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Z1 Battle Royale
Z1 Battle Royale is a Free to Play, fast-paced, action arcade, competitive Battle Royale. Staying true to its "King of the Kill" roots, the game has been revamped and restored to the classic feel, look, and gameplay everyone fell in love with. Play solo, duos, or fives and be the last ones standing.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
12 of the 66 reviews raise this.
“Realistic and fun simulation of Detroit area.”
“bring this game back, best BR of all time. just dead servers”
“best battle royale game of all time, game is starting to revive itself”
3 of the 66 reviews raise this.
“best battle royale game of all time, game is starting to revive itself”
“still playable in 2k26 10/10 friendly community as well.”
13 of the 66 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“bring this game back, best BR of all time. just dead servers”
“good game. i miss its prime and more people should come back to it.”
“the ♥♥♥♥ you mean new season. i cant even find a lobby, h1 youre officially dead”
8 of the 66 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“Used to be the best BR you could possibly play back then in 2017. Massively hyped and a huge amount of streamers playing the game but everything had to be ruined by a company who didn't listen to their community.…”
“Just play any other battle royale.”
6 of the 66 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“Used to be the best BR you could possibly play back then in 2017. Massively hyped and a huge amount of streamers playing the game but everything had to be ruined by a company who didn't listen to their community.…”
“unique battle royale game that have been inted and abandoned by devs. sad we dont have fast paced BRs like h1 anymore.”
“it's sad they just gave up on just survive and Z1 Battle royale they need to step up and start fixing it”
4 of the 66 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“hacker won't let you play.”
Counted across 66 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 55.7% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“we didnt know we were in the golden days”
— a player, Steam review · 156 hrs played“I will leave the cat here, so that everybody who passes by can pet it and give it a thumbs up and awards /> フ | _ _ l /` ミ_xノ / | / ヽ ノ │ | | | / ̄| | | | | ( ̄ヽ__ヽ_)__) \二つ”
— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played“BLUD ive spent 40mins tryna log in does this game even work in the big26 i just wanna suck some toes”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:13 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. 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.
PC Maintenance: February 19, 2020
The Z1BR client has been updated with the following fixes: • ARV spawns have been replaced with Offroader spawns to correct an exploit that allowed players to go prone and shoot inside the ARV turret
Season 6 Kickoff and Server Update
Season 6 of Z1BR begins today, Thursday, November 7, in all server regions (no downtime is required). This season, we are relaxing ping lock and removing Asia as a playable region. This will allow us
Game Update: July 17, 2019
Z1BR servers will come down in all regions on Wednesday, July 17 at 2 PM PDT / 10 PM BST to bring you the new game update. Estimated downtime is 3 hours. Full patch notes below: Game Updates: New Vehi
Game Update: June 26, 2019
Z1BR servers will come down in all regions on Wednesday, June 26 at 2 PM PDT / 10 PM BST to bring you the new game update. Estimated downtime is 2 hours. Full patch notes below: Game Updates: New Arca
New Summer Event: Hot Dog Eating Contest!
H1Z1 (PS4) and Z1BR (PC) servers will be coming offline at the below times for each region for an estimated 2-hour maintenance to bring you the new Summer game update: Z1BR PC global: Wednesday, June
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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, Free To Play, Massively Multiplayer |
| Player tags | Survival · Massively Multiplayer · Multiplayer · Open World · Battle Royale · PvP · FPS · Action · Shooter · Free to Play · Third-Person Shooter · Zombies (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · In-App Purchases |
| Languages | English * , French, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese * |
| Estimated owners | 10,000,000 – 20,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.h1z1.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10 (64 bit only) Processor: Intel i5 Quad-Core Memory: 6 GB RAM Graphics: nVidia GeForce GTX 460 series or higher DirectX: Version 10 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 20 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Card