Clarity before spectacle.
Routes, threats, towers, heroes, and objectives must remain readable when the whole night gets loud.
Independent browser game · Current alpha
Built for the
long night.
Dead VS Zombies is a free, guest-first tower-defense game about Deadheads and their road crew keeping the music moving against an undead horde and the zombie road economy feeding it.
Tonight's build0.13.0-alphaLive playable alpha
4Playable heroes
5Defense families
6Battlefields
9Mission modes
Why it exists
Deadheads hold the line. The undead road machine pushes back.
Ticket gouging, crooked promoters, hostile authorities, gate pressure, touring breakdowns, and community survival give the campaign its real-world backbone. In the game, those pressures return as original zombie antagonists, fictional crises, and tactical systems.
Historical context is sourced and kept separate from the fiction: real events establish the era and pressure; the rooms, promoters, undead attacks, and battles are original composites. Deadheads, Roadies, crews, vendors, and community allies are the people the player protects.
Explore First RoomsAll access · CrewKeep the show alive0.13.0-alpha
Design promise
What every new stop has to earn.
More content only matters if it stays legible, fair, distinct, and worth replaying.Choices that move.
Relocatable heroes, branching defenses, venue systems, and wave timing keep the player actively directing the line.
Maps with their own grammar.
Every battlefield needs a distinct route problem, visual identity, and playable event—not just a different background.
A tour-sized foundation.
Worlds, stages, missions, waves, rewards, and visuals live in reusable registries so the campaign can expand coherently.
Playable tonight
The alpha is small on purpose. It is not empty.
These are real shipped battlefields from the same map registry the game uses.Preserved · Opening Night Encore · 1 route · 8 build pads
Price of Admission
Festival Gate · 1 authored battlefield event
Preserved · Opening Night Encore · 2 routes · 10 build pads
Carry the Wall
Backstage Merge · 2 authored battlefield events
Preserved · Opening Night Encore · 2 routes · 10 build pads
The Long Road In
Riverfront Camp · 2 authored battlefield events
Current · First Rooms · 1 route · 6 build pads
First Paid Room
First Current · 1 authored battlefield event
Current · First Rooms · 2 routes · 7 build pads
First Named Night
Two Doors · 1 authored battlefield event
Current · First Rooms · 1 route · 7 build pads
First Hall Relay
Carry Forward · 1 authored battlefield event
- Worlds
- 2 Connected campaign route
- Heroes
- 4 Distinct command roles
- Defenses
- 5 Two branches each
- Threats
- 5 Readable counters
Player promise
Play first. Decide later.
No sign-up wall, no download ceremony, and no pretend cloud save. Open the game and make the first tactical decision.
- Free guest playThe current game launches without an account.
- Honest local savesProgress stays in this browser on this device for now.
- Phone + desktopOne responsive battlefield contract across touch and pointer input.
- Only shipped countsPublic totals come from the current game registries, not a future-content mockup.
Independent by design
Fan-made. Original game work. Clear boundaries.
Dead VS Zombies is an independent, unofficial fan project. It is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by any band, performer, estate, label, publisher, or other rights holder.
The game uses original artwork, original characters, original enemy and defense designs, and original gameplay systems. It does not present official recordings, photos, logos, lyrics, or real-person likenesses as project assets.
Original artworkOriginal game fictionPublic-safe asset review
The doors are open