Zombie Night Terror

A wonderfully designed zombie romp, providing a tough challenge with some fantastic humour and music along the way.

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In "Zombie Night Terror," players unleash a zombie apocalypse and command the undead horde to infect and overwhelm human survivors in a retro-style, side-scrolling game. Strategize attacks, mutate zombies with abilities, and solve puzzles to outsmart armed resistance in a grim, comic tale of the living dead. Gameplay offers a fresh take on the zombie genre with unique mechanics and dark humor.

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Play Modes

Single-Player Play through the game's story or campaign solo

Reviews

92%

Audience ScoreBased on 995 reviews

story62 positive mentions

grinding8 negative mentions

The game features a unique and charming graphic design that pays homage to classic zombie films, creating an engaging atmosphere.
Gameplay is fun and challenging, requiring strategic thinking and planning to complete puzzles and objectives.
The humor and dark comedy throughout the game, along with clever references to pop culture, add to the overall enjoyment.

The difficulty spikes significantly in later levels, leading to frustration as players may need to restart entire levels due to minor mistakes.
Some levels require very precise timing and execution, which can feel punishing and detract from the enjoyment.
There is no checkpoint system, meaning players must restart from the beginning of a level if they fail, which can be tedious.

story
165 mentions
38 % positive mentions
59 % neutral mentions
3 % negative mentions
The game's story is characterized by a humorous and lighthearted tone, often incorporating clever writing and pop culture references, particularly in its zombie-themed narrative. While the plot may not be groundbreaking, it effectively serves as an engaging backdrop for the gameplay, with players enjoying the quirky missions and entertaining cutscenes. Overall, the story adds charm and depth to the experience, making it a fun and enjoyable aspect of the game despite some criticisms regarding its simplicity and pacing.
- “The story is very funny and interesting.”
- “The pixel art style, animations, and soundtrack are really well done, levels are inventive, and the story is entertaining and humorous.”
- “The story is cute and tongue-in-cheek humor goes a long way while creating fun and compelling gameplay for a real-time strategy puzzle game.”
- “The story seems very loose so far.”
- “The tiny bits of story seem to be just to set up humorous situations.”
- “The story is ok, but the gameplay is terribly boring, slow, and tedious.”
gameplay
141 mentions
38 % positive mentions
60 % neutral mentions
2 % negative mentions
The gameplay of the game is a blend of classic Lemmings mechanics with a unique zombie twist, offering engaging puzzles and a variety of challenges that can be both fun and frustrating. While many players appreciate the humor, art style, and evolving mechanics, some criticize the repetitive nature and occasional lack of precision, leading to trial-and-error gameplay that can feel tedious. Overall, the game is praised for its creativity and replayability, making it an enjoyable experience for fans of strategy and puzzle genres.
- “The gameplay is reminiscent of Lemmings, but with a gruesome twist.”
- “Awesome game, lots of fun, doesn't take itself too seriously and the basic objectives are usually pretty easily obtainable for each level, but the game offers a great additional challenge with the bonus objectives on each level and keeps building more and more mechanics into the second campaign and beyond, giving you more versatility.”
- “Zombie Night Terror takes the concept of 'Lemmings' further and adds more mechanics, more puzzles, and, of course, zombies!”
- “The gameplay can be repetitive and annoying.”
- “Unfortunately, all of the positives are undermined by several irritating mechanics.”
- “However, my patience finally ran out due to those annoying, cheap tricks and being forced to constantly restart long levels in a game with slow gameplay.”
humor
131 mentions
100 % positive mentions
0 % neutral mentions
0 % negative mentions
The humor in the game is widely praised for its clever writing, dark undertones, and numerous pop culture references, making it both entertaining and engaging. Players appreciate the charming pixel art style and the amusing character interactions, which enhance the overall experience. The blend of humorous cutscenes, witty dialogue, and a lighthearted approach to the zombie theme contributes to a fun and memorable gameplay experience.
- “The little cut-scenes between characters and the TV news anchor that inadvertently teach you how to play and use new strategies are well written and funny.”
- “With its clever level design, challenging puzzles, and a healthy dose of dark humor, Zombie Night Terror is a must-play for fans of strategy games and zombie mayhem.”
- “The story is cute and tongue-in-cheek humor goes a long way while creating fun and compelling gameplay for a real-time strategy puzzle game.”
graphics
124 mentions
49 % positive mentions
45 % neutral mentions
6 % negative mentions
The graphics of "Zombie Night Terror" are widely praised for their charming pixel art style, which evokes a nostalgic 80s horror aesthetic while incorporating detailed animations and vibrant color accents against a predominantly black-and-white backdrop. Reviewers appreciate the game's unique art direction, humor, and the way the visuals enhance the overall gameplay experience, despite some criticisms regarding the simplicity of the graphics. Overall, the combination of retro visuals and engaging design elements contributes to a fun and immersive atmosphere.
- “The pixel art style adds to the charm, with detailed animations that make each zombie encounter both hilarious and satisfying.”
- “The aesthetic is like an old horror movie, the main menu even being a cinema, and despite being pixel graphics there is a lot of polish here.”
- “Zombie Night Terror is an incredible little game with a beautiful art style, a killer soundtrack, and extremely addicting gameplay.”
- “The graphics are not that nice looking for its price.”
- “The pixel graphics are horrible, jokes are ok.”
- “Graphics are, as expected, very poor - getting pretty tired of pixel graphics.”
music
83 mentions
67 % positive mentions
29 % neutral mentions
4 % negative mentions
The music in the game has received widespread acclaim, with many reviewers praising its exceptional quality and fitting retro synth style that enhances the overall atmosphere. The soundtrack is described as dynamic, shifting seamlessly between eerie and intense, perfectly complementing the gameplay and visuals. Overall, it is considered a standout feature that significantly contributes to the game's enjoyment and nostalgic appeal.
- “The music is extraordinary, with good muffled effects like you're outside and the music is coming from inside.”
- “The soundtrack is also just truly wonderful.”
- “The music itself is fantastic, an electronic beat that dynamically shifts and changes to what's happening in the game.”
- “Music/sfx are kinda boring.”
- “The soundtrack is an eerie electronic organ piece typical of 60's black and white horror, but during tense moments of terror, the music swells into a more threatening song that, despite the use of a bass beat and more aggressive music, doesn't feel jarring or out of place.”
- “The music is pleasingly done 80's synth to tie in with the retro b-movie vibe the game is drenched in.”
replayability
21 mentions
29 % positive mentions
57 % neutral mentions
14 % negative mentions
Overall, the game's replayability is a mixed bag; while many players appreciate the variety of challenges and objectives that enhance replay value, some feel that once the main content is completed, there isn't much incentive to return. The promise of a level creator and potential sandbox mode could significantly boost replayability in the future, but currently, it ranges from limited to infinitely replayable depending on player engagement and upcoming features.
- “Lots of ghoul variants, simple gameplay, fun replayability, rad retro pixel graphics.”
- “Tons of different levels and various objectives that keep replay value high, as well as a level creator for endless fun once you beat the main campaign.”
- “The challenges add to the gameplay, and the devs have confirmed a level creator is in the works for players to upload their own stages, so the game will have infinite replayability.”
- “There's replay value found with the challenges each level poses, but once you're done with those, you won't find much else to do.”
- “I'm not comparing the games, I'm comparing the experience which is similar: the game is fun for the initial experience, after that you've seen it, that translates to: minimal replayability.”
- “Perhaps more damningly is the lack of replay value; once you've done a mission, there's not much reason to go back.”
atmosphere
15 mentions
60 % positive mentions
20 % neutral mentions
20 % negative mentions
The game's atmosphere is characterized by a striking black and white aesthetic contrasted with vivid red blood, complemented by a mix of horror synth and upbeat synthwave music. Reviewers appreciate the engaging visuals and the blend of classic horror themes with a humorous twist, creating an immersive experience reminiscent of old horror films. Overall, the atmosphere is described as fun, unique, and effectively enhances the lemmings-inspired gameplay.
- “One great thing about the game is the art and atmosphere; it feels like an old-style horror movie. The jokes are hit and miss, but I think that's kind of the point. The game does not take itself seriously, which is good, giving it some charm in the blood-soaked, brain-eating apocalypse setting.”
- “Great atmosphere, wonderful graphics, and a real dark sense of humor.”
- “The atmosphere, the black and white colors used for the settings and the very red blood that gets splashed around the scenes whenever someone gets bitten... the horror synth music and in some cases upbeat synthwave.”
- “One great thing about the game is the art and atmosphere; it feels like an old-style horror movie. The jokes are hit or miss, but I think that's kind of the point. The game does not take itself seriously, which is good, giving it some charm in the blood-soaked, brain-eating apocalypse setting.”
- “- an apocalyptic atmosphere”
grinding
10 mentions
0 % positive mentions
20 % neutral mentions
80 % negative mentions
Players frequently describe the grinding aspect of the game as tedious and repetitive, often citing the need to replay long levels due to frustrating instant-death moments and the monotony of solving the same puzzles multiple times. While some appreciate the game's low price, many find the overall gameplay boring and slow, making it hard to recommend for those who dislike grind-heavy experiences.
- “It's tedious to replay entire, long levels just because the game threw some random instant death moment at you.”
- “My problem with it is that there is a tediousness that comes with solving the same puzzles repeatedly, each time the player reaches a failure state.”
- “The story is okay, but the gameplay is terribly boring, slow, and tedious.”
stability
5 mentions
0 % positive mentions
0 % neutral mentions
100 % negative mentions
Overall, the game's stability is mixed; while most users report infrequent bugs and glitches that can often be resolved with a restart, some players have encountered significant issues that hinder progress in challenges and levels. The presence of these bugs is somewhat expected given the game's recent release.
- “Unfortunately, as of today, there are some glitches and bugs preventing you from obtaining or completing some challenges and levels.”
- “Buggy (eh, what do you expect? It came out very recently, as far as I'm aware).”
- “Poorly designed or buggy.”