Best Zombie Games On Nintendo Switch

Every decade or so, something big happens to bring zombies back into our lives. Whether it was the release of George A. Romero’s Dawn of the Dead in 1978, the publication and subsequent adaptation of The Walking Dead, the hugely popular ‘Zombies’ mode in the Call of Duty series, or the meteoric rise of The Last of Us, we love a date with the undead.

This fascination with these brain-munching beings has inspired games by the boatload. Yes, there are the two aforementioned series, but the list of great zombie games goes on. The Switch, for the most part, has steered clear of these big titles. There are a lot of zombie games on the console for you to sink your teeth into, but the number of them that we would actually recommend playing? That’s a much shorter list.

A zombie invasion is all about preparation work, so we are going to hammer up the following boards across the doorway before we bunker down. Firstly, what do we mean by a ‘zombie game’? There was a lot of debate on this one, but we decided that we were only going to include games where the zombies are the focus. If we started banging every game with zombie-like creatures onto the list then we would be here for days and we couldn’t, with good conscience, go saying that something like Minecraft is one of the best zombie titles on Switch now, could we?

This leads us on to our second board: what do we mean by ‘zombie’? We can’t just focus on the green, peeling skin kind, but, again, if we were to add anything that staggers after you with its arms stretched out front then we could go on forever. So, we have chosen to focus only on titles where the enemy is indisputably zombified. Reanimated corpses or infected living hosts, we need to look at these guys and say, undeniably, “yep, that’s a zombie”

With the bunker prepared, it’s time to dive right into the crème de la crème (or should that be ‘braín de la braín’?) of zombie games on Switch:

There are, of course, a number of games that deserve an honourable mention in this category. 2022’s brilliant survival horror Signalis has all the hallmarks of a great zombie game, albeit with a focus on robots rather than flesh and bone. On the other end of the spectrum sits Inside, a title which has zombified sections with the best of ’em, but there is too little there for it to be a ‘zombie game’. Then we have the likes of Dark Souls and Minecraft. which are both packed with zombies and the undead. We cannot pretend, however, that either one fits the bill of a ‘zombie game’.

Well there you have it, our rundown of the very best zombie games on Switch. While the console might not be the first port of call for spending some time with the undead, there remain plenty of titles that you can enjoy nonetheless.

Grab your baseball bats and shotguns and let us know of your favourite zombie game on Switch in the comments below!

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