Plants vs. Zombies: Replanted

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Plants vs. Zombies: Replanted is a tower defense game where players defend their home while zombies approach from the right side of the screen. The player uses various plants with different abilities to combat the zombies.^[3] Some plants attack zombies directly while others are designed to slow them down, allowing the player to attack them.^{[citation needed]}

Replanted is set on a five-by-nine square grid, where the player places plants to prevent the zombies from reaching the end of each row. Plants are purchased using "sun," a currency obtained by clicking sun icons that randomly drop from the sky during daytime or are produced by certain plants, like Sunflowers. If a zombie breaches all lines of defense, a lawn mower—or other similar, relevant object—will activate and clear the row, but if the lawn mower has already been used, and another zombie crosses, the game is over.^[4]

Replanted features

Replanted contains upscaled graphics and new content. It now has full controller support, which allowed two multiplayer modes to be ported over from the console ports: Co-op, where two players play together with assigned roles; and Versus, a player-vs-player mode where one plays as the plants and the other as the zombies.^[5][6] The modes are local only, and no online multiplayer is planned.^[7]

In addition, Replanted contains quality-of-life improvements. Gameplay can now be sped up by will of the player to up to 2.5x speed. Sun icons can now be mass collected using the "sun vacuum". On Windows, players can quick-select plants from their seed bank using the number keys as hotkeys.^{[citation needed]}

Two additional game modes are introduced in Replanted. "Cloudy Day" is a set of additional non-linear levels in the Adventure campaign. During these levels, the amount of sun dropped from the sky and produced by plants is lowered. At certain times during the level, raining clouds move over the lawn. While these clouds are present, all sun-producing plants fall asleep and sun does not fall from the sky. However, each plant's sun cost is halved and plant recharge times are greatly reduced. In "R.I.P. Mode", the main campaign is replayed, but the player is forced back to the beginning if they get a game over.^[8]

Plants vs. Zombies Replanted was officially announced in a Nintendo Direct live presentation in late July 2025.^[9] A "retro Peashooter skin" was additionally given as an incentive for people who pre-ordered.^[6][10] It was showcased at PAX West on August 25, 2025.^[11][12]

When a playable pre-release build of Replanted was leaked on October 17, 2025, players reported multiple software bugs.^[13] Numerous bugs were fixed in a day-one patch on October 23.^[14]

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The versions of Plants vs. Zombies: Replanted for personal computers, PlayStation 5, and Nintendo Switch 2 received "generally favorable" reviews from critics, according to review aggregator website Metacritic, while the Xbox Series X version received "mixed or average" reviews.^{[15][16][17][18]} According to OpenCritic, 57% of critics recommended it.^[19]

IGN's Alessandro Fillari called it "a good way to get re-acquainted with one of the quirkiest puzzle-strategy games of the 2000s", while acknowledging its questionable decisions.^[20] Shacknews' David Craddock said it was his favourite version of Plants vs. Zombies, stating, "it packs everything fans loved about the original game, plus lots more" while justifying its US$20 price.^[5] The Verge described Replanted as "a time capsule from a simpler, happier time".^[23] Kyle Hilliard from Game Informer praised its faithfulness, complimenting the new animations and character designs that did not alter its memorability.^[3]

Noah Hunter for Final Weapon described the remake as solid, though criticised the lack of certain features and containing bugs that gate it from being excellent.^[24] Ben Lyons from Gamereactor stated Replanted is the same as the original overall, despite believing the £18 price is not justified.^[25]

When Replanted leaked online, it received criticism from some members of the original game's development team. Its composer, Laura Shigihara, criticized the remaster's lack of adaptive music present in the original at launch, questioning why it was not present despite being a modern remaster held by a larger team.^[26] Adaptive music was later implemented in the 1.3.0 patch on November 3, 2025.^[27] Rich Werner, the original game's artist, claimed that the concept art included in the remaster was "all BS" and did not originate from the 2009 game's development; the artwork in question was speculated by Push Square to be from the 2014 game Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare.^[28]