The series follows the affiliates of David "Crazy Dave" Blazing as they use his plants to defend against a zombie invasion, led by Dr. Edgar George Zomboss.

Plants vs. Zombies Heroes is a digital collectable card game with characters from previous installments.

[2] A PopCap spokesperson, Garth Chouteau, revealed in an IGN interview that Plants vs. Zombies would be released soon on PC and Mac.

[4][5] During the promotion of Plants vs. Zombies, PopCap released a demo version of the game that could be played for thirty minutes.

[30] Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare was announced at E3 2013 as a multiplayer third-person shooter game made for PC and consoles.

[36] On March 10, 2016, PopCap announced Plants vs. Zombies Heroes, a digital collectible card game in the style of tower defense.

[38] In August 2019, a closed beta of a sequel to Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 codenamed "Picnic" was made available to select players through invites.

[39] On September 4, 2019, EA announced the sequel's title; Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville.

Known as "Project Hot Tub" in reference to Hot Tub Time Machine, the game was to have been an action game along the lines of the Uncharted series but maintaining its family-friendly nature, featuring two teenage siblings that travelled through time to fight zombies.

[43] Elements and characters from the comic book series were later adapted to the franchise's video game instalments, and vice-versa,[44] in particular Plants vs. Zombies 3.

In April 2022, Plants vs. Zombies artist and character co-creator Rich Werner revealed that a Plants vs. Zombies animated feature film had been fully pitched at DreamWorks Animation,[45] with "a full script reading and a room full of concept art" by Peter Zaslav,[46][47] with Werner listing out what the intended plot of the film had been in an interview that May.