I Made Plants vs Zombies But You're The Zombie (Thumbnail help)

[stone lava]

Hey! So I'm just starting out with my first proper video, and I'm trying to decide between two thumbnails. My channel is in the game dev niche and I suppose this video is also in the Plants vs Zombies niche, which is quite popular on Youtube.

Anways I have two thumbnails, the first one uses recognizable characters from plants vs zombies, so I'm assuming that it has more familiarity to it. My second one uses the assets I used in the video to make the small game I made, and I think it may have more chance in standing out in the sea of plants vs zombie videos, still not entirely sure though.

Also on the "familiarity" topic, I think the title including Plants vs Zombies may be enough familiarity in itself.

Would really love to get some feedback, thank you so much!

[south falcon]

I'd go for the left for recognition purposes

[river bane]

Yeah me too, but idk about u, this looks kinda cheap. No offense.

[weary robin]

Left by a longshot

[stone lava]

thanks yes I will most likely use this one for the reason you said

[stone lava]

the thumbnail you mean? if so what can I do to improve it?

[river bane]

I think the font is good, try making the background a bit less saturated so the plant is more visible. And add some outlines on the zombie or something to make it pop out more

Hope this helps

[stone lava]

it does, and good idea I'm definitely going to do that thanks