8 Unique Ways to Say Zombie in Video Games

The voteless are zombie-like entities, former citizens of Super Earth who mutated, becoming mindless drones for the Illuminate. 

Blighters: ZombiU

In ZombiU, the game is set in an apocalyptic UK, similar to the setting of the 28 Days series. Blighters are a common phrase in the UK, which basically means pests. This one was kind of a no-brainer, and it adds depth to the game, given that it takes place in the UK.

Husks: Mass Effect

Though Mass Effect is categorized as a military sci-fi media game, the creatures you fight are called Husks. They don’t look like your typical undead, but they act in a very similar way. 

Freakers: Days Gone

Days Gone is one of the most popular zombie games on PlayStation, and the term “Freakers” is used to describe the undead in this apocalyptic world. It’s also a pretty interesting way to refer to the undead in any way.

Walkers: The Walking Dead

Now, if you don’t know this one, you’ve been living under a rock. Walkers exploded this trend of naming the undead differently in video games. Even other games refer to the undead in this way.

Zeds: Killing Floor 

This is a new one, and it caught on pretty quickly. As the game suggests, you go through levels and waves of just killing zombies, so this game had to have a unique way of naming the undead. And it stuck, which made Killing Floor one of the best zombie games to come out within the past decade.

Infected: Various Games

The Last of Us and Dying Light are two of the most well-known games that name zombies as something fairly typical: The Infected. If it works, it works, and you don’t need to go changing things up just for creativity points.

Zekes: World War Z

World War Z is originally a film, but Saber Interactive released a video game version of the film in 2019. Zekes is also a pretty typical way of naming zombies, and it works for this universe. The zekes are somewhat insane to fight off, which makes for a pretty entertaining game.