Zombie Soup

About

Zombie Soup mixes top-down shooting with melee combat as Ricky, a backpacker, navigates a zombie-infested town. Players switch between gunplay and hacking to take down swarms of grotesque enemies while dodging attacks. A cryptic skull companion offers guidance as Ricky chases Ashley through twisted environments filled with puzzles and escalating boss fights. The game balances fast-paced action with RPG elements like upgrades and resource management to tackle increasingly absurd threats. The game’s chaotic energy stands out with bosses sporting over-the-top abilities like teleporting graveyards or summoning zombie hordes mid-battle. Its genre mashup works surprisingly well, blending shooter reflexes with puzzle-solving to progress. Available on PlayStation, PC, Xbox, and Switch, it’s a single-player sprint through 10 hours of escalating madness. Early players note the humor in dialogue and enemy design, though some call the difficulty spikes jarring.

Storyline

Welp! Ricky's graduation trip took an unexpected turn when he arrived in this town, only to discover that its inhabitants had been turned into zombies!?? In order to rescue Ashley, a young girl he had also just met in this unfamiliar town, Ricky strolled into (or is thrown into?) an unexpected adventure, with the help of a mysterious talking skull named MC Skully. Waiting for him will be hordes of zombies, intricately designed challenges, and ridiculously tough bosses with some of the most absurd abilities.