Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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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.

Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition is a tower defense, zombies and strategy game developed by PopCap Games and Inc. and published by PopCap Games, Inc. and Electronic Arts.
Released on May 05th 2009 is available in English on Windows and MacOS.

It has received 139,925 reviews of which 136,574 were positive and 3,351 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.6 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 4.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition into these genres:

Tower Defense Zombies Strategy Singleplayer Casual Classic Great Soundtrack 2D Comedy Family Friendly Funny Puzzle Addictive Cute Survival Indie Tactical Adventure Touch-Friendly Post-apocalyptic

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • OS *: Windows XP/Vista/7
  • Processor: 1.2GHz+ processor
  • Memory: 1GB of RAM
  • Graphics: 128MB of video memory, 16-bit or 32-bit color quality
  • DirectX: DirectX 8 or later
  • Hard Drive: 65+MB of free hard drive space
  • Sound: DirectX-compatible sound
MacOS
  • OS: Mac OS X 10.5.8-10.6.x
  • Processor: Intel Core Duo 1.66GHz+
  • Memory: 1GB of RAM
  • Graphics: 64MB of video memory, 16-bit or 32-bit color quality
  • Hard Drive: 50+MB of free hard drive space
  • Sound: Standard audio

User reviews & Ratings

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Oct. 2024
---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is β˜‘ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Donβ€˜t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- β˜‘ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- β˜‘ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- β˜‘ Kids β˜‘ Teens ☐ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- β˜‘ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- β˜‘ Floppy Disk ☐ Old Fashioned ☐ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☐ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master β˜‘ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☐ Nothing to grind β˜‘ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☐ Good β˜‘ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short β˜‘ Average ☐ Long ☐ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! β˜‘ Worth the price ☐ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- β˜‘ Never heard of ☐ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☐ 8 ☐ 9 β˜‘ 10
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Sept. 2024
This game very gore, when me die plant be sad :( so i sad too :( zomby eat my plant very violin and they scream help. This game very diasturbing and me cry when play. this game me have very sad moments i always cry when sun flower dieπŸ˜”they eat it and i get no more sons to buy :(((
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Sept. 2024
---{Graphics}--- ☐ You forget what reality is β˜‘ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Donβ€˜t look too long at it ☐ Atari ---{Gameplay}--- β˜‘ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Itβ€˜s just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch video instead ☐ Just don't ---{Audio}--- β˜‘ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ I'm now deaf ☐ My ears bleeding ---{Audience}--- ☐ Kids ☐ Teens ☐ Adults β˜‘ All ---{PC Requirements}--- β˜‘ Toast Machine ☐ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich ☐ Nasa ---{Difficulity}--- ☐ Just press 'W' β˜‘ Easy ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{Grind}--- β˜‘ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isnt necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ Youβ€˜ll need a second life for grinding ---{Story}--- ☐ No Story β˜‘ Some lore ☐ Average ☐ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ Better than your life ---{Game Time}--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short β˜‘ Average ☐ Long ☐ Infinity ---{Price}--- ☐ It’s free! β˜‘ Worth the price ☐ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{Bugs}--- β˜‘ Never heard of ☐ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ Cyberbug 2077 ---{?/10}--- ☐1 ☐2 ☐3 ☐4 ☐5 ☐6 ☐7 ☐8 ☐9 β˜‘10
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July 2024
Hours of fun with the grandchildren playing this game. I must confess that I have also played solo myself so that I could teach the kids some tactics :-)
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July 2024
I love this game because every level you play you can make different choices to challenge yourself. So it never gets boring:)
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Frequently Asked Questions

Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition is currently priced at 4.99€ on Steam.

Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 4.99€ on Steam.

Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition received 136,574 positive votes out of a total of 139,925 achieving an impressive rating of 9.63.
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Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition was developed by PopCap Games and Inc. and published by PopCap Games, Inc. and Electronic Arts.

Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition is not playable on Linux.

Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition is a single-player game.

Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition does not currently offer any DLC.

Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition supports Remote Play on Phone and Remote Play on Tablet. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.

Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition.

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Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition PEGI 12
4.99€
9.6
136,574
3,351
Game modes
Features
Online players
1,667
Developer
PopCap Games, Inc.
Publisher
PopCap Games, Inc., Electronic Arts
Release 05 May 2009
Platforms
Remote Play
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