Zombo Buster Rising
Worth it · Shooter · 2016
The verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $1.99.
- Length
- 2.4h 3h to 100%
- Value
- $0.83/hr
- Reviews
- 93% of 633 positive
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in 5 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 111 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
Shoot zombies from terrace like a boss! Zombo Buster Rising Remastered brings you a nostalgic experience of classic 2D side shooting-defense in enhanced build right from your Steam library!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, 512 MB Video RAM, 348 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
It has been discounted 9 times in the 3 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 50 percent, about 15 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 16 weeks ago.
Value puts it in the top 4 percent of the games it competes with. It is cheaper than 92 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 86 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Bleed ($4.99, scores 86) beats it on value, while it beats Let Them Come ($7.99, scores 60).
More about Zombo Buster Rising
None of the 302 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written April 2020 to July 2026.
The drop-off
15% start to 9% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
Nice easy cheap tower defense game for killing time unfortunately it's just 1 map but the zombies gets stronger and some have abilities. you play with the a guy who has a pistol with 2 bots 1 has a sniper and the other has a rocket launcher you can upgrade the weapons of any of these characters to help you through the game (Using money which can be obtained by killing zombies or saving soldiers), and there are some...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
10/10 Experience: Brain? Off. Fingers? Cramping. Vibes? Immaculate. Zombies? Busted.
I have no idea why the stupid and pointless changes-its not remaster after all, yet devs tried to make it look like it-key word: TRIED. Other than that: -Final boss spawns his totems way too close to the base, and spams them way too often-combined with waves of enemies (including enemies that summon other enemies and/or boost whole horde) is just too hard for no reason -Constant bugs like mouse losing focus/not...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Zombo Buster Rising scores 84/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/518730/zombo-buster-risingReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.