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Population Zero
Survival on Kepler is a race against time. Make the most of the remaining 168 hours or get turned into an unworldly being by the Sphere. Complete quests to help NPCs, explore the diverse landscape, survive wildlife and other players. Uncover Kepler’s mysteries and your mission’s true goal.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“(EDITED JUNE 6 2020) Things you might wanna know - You start in a PvE session - There are desert, swamp, jungle, snow, volcano and hills/starting area biome - Creature currently in the game (Variant = different type in different biome), Kvar/varients, Yutt/variant,…”
— a player, Steam review · 76 hrs played“I've played since closed testing (I've played probably 30 hours total.), I will try to give a fair write up of the game in its current state. This game doesn't neatly fit into the survival or mmo genre, its a weird mixture of genres where it tries to be a survival game, tries to…”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played“Where did the website go ?? https://pzonline.com/en/ GONE!! Bye Bye game! Enplex, next time listen to the players instead of the guy with the money that doesn't know anything about MMO's or gaming in general. Maybe next time don't sell off a great game because you get greedy!!…”
— a player, Steam review · 49 hrs playedPrice tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-25. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Twitch Drops are back on Kepler!
We invite all fans of survival games to watch Population Zero streams on Twitch . Choose a broadcast to your liking and start earning awesome in-game rewards: Exclusive Twitch-themed Helmet and Banner
Minor Update 23.07.2020. Patch Notes Inside
Tomorrow, on July 23rd we will release a small patch that fixes several inconsistencies and adds minor cosmetic improvements. See the full patch notes below. Please, keep in mind that the update only
The New Content Update Lands On Kepler Today! [Updated]
Greetings, colonists! Today, after 08:00 am EST/ 12:00 am GMT we are launching a big content update that will ring the changes in gameplay as well as in the visuals. We have also improved technical pe
All the details of the upcoming patch
Greetings, colonists! The next update will land on Kepler tomorrow, June 11th. Alongside multiple changes to the user interface, hotfixes and performance enhancements, it will bring the following qual
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie, Early Access |
| Player tags | Adventure · Action · RPG · Massively Multiplayer · Indie · Survival · Open World · Exploration · Open World Survival Craft · Simulation · Sci-fi · Crafting (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Spanish - Latin America, Russian * , Portuguese - Brazil * |
| Estimated owners | 0 – 20,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://pzonline.com/en/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 64-bit Processor: i5 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce 950 GTX Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 30 GB available space Additional Notes: System requirements might change after Early Access