A free zombie horde game where you are the horde

Most zombie games make you run from the horde. Bonewake flips it: you are a necromancer in a moonlit graveyard, and every villager, knight, archer and priest who falls can rise again to fight for you. Build a shambling undead army, wave after wave, right in your browser.

How the horde works

Enemies drop corpses. Hold right-click over them to raise every body inside your green circle as a minion, then hold left-click to rally your undead to the cursor. The bigger your horde, the longer you survive, but raising costs mana, so time it well.

Controls

• Move: your necromancer follows the mouse (or use WASD / arrow keys).
• Raise the dead: hold right-click over corpses to raise everything inside the green circle. It costs mana. Space or E works too, for trackpads.
• Rally: hold left-click to send your minions to the cursor.
• Death Bolt: you fire homing bolts at the nearest foe automatically.
• Souls: collect purple souls for XP, level up and pick one of three dark gifts.
• P / Esc pauses, M mutes.

Waves get harder

Waves start with villagers carrying pitchforks, then add knights, archers and priests who banish the undead. Every fifth wave a Champion of the Light arrives. Survive, collect souls, and turn each fallen enemy into one more soldier for your horde.

Dark gifts

Each level up offers three dark gifts. A few favourites:

• Legion: +4 max minions
• Corpse Bomb: minions explode when they fall
• Soul Leech: minion kills heal you
• Grave Reach, Bone Edge, Frenzy, Iron Marrow, Undying, Mana Well, Blood Pact, Thrifty Rites and more

Want something slower?

Try Necro Swarm, our free idle necromancer game, where your horde grows even while you are away.

FAQ

Is Bonewake free?

Yes. Bonewake is completely free and runs in your web browser. There is nothing to download or install.

Do I need an account?

No. Just open the page and click to begin. You only type a name if you want your score on the leaderboard.

What kind of game is it?

A top-down horde survival action game, in the style of survivor-likes, where you play the necromancer and the horde is yours.

Is there a leaderboard?

Yes. Bonewake has an all-time and a weekly leaderboard, the Hall of the Risen.