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Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville

Similar to its predecessors, the game is a third-person shooter where players take control of the Plants or the Zombies in either a cooperative or competitive multiplayer environment. The game features 20…

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Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville is a shooter developed by PopCap Games, released 18 October 2019 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 68 hrs to finish.

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What Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville is

Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville is a shooter game developed by PopCap Games and released in 2019. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Frostbite 3.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville takes place after the events of Garden Warfare 2. The plants presumably won the battle for Zomburbia and trapped all of the zombies in a "Smell Jar". The plants once again had control of Suburbia, and humans did not have to worry about their brains being eaten until the zombies escaped. Now the Plants and Zombies battle once more.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, comedy and warfare. It supports multiplayer for up to 24 players online. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen. There are 50 achievements to unlock.

Where it sits in the Plants vs. Zombies series

Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville is the 16th of 21 entries we hold in the Plants vs. Zombies series. It arrived 2 years after Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 - Frosty Deluxe Edition. The next entry was Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville - Deluxe Edition in 2019. Its critic score of 71 is 8 points below the series average of 79. The highest-rated entry is Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 at 85.

See all 21 Plants vs. Zombies games in release order →

How it was received

Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville holds a critic score of 71 out of 100. That places it above 45% of the 3,306 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored 2 points above the year average.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 68 hrs.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for AMD: FX-4350 or Equivalent/ Intel: i3-3220 or Equivalent, 4 GB RAM and AMD: Radeon HD 7730 or Equivalent/ NVIDIA: GeForce GT 640 or Equivalent. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 15GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville launched on 18 October 2019, within three weeks of Death Stranding, The Outer Worlds, Disco Elysium and Persona 5 Royal. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 6 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Death Stranding, The Outer Worlds, Disco Elysium, Persona 5 Royal.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville — frequently asked questions

When did Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville come out?
Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville was released on 18 October 2019 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville?
At minimum, Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville needs AMD: FX-4350 or Equivalent/ Intel: i3-3220 or Equivalent, 4 GB RAM, AMD: Radeon HD 7730 or Equivalent/ NVIDIA: GeForce GT 640 or Equivalent graphics, 15 GB available space of storage.
How long does it take to beat Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville?
The main story of Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville takes around 68 hrs.
Does Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville have multiplayer?
Yes. Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville supports multiplayer for up to 24 players online.
How many GB is Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville?
The PC version needs about 15 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("15 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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