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Nasty Zombies

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98%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, music
98% User Score Based on 217 reviews

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Nasty Zombies is a single player and multiplayer survival shooter game with horror, post-apocalyptic and violence themes. It was developed by Con No 1 and was released on April 4, 2024. It received overwhelmingly positive reviews from players.

The dead have arisen in endless waves. Step into the robes of a Hollow Monk, an ethereal warrior of unknown origin, driven by a singular, relentless purpose: to eradicate the Nasty Zombies. Fight solo or with up to 8 players, uncover hidden secrets, and unlock over 100 achievements. Master intuitive melee combat and a diverse arsenal of firearms, and enhance your abilities by unlocking Blessings,…

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98%Audience ScoreBased on 217 reviews
gameplay16 positive mentions
grinding6 negative mentions
  • Faithfully captures the nostalgic and addictive essence of classic Call of Duty Zombies gameplay with a unique retro pixel art style and satisfying wave-based survival mechanics.
  • Highly praised fluid and fast-paced movement system including sliding, double jumping, and momentum building, making combat dynamic and enjoyable.
  • Regularly updated by a passionate solo developer, featuring solid weapon variety, perks and power-ups for long-term progression, with fun multiplayer and procedural elements adding to replayability.
  • Limited content at launch with only a few maps and weapon variety, making gameplay feel repetitive over longer sessions.
  • Performance issues including framerate drops and high CPU usage at higher waves, with clunky and unintuitive UI menus detracting from user experience.
  • Some features requested by players remain missing or underdeveloped such as better controller support, more enemy and weapon variety, footstep audio, and additional gameplay mechanics like pack-a-punch.

  • gameplay

    31 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    52% positive mentions, 38% neutral mentions, 10% negative mentions

    The gameplay delivers a nostalgic yet fresh take on classic wave-based zombie survival, featuring smooth, fast-paced combat and a satisfying progression loop with mechanics like dual wielding and pack-a-punch upgrades. Despite limited map variety, its polished core systems, movement tech, and customization options provide engaging replayability that appeals especially to fans of old-school shooters and CoD Zombies. Overall, it combines simplicity and depth for an addictive, well-crafted experience.

    • “It has a surprising amount of variety along with an awesome gameplay loop.”
    • “The gameplay loop is built around surviving increasingly intense waves of enemies in contained environments that encourage constant movement.”
    • “For players who enjoy reflex-driven gameplay, cooperative action, and the pursuit of incremental improvement, it offers a satisfying loop that can be revisited time and again.”
    • “Players will encounter most of the mechanics early on, with later sessions relying on increased difficulty and optimization rather than new ideas.”
    • “The gameplay loop after round 20 gets very dry due to you having done everything you can do.”
    • “It only has 3 maps with a 4th supposedly still on the way (still hope that's happening), but what it lacks in maps, it makes up for in movement tech, gameplay modifiers, and progression.”

  • graphics

    18 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    39% positive mentions, 44% neutral mentions, 17% negative mentions

    The game's graphics showcase a retro, low-poly aesthetic inspired by early 2000s and PS1-era visuals, prioritizing clarity and performance over modern detail. While not visually groundbreaking, the style is widely praised for its charm, nostalgic appeal, and strong thematic fit, effectively complementing the gameplay and atmosphere. Some users note performance demands despite the simple graphics, but overall the art style is considered a highlight that enhances the game's unique vibe.

    • “For those turned off by the old school graphics, the game offsets that with great gameplay and detailed easter eggs in each map.”
    • “The game brings back the original feel of early 2000s zombie round-based gameplay with a unique spin, featuring graphic design inspired by the PS1 era.”
    • “The gore and aesthetics really set the vibe, making it a great choice for zombies and horde survival enthusiasts.”
    • “The only 4 graphics options that would have done anything beyond that did not increase FPS by an amount that mattered.”
    • “-In spite of its lower-poly art style, the game's performance can be demanding.”
    • “Found out you can utilize the 32bit distribution of vkd3d-proton as the 64 bit version for whatever reason kicks an error back and run this game with way more performance and reduced temps at the cost of potentially non-canon visuals.”

  • replayability

    12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    33% positive mentions, 42% neutral mentions, 25% negative mentions

    Replayability is a strong highlight of the game, driven by systems like weapon leveling, prestige, perks, power-ups, and procedural layouts that keep the experience fresh and engaging. While some note limited content may impact long-term replayability, the game's customization, achievements, and homage to classic CoD zombies ensure it remains fun and rewarding for repeated playthroughs.

    • “Replayability is a central pillar of the experience.”
    • “There's so much replayability with the procedurally generated layouts and massive amount of achievements for all you completionists out there.”
    • “A lot of replay value with the unlocks and achievements, you can definitely tell a ton of effort and genuine care went into making this game.”
    • “Limited content hurts long-term replayability.”
    • “The game doesn't aim to innovate or expand beyond its core concept, instead refining it into a tight and replayable experience, which might limit variety for some players.”
    • “While weapon leveling and prestige systems encourage replayability, the overall amount of content may not sustain long-term player engagement.”

  • optimization

    10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    30% positive mentions, 40% neutral mentions, 30% negative mentions

    The game suffers from severe optimization issues, particularly due to flawed zombie pathfinding that causes processor overheating and significant framerate drops in later rounds. Despite its low-poly art style aimed at performance, the CPU is heavily strained, lacking modern options like FSR or DLSS to improve GPU efficiency. Users have found workarounds, but overall the game demands more optimization, especially in AI processing.

    • “Found out you can utilize the 32-bit distribution of vkd3d-proton as the 64-bit version causes errors, allowing the game to run with significantly better performance and reduced temperatures, albeit with potentially altered visuals.”
    • “The game adopts a retro-inspired aesthetic that prioritizes clarity and performance over detail, helping maintain a smoother experience.”
    • “Despite its lower-poly art style, the game's performance can be demanding and would benefit from more optimized zombie behavior to reduce CPU load.”
    • “Severe performance issues: dreadful optimization and heavily flawed zombie pathfinding cause massive processor heat spikes and crippling framerate drops during later rounds.”
    • “Not enough options surfaced in the menu and no modern options like FSR or DLSS which would help the GPU side of things, but something is totally unoptimized/busted, hammering the CPU nonstop when it really shouldn't. Reduce the updates the zombies use to path to you or something; seriously, it's broken right now.”
    • “Despite its lower-poly art style, the game's performance can be demanding.”

  • music

    9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    33% positive mentions, 34% neutral mentions, 33% negative mentions

    The music in the game is widely praised for its energetic, adaptive, and engaging qualities that enhance excitement and immersion. Many users appreciate the variety of tracks, including battle and radio music, which complement the gameplay and progression. However, some find the overlapping sounds overwhelming or taxing on hardware, and note a lack of options to adjust music volume or toggle specific audio features.

    • “The way the music, the weapons, the long term progression are all put together are clearly done with so much love, you just know that the person who made it loves this type of game.”
    • “+Adaptive music in church adds extra tension and excitement to each round.”
    • “Those, along with the handful of eas already included, the plethora of fun achievements, and the rad soundtrack have me merrily grinding away whilst hyped for future updates.”
    • “It's a shame because I wasn't really into it for the first couple minutes, but once the regular music, radio music that I turned on, and the Call of Duty-esque level-up chime played all over each other, I kind of understood the garish nature of this software; however, I simply can't run it when it's absolutely abusing my hardware.”
    • “Can't rebind movement keys, adjust music volume, or toggle sprint.”
    • “If Treyarch was on meth while listening to white girl music, you'd get this divine creation.”

  • atmosphere

    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    83% positive mentions, 17% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The atmosphere is widely praised for its immersive and spooky qualities, with detailed environmental elements and eerie sound design that effectively pull players into the horror experience. Both single and multiplayer modes benefit from this engaging and fun ambiance, enhanced by steady progression and impressive gore effects.

    • “Between the spooky environmental details and the eerie sound design of screeching zombies, the world genuinely pulls you into the horror with an immersive atmosphere.”
    • “Atmosphere is incredible, from the paintings getting all spooky to the sound design of the zombies screeching; I was immersed from the get-go.”
    • “Fun and engaging, great atmosphere, good both single and multiplayer.”

  • grinding

    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    Grinding in this game is engaging and rewarding, especially with weapon customization offering visual trophies that showcase favorite loadouts. The power-up, perk, prestige, and skin systems promote replayability without feeling overly grindy. While content updates have been slow and somewhat repetitive, the existing achievements and soundtrack keep players motivated to grind for extended periods.

    • “This review will change once content has been added, that isn't in the form of more grinding.”
    • “Only 2 hours in at the writing of this review and I can already tell I'm gonna be grinding the heck out of this game throughout 2024.”
    • “Content updates have been slow and towards things tedious & small (like footsteps).”

  • humor

    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The humor in the game is light and quirky, often enhancing the experience without impacting gameplay significantly. It blends a unique comedic style with engaging strategy and action, appealing to players who enjoy funny, fast-updating zombie-themed games.

    • “If you're into that, along with games that take heavy inspiration from something else while still willing to have their own style and sense of humor, you may enjoy this.”
    • “Funny zombies game, really quick updates too.”
    • “It's also hilarious and exciting and has strategy, depth and challenge -- the weapons feel great as well.”

  • monetization

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    Users express anticipation for the addition of ads and a gun upgrade system, indicating these features are not yet implemented but are desired for future monetization.

    • “Added ads.”
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Nasty Zombies is a survival shooter game with horror, post-apocalyptic and violence themes. Common tags for Nasty Zombies include first-person, boomer shooter, fast-paced, pixel graphics, atmospheric and others.

Nasty Zombies is available on PC and Windows.

Nasty Zombies was released on April 4, 2024.

Nasty Zombies was developed by Con No 1.

Nasty Zombies has received overwhelmingly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Nasty Zombies for its gameplay but disliked it for its optimization.

Nasty Zombies is a single player game with multiplayer and local co-op support.

Similar games include Hellbreach: Vegas, Sker Ritual, C.A.S.T. (CHERNOZEM ANOMALY STRIKE TEAM), Knights Within, Bloodshed and others.