…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A fun, mindless arcade game that is perfect with friends! There are multiple modes and ways to play this, it's rather enjoyable to try to get as far as possible with friends
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Awesome coop game!!! Love all of the weapons, unlocks and levels. Online or local coop is also and great touch!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Multiplayer doesn't work, grind is way too long. at 1$ that's what you get, DEF not worth full price
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It might be fun, I don't know, online play lags too much to find out. Poor networking code.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Have it on XBOX and its a great little game.Very addictive.Just wish the devs would make a 60fps patch as it would be alot smoother than a console 30fps!!!!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Yeah, it's pretty good. Simple, fun little romp. If it's on sale, grab it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Awesome game! Trying to get my friends to play with me to,
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great shmup!!! Lots of weapons and mods! If you are looking to kill some time (and zombies and fish, etc) check this game out! definitely worth the money!!!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →it sure was a ragger
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really enjoy playing this game, its got the classic feel that any twin stick gamer will enjoy. The only problem ive found with this game is the fact that everytime I die; in classic or adventure mode, the game crashes and deletes the run through I just had. I hope this problem will be addressed and fixed. Otherwise a very good game. 8.5/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Despite the flaws in the story, graphics, and audio, I did quite enjoy Zombie Party, however briefly. I can think of better places to get your mindless violence, but I can also think of worse. I wouldn't necessarily call Zombie Party a "good" game. However, it is fun for at least a while. I did feel gypped out of a satisfactory conclusion and I did have to mute it after a while, but it could provide you with a few hours of fun with a friend or two. I would say for it's price, it's worth a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →ITS A GOOD GAME!!!!!! Me and my friend just got it yesterday and we have reached nearly 10 hours, its fun in multiplayer and singleplayer..... My point is.... JUST GO BUY THE GAME
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