World War Z

Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.

Very Positive · 83%Very Positive · 83%2021

$29.99

US Steam price, checked 5 h ago · Lowest we’ve seen since Oct 20, 2026: $7.49

The verdict

A fun L4D-style co-op horde shooter with spectacular zombie swarms, but content is locked behind DLC and the grind is heavy. Skip it if you play from Russia or mostly alone.

Great for

Groups of friends who want L4D-style co-op and mowing down huge zombie swarms, ideally bought on sale

Main risk

Half the content and first-person mode are paid DLC, and missions get repetitive and grindy

What players love

Massive zombie swarms

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews

“super satisfying to mow down hundreds of zombies with an auto shotgun XD”
Steam review · 95.7 h played ↗

“It really is an achievement that you can observer a horde of 1000 zombies rushing to you. And there's no lags.”
Steam review · 15.2 h played ↗

“The hordes of zombies charging at the barricades are a solid 10 out of 10.”
Steam review · translated · 33.8 h played ↗

Great co-op with friends

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews

“Honestly so much fun with a group the zombie swarms are insane”
Steam review · 8.4 h played ↗

“If you got a crew of 4, pick this up on sale and play the horde mode”
Steam review · 32.3 h played ↗

“Great game online with friends, you can get hooked for more than one hour.”
Steam review · translated · 3.4 h played ↗

Worthy Left 4 Dead successor

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews

“This is simply the best zombie game out there. The game "Back 4 Blood" wanted and failed to be. A true successor to "Left 4 Dead"”
Steam review · 483.1 h played ↗

“left 4 dead on steroids basically, insane.”
Steam review · 7.8 h played ↗

Deep classes, weapons and progression

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews

“each class has it's own deep progression and cool gadgets to experiment with.”
Steam review · 42.8 h played ↗

“Many weapon types that you can upgrade and reskin.”
Steam review · translated · 16.5 h played ↗

Good optimization and visuals

Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews

“Runs very smoothly even with huge hordes.”
Steam review · 23.9 h played ↗

“The developers optimized these insane crowds well.”
Steam review · translated · 32 h played ↗

Walking Dead crossover and ongoing updates

Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews

“NOW they are releasing a walking dead crossover and I'm right back in the same position I was 3 years ago just dying to play it.”
Steam review · 59.9 h played ↗

“They update the game every month and constantly working on it.”
Steam review · 83.9 h played ↗

What players complain about

Online broken for Russian players

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews

“Enjoy the message 'No connection to WWZ services...'”
Steam review · translated · 375.8 h played ↗

“For almost a year neither I nor my friends can get onto the servers.”
Steam review · translated · 793.5 h played ↗

“Russian players simply can't find games with other players.”
Steam review · translated · 135.9 h played ↗

Content locked behind DLC, incl. first person

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews

“2/3s of the game is behind DLC, and so is FIRST PERSON MODE.”
Steam review · 0.5 h played ↗

“Base game campaign is only 4 episodes, took 3hrs to complete everything else is locked behind dlc.”
Steam review · 3 h played ↗

“More than half the game was shoved into the expanded edition.”
Steam review · translated · 3.5 h played ↗

Useless AI bots

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews

“Get 3 friends to play the game. The bots are so dumb they make missions impossible.”
Steam review · 11.7 h played ↗

“A zombie is beating me up while the bot stands next to me healing itself.”
Steam review · translated · 5.2 h played ↗

Repetitive, boring missions

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews

“If you played episode one, you played them all.”
Steam review · 13.1 h played ↗

“replaying the same boring missions over and over”
Steam review · 36.7 h played ↗

“Run to the point, press a button, fend off the wave, move on.”
Steam review · translated · 1 h played ↗

Excessive grind and currency costs

Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews

“Everything costs virtual currency.”
Steam review · 39.6 h played ↗

“7500 for prestige, when a normal mission on difficulty 3 gives 400.”
Steam review · translated · 24.4 h played ↗

Toxic teammates and team killing

Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews

“I was team killed by a level 500 midway through the match for no reason at all”
Steam review · 1.7 h played ↗

“There's also toxic people who teamkill for no reason with no way of reporting or kicking them”
Steam review · 248.3 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Playable

Minimum

OSWindows 7

ProcessorAMD A10-5700 / Intel Core i3-3220

Memory8 GB RAM

GraphicsAMD R7-240 / GForce 650Ti / Intel 630

Storage50 GB available space

Recommended

OSWindows 10

ProcessorAMD Ryzen 5 2400G / Intel core i7-3970

Memory16 GB RAM

GraphicsAMD Radeon R9 280 / Nvidia GeForce GTX 960

Storage50 GB available space

OSWindows 7

ProcessorAMD A10-5700 / Intel Core i3-3220

Memory8 GB RAM

GraphicsAMD R7-240 / GForce 650Ti / Intel 630

Storage50 GB available space

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