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Games like Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted

If Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted is your kind of game, the closest matches are Sumo Seals, Mealmates and Guns, Gore & Cannoli — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its additional achievements, chill and funny. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted is a 2025 tower defense strategy remake developed by PopCap Games and The Lost Pixels, published by Electronic Arts, available for $13.99. Players deploy plants to defend lawns against waves of zombies across various levels and bonus stages. The game supports local co-op and competitive multiplayer modes for two players, along with achievement hunting. Players describe the experience as chill, funny, nostalgic, relaxing, and retro. Reviewers highlight enhanced graphics, cloudy-day bonus levels featuring a unique endless mode, and familiar plants and zombies that retain the iconic gameplay. Verified for Steam Deck, the game offers short-burst sessions suited to casual play. Of 2,815 Steam reviews, 63% are positive.

About Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted: The classic Plants vs. Zombies returns in glorious HD! The original battle between Plants and Zombies is back — bigger, brighter, and crazier than ever before! Experience the game that started it all, now remastered with stunning HD graphics and packed with new secrets and content to uncover.

2025Strategy13.99 USDDeck VerifiedWindowsby PopCap Games, The Lost Pixels
Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted — Steam game cover
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Additional achievementsCloudy day bonus levels with unique endless modeCooperative and competitive multiplayer modes 2 player co op pvpChillFunnyNostalgic

Players who liked Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted also play

Steam players who put hours into Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Sumo Seals

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    Sumo Seals is an arcade party game that supports up to 4 players where you and your friends team up or compete against each other in a series of minigames where you control seals that bounce and stomp their way through skill and reflex based challenges.

    2022ActionIndieCasual19.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Mealmates

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    Get your friends together or play by yourself. It's a minigame mayhem!

    2020ActionSportsIndie15.00 USDSteam ↗
  3. Guns, Gore & Cannoli

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted.

    Third-strongest match for Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    Guns, Gore & Cannoli - An over-the-top, comical and fast-paced action game with hand-drawn graphics set in the Roaring Twenties. An all-you-can-shoot fest where you embody Vinnie, a mobster with a mission in a city controlled by gangsters and plagued by zombies. Featuring up to 4-man local co-op.

    2015ActionIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. 3dSen PC

    WHY THIS

    Shares a nostalgic mood with Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted.

    Ranked #4 for Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted.

    3dSen is a unique emulator that transforms NES games into stunning 3D voxel dioramas. Relive your favorite retro titles like never before!

    2025ActionSportsStrategy14.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Unspottable

    WHY THIS

    Shares local multiplayer and a funny mood with Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted.

    Ranked #5 for Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted.

    Now Online! Unspottable is a competitive party game. Blend in the crowd of AI characters, hunt down the other players and use the many different environment specific rules to win the game. Walk like a robot and punch like a human!

    2020StrategyIndieCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Guns N Stuff

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    A top down shared screen local multiplayer game allowing for battles between you and your friends as well as co-op game play against waves of endless zombies.

    2020ActionIndieCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. The Smurfs - Village Party

    WHY THIS

    Shares whimsical and a funny mood with Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted.

    Ranked #7 for Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    Papa Smurf has decided to organize an exceptional party! Embark on a party game set in the Smurfs' Village, featuring an adventure mode.

    2024AdventureCasual39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Death Crown

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management with Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted.

    Ranked #8 for Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted.

    Death Crown is a minimalist real time strategy game in a 1bit style, where you will be play Death herself, commanding her legions of death, and punishing humanity's Kingdom for its overconfidence.

    2019StrategyIndie12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Bloons TD 6

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted.

    The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.

    2018Strategy13.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares a nostalgic mood with Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted.

    Reviewers of Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted.

    Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.

    2009Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Necrosmith 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares wave based survival and resource management with Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted.

    Reviewers of Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted.

    Like a dead man reanimated by dark sorcery, the necromancer simulator is back! Give the undead the ability to fly over mountains and swim across rivers, explore a fully generated world at night and fend off enemy hordes during the day. Start a new, uhm, life.

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Mage and Monsters

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and a chill mood with Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted.

    Reviewers of Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted.

    Create an army and use spells while it fights for you. Mage & Monsters is an active auto battler, where you must choose wisely between upgrading the might of your army, or increasing the power of your spells.

    2022Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Broken Universe - Tower Defense

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted.

    Get ready to rethink all your defense strategies! Build barricades to stop monsters, or lure them into a maze and attack. A variety of stages that change each time depending on how you play them.

    2023StrategyIndieCasual9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted.

    Reviewers of Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted.

    Scattered across five different regions, five special heroes must travel their own dangerous paths to grow in strength, unravel a demonic plot & ultimately save the world from chaos.

    2011StrategyRPGDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Dungeon Warfare

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted.

    Dungeon Warfare is a challenging tower defense strategy game where you become a dungeon lord to defend your dungeons with deadliest of traps and insidious contraptions against greedy adventurers and wanna-be heroes.

    2015StrategyIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Despot's Game: Dystopian Battle Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted.

    Guide puny humans through Despot's Game - a rogue-like tactics army battler. Equip your team and sacrifice them through procedural dungeons as you fight enemies, and other players!

    2022StrategyIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted at current Steam store prices.

  1. Sid Meier's Civilization® V

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~46% under Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted.

    Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!

    2010Strategy7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~43% under Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~64% under Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares a nostalgic mood with Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted.

    Priced ~64% under Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted.

    Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.

    2009Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Your Only Move Is HUSTLE

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~64% under Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted.

    Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~64% under Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted.

    Command or corrupt an entire galaxy in the definitive Star Wars strategy collection. It is a time of galactic civil war. Will you take up the reins of the Rebellion, assume control of the Empire, or rule the Star Wars Underworld?

    2010Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Nubby's Number Factory

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~64% under Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted.

    A plinko-style roguelike where you work at a number factory. Launch your spherical friend, Nubby, down a pegboard to make bigger and bigger numbers! But beware, if you fail to meet your number quota, the sun will explode.

    2025Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  8. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted

Is Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
How much does Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted cost?
Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted is listed on Steam at 13.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen PvP, Shared/Split Screen Co-op).
What games are most similar to Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted are Sumo Seals, Mealmates, Guns, Gore & Cannoli.
Who developed Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted?
Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted was developed by PopCap Games, The Lost Pixels and published by Electronic Arts.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted.

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