Plants vs. Zombies 2009

About

Plants vs. Zombies came out on May 5, 2009 for Mac and PC, then for iOS on February 15, 2010 and for Xbox 360 on September 8, 2010. 1,609 people are playing it on Steam right now, with a peak of 4,183 in the last 30 days. The main story takes about 14 hours, doing everything about 55 hours. It won 2 awards, including iPhone Game of the Year and International Mobile Gaming Award for Best Casual Game.

Plants vs. Zombies is a tower defense game in which players protect their suburban home from waves of approaching zombies by placing various plants on a grid-based lawn. Each plant has a unique defensive function, from shooting projectiles to blocking or exploding, while different zombie types require specific strategies to defeat. The game spans five stages across daytime, nighttime, backyard pool, fog, and rooftop settings, with additional puzzle, mini-game, and survival modes.

Story

A homeowner faces a sudden zombie invasion of their suburban neighborhood. Armed with an unlikely arsenal of plants and fungi that can shoot, block, and explode, the homeowner must defend their property across five increasingly dangerous stages. Behind the shambling hordes lurks Dr. Edgar George Zomboss, an evil scientist who commands the undead and pilots a giant robot called the Zombot. With the help of a peculiar neighbor named Crazy Dave and his shop of gardening supplies, the homeowner must push back the zombie assault from their front lawn, through their backyard pool, and all the way up to their rooftop for a final confrontation with the mastermind behind the invasion.

What is happening now

Plants vs. Zombies remains the tower-defense puzzle game that defined the genre when it launched in 2009, placing players in charge of botanical defenses against an undead horde. Available across nearly every platform imaginable, the game tasks players with strategically planting various flora to prevent zombies from breaching their lawn. The game continues to maintain an active community more than a decade later. Recent fan creativity has drawn significant attention, particularly surrounding custom plant designs like PeaBlaze, an anthropomorphic Peashooter variant that generated considerable enthusiasm among the playerbase online.