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Aground Zero

Aground Zero

The world has ended. You are deep underground, and all alone with a cheery AI companion. You will have to mine and build to survive, and search for other survivors to help you. Will you be able to reach the surface? And what will you find when you get there?

Released Apr 4, 2025 Developer Fancy Fish Games Platforms Windows · Linux Colony SimExplorationSandboxCharacter CustomizationRPG
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (US · as of 2026-05-19)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.

82.0%positive128 reviews
Recommended · 3 found this helpful

“I really liked the game. It takes a completely different approach compared to the first one by going 3D, keeping some of the old mechanics but adding a ton of new ones. One thing I noticed right away is the dialogue—it shifted from the mature, serious tone of the original to…”

— a player, Steam review · 240 hrs played
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“First Aground have depth of grand pit of endless souls, doomed to eternal suffering for mistakes of forefathers past Agorund zero have depth of piss puddle in borlänge public bathroom”

— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

35achievements
44.9%median completion
5.8%rarest: Orbital City
92.3% of players 88.0% of players 87.5% of players 83.1% of players 79.3% of players 78.6% of players 71.6% of players 70.3% of players 67.1% of players 61.5% of players 59.6% of players 58.2% of players 55.0% of players 54.0% of players 52.2% of players 48.5% of players 45.6% of players 44.9% of players 40.2% of players 39.4% of players 37.9% of players 35.4% of players 28.0% of players 24.5% of players 21.9% of players 21.7% of players 20.8% of players 19.7% of players 13.9% of players 12.4% of players 12.0% of players 11.5% of players 8.7% of players 7.1% of players 5.8% of players 92.3% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
92.3%Powering Up — Power a Battery and Hydroponics.
88.0%Shelter — Build a Bunker.
87.5%Instant Meat — Defeat a Bat.
Rarest badges of honor
5.8%Orbital City — Build a Space Station with 10,000 blocks of O2.
7.1%Terraforming Mars — Plant 20 trees on Mars.
8.7%This Time for Real! — Hidden achievement

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Apr 08, 2025
Update 1.0.2

This is a small update with some minor improvements and bugfixes. Changelog: Reduced time to mine Uranium Reduced exotic matter needed per colony ship Fixed anti grav upgrade disappearing when they en

Apr 04, 2025
Aground Zero Full Launch!

Aground Zero started with a simple idea: What if I made a 3D spinoff of Aground focusing on base building and automation? I teased this idea with an April Fool’s joke that turned out to be very real:

Apr 04, 2025
Minor Update 1.0.1

This update includes a Russian translation, improves text overflow and issues with other translations, and adds concrete and asphalt ramps (you unlock them with the ramp blueprint).

Apr 01, 2025
Version 1.0 - Now Available in 6 Lanugages!

With the full launch date around the corner, we're releasing version 1.0! This includes 5 new languages: Spanish, German, French, Portuguese and Simplified Chinese. We also made some last minute impro

Mar 04, 2025
Aground Zero 1.0 Coming April 4th, 2025!

After a successful year in Steam Early Access, tons of community driven updates, and a host of new features (including multiplayer), new areas and new content, Aground Zero is ready for players to get

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.

GenresAdventure, Indie, RPG
Player tagsColony Sim · Exploration · Sandbox · Character Customization · RPG · 3D · First-Person · Voxel · Post-apocalyptic · Underground · Base-Building · Controller (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · LAN Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements
LanguagesEnglish, French, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Russian
ControllerFull support
Achievements35
Official sitehttps://fancyfishgames.com/AgroundZero/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 64-bit Processor: Intel Skylake 2 cores / 4 threads @ 2.5Ghz or equivalent Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: DX11 graphics cards with a 3DMark Fire Strike score 2k+ for high quality, 1GB VRAM DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 4 GB available space Additional Notes: If unsure, try the demo - if the demo runs smoothly, so will the full version.