Zombies

Zombies have been a huge part of video games for decades, but they became especially popular during the Flash game era. By the mid-2000s, zombie games were everywhere, from survival horror and shooters to simple arcade and strategy games.

Flash was a perfect fit for zombie games. The concept was instantly understandable, and developers could easily build games around waves of zombies, zombie attacks, survival, shooting and escaping. Sites like Newgrounds, Kongregate and Armor Games ended up with thousands of zombie-themed games.

By the late 2000s, zombies had become one of the most common themes in free online games. There were serious zombie games, funny zombie games, cartoon zombies and pixel-art zombies. If you wanted a simple enemy that players immediately understood, zombies were an easy choice. That makes zombie games a pretty important part of the history of Flash games and browser gaming.

Here’s a selection of zombie-themed Flash games!