Choose Yet Another Zombie Defense
Choose Yet Another Zombie Defense if you want a Strategy and Casual experience. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 86.3% positive across 5,822 reviews.
Yet Another Zombie Defense vs Over 9000 Zombies!
Yet Another Zombie Defense and Over 9000 Zombies! both land in Action, Indie 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, Indie on Steam. Yet Another Zombie Defense (2014) is 1 year older than Over 9000 Zombies! (2015). Yet Another Zombie Defense scores higher on Steam reviews (86.3% positive) than Over 9000 Zombies! (83.7% 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 Over 9000 Zombies!
Choose Over 9000 Zombies! if you want the Online PvP, Shared/Split Screen PvP, and Online Co-op side of the pairing. Over 9000 Zombies! launched in 2015.
Both Yet Another Zombie Defense and Over 9000 Zombies! sit in Action and Indie on Steam and both list Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen, and Steam Leaderboards, 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
 Yet Another Zombie Defense |  Over 9000 Zombies! | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2014 | 2015 |
| Genres | Action, Strategy, Indie, Casual | Action, Indie |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Unsupported | Deck Playable |
| Price | Free to play | 2.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 86.3% positive (5,822 reviews) | 83.7% positive (447 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Co-op | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op |
| Developers | Awesome Games Studio | Loren Lemcke |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Indie on Steam.
- Yet Another Zombie Defense (2014) is 1 year older than Over 9000 Zombies! (2015).
- Yet Another Zombie Defense scores higher on Steam reviews (86.3% positive) than Over 9000 Zombies! (83.7% positive).
- Yet Another Zombie Defense is free; Over 9000 Zombies! is paid (2.99 USD).
- Both support cooperative play.
- Steam Deck: Yet Another Zombie Defense is Deck Unsupported, Over 9000 Zombies! is Deck Playable.
Yet Another Zombie Defense vs Over 9000 Zombies! — FAQ
- Which is better, Yet Another Zombie Defense or Over 9000 Zombies!?
- On Steam reviews Yet Another Zombie Defense scores higher (86.3% positive) than Over 9000 Zombies! (83.7% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, Yet Another Zombie Defense is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Should I play Yet Another Zombie Defense or Over 9000 Zombies! first?
- If you want chronology, Yet Another Zombie Defense (2014) came out before Over 9000 Zombies! (2015). 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 Yet Another Zombie Defense and Over 9000 Zombies! similar?
- They overlap on Action, Indie 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.
- Do both Yet Another Zombie Defense and Over 9000 Zombies! have co-op?
- Yes — both list a co-op category on Steam. Specifics differ: Yet Another Zombie Defense ships Co-op; Over 9000 Zombies! ships Online Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op.
- Is Yet Another Zombie Defense free?
- Yes — Yet Another Zombie Defense is a free-to-play Steam title. Over 9000 Zombies! is paid (2.99 USD).