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Samurai vs Zombies Defense – Strategy Game Review
Samurai vs Zombies Defense is a Strategy/Action/Entertainment game from Glu Games LLC, first launched in 14th March 2012.
It’s rated 12+ and currently has 7,422+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Samurai vs Zombies Defense Stand Out
Optimized for the iPhone 5!
NOW WITH ALL-NEW ZOMBIE RISING GAME MODE! PLAY AS THE ZOMBIE SAMURAI AGAINST YOUR FORMER ALLIES!
Play as the heroic Samurai and defend your village against hordes of attacking zombies! Recruit allies and build defenses to stop them!
STRATEGIC GAMEPLAY
set up your defenses against hordes of zombies!
WORK WITH ALLIES
get some help in the store with farmers, warriors, archers and much more!
WIN BIG IN MINI GAMES
play Pachinko to earn rare items!
UPGRADE YOUR SAMURAI: Become more powerful by acquiring better weapons, defenses and magical abilities!
PLEASE NOTE:
- This game is free to play, but you can choose to pay real money for some extra items, which will charge your iTunes account. You can disable in-app purchasing by adjusting your device settings.
- This game is not intended for children.
- Please buy carefully.
- Advertising appears in this game.
- This game may permit users to interact with one another (e.g., chat rooms, player to player chat, messaging) depending on the availability of these features. Linking to social networking sites are not intended for persons in violation of the applicable rules of such social networking sites.
- A network connection is required to play.
- For information about how Glu collects and uses your data, please read our privacy policy at: www.Glu.com/privacy
- If you have a problem with this game, please use the game’s “Help” feature.
This Strategy game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Samurai vs Zombies Defense is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 3rd January 2013
Recent improvements include:
Bug fixes and other improvements to game performance
Download & Availability
Samurai vs Zombies Defense is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Samurai vs Zombies Defense on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
Hello, can you please update this game to latest ios. Its unplayable and we know alot of us fans would love to play this game once more. We hope you guys (developers) will see this message ! Thank You.
Really good game from our childhood but the development doesnt want to update it so we can keep playing, dont forget about us.
It would be better if the developer update it to ios 18 Im tired of our iphone 4 lol.
WRITING THIS IN 2025, and Im currently 20! We remember playing this game as a kid and remember it being one of all time favorite games to play. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE update there is still a community out there that would play it if it was available :).
Please update the game and the second one we miss playing them so much.
Please update the game we have wanted to play for the last 10 years.
This game was peak when we were younger writing this is 2025 as an adult now.
Please bring this game back. Us and our brothers loved it during our childhood. Would be so cool to see it again and play.
Please update the game to be compatible with nee IOS versions.
Updated this game, for all mobile devices for this year or future year. We really this game since childhood just wish we go back in time to enjoy the moment what we love against mobile gaming.
We need this game back we would love to play this game again this was a peek game and if you guys just released it again and update it a few time it still would be please release this game back out.
Hands down one of the best games we've played growing up and we would love to see it on the new ios version please.
BROOO PLEASEEEEE PLEASE UPDATE THE GAME we MISS IT SO MUCH MAN PLEASE.
This game needs to be updated asap we miss this.
This is too the developers Im writing this in 2024 and Im 15 and we used to play this game ALL THE TIME same with the 2nd samurai defense. We would do anything to play this game again. We dont know if you guys will even see this response but if you do. We are using and IPhone 14. Im begging you to please update this game, we want to play it soooooo bad. The second we see we can play this game again we will. If you guys do update it dont change anything, maybe up the graphics a bit but thats it. We want to play it for nostalgia and enjoyment. We really hope you guys update this game.
This was the best game in our childhood whoever made this game please update it so we can receive the best nostalgia.
Pls update this game is the best , im sure lots of people want it back so if you could bring it back this once pls.
Could you please update the ios version this was our favorite childhood game and loved it. Please just update the ios version thats it thank you.
Pls update game or make new one so we can play it again.
Please bring back this game. It says its still on the App Store but all you have to do is update it to the new iOS. Is there a way you can update this app into the new iOS? This app was the best game ever when we were a little kid this was the best game ever and we would always tell our friends to play with it with us. They would always play with it after school, being a zombie as our friends were allies and being an ally as well instead of being a zombie is a game changer please bring this game. We love this game. We used to have when we had iPads in school.
Used to play this game a lot back when we were younger but now we cant since developers abandoned the game sadly.
Please update this game it our childhood and we really want to play it.
Its been years since we played this game this game is our childhood, please update this game so og players like us can play again.
Guys we dont even know if its possible but we need to all contact the developers to bring this game back. Its so good and should never have been let go in the first place. Im thinking of creating a page for the game so that it can get recognition and maybe revived, would anybody spread the word to the developers.
We used to love this game, and Ive been unable to play it for years due to a lack of updates. Any chance to bring it back.
One of our favorite games. Mobile gaming now is filled with adds and never as fulfilling and fun as strategy games like this. We've been trying over a year now and was finally able to play it again on an older phone. We hope very much this gets updated for other phones we missed it so much.
Please bring back the game we miss it so much.
Please update so we can play this again.
Please bro this game was our childhood and our phone can run it now. Please bring this game back we will pay a bit of money even please.
This was our favorite child hood game. Please bring it back. Maybe remaster the game because we believe many people would love this game if it was remastered. Or make a game thats similar. But please bring it back it was a beautiful game if we you dont bring it back is there a way to play it on a different website.
Now that Im older we have money we can spend on it.
Great game. Really wish they would update for newer iPhones. Very disappointing.
Pls update so we could play the game on the iphone 14.
We loved this game (even though it was difficult). We wish the devs would start updating it again.
We use to play this on our iPod when we were like 10 Im 20 now and we always remember how much fun we had playing this. Please bring it back so we have something to play again.
Im not sure if this company is even still in business but in the chance that yall are we would really love to play this game again if yall could can yall make it compatible with the newest iOS updates please.
We remember playing this game a long time ago on our iPod. We were so happy to play, this game was the best please bring it back to be compatible with the new IOS please.
Our brother and we have so many great memories playing your game so long ago. We would love to see an updated version if you guys could. We spend hundreds of dollars and want to play it again.
We remember playing this game way back when we had an iPhone 5. Sadly it's not playable because it's not compatible with the latest iOS.
We absolutely loved this game so much.. Im so sad that it is gone now.
Please bring back this game because this game was so fun when it was out and we miss playing it and also please bring back the 2nd one too.
This game was so fun! Why arent they updating it.
Make this game playable again it was so fun back when we were a kid we would love to be able to play this now.
Please bring this game back it was one of our favorites its fine if you ignore this but we really loved the game.
We used to play this all the time and we keep remembering this game from time to time but we cant play it. We dont know why maybe they discontinued the game or something but please bring it back that would mean the world.
Plz bring back this game we love this game so much it so perfect plz.
We Need That Game Back Or Make Part 3 Now.
Please update this game for newer phones, this have been our favorite game for 7 years and we've been on a 3 year journey to play it again, than when we finally get there. It wont work. We are with a huge community of people who would LOVE to play this game again. PLEASE UPDATE! We cant stress enough how much it means to us. From the bottom of our heart, PLEASE.
We grew up Playing this game and we miss it it was amazing and always fun at the time please make a sequel or bring this game back it was truly the best.
This was our Favorite game and for the longest Its been out of the App Store so developers of you could bring back this game it Would mean the world to us and Other.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 3.4.0
- Size: 264.59 MB
- iOS: 4.1 or later
- Languages: EN, JA, KO, ZH
- Content Advisory: Frequent/Intense Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
- Developer: Glu Games LLC
Last updated: 3rd January 2013 | Genre: Strategy, Action | Developer: Glu Games LLC