14 Games with a horror setting like Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville that you should try

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We filtered the 50 games similar to Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville down to the 14 that fit the “Horror” category. Call of Duty: Vanguard, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Halo 3 top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville.

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The best games with a horror setting like Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville

14 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville. Each one has been evaluated across 16 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

#1Call of Duty: VanguardClosest overall match

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

SoloMultiplayerCo-opOfflinePvPOnlineMeleeTacticalDarkHorror

Steam👍 67%· 4.1KIGDB75· 8OC72· 153

Year 2021Dev Sledgehammer Games · ActivisionOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Both are tactical first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Where it differs: brings horror tension, strong narrative focus and ranged combat, while skipping third-person shooting

Where it drifts furthest from Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville: visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against mostly positive for Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville.

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#2Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War

iRank78

GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

SoloMultiplayerCo-opOfflinePvPOnlineMeleeTacticalDarkHorror

Steam👍 80%· 22KIGDB77· 9OC75· 161

Year 2020Dev Treyarch · ActivisionOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Fits the tactical first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Stands apart with strong narrative focus, ranged combat and historical setting, while skipping third-person shooting

Where it drifts furthest from Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville: visuals.

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#3Halo 3Closest on combat

iRank91

GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

OfflineSoloMultiplayerCo-opPvPTacticalMeleeDarkHorror

Steam👍 91%· 3.0KIGDB91· 4

Year 2007Dev Bungie · Microsoft Game StudiosOn PC · Xbox

✓ Same family of tactical first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Stands apart with sandbox freedom, sandbox world and setting scifi, while skipping third-person shooting

Where it drifts furthest from Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville: visuals.

It predates Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville by 12 years, with what that implies technically.

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#4Call of Duty: Black Ops II

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

MultiplayerSoloCo-opOfflineOnlineMeleeTacticalDarkHorror

Steam👍 86%· 49KIGDB79· 17

Year 2012Dev Treyarch · ActivisionOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Fits the tactical first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Where it differs: brings survival mechanics, horror tension and adventure storytelling, while skipping third-person shooting

Where it drifts furthest from Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville: visuals.

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#5Call of Duty: World at WarClosest on tone

iRank88

GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

SoloMultiplayerCo-opOfflineOnlineTacticalMeleeDarkHorror

Steam👍 92%· 53KIGDB80· 7

Year 2008Dev Treyarch · ActivisionOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Same family of tactical first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, survival mechanics and horror tension, while skipping third-person shooting

Where it drifts furthest from Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville: visuals.

It predates Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville by 11 years, with what that implies technically.

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#6TimeSplitters: Future Perfect

iRank80

GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

OfflineSoloMultiplayerCo-opTacticalMeleeDarkHorror

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Year 2005Dev Free Radical Design · Electronic Arts

✓ Fits the tactical first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Its own twist: setting scifi and visual first person, while skipping third-person shooting

Where it drifts furthest from Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville: visuals.

It predates Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville by 14 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

SoloMultiplayerCo-opOfflineTacticalMeleeDarkHorror

Steam👍 70%· 46KIGDB75· 18OC78· 155

Year 2017Dev Sledgehammer Games · ActivisionOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Both are tactical first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Stands apart with strong narrative focus, historical setting and visual first person, while skipping third-person shooting

Where it drifts furthest from Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville: visuals.

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#8Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare

iRank69

GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

SoloMultiplayerOfflineCo-opMeleeTacticalDarkHorror

Steam👍 61%· 30KIGDB77· 25OC75· 111

Year 2016Dev Infinity Ward · ActivisionOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Same family of tactical first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and setting space, while skipping third-person shooting

Where it drifts furthest from Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville: visuals and setting.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against mostly positive for Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville.

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

OfflineSoloMultiplayerCo-opTacticalMeleeDarkHorror

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Year 2002Dev Free Radical Design · Eidos Interactive

✓ Fits the tactical first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Where it differs: brings fantasy world, historical setting and setting scifi, while skipping third-person shooting

Where it drifts furthest from Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville: visuals and setting.

It predates Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville by 17 years, with what that implies technically.

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#10Call of Duty: Black Ops

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

MultiplayerOfflineSoloCo-opMeleeTacticalDarkHorror

Steam👍 62%· 294IGDB81· 13

Year 2010Dev Treyarch · ActivisionOn PlayStation 3 · PC · Mac

✓ Fits the tactical first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Where it differs: brings survival mechanics, stealth mechanics and historical setting, while skipping third-person shooting

Where it drifts furthest from Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville: visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against mostly positive for Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville.

It predates Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

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#11Call of Duty®: Black Ops III

iRank85

GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

MultiplayerSoloCo-opOnlineMeleeTacticalDarkHorror

Steam👍 91%· 42KRAWG👍 84%· 1.9KMC81OC79· 99

Year 2010Dev Raven Software · Square EnixPlaytime ~9hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Both are tactical first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Where it differs: brings strong narrative focus, ranged combat and historical setting, while skipping third-person shooting

Wall-running and thrust jumps make it the most mobile campaign in the series, and the four-player co-op campaign is a genuine structural change. Zombies is at its most elaborate here. The story is close to incomprehensible, the campaign is the weakest part of the package, and the PC version's supply-drop economy drew heavy criticism.

Where it drifts furthest from Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville: visuals.

It predates Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

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#12Call of Duty: Black Ops 4Closest on setting

iRank84

GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

OfflineSoloMultiplayerCo-opTacticalDarkHorror

IGDB83· 17OC84· 135

Year 2018Dev Treyarch · ActivisionOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Fits the tactical first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Its own twist: visual first person, while skipping third-person shooting

Where it drifts furthest from Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville: visuals.

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#13Resistance: Fall of Man

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GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

OfflineSoloMultiplayerCo-opTacticalDarkHorror

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Year 2006Dev Insomniac Games · Sony Computer EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3

✓ Same family of tactical first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, fantasy world and historical setting, while skipping third-person shooting

Where it drifts furthest from Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville: visuals and setting.

It predates Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville by 13 years, with what that implies technically.

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#14Call of Duty: Black Ops 7

iRank52

GenreShooterSubgenreFPSSub-subgenreTactical FPS

SoloMultiplayerCo-opTacticalDarkHorror

Steam👍 39%· 4.3KIGDB66· 4OC65· 132

Year 2025Dev Treyarch · ActivisionOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Fits the tactical first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Its own twist: setting scifi and visual first person, while skipping third-person shooting

Where it drifts furthest from Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville: visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly negative, against mostly positive for Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville.

Released 6 years after Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville.

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