Summary
Zombie gamescan be dark and gritty. The world is either in the process of becoming a desolate wasteland or it has been like that for years. Each day, the swarms of the undead get larger with the only goal in their minds being to consume human flesh. Luckily, that is not always the case with some scenarios being a bit more lighthearted.
Some of the best zombies in videogame history have had colorful and cartoony appearances. Others have even had very cartoony situations that make them stand out as undead. These are the ten best cartoon zombies in gaming.
10Stubbs The Zombie
Rebel Without A Pulse
In the futuristic yet retro city of Punchbowl, life is easy as robots and technology make everything look clean and functioning. This is where Stubbs the Zombie comes in as the city’s biggest flaw; hungry for brains and hunted by those in power, Stubbs must reclaim the city for the undead,
Stubbs can turn other citizens into zombies, allowing you to build your own zombie army. First, you’ll have one zombie, then three, then you’ll have an entire legion following your trail as you march up to the mayor’s house.
9Plants Vs Zombies
A Timeless Zombie Design
Some of the most iconic cartoon zombies are the ones featured in Plants VS Zombies. These ghouls are wacky and come in a variety of different forms and attire, but they do share one goal; they want to eat you.
Luckily, you have a green thumb and can grow plants that will help you defend your home from the swarms of undead. These goofy guys have been featured intraditional tower defense gamesas well as third-person shooters that bring the style to a whole new dimension.
Zobio And Zobiko
The House of the Dead always had goofy English voice actors before embracing the cartoony style; the first game featured a mansion, while the second brought chaos to the streets of Italy. However, there is also a House of the Dead game many people don’t know about called Loving Deads: The House of the Dead EX.
This arcade game introduces two cartoon zombies, Zobio and Zobiko, who are in love. They run away together while avoiding the scientist who made them as well as Zobiko’s evil ex-boyfriend.
7Fortnite Save The World
The Husks
Before Fortnite became a Battle Royale, it was a zombie survival game, and the zombies featured in Fortnite are known as Husks. They are born from a supernatural storm that consumed the world and most of its population.
Luckily, survivors can create storm shields that can temporarily clear the skies, but this does not stop the Husks from constantly attacking human bases and trying to get in. Can humanity survive the storm or is the forecast for the future looking pretty grim?
6Lollipop Chainsaw
Nick Carlyle
Lollipop Chainsaw may have a more realistic character design, but the world itself is as cartoony as it gets. When Juliet Starling, a secret zombie hunter, finds her boyfriend Nick Carlyle getting bit by one of the undead, she casts a spell to save his humanity.
Unfortunately for Nick, he is now a severed head. However, he is far from useless, as his head can be attached to the body of a zombie to take control of it; zombie or not,Nick’s reanimated head has plenty of heart.
Fred Neuman
Straight from the PSP era of Games, Dead Head Fred was a surprise twist on the Zombie genre. Taking the role of Fred Neuman, a private investigator, it is up to you to discover who murdered you.
You have a few tricks you’re able to use to make your journey easier; you can swap Fred’s head with many of the enemies you encounter in the game. This allows you to change Fred’s appearance but also grants you special abilities depending on which heads you collect.
4Skull Girls
Squigly
Sienna Contiello, better known as Squigly, is a character from the hit fighting game Skull Girls. She is kept alive by the power of the Skull Girl; meanwhile, her sentience is kept intact by the family’s parasite, Leviathan, which she uses to fight and maintain her memories.
Squigly is one of the best characters in Skull Girls, with plenty of cool animations and abilities. She can use Leviathan in a variety of different combos which make the parasite seem almost stringlike in how she weaves and whips him around.
3Cookie Run
Zombie Cookie
Cookie Run has taken over the mobile game space with plenty of colorful character designs, spinoff games, and merchandise. In almost every rendition, a Cookie known as GingerBrave escapes the oven and tries to establish a new home for his kind.
Zombie Cookie is one of the original Cookies met by GingerBrave on his quest to escape the Witch’s Castle. Having been left cooking for too long, his dough became spoiled, turning him into a zombie, but luckily, he is friendly and can revive himself when he runs out of energy.
2Call Of Duty: Infinite Warfare Zombies
Cartoony Movie Scenarios
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Zombies was a fresh take on the zombie mode made popular by Treyarch. Infinite Warfare Zombies took everything that made the mode unique, such as round-based gameplay, perks, and special zombies to freshen things up.
Yet despite these similarities, every map felt unique and easily distinguishable. Exploring zombie theme parks, neon raves in the forest, and giant monster attacks, Infinite Warfare had cartoony-looking zombies and enemies that fit with each map’s period and movie genre.
1Minecraft
Zombies Are Everywhere
The Minecraft Zombie is one of the most well-known zombies in gaming history. In the blocky world of Minecraft, you can build your house or base during the day, but when the sun goes down, zombies start to spawn.
Zombies come in many unique forms, such as the standard green zombies, zombie pigment, tiny zombies riding chickens, and evenzombie villagers. Zombies are some of the most common enemies you will find, and the zombie was also used as an alternate skin for Steve in Super Smash Bros Ultimate.
