Survival is a subgenre of Action games take place in the hostile, massive environment, where the players can start their adventure with minimal equipment and need to gather resources, craft weapons, tools, and survive as long as they can. Most of the survival games are centers on procedurally or randomly generated world, some games feature an online mode, enabling the players to interact with a single world. Survival games are open-ended and have no specific tasks and are very close to the Horror-Survival genre, in which the players need to survive within a strange setting like a zombie apocalypse. Zombies are a famous theme for thrilling video games of different types such as First-person Shooter, Survival Horror, Role-playing, and the Stealth. Zombies are undead people or bloodthirsty creatures, who attacks humanity for their blood and turn them into undead people like them. Zombie Survival games offer horrific gameplay, where the players must face off zombies, effort to survive while interacting with non-player characters, creating shelters, crafting weapons and more.

10 Best Zombie Survival Games for PS4

#1 DayZ

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DayZ is a Multiplayer Open World Horror-Survival and First, and Third-person Shooter video game by Bohemia Interactive. The game is set in the fictitious world of Chernarus City, Russia, where an unknown plague outbreak turns almost half of the population into deadly Zombies. As one of the survivors, player scavenges for Food, Water, Shelter and Medical Supplies while encountering and killing the Zombies and other mutant creatures, alone and with other survivors as a team. The main goal of the game is to stay alive for as long as possible in a world filled with Zombies and loads of other types of Mutant creatures. To stay alive, you must avoid getting infected by any means, keep on searching for the medicines and, food because food provides with nutrition that is needed to stay immune. DayZ offers no weapons at startup so you’ll have to use whatever you think can be a weapon and keep on exploring the world covering almost 225 Kilometer radius of Chernarus. You must also keep on searching insides of houses for any types of helping materials and useful tools that can come handy when there is nothing else to defend yourself against the deadly zombies, or you can simply make any abandoned home your refuge against all the deadly creatures lurking outside as a threat. The combats in the game are mainly Melee type so you must master the art of melee combats so whenever you get into a survival war against the enemies, you will be able to defend yourself. DayZ is all about Survival and your abilities to deal with situations like you experience in the game. With an amazingly haunting setting, brilliant visuals, and immersive gameplay, DayZ is one of the trendsetters of the games with similar subjects.

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#2 Killing Floor 2

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Killing Floor 2 is a super-Fast-paced Action-Adventure, Single and Multiplayer Co-Op First-person Shooter video game by Iceberg Interactive. The game is set in Continental Europe and focuses on a deadly virus outbreak in the aftermath of a failed experiment in Horzine Biotech’s lab that leaves humanity in fears of extinction. In a time when every means of communication are down, huge organizations have collapsed, military forces are nowhere to be seen and chaos is everywhere, the people have took the matters into their own hands and are surviving in hiding. Killing Floor 2 allows you to be part of a team of mercenaries and freelance killers who are hired by the Horzine to encounter the mutated clones and set up a secret base into the most remote area of the Europe. The Co-Op mode of the game allows you to get into the play and fight off the enemies (The Zeds) as a team, complete the objectives and finally be part of a league that saves the humanity and restores the order. With a huge arsenal of weapons, a lot of playable characters, Multiplayer Co-Op , 6 Player and solo game play options, Challenging and technically advanced enemies, multiple difficulty levels, melee combats and loads of other great things, Killing Floor 2 provides with an amazing game-play to enjoy.

#3 Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare

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Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare is an Action, Third-person Shooter, Open World, Tower-defense and Single-player video game developed by PopCap Games and published by Electronic Arts. It is the third entry in the series of Plants vs Zombies and introduces new elements such as Third-person, Exploration, Multiplayer mode, and zombies. It has different modes such as Team Vanquish, Gnome Bomb, Classic Tram Vanquish, Mixed Mode and more. You can get into the game world by select your side from zombies or plants. In the game world, you have to fight against zombies using advanced weapons and defeat them to earn experience points. There are hundreds of items and accessories to customize your character and can upgrade your weapons using experience points. The game becomes more challenging as you progress. Use different towers to fend off zombies from destroying your units and smash them using advanced technology. With enhanced mechanics, addictive graphics, and superb gameplay, Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare is the best game to play and enjoy.

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#4 Resident Evil 4

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Resident Evil 4 is a Horror-Survival video game for those players who love playing Horror-filled games. It combines the elements of Action, Shooter and Zombie developed and published by Capcom. The game supports Single-player mode only, and it is the 6th entry in the series of Resident Evil. The story focuses on the special agent of the US government named Leon S. Kennedy, who is a female and sent on an epic mission to save Ashley Graham, the daughter of US President who is kidnapped by a sinister cult. The game takes place in the rural area of Spain and casts you in the role of the protagonist and lets you fight against hordes of violent villagers. You explore the world from a third-person perspective and can use different weapons to slaughter foes. It centers on the action, shooting and massive crowds of foes in open-ended areas. There are several missions, and you have to complete each one to gain access to new weapons, by gathering enough experience points and use them to get upgrades. Resident Evil 4 includes key features such as Global Leaderboards, Customization Controls, Challenging Missions and more. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.

#5 Bloody Zombies

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Bloody Zombies is an Action-Adventure, Beat ‘em up, Side-scroll Fighting, Single-player and Multiplayer video game created by Paw Print Games Ltd. and published by nDreams. The game takes place in the fictional London invaded by an unknown plague, which transforms the humans into zombie-like creatures. There are different characters available, and the player must select one of from Rei, Brick, Eddie, Teller, Mick and more, to get into the game where he must explore the environment from a side-scroll perspective and effort to survive. Each character has its unique abilities, skills and playing style. The game features a massive arsenal of weaponry and lets the player use his kicking and punching skills to smash down zombies while collecting power-ups, and upgrades to enhance your abilities. Avoid zombie attack to prevent death and collect gold coins to score the highest points. It has a variety of levels, and each level offers challenging gameplay full of zombies, power-ups, and combos. The player can create unique combos by combining different attacks to kill hordes of zombies with a single turn. Bloody Zombies includes key features such as Free-Form Combat, a Fragile Alliance, Lone Survivors, Fight the Hordes of Zombies, and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.

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#6 Dying Light: The Following

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Dying Light: The Following is a Downloadable Content Pack for the Action Role-playing, Horror-Survival, and First-person Perspective video game Dying Light. The game supports both Single and Multiplayer modes developed by Techland and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. The Expansion pack introduces new story campaign, new characters, an arsenal of weapons and new gameplay mechanics. The gameplay is similar to the original game and takes place in the zombie-infected world. Assume the role of the protagonist named as Kyle Crane, who is a survivor and is capable of running, jumping, climbing ledges, sliding, leaping and more. The primary objective is to explore the fictional world from the first-person perspective either on foot or by dune buggy to fulfill your tasks to earn points and survive as long as possible. There are multiple weapons available such as Crossbow, submachine guns, pistols, and revolvers. The game rewards you with points as you advanced and can use them to unlock further content. Dying Light: The Following offers exciting gameplay, breathtaking environments, wonderful story, and smooth controls. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.

#7 Days Gone

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Days Gone is an Action-Adventure, Horror-Survival, and Single-player video game developed by SIE Bend Studio and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. The game takes place in the highly detailed environment populated by zombies. It offers an open world, and zombie-apocalyptic gameplay played from the third-person view. You assume the role of the protagonist named as Deacon St. John, who is a former bounty hunter and drifter. The story centers on after two years of a global pandemic appeared which slaughtered almost all of humanity and turned millions of people into zombie-like creatures. There are several objectives, and the game allows you to complete them in multiple ways. The protagonist equips with a sniper rifle, grenades and other weapons that can be used to kill zombies. Day-night and dynamic weather systems featured in the game, which affects gameplay making zombies weak and slow during the time of day. You can manipulate the world from third-person perspective either on foot or by vehicle. Interact with objects and attempts to use them against zombies to kill them and progress through the game. Using stealth element, you can hide from zombies for a short time and can use melee combat to kill them. Days Gone offers a detailed environment, different vehicles, a set of weapons, and smooth controls, Days Gone is the best game to play and enjoy.

#8 Dead Nation

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Dead Nation is an Action, RPG, Horror Survival and Top-down Shooting video game developed by Housemarque in collaboration with Climax Studios and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita. The game takes place in a fictional game world devastated by a zombie apocalypse. According to your likeness, you can get into the role of a male or a female protagonist. The game features different kinds of zombies with different sets of abilities but only one purpose, kill the protagonist (you). “Doctor Morton” contacts the protagonist and the protagonist sets out to find out the cure to the deadly virus that is converting the human population into the Undead. On his way to pick up patient zero “Douglas Bane”, he reaches to the “Marrow Hospital” and the story takes another turn when hundreds of zombies attack their convoy. The protagonist engages in a long lasting battle by using melee techniques and weapons and different firearms, Picks up the patient zero and flee the scene. Upon reaching to the lab, Doctor Morton perfects the cure and game concludes. Dead Nation is a best Action, RPG and Top-down Shooting video game. Try it out and you’ll definitely like it.

#9 Dying Light

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Dying Light is a First-Person Action, RPG Open World and Horror-Survival Video game by Techland. The game revolves around the character of the protagonist an undercover agent who is tasked to infiltrate the city of Harran. The city is infested with the undead (Zombies) and your task is to stay alive, by the use of your Parkour skills, Unique Combat Techniques and advanced weaponry. Featuring a Zombie Apocalypse, Dying Light is one of the best game of this specific genre. If you are a hardcore fan of Apocalyptic and chaotic themes, you must be familiar Dying Light, because the game offers a true action and thrill filled gameplay that will definitely let you enjoy it big time. Dying Light offers Close combats against the enemies that you can also call the Melee Combats and it lets you use a number of tools as your melee weapons and allows yo to enjoy the deadly encounters from close. You must stay alive in order to complete the game objectives and to save the others depending on you. Dying Light offers a fantastic story and portrays it impressively enough to lets you immerse yourself into the gameplay and feel like being actually a part of the game world. With a great game setting, beautifully created game visuals, adrenaline pumping gameplay and Co-Op multiplayer game mode, Dying light is a great Action, RPG, horror and Survival video game to play and enjoy.

#10 The Walking Dead: Season Two

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The Walking Dead: Season Two, based on the Comic Book named The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman is an Episodic, Graphic Point-and-Click Action-Adventure and Interactive Drama video game. The game follows the story-line of the first season and continues from where it was ended previously. You can set yourself up into the character of Clementine (Previously the companion of Protagonist) and get into the play by exploring the world around you, interacting with the objects, engage yourself in the conversations with AI and NPCs, and by reacting to the replies given by the NPCs and change the course of events and endings of the game. Season Two of the game provides with a 400 Days game play in an apocalyptic world filled with Zombies and allows you to amaze yourself with a super thrilling and survival based game-play. The Walking Dead: Season Two is no doubt a great Graphic-Adventure and Interactive Drama video game to play and enjoy. You must play it.