Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™

Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™

Steam Deck Unsupported

PopCap · Multiplayer · Jun 4, 2020

Worth it for the right player.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $8.99.

71%
Mostly Positive
19k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 50 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Multiplayer: 36 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 15 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Cheating: 17 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 16 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 19k player reviews · updated 5 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
63% of themes are praise12% are divided25% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
There is also straight up just different characters, not varients that just change the primary fire and have the same abilities, there is just brand new plants and zombies.
50 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
I do miss varients but I'm not unhappy without them. the customizing is amazing and the grind is reasonable. i mean after 12 hours i have 6 charectars at least advance and i have nightcap on super elite and snapdragon on elite. the matches can sometimes be dead lobbies where you cant get even one game but most the times you have mostly real people and the ai carry their weight for the most part.
36 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
I do not dislike any of these games in the slightest, but the artstyle and gameplay of bfn is more fun to me then playing gw2 (when you can even get a match in that game that is)
15 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Fluid gameplay, balanced characters, a great art style, fun loadouts to experiment with, and better maps overall.
13 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Servers and matchmaking
Players who bring up Servers and matchmaking mostly praise it.
Sometimes it won't crash, but then when I get to the loading screen, just keeps saying its unable to connect to the servers even with good internet.
8 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love5 themes
Story and characters50 reviews
Multiplayer36 reviews
Gameplay15 reviews
Graphics13 reviews
Servers and matchmaking8 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Steam Deck6 reviews
17%
Players complain% still recommend
Cheating17 reviews
12%
Crashes16 reviews
19%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 4 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $8.99 (−70%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

5 points recordedtoday · $8.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
71%
Mostly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
50
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.