Generation Zero®

Open-world survival shooter about guerrilla warfare against deadly machines

Systemic Reaction™ · Published by Avalanche Studios · Released Mar 26, 2019

Reviews: Mostly Positive; 72% of 42K
Recent reviews: Mostly Positive; 77% of 105 in 30 days
Playing now: 180; right now
Steam Deck: Verified
Last update: 1 year ago; Jan 16, 2025

What is Generation Zero®?

An open-world first-person survival shooter set in Cold War-era Östertörn, Sweden, where mysterious machines have overrun the region. Alone or in online co-op with up to three friends, you explore forests, streets, and bunkers, scavenge and craft supplies, fight machines, build bases, and investigate what happened.

For you if...

+you enjoy tense scavenging and dangerous machine encounters
+you want solo or four-player online co-op
+you like open-world exploration with optional base building

Not for you if...

−you need varied missions and deep late-game progression
−you dislike repetitive looting and bullet-sponge enemies
−you want a story-led campaign with varied objectives

What players say

72% of 42,260 reviews are positive · 77% of 105 in the last 30 days

Players praise the tense early hours, machine combat, Swedish countryside, sound design, and cooperative play. The most common complaints are repetitive mid- and late-game missions and combat, shallow progression, and persistent bugs, including getting stuck or losing quest progress; players also say development ended with these issues unresolved.

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Generation Zero® system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: 64bit OS - Windows 7 with Service Pack 1
Processor: Intel i5 Quad Core
Graphics: nVidia GTX 660 / ATI HD7870 - 2GB VRAM / Intel® Iris™ Pro Graphics 580
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Storage: 35 GB available space