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STALZONE

EXBO · 2022-12-09

Steam

ActionMassively MultiplayerRPGFree To Play

Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Dec 09, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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

STALZONE is an Action, Massively Multiplayer, RPG, and Free To Play game released in 2022, priced as free-to-play, with Mostly Positive (72% of 105,431 reviews) sentiment.

4,599
playing now
72%
positive of 111k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
487
twitch viewers (latest)
32.5
viewers/channel (concentration)
82/100
IGDB user rating (113 ratings)
1179h
to beat · rushed 591h · completionist 1259h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

4,599 players in-game as of 2026-09-17 01:00 UTC (census sample)

STALZONE is the extraction shooter where you don't have to start over — and the only one with a 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.(Storyline via IGDB)

Trailer

STALZONE trailer thumbnail

Stalzone - Official Gameplay Trailer

≈11,462 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 4,599 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 19,808 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2,476/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-17

Tier history: thriving→healthy (Sep 17), healthy→thriving (Sep 16)

12-month high $0.00 · on sale 1 of 1 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6.8k6.8k20222026Week of 2022-12-01: 4,751 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1,769 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3,041 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1,166 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1,963 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 639 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1,585 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 465 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1,010 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 405 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1,236 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 373 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1,313 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 448 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1,492 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 484 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1,562 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 558 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1,404 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 398 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1,334 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 451 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 6,850 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,075 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1,380 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 541 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1,602 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 673 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1,280 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 490 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1,477 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 576 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1,226 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 506 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1,464 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 454 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1,331 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 516 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2,819 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1,034 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3,494 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1,558 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2,933 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1,152 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2,138 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 811 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2,968 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 804 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2,780 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 905 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2,675 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 891 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1,542 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 604 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1,694 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 717 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1,420 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 636 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1,543 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 644 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1,721 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1,011 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,566 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 703 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1,266 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 638 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1,083 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 669 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1,363 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 775 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2,810 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 766 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1,951 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 858 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1,820 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 890 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1,426 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 752 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1,422 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 797 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1,271 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 708 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1,293 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 686 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1,440 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 894 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2,023 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1,147 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2,269 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1,126 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 1,743 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 811 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 579 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 261 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

18k1.3k2026-09-15 22:00 — 5,867 players2026-09-15 23:00 — 5,355 players2026-09-16 00:00 — 4,532 players2026-09-16 01:00 — 4,400 players2026-09-16 02:00 — 4,120 players2026-09-16 03:00 — 4,177 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 4,351 players2026-09-16 05:00 — 4,600 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 2,476 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 1,260 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 1,377 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 5,053 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 10,908 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 12,860 players2026-09-16 13:00 — 13,420 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 16,407 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 17,024 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 18,146 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 16,920 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 11,625 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 8,912 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 6,038 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 4,858 players2026-09-17 01:00 — 4,599 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
16k2.5kDec 2022Aug 2026Dec 2022 — avg 5,667 · peak 9,088Feb 2023 — avg 3,722 · peak 7,213Apr 2023 — avg 2,776 · peak 5,550Jun 2023 — avg 2,620 · peak 4,417Aug 2023 — avg 3,548 · peak 6,608Oct 2023 — avg 3,977 · peak 11,542Dec 2023 — avg 5,717 · peak 14,512Feb 2024 — avg 4,726 · peak 11,751Apr 2024 — avg 5,404 · peak 10,858Jun 2024 — avg 6,624 · peak 19,153Aug 2024 — avg 15,814 · peak 37,676Oct 2024 — avg 10,553 · peak 36,874Dec 2024 — avg 13,945 · peak 40,123Feb 2025 — avg 9,047 · peak 19,611Apr 2025 — avg 8,720 · peak 22,319Jun 2025 — avg 9,217 · peak 27,050Aug 2025 — avg 9,038 · peak 17,060Oct 2025 — avg 9,392 · peak 26,874Dec 2025 — avg 13,655 · peak 32,988Feb 2026 — avg 10,789 · peak 23,739Apr 2026 — avg 10,529 · peak 23,803Jun 2026 — avg 10,219 · peak 23,708Aug 2026 — avg 11,982 · peak 23,404
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

#90#902026-09-152026-09-172026-09-15 — #902026-09-16 — #902026-09-17 — #90
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
83832026-09-162026-10-142026-09-16: 53 new positive2026-09-16: 26 new negative2026-09-17: 46 new positive2026-09-17: 12 new negative2026-09-18: 35 new positive2026-09-18: 21 new negative2026-09-19: 39 new positive2026-09-19: 26 new negative2026-09-20: 22 new positive2026-09-20: 44 new negative2026-09-21: 17 new positive2026-09-21: 20 new negative2026-09-22: 15 new positive2026-09-22: 23 new negative2026-09-23: 41 new positive2026-09-23: 23 new negative2026-09-24: 39 new positive2026-09-24: 14 new negative2026-09-25: 42 new positive2026-09-25: 25 new negative2026-09-26: 49 new positive2026-09-26: 25 new negative2026-09-27: 67 new positive2026-09-27: 29 new negative2026-09-28: 52 new positive2026-09-28: 26 new negative2026-09-29: 83 new positive2026-09-29: 29 new negative2026-09-30: 79 new positive2026-09-30: 29 new negative2026-10-01: 38 new positive2026-10-01: 28 new negative2026-10-02: 52 new positive2026-10-02: 20 new negative2026-10-03: 51 new positive2026-10-03: 18 new negative2026-10-04: 50 new positive2026-10-04: 20 new negative2026-10-05: 53 new positive2026-10-05: 12 new negative2026-10-06: 38 new positive2026-10-06: 13 new negative2026-10-07: 53 new positive2026-10-07: 23 new negative2026-10-08: 32 new positive2026-10-08: 23 new negative2026-10-09: 40 new positive2026-10-09: 4 new negative2026-10-10: 23 new positive2026-10-10: 27 new negative2026-10-11: 33 new positive2026-10-11: 24 new negative2026-10-12: 60 new positive2026-10-12: 48 new negative2026-10-13: 36 new positive2026-10-13: 21 new negative2026-10-14: 36 new positive2026-10-14: 21 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Twitch viewers

3.8k592026-09-30 21:34 — 443 viewers2026-10-01 06:34 — 310 viewers2026-10-01 15:34 — 1,517 viewers2026-10-02 00:34 — 382 viewers2026-10-02 09:34 — 216 viewers2026-10-02 18:34 — 876 viewers2026-10-03 03:34 — 114 viewers2026-10-03 12:34 — 647 viewers2026-10-03 21:34 — 590 viewers2026-10-04 06:34 — 140 viewers2026-10-04 15:34 — 860 viewers2026-10-05 00:34 — 280 viewers2026-10-05 09:34 — 266 viewers2026-10-05 18:34 — 1,056 viewers2026-10-06 03:34 — 141 viewers2026-10-06 12:34 — 496 viewers2026-10-06 21:34 — 330 viewers2026-10-07 06:34 — 71 viewers2026-10-07 15:34 — 1,229 viewers2026-10-08 00:34 — 247 viewers2026-10-08 09:34 — 239 viewers2026-10-08 18:34 — 1,165 viewers2026-10-09 03:34 — 155 viewers2026-10-09 12:34 — 622 viewers2026-10-09 21:34 — 524 viewers2026-10-10 06:34 — 119 viewers2026-10-10 15:34 — 1,073 viewers2026-10-11 00:34 — 221 viewers2026-10-11 09:34 — 502 viewers2026-10-11 18:34 — 1,142 viewers2026-10-12 03:34 — 128 viewers2026-10-12 12:34 — 625 viewers2026-10-12 21:34 — 533 viewers2026-10-13 06:34 — 121 viewers2026-10-13 15:34 — 557 viewers2026-10-14 00:34 — 171 viewers2026-10-14 09:34 — 292 viewers2026-10-14 18:34 — 512 viewers2026-10-14 20:34 — 487 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

17
achievements tracked
41.6%
earned "A Skirmish in Chernobyl"
5.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsMulti-playerMMOPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsIn-App PurchasesCamera ComfortCustom Volume Controls1 DLC

4 supported languages: English, Russian, Spanish - Spain, French

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2026-07-17 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)13,1182%17

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

Where its players are

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

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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