Trail of the Dead: a soldier faces a horde of zombies on a city road while a jet and a helicopter fly overhead

Free to play · Desktop and mobile

Hold the road.
Don't let them drop the nuke.

You're our last hope. Shoot your way through endless waves of the dead, scavenge supplies, call in air strikes and get the humvee running. If you don't make it, we drop the nuke. Good luck, soldier.

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Click the game, then use the keyboard. On a phone, turn it sideways and tap the full screen button.

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Your objective

Survive

Hold the road

The dead never stop coming. A new wave starts every 30 seconds, every wave is faster than the last, and every fifth one brings a boss.

Call in air support

Send a gunship to blow the street apart. Hold up to three strikes, and earn another every 40 kills or by beating a boss.

Drive the humvee

Pull parts from wrecked cars, fire up the humvee and plough straight through the horde. Watch the armor.

Scavenge supplies

Medkits, ammo, food, clothes and the odd bazooka roll down the road, and the dead drop them too. Run low and more of what you need turns up.

Chain your kills

Kill fast to build a combo of up to five times your score. Slow down and it's gone.

Don't get nuked

Fall on the trail and the jet drops the bomb. Then see your score, kills, wave and time, and go again for a new best.

Know your enemy

The horde

Walker

Slow, steady and everywhere. One bullet puts it down.

Hits: 1
Points: 10
From: Wave 1

Runner

Almost twice as fast as a walker. Don't let it close the gap.

Hits: 1
Points: 20
From: Wave 2

Brute

Big, slow and hits like a truck. Takes four shots to drop.

Hits: 4
Points: 50
From: Wave 4

Every fifth wave

Bosses

The Butcher, Big Rotten, The Mayor and the Mother of the Horde. A boss stands its ground at the edge of the road and calls more of the dead to it. Explosions and the humvee only dent it, and each one is tougher than the last. Beat one for three supplies and a free air strike.

Hits: 30+
Points: 500
From: Wave 5

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