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Z1 Battle Royale

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.

Released Feb 28, 2018 Developer Daybreak Game Company Platforms Windows SurvivalMassively MultiplayerMultiplayerOpen WorldBattle Royale
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

55.7%positive204,013 reviews

What reviewers agree on

Praised
Criticised
Bar length = how many of the 66 reviews raise the point On criticised points, the pale part = reviewers who still recommend the game Select a point to see the exact counts and what reviewers wrote.

Counted across 66 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 55.7% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20

Recommended · 45 found this helpful

“we didnt know we were in the golden days”

— a player, Steam review · 156 hrs played
Recommended · 67 found this helpful

“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
Not recommended · 23 found this helpful

“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 played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:13 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

20playing at last check
18524-hour peak
150,179all-time peak
0 50k 100k 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 86.8k avg · Jul 2017

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.

Freecurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
Freelowest since tracking began2026-07-11

Latest official news

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

Feb 19, 2020
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

Nov 08, 2019
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

Jul 17, 2019
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

Jun 26, 2019
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

Jun 25, 2019
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

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAction, Adventure, Free To Play, Massively Multiplayer
Player tagsSurvival · Massively Multiplayer · Multiplayer · Open World · Battle Royale · PvP · FPS · Action · Shooter · Free to Play · Third-Person Shooter · Zombies (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesMulti-player · PvP · Online PvP · In-App Purchases
LanguagesEnglish * , French, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese *
Estimated owners10,000,000 – 20,000,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://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