Nostalgic childhood favorite that still holds up
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“A great childhood favourite that still holds up today”
Steam review · 10 h played ↗
Plants vs. Zombies™ Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 90%Very Positive · 90%PopCap2022Hero Shooter · Third-Person Shooter · Action
$29.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A charming, chaotic plant-vs-zombie hero shooter with great character variety, but PC multiplayer is plagued by hackers. Skip it if you want reliable online play.
Great for
Nostalgic fans, co-op players with friends, and those happy with PvE or private modded servers
Main risk
Hackers ruin public multiplayer lobbies and can brick or ban your account
What players love
Fun, chaotic gameplay, great with friends
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“also playing with friends is a BLAST”
Steam review · 43.5 h played ↗
Huge variety of characters and variants
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“The sheer number of different characters makes this game incredibly replayable as well as most of them being quite distinct from one another.”
Steam review · 31 h played ↗
What players complain about
Hackers overrun PC multiplayer
Mentioned in ~3 in 5 negative reviews
“most hacker overrun game ever.”
Steam review · 68.4 h played ↗
Anti-cheat is useless and can ban or brick accounts
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“hackers that are capable of getting your EA account banned and will make playing the game impossible.”
Steam review · 14 h played ↗
Forced EA launcher, login and connection problems
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“the EA launcher that it forces you to play through does not work.”
Steam review · 0.6 h played ↗
Dead or low player base, laggy servers
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“The game has no support and is dead. Hardly anyone plays it, and it's full of cheaters.”
Steam review · 2.3 h played ↗
Anti-cheat broke Linux and Steam Deck
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews
“the anti cheat made it unplayable on Linux.”
Steam review · 0.4 h played ↗
Poor balance and pay-to-win feel
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews
“everything is so unbalaced you can litteraly go from 200 health to death in 0.5 seconds”
Steam review · 33.3 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unsupported40 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7 64-bit / Windows 8.1 64-bit / Windows 10 64-bit
ProcessorPhenom X4 9850 or better, i5 650 or better
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsRadeon HD 7730 or better, GeForce GT 640 or better
Storage40 GB available space
Recommended
OS64-bit Windows 10 or later
ProcessorIntel i5 6600 or equivalent, i5 6600 or better
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsRadeon R9 290 or better, GeForce GTX 97 or better
Storage40 GB available space
OSWindows 7 64-bit / Windows 8.1 64-bit / Windows 10 64-bit
ProcessorPhenom X4 9850 or better, i5 650 or better
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsRadeon HD 7730 or better, GeForce GT 640 or better
Storage40 GB available space
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