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Generation Zero®

Systemic Reaction™ · Avalanche Studios · 2019-03-26

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ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Feb 13, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Mar 26, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 26, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Mar 26, 2019 (Xbox One)

Generation Zero is a stealth-action shooter where you wage guerilla warfare against lethal mechanical enemies. Explore a vast open world map inspired by the Swedish Cold War era, take part in the resistance alone or with up to three friends in seamless co-op.

Generation Zero® is a $24.99 Action, Adventure game released in 2019, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and Mostly Positive (72% of 42220 reviews).

224
playing now
72%
positive of 42k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
53/100
critic score (12 outlets, IGDB)
64/100
IGDB user rating (46 ratings)
81
Nexus mods (656k downloads)
3.99★
PlayStation Store rating (13,726 ratings)
49/100
opencritic · weak · 7% recommend · from 65 critics
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

224 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Generation Zero is a first-person shooter video game developed and self-published by Avalanche Studios, under the brand Systemic Reaction. The game was announced in June 2018 and released on PlayStation 4, PC and Xbox One on March 26, 2019.

Trailer

Generation Zero® trailer thumbnail

Generation Zero Official Game Trailer

≈831,839 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 224 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 918 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~115/week).
  • · Review velocity up 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 27,908 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 1.1M–2.5M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 42,320 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.80 at GreenManGaming (2021-08-23) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 118 of 124 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
83883820192026Week of 2019-03-01: 741 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 838 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 318 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 402 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 283 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 166 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 808 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 113 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 434 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 279 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 267 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 336 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 697 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 215 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 301 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 342 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 261 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 284 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 333 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 281 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 551 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 137 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 280 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 521 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 188 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 449 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 156 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 326 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 108 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 561 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 198 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 444 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 164 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 361 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 105 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 531 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 139 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 290 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 302 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 233 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 252 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 334 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 658 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 219 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 444 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 131 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 288 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 480 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 133 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 256 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 457 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 140 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 491 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 150 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 261 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 317 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 315 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 620 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 224 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 310 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 129 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 260 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 395 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 31 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5981282026-09-15 12:00 — 244 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 353 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 217 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 291 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 598 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 283 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 175 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 331 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 255 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 234 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 278 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 165 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 128 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 241 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 408 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 186 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 252 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 312 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 174 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 321 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 461 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 183 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 160 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 224 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2.6k164Mar 2019Aug 2026Mar 2019 — avg 2,589 · peak 6,914Jun 2019 — avg 199 · peak 551Sep 2019 — avg 168 · peak 434Dec 2019 — avg 494 · peak 1,380Mar 2020 — avg 449 · peak 2,037Jun 2020 — avg 522 · peak 1,773Sep 2020 — avg 537 · peak 1,354Dec 2020 — avg 630 · peak 1,702Mar 2021 — avg 1,206 · peak 5,743Jun 2021 — avg 997 · peak 2,846Sep 2021 — avg 317 · peak 704Dec 2021 — avg 835 · peak 2,107Mar 2022 — avg 587 · peak 1,330Jun 2022 — avg 569 · peak 1,581Sep 2022 — avg 758 · peak 2,156Dec 2022 — avg 1,580 · peak 4,923Mar 2023 — avg 1,121 · peak 2,527Jun 2023 — avg 1,111 · peak 3,125Sep 2023 — avg 798 · peak 2,238Dec 2023 — avg 1,356 · peak 3,232Mar 2024 — avg 698 · peak 1,658Jun 2024 — avg 587 · peak 1,506Sep 2024 — avg 409 · peak 1,076Dec 2024 — avg 999 · peak 2,876Mar 2025 — avg 365 · peak 790Jun 2025 — avg 317 · peak 610Sep 2025 — avg 254 · peak 546Dec 2025 — avg 337 · peak 754Mar 2026 — avg 274 · peak 573Jun 2026 — avg 283 · peak 581Aug 2026 — avg 285 · peak 665
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
11112026-09-242026-10-132026-09-26: 9 new positive2026-09-26: 1 new negative2026-10-03: 4 new positive2026-10-03: 2 new negative2026-10-05: 4 new positive2026-10-05: 3 new negative2026-10-07: 4 new positive2026-10-07: 2 new negative2026-10-09: 4 new positive2026-10-09: 2 new negative2026-10-11: 11 new positive2026-10-11: 1 new negative2026-10-13: 1 new positive2026-10-13: 2 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$34.99$0.802019-01-252026-10-102019-01-25 — best price $34.992019-11-26 — best price $16.992020-05-04 — best price $24.992021-01-04 — best price $24.992021-07-16 — best price $24.992021-11-19 — best price $9.992022-01-07 — best price $22.492022-03-28 — best price $24.992022-05-31 — best price $21.222022-08-12 — best price $7.502022-10-12 — best price $24.992022-12-05 — best price $22.492023-02-10 — best price $6.542023-04-17 — best price $4.992023-06-16 — best price $6.492023-09-26 — best price $29.992024-01-31 — best price $22.472024-04-10 — best price $4.992024-05-25 — best price $24.992024-07-31 — best price $24.992024-09-24 — best price $19.392024-11-29 — best price $4.752025-01-13 — best price $24.992025-03-13 — best price $7.492025-07-24 — best price $5.802025-10-06 — best price $24.992025-11-13 — best price $24.992026-01-10 — best price $24.992026-03-20 — best price $24.742026-05-20 — best price $4.992026-07-02 — best price $4.992026-09-07 — best price $4.992026-10-10 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

97452026-05-31 — 72 pageviews2026-06-04 — 57 pageviews2026-06-08 — 73 pageviews2026-06-12 — 52 pageviews2026-06-16 — 81 pageviews2026-06-20 — 67 pageviews2026-06-24 — 67 pageviews2026-06-28 — 69 pageviews2026-07-02 — 58 pageviews2026-07-06 — 63 pageviews2026-07-10 — 76 pageviews2026-07-14 — 50 pageviews2026-07-18 — 75 pageviews2026-07-22 — 65 pageviews2026-07-26 — 77 pageviews2026-07-30 — 73 pageviews2026-08-03 — 79 pageviews2026-08-07 — 67 pageviews2026-08-11 — 88 pageviews2026-08-15 — 67 pageviews2026-08-19 — 70 pageviews2026-08-23 — 68 pageviews2026-08-27 — 69 pageviews2026-08-31 — 64 pageviews2026-09-04 — 93 pageviews2026-09-08 — 85 pageviews2026-09-12 — 72 pageviews2026-09-16 — 62 pageviews2026-09-20 — 63 pageviews2026-09-24 — 60 pageviews2026-09-28 — 55 pageviews2026-10-02 — 68 pageviews2026-10-06 — 87 pageviews2026-10-09 — 72 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

5002026-10-02 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-03 22:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-04 02:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-04 06:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-04 10:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-04 14:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-06 00:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-06 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 23:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-08 03:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-08 07:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-08 11:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-09 23:35 — 6 viewers2026-10-10 03:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-10 11:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-11 09:34 — 50 viewers2026-10-11 13:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-11 17:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-11 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 01:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-12 05:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-13 20:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-14 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 04:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-14 08:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-15 05:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-15 09:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
94.7%
earned "First Blood"
14.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing23 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese

Post-launch support: 23 DLC released, first 2019-06-11, latest 2024-06-25 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FPS1980sCo-opMechsHorrorRobotsSci-fiSandboxShooterSurvival

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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