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Zombie Lane
Farming and survival in your browser: defend your home from zombies, grow crops, build and help your neighbors.
We're still in development, so you may run into bugs.
Games like Zombie Lane: social farming, zombie survival and sister games on FB Games
If you are looking for games like Zombie Lane, you are looking for a mix of social farming, zombies and neighbors: Zombie Lane lets you grow 12 crops on timers, defend your house from zombies, rebuild in stages and visit neighbors. Related titles include FarmVille and FrontierVille for the social farming and simulation side, and Plants vs. Zombies, Zombie Cafe, Zombie Farm and World of the Living Dead for the zombie side. This page compares them by type, lists the sister games you can try on FB Games, and helps you pick one by how much time you have.
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Try Zombie Lane, free in your browser
Here is the game: open it in your browser, create a free account of your own and see how farming and zombie defense fit together.
What should a game like Zombie Lane have?
Zombie Lane combines four traits. Farming comes with 12 crops that ripen from 1 minute to 18 hours. Defense is about stopping the zombies that wander your land, with ten zombie types in the site's guide. Building means rebuilding your home and its surroundings in stages, with 18 buildings across the game. And there are neighbors: you visit their houses, help them and send gifts.
Many similar games match one or two of these traits. That is a good way to choose: decide which trait you want most, then look at the group below that fits it.
Which games like Zombie Lane can you try on FB Games?
FB Games runs other classic browser games as independent editions, most of them in beta. Social Empires lets you build a village, train troops and defend it from trolls. Social Wars is a strategy war game with a base, troops, tanks and attacks on rivals, and Empires & Allies is an empire strategy game with a base, resources, troops and vehicles.
If farming and building are what you like in Zombie Lane, try CityVille, where you build a city with houses, businesses, crops and rents. Bubble Island has you shoot bubbles from a cannon and climb a weekly tournament, and Bola Social Soccer has you manage a football club with its squad, stadium and tournaments. Wild Ones Rebirth is a turn-based shooter with pets on destructible maps.
For zombies, The Last Stand: Dead Zone has you build a shelter, recruit survivors and go out to scavenge a city invaded by infected. It shares the zombie theme.
Which social farming games are similar to Zombie Lane?
FarmVille, from Zynga, is a social farming simulation that launched on Facebook on June 19, 2009. It covers the farming side of Zombie Lane, without the zombies.
FrontierVille, from Zynga East, is a social simulation and role-playing game that launched on June 9, 2010. The site Gamezebo compared the look of Zombie Lane to FrontierVille, which is a useful hint if you liked its style.
Both come from the same era of Facebook games as Zombie Lane. We do not say whether they can be played today, so check each game's official page.
Which zombie games are similar to Zombie Lane?
Plants vs. Zombies, from PopCap Games, is a tower-defense game, and the first in the series came out on May 5, 2009. Zombies and defense are the common ground with Zombie Lane, but the way you play is very different.
Zombie Cafe, from Beeline Interactive (Capcom), is a business simulator for mobile that reached iOS on January 26, 2011. Zombie Farm, from The Playforge, is a farm with zombies for iOS from February 2010, so it shares the mix of farming and zombies. World of the Living Dead, from Ballardia, is a zombie survival game for the browser from February 2014.
Again, we make no claim about which of these still work today.
Are there other Digital Chocolate games?
Yes. Army Attack, from Digital Chocolate, is a social strategy game from May 2011, available on Facebook and Google+. It is not a farm or a zombie game, but it comes from the same studio as Zombie Lane.
In 2014 RockYou obtained the license to Zombie Lane along with three other Digital Chocolate Facebook games.
How do you choose by how much time you have?
If you only have a few minutes at a time, look for a game that rewards short sessions. In Zombie Lane, strawberries ripen in 1 minute and radishes in 15, and your energy comes back at 1 point every 30 seconds.
If you can only check in once or twice a day, look for long timers. Zombie Lane has crops that take 12 hours (beans) or 18 hours (cabbage), so a visit at night and one in the morning is enough.
Whatever you pick, read how a game handles waiting. Some punish you for being away and some do not. In Zombie Lane a ripe crop wilts if you leave it too long, except the apple tree.
Where does Zombie Lane fit?
Zombie Lane sits between social farming and zombie survival. It is a free browser edition in beta, with an account of your own and a daily bonus for coming back. It is not finished, so expect some unfinished adventure zones and windows.
If your answers are “farm plus zombies plus neighbors, in the browser, free”, Zombie Lane was made for that.
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You play in your browser, with no Flash and no downloads, on a computer and, depending on the game, on your phone too.
Frequently asked questions about games like Zombie Lane
What kind of game is Zombie Lane?
Zombie Lane is a social farming and zombie-survival game by Digital Chocolate, launched on Facebook in 2011. You grow 12 crops on timers, defend your house from zombies, rebuild it in stages, complete missions for the neighborhood's characters and visit neighbors.
What are some games like Zombie Lane?
For farming, look at FarmVille and FrontierVille. For zombies, look at Plants vs. Zombies, Zombie Cafe, Zombie Farm and World of the Living Dead. On FB Games, CityVille (farming and building) and The Last Stand: Dead Zone (zombies) are sister games to Zombie Lane worth a look.
Is Zombie Lane like FarmVille?
Partly. Both are social farming games. Zombie Lane adds zombies that wander your land, a house you defend and rebuild in stages, crops on timers from 1 minute to 18 hours, and missions given by characters around the neighborhood. Its browser edition here is free to play.
Is there a zombie farming game like Zombie Lane?
Zombie Farm, from The Playforge, is a farm with zombies for iOS from February 2010, so it shares the mix of farming and zombies. Zombie Lane adds missions, a house you rebuild in stages and visits to neighbors, and it runs in a browser.
Is Plants vs. Zombies similar to Zombie Lane?
They share zombies and defense, but they play differently. Plants vs. Zombies is tower defense, and the first in the series came out on May 5, 2009. Zombie Lane combines farming, missions and neighbors with zombies that wander your land.
Does Zombie Lane have multiplayer?
Zombie Lane has neighbors: you can visit their homes, help them, send gifts, hire them and collect a daily bonus. Registered accounts also have an in-game chat. A cooperative mode is not something we can confirm, so we do not promise one in Zombie Lane.
What other FB Games titles are there besides Zombie Lane?
Besides Zombie Lane, FB Games has Social Empires, Social Wars, Empires & Allies, CityVille, Bubble Island, Bola Social Soccer, Wild Ones Rebirth and The Last Stand: Dead Zone. Most are independent beta editions, and each game keeps its own separate accounts and progress.
Are there other games from the studio behind Zombie Lane?
Yes. Digital Chocolate also made Army Attack, a social strategy game from May 2011 on Facebook and Google+. It is not a farming or zombie game, but it comes from the same studio as Zombie Lane, so it is a natural next stop.
Which Facebook games from that era are similar to Zombie Lane?
FarmVille launched in June 2009 and FrontierVille in June 2010, both from Zynga, and Zombie Lane followed in 2011. We do not say whether they can still be played today, so check each game's official page before you go looking.
Which game should I pick if I have very little time?
Zombie Lane works in short bursts: strawberries ripen in 1 minute, radishes in 15, and energy returns at 1 point every 30 seconds. For one or two visits a day, plant 12-hour beans or 18-hour cabbage and come back later.
Brand notice: Zombie Lane is an original game by Digital Chocolate. Facebook is a trademark of Meta Platforms, Inc. FB Games is an independent project and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Digital Chocolate, Facebook or Meta. This is a browser edition. FarmVille, FrontierVille, Plants vs. Zombies, Zombie Cafe, Zombie Farm, World of the Living Dead, Army Attack and the other games named are trademarks of their respective owners.
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