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STALZONE
STALZONE is the PvPvE extraction shooter where you don't have to start over — and the only one with persistent world worth belonging to. You are invited to explore the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone twisted by anomalies and divided between rival factions whose territories shape the danger around you
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “Varied exploration and combat” (30 of 100 reviews) and “Gradual gear improvements” (8); the most common complaint is “Excessive grind and time-gating” (27). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
What the most-helpful reviewers agree on
30 of the 100 reviews raise this.
“Going out with an empty backpack can be pretty relaxing. Do some quests, clear enemies, collect materials and explore a bit. Then the backpack starts filling up, enemy players appear nearby and suddenly the exact same…”
“The PvE is actually pretty fun and not just filler, mutants and AI enemies can still keep you paying attention even when no players are around”
“It’s a good game, the progression balance is excellent, the map and weapons are good, I like it.”
8 of the 100 reviews raise this.
“It’s a good game, the progression balance is excellent, the map and weapons are good, I like it.”
“The game has a pretty nice sense of progression. small upgrades slowly add up.”
“The first few deaths were annoying until I realized I was keeping my main gear. Losing the backpack still hurts, but at least I can go straight back out without rebuilding everything.”
6 of the 100 reviews raise this.
“I like how squads change the whole experience. With friends, even simple farming becomes way more fun.”
“The player interactions are unpredictable. Sometimes people help, sometimes they shoot first.”
“solo is fun too but playing with a friend makes everything better because freaking out together is always way funnier”
5 of the 100 reviews raise this.
“A very addictive game with a huge world, lots of modes and events.”
“I appreciate that the game gives you multiple things to focus on. Quests, farming, PvP, crafting, trading, all of it matters.”
“I enjoy how you can switch between farming, questing, and PvP depending on the mood.”
4 of the 100 reviews raise this.
“I like how the game rewards paying attention. Running around brainlessly usually gets you punished.”
“The learning curve is noticeable, but the game gives you enough reasons to keep figuring things out.”
“Boss fights and tougher enemies add a nice change of pace from regular farming.”
27 of the 100 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“This game use to be good but because of exbo's policy on people stealing your account the game has completely fallen off the fact they only care about making money and the fact they wont help player who get their…”
“gear based matchmaking is a scam, only had veteran armor & guns & i constantly got festroyed by guys with +15 master gear.... dont see a point in playing long sessions enymore becuz of time gating mechanic with the…”
“Game doesn't explain how the gear matchmaking works. I luckily watched videos and read about how it worked. I carefully avoided upgrading my stalker level gear and using veteran level gear until I became more familiar…”
24 of the 100 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“played for an hour and some change heres how it went My tutorial bugged out and i had to restart the game twice (couldnt interact with the dude while sitting at hermetic pressed every key) until the 3rd time when F…”
“I NEVER write reviews on anything, so me just writing this shows that i feel some way about this game. almost 6k hours in #1 clan NA since launch but ill keep this short. devs don't care about NA region, literally. #1…”
“gear based matchmaking is a scam, only had veteran armor & guns & i constantly got festroyed by guys with +15 master gear.... dont see a point in playing long sessions enymore becuz of time gating mechanic with the…”
22 of the 100 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“played for an hour and some change heres how it went My tutorial bugged out and i had to restart the game twice (couldnt interact with the dude while sitting at hermetic pressed every key) until the 3rd time when F…”
“i am basically okay with everything about this game if the "naturalistic PVP" wasn't so awful to play with because players with the best gear will just camp around the spawn areas of new players. If this game had a PVE…”
“End game is riddled with actual cheaters who are using ESP while friends get banned for RMT because they sold a rare item off the action house (using in game chat to negotiate a different price)How are we suppose to…”
20 of the 100 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“This game use to be good but because of exbo's policy on people stealing your account the game has completely fallen off the fact they only care about making money and the fact they wont help player who get their…”
“Game is dead content. especially if you are on the NA server. Stalcraft started as a MMO Stalker with nothing else like it on the planet, some how it turned into a fake extraction shooter called Stalzone. It has turned…”
“I NEVER write reviews on anything, so me just writing this shows that i feel some way about this game. almost 6k hours in #1 clan NA since launch but ill keep this short. devs don't care about NA region, literally. #1…”
12 of the 100 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Game is not that bad, pvp is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ that you can't beat unless you are a sweat lord who hasn't touched grass in over a year and Exbo keep nerfing the wrong ♥♥♥♥ and buffing everything else to the point that a 9mm smg…”
“Heavily suggest you stay away from the game unless u have a 4 man team, games balancing is just non existent and fights are never fair nor fun.”
“There's wayyyy too much running playing this game! when you are trying to do some missions it takes about 30 minutes to get to the spot and you'll end up dying with the bots and the bots are retardedly strong. They need…”
Note: these 100 most-helpful reviews lean more negative than the game overall — 55% of them recommend it, against 72.1% across all 109,262 reviews.
Counted across 100 English reviews (the 100 most helpful) · as of 2026-09-26
“The game is pretty fun and I enjoyed playing it. If this gets 10 likes I'll eat my socks”
— a player, Steam review · 29 hrs played“Played this game for 2 weeks and for the most part had some fun, but the PVP is ridiculous. You should be able to choose whether you want to do PVP or PVE like WOW does allowing you to flag for it in a safe zone. I just wanted to do PVE content and was driven away because of the…”
— a player, Steam review · 18 hrs played“ Game has gone downhill fast. I have been playing since global released. I started playing it because it was the perfect mixture of open world survival, full pvp, extraction shooter, with MMO character…”
— a player, Steam review · 5,799 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-21.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Fight or suffer!
Hatred against fury. Faith against despair. Which is stronger? Which is worthy?! Find out what awaits you in the Arena in the new Festivity trailer.
OTS fixes
- PVE rounds were made more challenging - Snork set: added a movement and sprint speed multiplier - Rat set: the damage multiplier against zombified enemies has been increased on levels 2 and 3; a wea
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OTS fixes
· Nerfed Vampirism by 50% at upgrade levels 1 and 2; · Reduced effective range of the SIG MPX; · Buffed mutants, zombies, electric and fire nodes; · Reduced Relic durability. Please restart your clien
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Action, Massively Multiplayer, RPG, Free To Play |
| Player tags | Extraction Shooter · Online Co-Op · Open World · MMORPG · Post-apocalyptic · Free to Play · FPS · Survival · PvE · PvP · Multiplayer · Shooter (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Multi-player · MMO · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Achievements · In-App Purchases |
| Languages | English, Russian * , Spanish - Spain, French, Korean * |
| Achievements | 17 |
| Official site | https://stalzone.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 64-bit / Windows 11 64-bit Processor: Intel Core i3-6100 / AMD Ryzen 3 1200 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 / AMD Radeon RX 560 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 50 GB available space Additional Notes: SSD recommended