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Play Zombie Horde free online — Survive endless waves of zombies in a top-down twin-stick arena, swapping pistol, shotgun and rifle as the swarm grows....

Editor's Notes

Drop into a top-down twin-stick shootout against an undead crowd that never stops coming

What players will love

Keep circling the open arena instead of standing still, since zombies always move directly toward you and bunch up behind you
Save the limited Shotgun and Rifle ammo for the dense late waves and lean on the infinite Pistol when the crowd is thin
The Shotgun's 5-pellet spread shreds tight clusters, while the rapid Rifle is better for picking off stragglers
Bait zombies into the pre-placed barricades to slow them down, but do not rely on them since they splinter after enough contact
Grab the +30 health pickup that appears every third wave before you take damage, since you cannot exceed 100 HP

Written by Sam Chen, Game Curation Lead · 2024-04-02

About Zombie Horde

Drop into a top-down twin-stick shootout against an undead crowd that never stops coming. You control a 100-HP survivor in a 1200x900 walled arena, moving with WASD or the arrow keys while you aim with the mouse and hold to fire. Each wave releases more zombies than the last (wave N spawns 5 + N x 3 of them), and the instant the arena is clear the next wave begins automatically, so there is no breather and no menu to manage. Every zombie shares the same model, but they grow tougher and faster as the count climbs: health is 2 + floor(wave / 2) and speed creeps up by 0.08 per wave on top of a random base, so what felt trivial in wave one becomes a genuine swarm by wave ten. You start with an infinite-ammo Pistol and can grab a Shotgun (a 5-pellet spread, 20-round capacity) or a Rifle (rapid fire, 60-round capacity) that appear on the map; switch between them with the 1, 2 and 3 keys. Ammo never reloads, so when a weapon runs dry it drops you straight back to the Pistol. Six wooden barricades sit scattered around the arena from the start, briefly snagging zombies that crowd against them before they splinter apart. Kills bank 10 + wave x 2 points each, and your best score is stored locally so every restart is a fresh attempt to beat it.

Zombie Horde — Quick Facts

Genre: Action, Shooting, Strategy
Tags: zombie, survival, shooter, action, single-player
Platform: Web browser · PC · Mac · Chromebook · iPhone · iPad · Android
Input: Keyboard, mouse, touchscreen
Game mode: Single-player
Added to FastPlayGames: 2026-03-12
Developer: FastPlayGames
Price: Free · no downloads · no sign-up
Offline play: Yes, after your first visit while online
Data collection: None — game runs in a sandboxed iframe

How to Play Zombie Horde

Zombies pour in from all four edges of the arena and head straight for you. Move with WASD while aiming with the mouse, and hold to fire a steady stream of bullets. Clear every zombie in a wave and the next, larger one starts on its own. Walk over weapon pickups that appear on the map to add a Shotgun or Rifle with limited ammo, then tap 1, 2 or 3 to switch; when a gun is empty you fall back to the infinite Pistol. Grab the green health pickups that drop on every third wave to restore 30 HP. The six pre-placed barricades briefly stall zombies but wear down, so keep moving rather than camping. Your run ends the moment your 100 HP is drained by zombies that reach you.

Controls

Move with WASD or the arrow keys. Aim with the mouse and hold the left button to shoot, or on touch screens drag a finger to aim and fire toward that point. Press 1 for the Pistol, 2 for the Shotgun and 3 for the Rifle once you have picked them up. Press P or Escape to pause.

Tips & Strategies

Keep circling the open arena instead of standing still, since zombies always move directly toward you and bunch up behind you.
Save the limited Shotgun and Rifle ammo for the dense late waves and lean on the infinite Pistol when the crowd is thin.
The Shotgun's 5-pellet spread shreds tight clusters, while the rapid Rifle is better for picking off stragglers.
Bait zombies into the pre-placed barricades to slow them down, but do not rely on them since they splinter after enough contact.
Grab the +30 health pickup that appears every third wave before you take damage, since you cannot exceed 100 HP.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many waves are there?

The waves are endless and keep coming until your survivor is overwhelmed. Each wave spawns 5 + wave x 3 zombies, and the next wave starts automatically the moment the arena is cleared, so the count and the pressure climb with no upper limit.

How do zombies get harder over time?

There is a single zombie type, and it scales with the wave number rather than changing form. Each zombie's health is 2 + floor(wave / 2) and its speed rises by 0.08 per wave on top of a random base, so later waves bring more zombies that are both tankier and faster.

How do I get new weapons and health?

Everything comes from pickups on the map, not from a shop or currency. A Shotgun or Rifle pickup appears on even-numbered waves after the first, and a +30 health pickup drops every third wave. You start with an infinite-ammo Pistol and switch weapons with the 1, 2 and 3 keys; there is no reload, so an empty gun drops you back to the Pistol.

Is my progress saved between sessions?

Only your best score carries over. It is stored in your browser and shown on the start and game-over screens, so it survives a refresh, but there is no mid-run save: every restart begins fresh at wave one with just the Pistol.

Zombie Horde is a free action game you can play instantly at FastPlayGames. No download or registration required.

Categories: action Games | shooting Games | strategy Games

Tags: #zombie #survival #shooter #action #single-player

Developer: FastPlayGames

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