About Zombie Farm
Zombie Farm opens like a short film: a quiet day on the farm with chickens, cows and a creaking windmill, while the radio mumbles about people acting strangely in the city. Then the sky turns red and slow shapes come shuffling over the hill. From that moment you are the farmer who has to make it to morning, seeing everything through your own eyes in a full 3D farm with a barn, a silo, a farmhouse and a tall cornfield.
The game plays like a series of short episodes, each with its own goal: reach the barn, patch the fence with planks, restart the generator in the dark, and finally get away from a giant zombie. Every episode has a timed choice, just like an interactive video: pitchfork or shotgun? Save the dog or the cow? Escape on the tractor or in the pickup truck? Your picks carry into the next episodes, and a few of the options are hilariously wrong.
The zombies are green cartoon stickmen that wobble, stumble and groan. Hit one and it gets knocked back, falls over and crumbles into green dust, with no blood at all. Each episode ends on a cliffhanger that makes you want the next one, and the episodes you unlock and the stars you earn are saved on your device, so you can pick the story up where you left off.
How to play
- Watch the opening film or press Skip, then pick an episode.
- Read the goal at the top of the screen and follow the yellow marker to where you need to go.
- When the choice cards appear, decide before the timer runs out, and choose wisely!
- Hit the zombies before they reach you. If your health is low, back off and it refills by itself.
- Finish the episode, watch the ending and press Next episode to keep the story going.
Controls
| Keyboard | W A S D or the arrow keys to move, Shift to run, R to reload the shotgun, and Esc or P to pause. When the choice cards appear, press 1, 2 or 3. |
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| Mouse | Click the screen to lock the mouse into the game and move it to look around. Left click swings the pitchfork or fires the shotgun, and you click a card to make a choice. |
| Touch | The stick on the left moves you (push it all the way to run) and dragging on the right looks around. The big button attacks, the reload button refills the shotgun, and you tap a card to choose. |
Tips to win
- The pitchfork hits hard and shoves zombies back, so strike and then step back before they recover.
- The shotgun holds only 6 shells. Reload with R whenever no zombie is close.
- Running makes you faster than any zombie, so if you get surrounded, sprint to open ground and turn around.
- The dog barks at and bites zombies near you, while the cow gives you more health, so pick the one that suits how you play.
Zombie Farm: questions and answers
Is Zombie Farm scary or gory?
No. The zombies are green cartoon stickmen with a goofy walk, and when they go down they crumble into green dust. No blood and nothing gross. It suits players 12 and up.
How many episodes are there?
Four episodes tell a full story, from the first zombies on the hill to the great escape from the farm. Each takes about 3 to 6 minutes.
Do my choices change the story?
Yes. The weapon you take and the animal you save stay with you in later episodes, and the vehicle you choose is the one you escape in at the end.
Does it work on phones?
Yes, on any modern phone or tablet. There is a move stick plus attack and reload buttons, and it plays best with the phone held sideways.