Dead VS Zombies | Free Browser Tower Defense

Playable alpha · free in your browser

Save the show. Hold the line.

A Deadhead road crew is keeping the music moving while ticket gouging, crooked promotion, hostile authorities, broken gates, and the undead turn every stop into a siege.

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Free to play
Phone + desktop
Progress saves locally

4Playable heroes

5Defense families

6Battlefields

∞Ways to hold the line

The show must go on

Tower defense with a pulse.

Every stop is a hand-painted tactical puzzle. Read the routes, build around the bends, and improvise when the plan goes sideways.

01

Read the horde

Scout the next wave.

Spot speed, armor, fog, and boss pressure before it reaches the gate.

02

Build the set

Place the right defense.

Mix rapid sound, revealing light, horde control, Roadies, and delayed echoes.

03

Lead from the lot

Move your hero.

Reposition between bends, trigger signature powers, and rescue a failing lane.

04

Carry the tour

Earn the encore.

Bank hero XP, train the crew, unlock new tools, and take on harder stops.

First Rooms · current tour

Every stop changes the fight.

Routes split. Barricades break. Venue systems come back online. The map is never just a backdrop.

Stop 011 route

STAGE 01 • MAY 1965

First Paid Room

First Current mission · A Deadhead road crew works one borrowed room, one unstable current, and one battered bus while the undead close on the only route.

Stop 022 routes

STAGE 02 • DECEMBER 1965

First Named Night

Two Doors mission · The first named night comes with a promoter's bad promise: one secured door, one ignored return, and an undead breach through both.

Stop 031 route

STAGE 03 • DECEMBER 1965

First Hall Relay

Carry Forward mission · A longer early hall turns back at its service edge. One small preparation can change the opening order, but the crew still has to carry the whole line.

Explore the current First Rooms route

Pick your headliner

Heroes built to improvise.

Move your hero anywhere on the field, cover the weak lane, and turn one signature power into an encore.

01

Rose-Crowned Revenant

Rose

A skeletal flower guardian whose prismatic volleys can cover two bends in the road.

SignatureRose Rain

02

Skull-Masked Stormwalker

Rider

A cracked-mask wanderer who closes gaps with rapid lightning attacks.

SignatureLightning Ride

03

Ancient Guardian

Terrapin

Slower guardian with a large range and controlling attacks.

SignatureShell Shock

04

Five-Color Tempo Crew

Bear Brigade

A five-color touring crew led by a red rhythm keeper who accelerates nearby defenses and calls the full parade into packed lanes.

SignatureParade Call

Build your sound

Five ways to stop the rush.

Each defense owns a tactical job and two permanent specialization paths. Build a set that can answer the whole night.

damage defense

Wall of Sound

Rapid riffs shred unarmored walkers.FAST

control defense

Prism Beam

Reveals Fog Drifters, ignores armor, and slows groups.REVEAL

area defense

Bass Bus

Slow, heavy bass splashes clustered enemies.BLAST

blocker defense

Roadie Camp

Doors are open

Jump in. We’ll save your spot.

Dead VS Zombies currently runs free in the browser with no sign-up gate. Your campaign progress stays on this device while the game is in active development.

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Before the first wave

Quick questions.

Is it really free?

Yes. The current playable alpha is free, with no payment or account required.

Where is my progress saved?

For now, progress stays in this browser on this device. Optional account sync may come later.

Can I play on my phone?

Yes. The game supports touch, phone portrait and landscape, tablets, and desktop browsers.

Is this an official game?

No. This is an independent, unofficial fan-made game using original artwork and game content.

Soundcheck is over.

They’re at the gate.

Play Dead VS Zombies

Crew members stall and brawl nearby.

BLOCK

delay defense

Taper Rig

Records each hit, then replays it as delayed echo damage.ECHO