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Frontline Zed cover art

Frontline Zed

Richard East · Volcanic Games · 2019-10-03

Steam

ActionIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Oct 03, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 06, 2020 (Nintendo Switch)

Defend your fortified barricade by night, collect weapons and conduct repairs by day. Survive long enough to make your way through America and towards rescue.

Frontline Zed is an Action, Indie, and Strategy game released in 2019, priced at $11.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (59% of 338 reviews).

0
playing now
59%
positive of 338 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$11.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 06:00 UTC (census sample)

All that separates you from the horde is a wall… built yourself, from scrap. Collect weapons where you can. Manage your time well. Will you spend precious daylight hours repairing your defense, or searching for other survivors to help you fight? The promise of rescue beckons - if you can survive long enough to make it.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 17 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 70% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (80 reviews).
  • · Top 24% of 27,661 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 8.4k–20k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 338 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2022-01-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
505020192026Week of 2019-10-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$11.99$2.992019-10-032026-05-252019-10-03 — best price $9.952019-12-09 — best price $9.952020-01-23 — best price $8.992020-03-23 — best price $8.992020-05-11 — best price $8.392020-07-13 — best price $7.192020-10-19 — best price $7.192020-11-25 — best price $5.992020-12-22 — best price $4.792021-02-11 — best price $4.792021-03-25 — best price $4.072021-06-24 — best price $4.072021-08-30 — best price $3.952021-10-28 — best price $3.592021-12-06 — best price $3.592022-01-27 — best price $2.992022-03-07 — best price $11.992022-05-16 — best price $11.992022-07-07 — best price $11.992022-08-29 — best price $11.992022-11-14 — best price $11.992022-12-19 — best price $11.992023-01-23 — best price $11.992023-03-23 — best price $11.992023-05-15 — best price $11.992023-07-13 — best price $11.992023-10-02 — best price $11.992024-01-04 — best price $11.992024-04-01 — best price $11.992024-06-24 — best price $11.992024-09-09 — best price $2.992024-11-27 — best price $2.992024-12-19 — best price $2.992025-05-26 — best price $2.992025-07-14 — best price $2.992025-09-29 — best price $2.992025-12-18 — best price $2.992026-02-23 — best price $2.992026-04-06 — best price $2.992026-05-25 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

27
achievements tracked
81.7%
earned "Zed Killer"
33%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play Together

8 supported languages: English, German, Russian, Simplified Chinese, French, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)27614%27
Switch (Nintendo)60%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

GoreCo-opIndieActionHorrorViolentZombiesStrategySurvivalIsometric

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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