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Kill raid after\nraid of zombies, collect supplies, look for survivors and most importantly... create your own\nlegacy!\n\nZOMBIE INVASION\n\nDefend your bus and don’t let the hungry horde eat the living! Breakthrough barricades on\nyour way and set up the battle camp to your advantage. Gather your team of gladiators and\nsend them into battle, use any means necessary to ward off the horde of pixel crazed flesh\neaters! Slash, shoot or burn the dead with barrels, Molotov cocktails, and grenades. Be direct\nand explosive or stealth kill your opponents.\n\nUSE YOUR BRAINS, DON’T LOSE THEM\n\nShow that you have the real steel to conquer the maps! Finish off as many zombies as you can to\nbecome the ultimate freedom fighter! Command and conquer by using tactically offensive\nand defensive moves to obliterate the zombies and barricades! Remember – the rising dead\nwon’t make it easy for you.\n\nIMPROVE YOUR SKILLS AND GEAR TO STAY ALIVE\n\nCollect items, earn experience, rebuild your bus and complete quests to upgrade your units\nand vehicles. The more gear you get, the more zombies you will be able to take on! Become\nthe ultimate slayer of the undead! Banish the banshees to eternal hell! Contest against other\nplayer’s high scores!\n\nWHAT AWAITS YOU:\n\n* Blood-and-guts action-strategy game with a sense of humor\n* Safeguard the bus and your troops at all costs! NO DISCORD ALLOWED!\n* A huge world with numerous locations\n* Plenty of survivor units and zombies\n* Upgrades, special items and optional quests\n* Stop the world end\n* FUN!","facts":{"developer_id":1422675693,"developer_url":"https://mobirate.com","first_released":"2017-03-08T15:52:35Z","support_url":"https://mobirate.helpshift.com/hc/app/4-dead-ahead-zombie-warfare/","privacy_url":"https://www.mobirate.com/privacy-policy","website_url":"https://mobirate.com/","app_version":"4.4.6","release_notes":"Hello, survivors! The ten-day Halloween event begins on October 23rd!\nHere's what awaits you:\n- A chance to obtain exclusive units, unique skins, and bus paints\n- New quests for the event\n- New skins for Austin, Builder, Dr. Kane, Sarah and Guard\n- Bus paint: Pumpkins\n- Charms: Eiffel Tower and Hand of Fatima\nAnd lots of other smaller changes!","rating_current_version":4.61774,"rating_count_current_version":60255,"star_counts":[1326,620,2559,10751,44999],"genres":["Games","Strategy","Entertainment","Adventure"],"languages":["EN","FR","DE","IT","JA","KO","PT","RU","ZH","ES","ZH","TR"],"content_advisories":["Frequent/Intense Cartoon or Fantasy Violence","Frequent/Intense Profanity or Crude Humor","Infrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or References","Loot Boxes","Infrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive Themes","Infrequent/Mild Horror/Fear Themes"],"device_families":["iphone","ipad","ipod"],"chart":null},"freshness":{"apple_read_at":"2026-10-22T01:44:12.851Z","catalog_read_at":"2026-10-22T01:44:12.851Z","reviews_checked_at":"2026-10-15T00:21:53.245Z","summary_written_at":"2026-10-13T15:26:54.134Z","placed_at":"2026-10-09T03:59:53.925Z","scored_at":"2026-10-22T08:03:12.625Z"},"editorial":{"one_liner":"Tactical survival strategy game where you defend a bus, gather a team, and fight zombie hordes with weapons and tactics.","what_is":"Dead Ahead: Zombie Warfare is a free game in the Games genre, described as a tactical survival sequel to Dead Ahead, with the subtitle PVE strategy games. 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