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Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
#287 most played
Playing now
2,574
7d trend
+2.9%
2.6K vs 2.5K
24h peak
3,846
low 1.6K
7d peak
3,908
All-time peak
3,908
Dec 2022 · now 66% of peak
Avg 30d
2,591
Hours played
761,756
30d
Best rank
#226
now #287
Top sellers
#1,146
Positive reviews
98%
154,363

Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition

Live player count and Steam charts

98% positive · 154,363 reviews
24h low 1,62124h high 3,846

Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.

DeveloperPopCap Games, Inc.
PublisherPopCap Games, Inc., Electronic Arts
ReleasedMay 5, 2009
Runs onWindows, macOS
Steam hardwareSteam Deck Playable · SteamOS Playable · Steam Machine Playable
Price$4.99

Player history

2015201820202023

Each point is the highest number of players online in that month (UTC). History before July 13, 2026 is imported; everything after is our own readings. Zoom in for finer detail.

Monthly player counts

* current month, data so far
MonthAvg playersGain% gainPeak
Jul 2026 *2,610+24+0.9%4,160
Jun 20262,586+16+0.6%4,044
May 20262,570+133+5.5%4,047
Apr 20262,437+111+4.8%3,963
Mar 20262,326-142-5.8%4,010
Feb 20262,468-19-0.8%3,993
Jan 20262,487+90+3.8%3,888
Dec 20252,397-533-18.2%3,861
Nov 20252,930+50+1.7%4,661
Oct 20252,880+366+14.6%4,811
Sep 20252,514-301-10.7%4,163
Aug 20252,815+208+8.0%4,113

* current month, data so far

When people play

00:00
06:00
12:00
18:00
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
952
3.9Kavg players

Average concurrent players by day and hour over the last 16 days, shown in .

Daily activity peaks around 13:00 — a pattern consistent with a player base concentrated in East & Southeast Asia. Steam publishes no per-country player data, so this is inferred from play times.

Audience

English
42%
Chinese (Simplified)
23%
Spanish (Spain)
11%
Russian
8%
Portuguese (Brazil)
5%
Spanish (Latin America)
5%
Other
6%

Language mix of 100 Steam reviews spanning 3 days — a rough proxy for where the player base is.

Achievements

Achievements
21
Median earned by
18.2%
Rarest earned by
8.5%

Every achievement in the game, ordered from most to least earned (#1 is the one the most players have). Height is the share of all players who have it; the dashed line is the median. Global rates from Steam.

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