- Released
Apr 16, 2019
2,750 days ago- Platforms
- PC
- Switch
- PS4
- Xbox One
Release dates
North America dates- Nov 2, 20211,819 days ago
- Switch
- 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
Game info
- Released
- 2019 · see every game from that year
- Modes
- Single player · Multiplayer · Co-operative
- Perspective
- Third person
- Engine
- Swarm Engine
- Multiplayer
- Online up to 4Online co-op 4Campaign co-op, Online co-op
Editions, DLC & expansions
Other versions
Expanded editions 1
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 languagesChinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), English, English (UK), French, German and 7 more
| Language | Audio | Subtitles | Interface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
The World War Z series
All 3 games
This gameWorld War Z2019
World War Z: Aftermath2021 · Expanded edition
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.






