Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville vs Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition
Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville is an open-world strategy game from PopCap (2020) while Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition is a strategy game from PopCap (2022).
What each one is
Steam files Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville under Open-World and Strategy. In contrast, it files Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition under Strategy.
Kick some grass in Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville, the wackiest shooter yet!
Ready the Peashooters and prepare for the craziest, funniest shooter in the universe: Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2.
At a glance
| Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville | Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition | |
|---|---|---|
| GamingPickz Score | 6.7/10 | 8.0/10 |
| Steam rating | Mostly Positive (71%, 18,807) | Very Positive (90%, 50,300) |
| Critic aggregate | 77/100 | 82/100 |
| Price | $29.99 | $29.99 |
| Install size | 15 GB | 40 GB |
| Steam Deck | unsupported | unsupported |
| Released | 2020 | 2022 |
| Developer | PopCap | PopCap |
Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.
Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville vs Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition, point by point
Each facet side by side. A round is marked won only where a figure settles it; feel and "which is better" carry no mark, because no number we hold decides them.
Genre and premise
Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for NeighborvilleOpen-world strategy gamePlants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe EditionStrategy gameWhat each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.
How it plays
Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for NeighborvilleThird-Person Shooter, Zombies, Hero ShooterPlants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe EditionZombies, Hero Shooter, PvPThe tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.
Reception
Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for NeighborvilleScore 6.7 · 71% on Steam · 77 criticPlants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition ✓Score 8.0 · 90% on Steam · 82 criticThe GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.
Content and scale
Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville18,807 reviews · 1 add-on · 15 GBPlants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition50,300 reviews · 40 GBReach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.
Price
Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville$29.99Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition$29.99Read live from Steam and subject to change.
On a Steam Deck
Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for NeighborvilleUnsupportedPlants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe EditionUnsupportedValve's own Deck compatibility rating.
Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition takes 1 of the marked rounds to 0. That is only what a number can decide, not which you will enjoy more.
The two on the grid
Compare the whole cataloguePlants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville and Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition on the axes the GamingPickz Score is built from, on the full 0 to 100 scale so each dot is its real position. Change either axis to compare them on any measure.
2 games have both
Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.
Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.
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How positions are decided
No paid placement, no favouritism, live third-party data
- Placed by the published method, not by us. Every coordinate is computed from the axis definitions and weights printed on this site. Nobody moves a point. See the axes.
- Nothing here is paid for. No sponsored placements, no promoted slots, no arrangement of any kind affects a position. If that ever changes it will be labelled and sit outside the ranking.
- No favouritism, including our own. The 16 games we have written full reviews of are scored by exactly the same formula as the other 1,510, from the same third-party inputs, and they land where it puts them. Our own opinion of a game does not enter its coordinates.
- A position is not an endorsement. It says how a game was received and what it costs, not that we recommend it. Where we do recommend something, it carries a written review with a name on it.
- Fetched from live third-party data. Player sentiment from Steam, critic aggregates as published on store pages, prices checked hourly, attention from Wikipedia. Each figure carries its source and the date it was read, and we do not adjust any of them.
Which to pick, by what you want
- The higher-rated of the two: Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition (GamingPickz Score 8.0)
- Lighter on storage: Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville (15 GB)
- The safer bet by weight of reviews: Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition (50,300 reviews)
What they have in common
Both are tagged by Steam players with:
MultiplayerThird-Person ShooterZombiesHero ShooterShooterCasualFunnyAction
Where they differ
PvETower DefenseSingleplayerStrategyTacticalFamily Friendly
Character CustomizationTeam-BasedThird PersonCuteColorfulCartoon
Tags players apply to one game and not the other.
Difficulty and who each is for
By the tags players apply, Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville is relaxed, easy to pick up. Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition is relaxed, easy to pick up.
System requirements, side by side
| Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville | Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition | |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum GPU | AMD: Radeon HD 7730 | Radeon HD 7730 |
| Minimum CPU | AMD: FX-4350 | Phenom X4 9850 |
| Minimum RAM | 4 GB | 4 GB |
| Install size | 15 GB | 40 GB |
Can your PC run them? Check each against your own kit: Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville · Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition.
Accessibility features
Steam store pages declare 1 accessibility feature for Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville and 0 for Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition. A declaration is a floor, not a review.
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Common questions
How different are Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville and Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition in scope?
Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville has drawn 18,807 Steam reviews, ships 1 add-on and installs in 15 GB. Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition has drawn 50,300 Steam reviews and installs in 40 GB.
Is Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville or Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition better?
By the GamingPickz Score, Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition rates higher (8.0 to 6.7). That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, not our taste. "Better" also depends on price, length and platform, which the table above lays out.
Which is cheaper, Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville or Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition?
Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville is cheaper right now at $29.99, against $29.99. Prices move, so this is read live from Steam and can change.
Do you rank one above the other for a fee?
No. Neither game, nor anyone else, pays for placement or a verdict here. The order and every figure come out of the same public data the rest of the site uses.
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How we compare, and what we will not do
The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment (adjusted for sample size), the critic aggregate and popularity, computed by the same code every ranked list on this site uses. The Steam rating label is Valve's own, reconstructed from the positive percentage and review count. Prices are read live. We do not write an opinion of which game is "better": we report the numbers and say which wins each measurable question above.