15 Best Zombie Board Games of 2025: Top Picks Reviewed
Grab your friends and get ready for zombie action! These top picks bring zombie mayhem, laughs, and teamwork straight to your table.
15 Best Zombie Board Games for New Players (and Survivor Wannabes)
If you love the thrill of facing zombies but don’t want to risk actual brain bites, board games offer the next best thing. Picking our top 15 zombie games, we put fun first. We hunted for games that bring people together, have easy rules for new players, but still keep zombie fans on their toes. Whether you want fast dice action, epic teamwork, or to outsmart the undead, there’s a zombie game here for you. Grab some snacks, round up your friends, and get ready to shout at cardboard zombies all night!
On this list:
- Zombie Dice
- Tiny Epic Zombies
- Dead of Winter: A Crossroads Game
- Zombicide: Black Plague
- Last Night on Earth: The Zombie Game
- Zombie Kidz Evolution
- Zombie Teenz Evolution
- Dawn of the Zeds: Third Edition
- City of Horror
- Escape: Zombie City
- Resident Evil 2: The Board Game
- Zpocalypse
- Hit Z Road
- Zombie Fluxx
- Zombicide
15 Zombie Dice
We all know brains are a delicacy for zombies, but who knew they could be so much fun? Zombie Dice is a simple push-your-luck dice game. It’s perfect for anyone who doesn’t want to think too hard while trying to eat more brains than their friends. It’s easy to teach and packs well for those nights when you want zombie chaos but only have 15 minutes to spare. We once played it three times in a row because the rounds are that quick and silly. If your group loves bragging about dumb luck, you’ll love Zombie Dice.
14 Tiny Epic Zombies
Tiny Epic Zombies packs a lot of guts and glory into a small box. We love how flexible it is – play solo, co-op, or even versus, all with tiny meeples wielding the cutest plastic weapons. It’s perfect for new zombie board game fans who want big adventure without a big price tag. The mall setting gives us serious ‘80s movie nostalgia. Every play is different, thanks to multiple characters and scenarios. Once, our buddy Mike tried to chainsaw a zombie and lost a leg. We laughed, then lost too. It’s fast, it’s fun, and it’s tiny.
13 Dead of Winter: A Crossroads Game
Dead of Winter gives you the chills – not just from the zombies, but from never knowing if your friends are helping or plotting your doom. Every round, someone at the table is probably lying, and that makes each game a wild ride. There are tough choices: Do you help the colony or steal food for yourself? The zombie theme is thick, but we think the drama is even thicker. We’ve had games where grandma was the secret traitor. Nobody trusts grandma now, but we love playing this game together.
12 Zombicide: Black Plague
Zombicide: Black Plague throws zombies into a fantasy world with magic and swords. We didn’t know we wanted fireballs and zombies together until we tried this. The tiles, miniatures, and loot cards make every session feel like an epic quest. It’s tense and usually ends with one of us yelling ‘Don’t open that door!’ – right before someone does. The campaign rules keep us coming back for more zombie-crushing co-op action.
11 Last Night on Earth: The Zombie Game
Few games nail the cheesy horror movie vibe like Last Night on Earth. You play as heroes or zombies, with custom scenarios and music to set the mood. Once, our friend insisted on narrating every action like an old movie announcer. It added to the mayhem! This game shines when you want to roleplay or just chuck dice at a zombie horde. The card system keeps things unpredictable and we always argue over who gets the baseball bat. Classic.
10 Zombie Kidz Evolution
Zombie Kidz Evolution is an absolute blast for families and friends who want to see kids save the day (finally!). It’s a legacy game, so you add stickers and open up new envelopes as you play. Our group had so much fun unlocking new powers, we forgot we were supposed to lose (oops). The rules are easy, but the missions get real tricky. Best part? The kids will want ‘just one more round,’ and adults will too.
9 Zombie Teenz Evolution
Like its younger sibling, Zombie Teenz Evolution ramps up the challenge and the laughs. You’re still fighting zombies as a team, but now the objectives and characters are older and wilder. We couldn’t stop opening secret envelopes to unlock new content. Plus, the campaign makes everyone want to come back for more. If you like collecting stickers and yelling about zombie outbreaks in the schoolyard, this is your game.
8 Dawn of the Zeds: Third Edition
Dawn of the Zeds hits hard with solo or co-op zombie survival. It’s tough, and we lose a lot, but somehow that makes it sweeter when we win. The map fills up with zombies super fast, and it feels like a movie where you’re always outnumbered. There are piles of event cards, so you never know what’s coming. It handles one player well, but we find the chaos even more fun with friends arguing over every move. Hard? Yes. Rewarding? You bet.
7 City of Horror
City of Horror is for folks who love betrayal as much as zombie attacks. This game forces you to throw friends under the bus to survive. We ended up arguing and laughing as much as playing. If you want zombies, voting, and pure chaos – look no further. City of Horror is about survival at any cost, and we still argue about who left grandma out in the street last time.
6 Escape: Zombie City
Ever feel like you’re in a zombie movie running for your life? Escape: Zombie City nails that panic with its real-time gameplay and funky soundtrack. We spent half the game yelling instructions and the other half dropping tiles wherever they fit. It’s fast, frantic, and leaves us needing a nap after. If big turns and slow planning drive you nuts, you’ll love the non-stop action here.
5 Resident Evil 2: The Board Game
Fans of the video game will get a real kick out of this adaptation. Resident Evil 2: The Board Game mixes figure-based horror with tight resource management and tense scenarios. We love the nods to the original game – opening a door is always scary. The boss battles and campaign play hooked our group fast, and we felt like we were back in Raccoon City… running from zombies… again.
4 Zpocalypse
Zpocalypse is gritty, punishing, and oh-so-zombie. It mixes base building, scavenging, and classic zombie fighting all in one big box. We love how you never have enough food or ammo, and every decision feels rough. If you have friends who love a challenge and don’t mind losing a few survivors, this game hits the right spot. The random events and upgrades let your group write their own zombie story – usually one with a sad ending.
3 Hit Z Road
Hit Z Road is a road trip through a zombie apocalypse, and we’ve never sweated so hard over betting cardboard tokens. The auction element keeps everyone on their toes, and the art style makes the game feel like someone’s homebrew zombie diary. We like pushing our luck each round, hoping we don’t run into another zombie horde with no ammo left. Every playthrough tells a new story – usually one with much screaming.
2 Zombie Fluxx
Zombie Fluxx is just bonkers – the rules change almost every turn and so do the win conditions. One game, someone won by collecting brains; the next, we all lost to a hungry zombie mob. It’s quick, silly, and great for mixed groups who want a zombie fix without heavy rules. If you like pure chaos and arguing over rules (and we sure do), this one’s a must-have.
1 Zombicide
Zombicide is our top pick for one key reason: It turns every game night into an epic zombie blockbuster. The rules are clear and anyone can pick them up – we even got Aunt Linda to play and she’s still talking about it. The miniatures look cool, and the missions are wild. There’s nothing like the panic when you open a door and a dozen zombies pour out. Every session feels like a fresh horror movie, and with so many expansions, you never run out of new zombie stories to tell. In our group, Zombicide is always the game that brings everyone together, newbies and veterans alike. That’s why it’s the best.
