Zombie Army Trilogy
A tactical shooter spin-off set in an alternate WWII zombie apocalypse.
Zombie Army Trilogy is a third-person tactical shooter video game developed and published by Rebellion Developments. Released on 6 March 2015 for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One, it is a spin-off to the Sniper Elite series. The game compiles remastered versions of the first two Nazi Zombie Army titles, originally released in 2013 as downloadable content for Sniper Elite V2, along with a previously unreleased third chapter. It is set in an alternate version of World War II where Adolf Hitler uses occult rituals to raise fallen German soldiers as zombies.
Quick Facts
- Title
- Zombie Army Trilogy
- Developer
- Rebellion Developments
- Publisher
- Rebellion Developments · Sold Out (retail)
- Platforms
- PlayStation 4 · Windows · Xbox One · Nintendo Switch
- Released
- PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One / 6 March 2015 / Nintendo Switch / 31 March 2020
- Series
- Sniper Elite
- Genre
- Third-person shooter
- Modes
- Single-player, multiplayer
Facts from the source article.
Lore & Background
Zombie Army Trilogy takes place in April 1945, as German dictator Adolf Hitler, hiding in the Führerbunker, is told the war is lost. Enraged, he executes the officer and orders 'Plan Z'—the resurrection of fallen Wehrmacht soldiers as zombies. OSS operative Karl Fairburne, Red Army infantryman Boris Medvedev, Wehrmacht Captain Hermann Wolff, and German occultist Efram Schweiger team up to fight the undead. They discover a Book of Souls in the Berlin Central Library, but its power proves negligible. The group retrieves three pieces of the Sagarmatha Relic, which protects against zombies, and escapes as Allied forces carpet-bomb Berlin with atomic bombs. Three months later, Hitler rises as an undead leader, and the quartet infiltrates his stronghold, defeats an enormous zombie Hitler, and sends him to Hell.
Reader's Guide
Zombie Army Trilogy is significant as a compilation that brought together the standalone Nazi Zombie Army titles into a single package, adding a new third chapter and a Horde mode similar to Killing Floor and Left 4 Dead. It retains the X-Ray Kill Cam and sniper mechanics from Sniper Elite V2, including bullet drop and wind effects, but adopts a more linear, action-oriented design with reduced stealth. The game supports cooperative play for up to eight characters, including four new female characters, and later added Left 4 Dead characters exclusively to the PC version. Its legacy includes a sequel, Zombie Army 4: Dead War, released on 4 February 2020. The trilogy received mixed or average reviews on Metacritic, but it expanded the Sniper Elite universe into a zombie horror setting, offering a distinct alternate-history narrative where Hitler's occult gambit overruns Germany.
Did You Know?
- The game includes a Horde mode similar to Killing Floor and the Left 4 Dead series.
- In August 2015, characters from Left 4 Dead 2 were added to all versions via a free update.
- The trilogy includes a previously unreleased third instalment alongside remastered versions of the first two Nazi Zombie Army titles.
- The Nintendo Switch port was released on 31 March 2020 in North America and Europe, and on 28 May 2020 in Japan.
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