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Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse

Be the Zombie. Kick A** and Take Brains. It’s 1959 and the city of Punchbowl, PA, is a beacon of progress and ideal living. Show the living that law and order are no match for a dead man on a mission!

63 18 October 2005 from $2.99

Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse is an adventure developed by Wideload Games, released 18 October 2005 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Xbox. It currently starts at $2.99 at GOG. The main story takes about 7 hrs to finish.

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What Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse is

Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse is an adventure game developed by Wideload Games and released in 2005. It was published by Aspyr Media. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Halo 2.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The game is set in a fictional City of the Future in 1959. Stubbs, a zombie who'll tug at your heartstrings and tickle your funnybone even as he's tearing the living guts right out of your body. This former traveling salesman trades in his briefcase for your braincase as the leading man in Wideload's first game, Stubbs the Zombie in "Rebel Without a Pulse". In this game, players take on the role of the rebel himself Stubbs, a wisecracking Zombie who takes on an ultra-modern city of the future using nothing but his own carcass and the weapons of his possessed enemies. The game's tongue-in-cheek humor, innovative combat and strong storyline keep Stubbs the Zombie's gameplay as bizarre and…
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, comedy, horror and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 35 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse holds a critic score of 63 out of 100. That places it above 22% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2005 averaged 67, so it scored 4 points below the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 68, across 61 votes.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 7 hrs. At its current cheapest price of $2.99, that works out to about $0.43 per hour of the main story, or $0.37 per hour if you finish everything.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i3-4170 @ 3.7 GHz, AMD A8-7600 @ 3.1 GHz and 8 GB of RAM. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it.

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What it costs, and where

The cheapest verified price right now is $2.99 at GOG, 85% below its usual price.

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What it launched against

Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse launched on 18 October 2005, within three weeks of Shadow of the Colossus, Call of Duty 2, Sid Meier's Civilization IV and Star Wars: Battlefront II (2005). All of them reviewed better. It was a PlayStation 4 launch-window title.

Released around the same time: Shadow of the Colossus, Call of Duty 2, Sid Meier's Civilization IV, Star Wars: Battlefront II (2005).

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse 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

Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse — frequently asked questions

When did Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse come out?
Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse was released on 18 October 2005 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
How much does Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse cost?
The cheapest current price for Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse is $2.99 at GOG, which is 85% off its usual price. Prices on this page are checked daily.
What are the minimum PC requirements for Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse?
At minimum, Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse needs Intel Core i3-4170 @ 3.7 GHz, AMD A8-7600 @ 3.1 GHz, 8 GB of RAM.
How long does it take to beat Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse?
The main story of Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse takes around 7 hrs, or 8 hrs for 100% completion.
Is Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse worth it?
That depends on what you want from it, so here are the numbers rather than an opinion: the cheapest price we track today is $2.99, and the main story takes about 7 hrs, which works out to $0.43 per hour of play. Our cost-per-hour tool compares that with other games.

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