Idle Zombies Reviews

I progressed 25 levels in 5-10 minutes. That’s way too fast. By the time I was trying to take satisfaction in beating 1 level, I had already beaten 2 more. And I’m sure the game will hit a sudden pay wall where I make no progress all of a sudden. This game needs serious rebalancing. And it needs more interesting weapons. You can’t make every new weapon a machine gun. That’s just showing no ingenuity. But at least ads don’t pop up. They’re optional. So I watched a few to support the dev. Idk if there’s a battery saving mode, but that would be a great option. It heats up my phone way too fast. It’s sad that a phone battery lasts 1-3 hours (on lowest brightness) on apps like these, yet my Nintendo 3ds can play at full brightness for 4-5 hours and easily double if brightness is on low.

I never leave reviews about games because what I like/don’t like could be different. But this game made me break my rule. Reasons:
1. No instructions anywhere that I could find. You have to figure out how and what everything is on your own and in which order to do it. Not that bad but......
2. I have never watched so many ads in my life. It is literally one ad after another. I played the game for half hour actually timed playing time and it was 6 min. That’s not a typo. The rest of the time was spent watching ads. I got up once to go to the bathroom and had to watch an ad first.
Seriously I am all for enterprise and having ads to keep things free. But this is seriously out of balance. And the higher you go in levels it appears as if the ads become more and more frequent.
I mean what I said if you don’t have the hour to waste for a whole 12 min of playing time then don’t start with this game!

I’m somewhat enjoying the game but it’s still riddled with problems.

Crashes randomly, usually when doing something with ads to get boosts. Sometimes it’s not related to watching the ads.

Lost progress, usually related to the crashing and ads. I’ve watched a couple ads to get the boosts. After a couple times IdleZombies crashes and you lose all the boosts that the ad gave you. I accidentally spent gold on the boosts before the ads button popped up and when it crashed I lost the boosts from the ads AND gold. But didn’t get the gold back...

Like other have said, as you get into the 30’s it’s slow going. The waves take forever to get through.

Offline income doesn’t work if you keep IdleZombies ‘open’ and use other apps. You have to actually CLOSE IdleZombies to get the income when you come back. It also doesn’t give normal income when in a different app, so unless you close IdleZombies you are gaining absolutely nothing.

Sometimes there is an ad banner along the bottom. Usually when it shows up it pushes the buttons up. As you continue playing the buttons pop down suddenly so you can’t upgrade anything because the ad banner is over them.

There are two types of money in this game and crafting materials. There is cash (in game money), and gold (real life currency).
You do get gold on occasion, most often from daily logins, reaching certain levels and the random special events.
To get these crafting materials mentioned above, you need to set dogs to work. You can use the gold to make them auto work so you don’t have to manually reset them but twice now, all my dogs that were set to auto work, lost that buff. It explicitly says that you don’t lose it on reset and there’s nothing that says it’s for a limited time. I am positive it is a bug because I will buy the auto works at different times but they all expire at the same time.
This would not be that big of a problem if the 4 dogs I had bought didn’t total like 250 gold and the daily gold I got was 170...

This game is okay as a time waster however there are many issues. The option to reset revenue is useless because you earn money slower than before you “supposedly” increased the earnings plus the now added difficulty. I did pay the $2.99 for removing ads but I don’t know what I actually accomplished as the same amount of ads are still present. I still have to watch ads to claim any crate drops and the button that doubles materials for watching an add NEVER works. It will say 2.0k materials, you click watch x2 ad and then go to your materials and it says 2.0k earned when starting from zero. The pleas for money....STOP. This game is not nearly good enough for the level of incessant attempts to get money from the users. This game needs some serious work and the developers need a serious reality check. I’ll consider rewriting a review if things actually get fixed for the better.

I played this game for multiple days and spent around 10 dollars for a city pass on San Francisco and I had made sure to save the game but if you uninstall the game and click restore on the wrong save file, your previous file is deleted. All it took was one wrong tap and I lost countless days of effort playing this game. The file isn’t even saved in the cloud anymore it is just completely deleted. And the only reason I uninstalled the game was because I got so high in the game that whenever I selected the s weapon category, My game would just crash. Also whenever I’d try to watch an ad for tower levels, I’d just crash again as well. I think this game has great potential but it definitely needs more bug fixes. Until then, this game is not worth spending money on or investing time on since you may just lose all your progress and money due to the restore system being useless.

The overall idea is creative and fun but the execution needs a lot of work. The interface is too crammed, even for larger screen phones or tablets. Try consolidating in-app purchases to one tab.
The “claim” button on air drop bonuses rarely works; most often it says “loading” rather than “claim”. I thought it had something to do with my internet connection but that wasn’t the case.
The “x2” button rarely works either. I’m usually willing to watch an ad for a doubled prize reward but the option to do so is almost never available. The button is there but it can’t be clicked.
It’s also annoying how the game forces you into the Buff tab every time there’s a Boss Fight. Most of the time I’m upgrading weapons and then the tab automatically changes to the Buff tab and I have to tab back. It’s not a major issue but it’s annoying that the game is practically forcing you to a tab where you have to spend real money.

The game could be pretty good if they had actually focused on the user experience instead of maximizing monetization.
Progression is painfully slow around level 30.
I'm sure this is to they can entice you to buy their $10 pack for that level. Once you've progressed (and waited hours since you decided not to pay) enough to reset your progress you will really notice how the game falls short. Want to upgrade your towers back to high levels after a reset? Be prepared to tap 10,000 times. First level has 20+ towers that need to be updated and they'll easily e level 500+ when you're good at the game. There is no option to buy multiple updates at once like every other game where you prestige has. You have to tap over and over and over. You also have to wait significantly to get back to the level you left off. It takes at least an hour to reach level 60 again after a reset. Most of that time is some weird delay between levels. There is no fast forward button like you find in every other tower defense game in the history of tower defense games. This game could have been great if the devs were familiar with tower defense games and had taken some of the crucial elements that made them playable, but they didn't.

Legitimate time killer, but after not playing for 3 days, then checking the “dog houses” I had only accrued 3 rewards for something that generates a reward every 4 seconds in one area, where other areas had accrued 120,000+ rewards. Level advancement is lackluster at best, once you reach level 30, you have to increase the “Chaos” mode. Most areas unlock this at level 35, but you have to pay in gold, or pay $10 for the city unlock. It’s a perpetual cycle, but considering how many ads you have to watch just to earn a few gold bars here and there, on top of buying the cities, you could easily pump hundreds of dollars into this game, and for what? There is not nearly enough content to justify how much money you can spend for all the bells and whistles.

On top of this, offline earnings were in the AO range at one point, but after substantially increasing offline duration and earnings % amounts, I now only earn in the AK range? Probably biggest waste of money on in-app purchases I’ve ever spent. Download and play all you want, but don’t bother spending your money here.

The game could be pretty good if they had actually focused on the user experience instead of maximizing monetization. Progression is painfully slow around level 30. I’m sure this is to they can entice you to buy their $10 pack for that level. Once you’ve progressed (and waited hours since you decided not to pay) enough to reset your progress you will really notice how the game falls short. Want to upgrade your towers back to high levels after a reset? Be prepared to tap 10,000 times. First level has 20+ towers that need to be updated and they’ll easily e level 500+ when you’re good at the game. There is no option to buy multiple updates at once like every other game where you prestige has. You have to tap over and over and over. You also have to wait significantly to get back to the level you left off. It takes at least an hour to reach level 60 again after a reset. Most of that time is some weird delay between levels. There is no fast forward button like you find in every other tower defense game in the history of tower defense games. This game could have been great if the devs were familiar with tower defense games and had taken some of the crucial elements that made them playable, but they didn’t.

So I like this game it’s fun but I only gave it two stars for several reasons

1. I didn’t get to use the nuke a second time because it’s .99 to use it again...really? I can see buying unlimited nukes for a certain price and then letting it respawn ever 12-24 hours but to only let us use it once is kinda a low blow

2. I’m not getting nearly enough money or rescources to upgrade my weapons. Not only is the upgrade price out of control and seriously unfair It’s gotten to the point where I am on level 54 (currently) and the waves of zombies come but I can’t take them out before they reach the front so my level progress bar goes down and I have to start all over...this is sucky cause I have to keep going and just let it happen and rack up enough money to be able to upgrade weapons only to lose half the money I just spent hours collecting but then only to have it get even harder

3. Every time I go to collect my offline earnings it never shows up in my earnings bar and there is no collect button only for ads which still doesn’t end up in my stash even after watching the ad to double the money...come on guys

It’s a fun idle game but it’s the hardest one I’ve played so far I hope the developers fix this soon

I’ve been playing this game for two days and LOVE It! It’s a fun game and is probably one of the best idle games ever made. The one issue that I have with it is that when you level a gun up past level 6600 (easier than you’d think. Again, I’m on day two), the game freezes. For those of you who don’t know, when leveling up modified weapons, you have the option to either pay in game money for upgrades like any other game or you can watch an ad to level it up a lot at one time without paying for the upgrade. Once you get the weapon to around level 6600, if you play the ad, the ad will freeze and you won’t be able to increase in the levels. I did this with multiple weapons all to the same effect. This effects the damage of the weapon and the amount of money that you get so there’s not really anywhere to go at that point. I feel like I’m done 2 days in because I can’t progress. Again, really fun game, but please solve that issue. Thanks!

It is an idle game, sometimes it’s hard to progress levels I’d youre on the game a lot, the level progresses without you being on, so use that to your advantage.
This latest update has something wrong with the doghouse. As soon as Sydney unlocked for me all auto doghouses stopped syncing. Before I could set a dog on auto work and that dog worked in the 3 cities. After Sydney unlocked for me if I set a dog to auto using gold it would only auto in that city, not all of them like before.
I restarted my game to better use my gold bars, but then this bug happened so had to waste a lot of gold to get dogs autoing in multiple cities.
All in all fun game

This game is so fun and I love it and it’s free to play now if you want to membership that’s going to be $9.99 a month but it’s good without the membership I don’t have it and I won’t pay for it freaking expensive or the membership but I love this game very much it doesn’t glitch I got my friend to play it with she’s stubborn so yeah that’s my review on the best game in the world I’m addicted I’ve been addicted since the first second I got it The concept is beautiful we like it shooting zombies and there’s no blood and guts so then if you have a little kid or you are a little kid yeah you’ll have to deal with that you’re saving the world it’s like being a superhero you can help other places it’s just really fun

I’m a type of person that love these defensive games. None of those building territory games that take forever. I like constant needing to upgrade your weapons to beat the next wave of enemies, in this case, zombies.
I have to say, this game is good, but it’s not great. I don’t like how they throw you in the game without any tutorial to how the game works or functions, then the wave starts coming in without warning. You have to learn everything yourself. Then they expect you slice with your finger to damage them, which is ok. I like the fact that they want to you to interact with the game, but it’s not fun when there are ads that pop up every so often. I’ve had the window pop up to pay for the item and I had to cancel it.
Then, it’s expected that for every game they want to pay for the increased upgrade or perks, but it’s ridiculous how persistent they are to want you to pay for things.
Guess how long I played this game to get all these problems and right this grieving review? 20 mins. Lot to learn.

This is such an interesting game! I just downloaded it a few hours ago and I’m already super rich! Just a few things think I would like: maybe a shop where you can buy your knifes, because I have to keep spending my money on the same (no offense) useless knife it barely does any damage! And maybe there can be a co-op mode with your turrets and other people’s on the internet! And i wish we could make friends on IdleZombies, a dear friend of mine suggested this game and we wish there was friends, I hope you take my ideas into consideration and i apologize if this is very long, keep up the good work!
-anynonomous

As a player of this game I would recommend you first focus on machine/mini guns, the majority of the damage and horde control will be them, do not upgrade your turrets unless they are high level and are useful like the basic rapid fire blue turrets and the green machine guns, always turn on the crazy mode, and DO NOT reset by buying s weapons when you have low money always reset when your savings are about the highest turret you own or about to own like 1 mil for a green machine gun turret, also do not upgrade the knife late game since it only does a tickling damage of 260 damage at about level 100. Another tip for bosses are to never upgrade the lower turrets and always buy the next 1-5 turrets since the gap of strength is really massive. This only applies to the early game San Francisco stage so try a different strategy in London and other stages.

The game is not that bad, but I have some issues with the game 1: I’m trying to get black crystals, but it’s really hard, and the dogs barley do anything about it some of you might just grind but I haven’t played this game for a while. 2: many things just need you to watch ads, why can’t they just give the players what to use like gold cash or watch a ad, see not that hard right? Anyways that’s all hope see this review and hope you fix these 2 issues and Goodbye!

I may or may not have broken the game. I got the starter gun to lvl 6500 from watching ads. I’m doing 1.17CK dps and it’s 4 star. I’m no longer able to upgrade it and it just freezes my game. But I’m ok with that. I just restart it and gain a lvl. So now I’m just leveling up insanely fast too. Plus. If you get the dog with 2 gold to level 100 you can click no wait a bunch and just watch an ad and double your gold. This game was fun. I can’t really do anything else on it. Played it for 2 hours. Can someone fix my game.

Found this game through an ad, and liked the look of it, so I downloaded it, and booted up. I find the gameplay actually really enjoyable! No forced ads, which is a big plus. You also don’t have to spend a single dime on the game to do well, just watch the optional ads to get some pretty generous boosts. I “completed” the game in just a few days, however, due to what I would call an exploit that I found. Once you upgrade any turret just once, you can watch an ad to increase its level by so many without paying any in game currency. The “problem” here is that every time you do, the levels you get per ad increase. This means that a 2 star turret gets 10 levels, with an additional 2 per ad watched. Since dogs scale with the power of your turrets, and the first dog each area can be auto’d for only 10 gold to give a cash drop every five seconds, it creates an exponential loop, giving you more and more money each ad, quickly surpassing the cost of the last dog. This is where it gets broken; you can use this metric boatload of money to reset the first area hundreds of times, adding on another exponential increase. I got to the CK’s then the game crashed around a 34,000x multiplier. Did all this in just a few hours of absent mindedly clicking the ad button, and now the game crashes when I click special weapons XD.

Great, free entertainment breaking this game!