Choose Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™
Choose Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ if it matches what drew you to this matchup. 3,447 Steam reviews back the pick.
Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ vs Plants vs. Zombies™ Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition
Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ and Plants vs. Zombies™ Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition both land in Action, Strategy, Casual on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Action, Strategy, Casual on Steam. Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ (2020) is 2 years older than Plants vs. Zombies™ Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition (2022). Plants vs. Zombies™ Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition scores higher on Steam reviews (91% positive) than Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ (76.1% positive). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Plants vs. Zombies™ Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition
Choose Plants vs. Zombies™ Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition if you want the Online Co-op and Co-op side of the pairing. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 91% positive across 20,640 reviews.
Both Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ and Plants vs. Zombies™ Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition sit in Action, Strategy, and Casual on Steam and both list Multi-player, Online PvP, and PvP, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ |  Plants vs. Zombies™ Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2020 | 2022 |
| Genres | Action, Strategy, Casual | Action, Strategy, Casual |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Unsupported | Deck Unsupported |
| Price | 8.99 USD | 8.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 76.1% positive (3,447 reviews) | 91% positive (20,640 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op |
| Developers | PopCap | PopCap |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Strategy, Casual on Steam.
- Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ (2020) is 2 years older than Plants vs. Zombies™ Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition (2022).
- Plants vs. Zombies™ Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition scores higher on Steam reviews (91% positive) than Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ (76.1% positive).
- Plants vs. Zombies™ Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition is currently ~0% cheaper on Steam than Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ (8.99 USD vs. 8.99 USD).
- Plants vs. Zombies™ Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition has co-op; Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ does not.
- Both are Deck Unsupported.
Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ vs Plants vs. Zombies™ Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition — FAQ
- Which is better, Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ or Plants vs. Zombies™ Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition?
- On Steam reviews Plants vs. Zombies™ Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition scores higher (91% positive) than Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ (76.1% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, Plants vs. Zombies™ Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Should I play Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ or Plants vs. Zombies™ Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition first?
- If you want chronology, Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ (2020) came out before Plants vs. Zombies™ Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition (2022). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ and Plants vs. Zombies™ Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition similar?
- They overlap on Action, Strategy, Casual on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.