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

The original tower defense classic from PopCap. Plant a garden army to hold off five waves of undead suburbia, on every Android phone built since 2017.

What is Plants vs. Zombies

Plants vs. Zombies is the original mobile port of the 2009 PopCap tower defense game, packaged for Android by Electronic Arts. The premise is straightforward: a zombie horde shuffles toward your front lawn from the right side of the screen, and you place defensive plants along five lanes to stop them. Sunflowers generate the currency, peashooters do the damage, walnuts absorb the hits, and a roster of forty-nine plants unlocks across the campaign.

The game ships with two large modes. Adventure runs fifty levels across day, night, pool, fog, and rooftop scenarios, with mini-games and puzzle stages folded in. Endless Survival pushes you against ever-faster waves until a single zombie crosses the lawn. There is no live service, no subscription, and no online requirement. Every level runs locally on the device.

The free download on Google Play is gated by in-app purchases for the premium plants and the coin economy. The modded build below removes those gates, gives you an unlimited sun and coin pool from level one, and unlocks the full plant roster so you can stress-test 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 at maximum and stays there. Place premium plants on level one without grinding sunflower lanes first.

  • Unlimited coins

    Crazy Dave's shop becomes browsable rather than gated. Buy the upgraded plants, taco refills, and shovel upgrades on the first run.

  • All plants unlocked

    The full roster including the upgrade tier is selectable from the start. Useful for testing late-game lineups on the early Adventure levels.

  • Premium content unlocked

    Plant slots, mini-games, and the Zen Garden plants that the original gates behind purchases are open by default.

  • No advertisements

    The cross-promo banners and interstitials between Adventure levels are removed.

How to install

The install follows the standard Android sideload flow. Three taps on most devices if you have already granted "install unknown apps" permission to your file manager.

  1. Download the APK file

    Tap the download button on this page. The file lands in your default Downloads folder.

  2. Allow installs from this source

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

  3. Open the downloaded APK

    Tap the file in your Downloads folder. Android's package installer opens and shows the requested permissions.

  4. Tap Install

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

  5. First run setup

    Skip the welcome banner. The sun counter shows the unlimited value on the very first Adventure level if the mod is active.

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.