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Plants vs. Zombies
Version 3.16.0 · Electronic Arts · com.ea.game.pvzfree_row

The tower defense classic that started it all, straight from PopCap. Build a garden army, hold off five waves of undead suburbia, and do it on just about any Android phone made since 2017.

What is Plants vs. Zombies

Plants vs. Zombies is the first mobile version of PopCap's 2009 tower defense hit, brought to Android by Electronic Arts. The idea is simple. A horde of zombies shuffles toward your front lawn from the right edge of the screen, and you line up defensive plants across five lanes to stop them. Sunflowers earn you sun to spend, peashooters deal the damage, walnuts soak up the hits, and you unlock forty-nine plants over the course of the campaign.

Two big modes ship with the game. Adventure runs fifty levels spread across day, night, pool, fog, and rooftop settings, with mini-games and puzzle stages mixed in. Endless Survival throws faster and faster waves at you until one zombie finally reaches the lawn. There is no live service here, no subscription, and nothing that needs you to be online. Every level runs right on the device.

The free Google Play download locks the premium plants and the coin economy behind in-app purchases. The modded build below strips those locks out. You get an unlimited pool of sun and coins from the very first level, and the entire plant roster is unlocked, so you can try late-game lineups on early stages.

Key features

Forty-nine plants
Sunflowers, peashooters, wall-nuts, cherry bombs, gatlings, magnets. Each plant has a sun cost, a recharge timer, and a clear lane role.
Twenty-six zombie types
Cone-heads, bucket-heads, pole-vaulters, balloon zombies, gargantuars. Each one needs a different counter; lane composition is the puzzle.
Fifty Adventure levels
Day, night, pool, fog, and rooftop scenarios with mini-games and puzzles between major chapters. Built for short sessions.
Survival and mini-games
Endless Survival, Last Stand, I Zombie, Vasebreaker. Five distinct mode families beyond the main story for replay.
Offline play
No login, no internet check, no ads in the campaign view. The whole game runs from local storage once installed.
Crazy Dave's Shop
Spend earned coins on the upgraded plants, garden tools, and Zen Garden flowers. Cosmetic and progression rewards.

App info

Publisher
Electronic Arts (modded build)
Package ID
com.ea.game.pvzfree_row
Version
3.16.0
Size
120 MB
Installs
500,000,000+ (Google Play)
Rating
3.8 / 5 (5.7M reviews)
Genre
Strategy · Tower Defense
Requires
Android 7.0 (Nougat) and above

What this mod offers

  • Unlimited sun

    The sun meter starts full and stays that way. Drop premium plants on level one without grinding through sunflower lanes first.

  • Unlimited coins

    Crazy Dave's shop opens up instead of staying locked. Grab the upgraded plants, taco refills, and shovel upgrades on your very first run.

  • All plants unlocked

    The whole roster, upgrade tier included, is yours to pick from right at the start. Handy for testing late-game lineups on the early Adventure levels.

  • Premium content unlocked

    Plant slots, mini-games, and the Zen Garden plants the original keeps behind purchases are all open from the start.

  • No advertisements

    The cross-promo banners and the interstitials that pop up between Adventure levels are gone.

How to install

Installing follows the usual Android sideload steps. On most phones it takes three taps, assuming you have already given your file manager the "install unknown apps" permission.

  1. Download the APK file

    Tap the download button on this page. The file drops into your default Downloads folder.

  2. Allow installs from this source

    Open Settings, search for Install unknown apps, find your file manager or browser in the list, and switch the permission on.

  3. Open the downloaded APK

    Tap the file in your Downloads folder. Android's package installer opens and lays out the permissions it wants.

  4. Tap Install

    Confirm the install. Let the progress bar finish, then tap Open to launch the app.

  5. First run setup

    Skip past the welcome banner. If the mod is working, the sun counter already shows the unlimited value on your first Adventure level.

What's new in version 3.16.0

  • Compatibility patch for Android 14 and Android 15 devices.
  • Fixed a long-standing audio crash on certain Pool stage levels.
  • Crazy Dave's shop layout refreshed for tablets and folding phones.
  • Save game format updated; old saves remain compatible on first launch.
  • Performance improvements on Endless Survival above wave forty.

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FAQ

Is Plants vs. Zombies free on Google Play?
Yes. The base app is free with in-app purchases for the premium plant slots, the coin economy, and the mini-game bundles. The Adventure mode itself is fully playable without any purchase.
What is different about the modded APK?
The modded build starts the player with unlimited sun and unlimited coins, unlocks the full plant roster, and removes the in-game advertisements. The fifty Adventure levels, the mini-games, and the Endless Survival mode behave identically.
Does this APK work on the Plants vs. Zombies 2 sequel?
No. This is the original 2009 game ported to Android in 2017. The sequel is a separate app (Plants vs. Zombies 2) with a different package ID, different gameplay structure, and a different mod target.
What Android version do I need?
Plants vs. Zombies 3.16.0 requires Android 7.0 (Nougat) or above. The game runs on both arm64-v8a and armeabi-v7a builds and stays under 120 MB total install footprint.
How big is the download?
The 3.16.0 APK is approximately 120 MB. Allow extra room on the device for save data and the Zen Garden assets; the full install settles around 120 MB after first launch.