Fair by design

A zombie game with no ads and no in-app purchases

Most zombie games on a phone are free to download and then charge you to keep playing: an energy bar that empties, a timer you can skip for coins, a crate that drops better guns if you pay, and an ad between every two hordes. Town of the Undead does none of that. You buy it once, and that is the whole game.

What "no in-app purchases" means here

• No energy to buy. There is an energy bar, but it comes back from the food you grow in the garden and cook on the grill, from sleeping in your own bed, and from time. Never from your wallet.
• No paid crates. Mystery crates exist, and you earn them by playing.
• No timers to skip. Builds, crops and road trips take the time they take, which is minutes, not days.
• No second currency. Coins come from hordes, chores and missions. There is nothing to top up.

No ads at all

Not between hordes, not for a bonus, not on the loading screen. The game never connects to the internet while you play, so there is nothing to serve an ad from. That is also why it plays offline and collects no data.

What the price buys

30 levels of story, seven places to drive to, two dozen neighbors to rescue, 200 achievements, a Tool Room for crafting your own weapons, and New Game+ when the story is done. Updates are free; the game has had a new version most weeks since launch (see updates).

Why it's built this way

Town of the Undead is a cozy game: ten minutes of calm, then a horde that's over in a minute. A cozy game cannot keep interrupting you for money. The one-price model is what makes the short, calm sessions possible.