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World War Z

ShooterAdventure

Steam
Released

Apr 16, 2019

2,750 days ago
Platforms
  • PC
  • Switch
  • PS4
  • Xbox One
Ratings

Release dates

North America dates
  1. Nov 2, 20211,819 days ago
    • Switch
  2. Apr 16, 20192,750 days ago
    • PC
    • PS4
    • Xbox One

About

Humanity is on the brink of extinction. From New York to Moscow and Jerusalem, the undead apocalypse continues to spread. As the end looms, a hardened few bands together to defeat the horde and outlive the dead. World War Z is a heart-pounding co-op third-person shooter for up to 4 players featuring swarms of hundreds of zombies. Based on the Paramount Pictures film, World War Z focuses on fast-paced gameplay while exploring new storylines from around the world.

Trailers

Screenshots

How long to beat

HowLongToBeat ↗ · 227 players
Main story
7.5 h
Main + extras
13 h
Completionist
47 h
OpenCritic71/10050% recommend · Fair129 critic reviews
Critics (IGDB)74/10012 reviews
IGDB players73/100138 ratings

Game info

Released
2019 · see every game from that year
Modes
Single player · Multiplayer · Co-operative
Perspective
Third person
Multiplayer
  • Online up to 4Online co-op 4Campaign co-op, Online co-op

Editions, DLC & expansions

Other versions

Studios

Age ratings

  • ESRBMBlood and Gore, Intense Violence, Strong Language
  • PEGI18Bad Language, Violence
  • CEROZViolence
  • USK18No content descriptors
  • GRAC19+Language, Violence
  • ACBR 18+No content descriptors

Languages

13 languages
Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), English, English (UK), French, German and 7 more
LanguageAudioSubtitlesInterface
Chinese (Simplified)简体中文–
Chinese (Traditional)繁體中文–
EnglishEnglish (US)
English (UK)
FrenchFrançais–
GermanDeutsch–
ItalianItaliano–
Korean한국어–
PolishPolski–
Portuguese (Brazil)Português (Brasil)–
Portuguese (Portugal)Português (Portugal)––
RussianРусский–
Spanish (Spain)Español (España)–

Themes & tags

Story & names

Loosely based on the novel and film of the same name, World War Z drops players into the chaos of a global zombie apocalypse, where a runaway infection has collapsed civilization and unleashed staggering hordes of the undead upon the world's cities. The cooperative third-person shooter follows small bands of ordinary survivors, four at a time, scattered across devastated locations around the globe, from the ruins of New York and the streets of Jerusalem to Moscow, Tokyo, Marseille, and beyond. In each embattled city, a group of civilians and holdouts bands together, each with their own reasons to keep fighting, struggling to endure against tides of ravenous zombies that surge and swarm in overwhelming numbers, even climbing over one another to reach their prey. Facing impossible odds, the survivors must fortify positions, complete desperate objectives, and carve a path through the swarm as they fight simply to see another day in a world overrun by the dead.

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Also known as

  • WWZAcronym

Release dates by region

5 releases in 3 regions

worldwide

north america

europe

The World War Z series

All 3 games
  1. This gameWorld War Z2019
  2. World War Z: Aftermath2021 · Expanded edition
  3. World War Z VR2025

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Where to find it

Data from IGDB and Steam. Critic scores from OpenCritic. Dates shown for North America, in your local time zone.