Zombowl is a unique bowling game that asks a simple question: what do you do when you find yourself trapped in a cemetery as the dead come back to life? If you're a champion bowler, you grab the nearest thing to hand—your custom bowling ball—and start laying waste to the undead horde!
The game challenges you to smash approaching zombies before they can make you their next meal. The core gameplay is a test of timing and auditory focus. To make a throw, you will listen to two distinct power bars. The first is a sound that moves from right to left, and you must press the spacebar when it is perfectly centered to aim your shot. The second is a sound that rises in pitch, and you must press the spacebar at its highest point to achieve maximum power.
Zombowl offers three difficulty modes to test your zombie-splattering skills:
- Brain Dead: The zombies are quite easy to hit, and it's reasonably simple to get a guaranteed strike. You will be eaten after three misses.
- Outbreak: The zombies are still fairly easy to hit, but the stakes are higher. You will be eaten after two misses.
- Apocalypse: This mode demands perfection. Anything less than a near-perfect throw will miss, and if you miss even once, you will be eaten.
With its humorous premise and skill-based, audio-focused controls, Zombowl offers a fresh and accessible twist on both bowling and zombie survival games.