Zombie Commander

This game will scratch the same itch you might have for similar titles like Plague Inc. Same theme but much more of a conflict sim than waiting for some RNG to infect a random island that will be locked away later. Rough around the edges but I got it on sale for $4 and can forgive its sins. Map is landlocked to the continental United States. Not much of a tutorial to speak of. You will be tempted to attack things early on. Don't. In fact, first half of the game you will largely be directing your hordes to run away from any opposition, putting stacking infection counters on cities to build up your manpower, picking off medical caravans that cure your infections and slowly building up your research, building up a pile of non combat Z "economy" units. Doesn't sound like much of a zombie sim but if you last into the 2'nd half of the campaign, there is some satisfaction to be had as you start going on the offensive. Reinforcing your main hordes or spawning small back up hordes for mobility or to toss into an ongoing battle some of which can take quite some time, dragging in hostile reinforcements as well. Combat is slowly auto resolved based on the Z types and numbers thereof you brought along. The graphics are dirt simple but you knew that going in. Sound effects and music are passable. Once you get rolling, there is going to be a lot of screaming and explosion sounds. The plot/style takes itself seriously, its not a comedy setting. You will be chasing down refugees and towards the end, overrunning armed refugee camps outside the dying cities. A little broken English in the translation but nothing too bad. It's no gem but it's no train wreck either. Am glad I stuck around till I understood how the economy works. Had some fun, might even play a second time through for kicks.