Make a zombie game where your friends are the survivors

Why zombie games keep working

A horde is pressure you can see. Every wave is a little bigger, and you can feel the moment it gets out of hand. Call of Duty Zombies turned that into round after round. Left 4 Dead made it about four friends covering each other.

The fun part is the setting. Zombies in a mall, at a water park, on a golf course. The same enemy, a new way to fight it.

Pick a format

• Horde shooter. Hold a spot, survive the rounds. Toll the Horde on Roam: ring the bell, they rise, shoot until dawn.
• Top-down brawler. Run through a small town with a melee weapon. Tiny Dead gives you a baseball bat.
• Road rage. Drive through them. Last Bus Home is one school bus and a street full of zombies.
• Odd place. Soak the Dead is a water park gone green, shot from a raft.
• Waves and upgrades. Rotten Rounds is twelve waves around one camp. Tee Off the Dead is tower defense with a golf club.

How to make yours on Roam

• 1. The place. Somewhere you know: your school, a supermarket, the last train.
• 2. The weapon. Something that fits the place. "A mop," "a fire hose," "a frying pan."
• 3. The win. "Survive until 6 AM," "reach the roof," "ten waves."
• 4. Who survives. "My friends are the other survivors, one of them gets bitten on wave 5."
• 5. Tune the horde. "Fewer zombies at first." "Add a big one every fifth wave." "Slower runners."

Engines or Roam

In Unity or Unreal, the hard part of a zombie game is a lot of enemies on screen, their pathfinding and the waves. Roblox Studio has zombie kits, but you script the rounds. Roam builds it from your words on iPhone. You get less control over each zombie and a playable horde the same day.

Questions people ask

How do I make a zombie game?

Pick a format, a place, a weapon and a win condition. In Roam you describe that and play the horde.

Can I make a zombie game with my friends in it?

Yes. In Roam your friends can be the other survivors. Play solo when they are offline.

What kinds of zombie games can I make?

Horde shooters, top-down brawlers, driving games, tower defense and odd-place mashups like a water park raft ride.