By Stefanos Kouzounis · Updated November 2026
Kids love zombies; parents love them a lot less when the game is full of gore, or of buttons that spend real money. This list is the cartoon side of the genre: funny zombies, no blood, age ratings for everyone or close to it.
For each game we list the age rating and, just as important, whether it shows ads and sells in-app purchases, because that's what usually causes trouble on a shared phone.
We included zombie games rated Everyone, Everyone 10+ or PEGI 7 with cartoon art, and checked each Google Play page in November 2026 for the age rating, the "Contains ads" and "In-app purchases" labels, and offline play.
| Game | Violence | Ads | Price | Offline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zombie Catchers | Cartoon (Everyone) | Yes | Free + IAP | Yes (store says so) |
| Plants vs. Zombies 2 | Cartoon (Everyone) | Yes | Free + IAP | Yes |
| Plants vs. Zombies | Cartoon (Everyone 10+) | Yes | Free + IAP | Yes |
| Town of the Undead | Cartoon, no blood (PEGI 7) | No | $5.99 once | Yes, fully |
| Zombie Castaways | Cartoon (Everyone) | Yes | Free + IAP | Yes |
| Zombie Waves | Cartoon (Everyone 10+) | Yes | Free + IAP | Yes |
| Survivor.io | Cartoon (Everyone 10+) | Yes | Free + IAP | Not confirmed |
Facts checked on the Google Play and App Store pages in November 2026. Prices and ad models change; check the store page before you buy.
Free + IAP · ads · offline: yes (store says so) · Android, iOS
Two aliens hunt zombies with harpoons and turn them into juice for a business. Funny, gore-free, rated Everyone, and the store page says no internet connection is needed.
Free + IAP · ads · offline: yes · Android, iOS
A huge amount of lane-defense content across time-travel worlds. Plays offline; free with ads and in-app purchases.
Free + IAP · ads · offline: yes · Android, iOS
The classic: plant sunflowers and peashooters to stop silly zombies on your lawn. The core game plays offline; it is now free with ads and in-app purchases.
$5.99 once · no ads · offline: yes, fully · Android, iOS
Cartoon zombies with no blood, rated PEGI 7. The fighting is a minute-long horde at the garden fence; the rest is farming, building and helping neighbors. For parents the bigger point: there are no ads and no in-app purchases at all, so there's nothing to tap by accident, and it plays offline, so it works on a tablet without internet.
Best for: a calm zombie game you pay for once and play ten minutes at a time
Free + IAP · ads · offline: yes · Android, iOS
Friendly zombies farm and build on a tropical island. The closest free-to-play match to a cozy zombie farm; free with ads and in-app purchases.
Free + IAP · ads · offline: yes · Android, iOS
Short roguelike runs where you pick upgrades while your character shoots automatically. Cartoon art; plays offline.
Free + IAP · ads · offline: not confirmed · Android, iOS
Five-minute bullet-heaven runs against swarms of cartoon zombies. Free with ads and in-app purchases.
In-app purchases: every free game on this list sells them. Turn on purchase approval (Google Play: Settings → Authentication; iPhone: Screen Time → Content & Privacy) before handing over the phone. Ads: free games show ads that aren't always made for kids. Online chat: none of these is built around chatting with strangers, unlike the big online strategy games, which we left out.
Zombie Catchers and Plants vs. Zombies 2 are rated Everyone, and Town of the Undead is PEGI 7 with cartoon zombies and no blood. Plants vs. Zombies is rated Everyone 10+.
Yes, it's cartoon and silly, rated Everyone (PvZ 2) and Everyone 10+ (the original). Both are free with ads and in-app purchases, so set up purchase approval.
Town of the Undead has no ads and no in-app purchases. The free kid-friendly zombie games we checked all have in-app purchases.
Zombie Catchers, Plants vs. Zombies 1 and 2, Town of the Undead, Zombie Castaways and Zombie Waves play offline.
Town of the Undead: cartoon zombies, no blood, no ads, no in-app purchases, offline. PEGI 7.