Game overview
STALZONE
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
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- STALZONE is the PvPvE extraction shooter where you don't have to start over — and the only one with a 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. Choose your side and over time you’ll learn where it’s safer to travel and also where every route can become a gamble.
Experience nail-biting tension without the frustration of loss: keep your gear and long-term progress but the loot you find is at risk until you bring it back alive. Upgrade your weapons and refine your build. No one can take it away from you.
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The world persists and is not just a place to loot. NPCs live in it, factions fight over it, and players shape it with no escape timers or progression wipes. It's the only extraction shooter that plays like an MMO — and the only MMO that plays like an extraction shooter.
The Zone is a living social ecosystem where open-world events, faction conflicts, social hubs, and a player-driven market bring people together. Trade, cooperate in 5-player squads, ambush, betray, or carve out your own reputation. Every system creates interaction, and every interaction becomes a story.
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A cinematic storyline that includes main and side quests smoothly immerses you in the world and its mechanics through nail-biting action, dialogues, and real choices that affect the story. You’ll enjoy a narrative experience almost like a single-player STALKER-style journey inside a persistent online world.
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STALZONE has grown through years of development, iteration, and community-driven evolution. Over that time, it has become a unique ecosystem of mechanics, social systems, and player-made stories unlike anything else.
- Skill-driven gunplay — victory comes from aim, tactics, and game knowledge, not just gear. Master 200+ realistic weapons with deep customization built for true gun lovers.
- Persistent progression — your character, reputation, equipment, faction ties, and place in the world carry forward over time with no progression wipes.
- Fair free-to-play model — monetization focuses on cosmetics and optional progression support, not buying power. Everything can be earned in-game and even paid skins or boosters can be obtained through the player-driven marketplace.
- Global matchmaking for fairer fights — players are matched by similar power, keeping raw gear advantage in check. High-tier gear brings high-tier danger, so success still depends primarily on skill and experience.
- In-house anti-cheat — STALZONE runs on our own engine and is protected by EXENS, our dedicated anti-cheat team, giving us maximum control in a genre where balance is crucial.
- Community-shaped world — years of updates, feedback, balance changes, and player behavior have turned STALZONE into a living online world with its own rules, stories, and culture.
- Proximity voice chat — hear the players around you before you see them. Every encounter becomes a negotiation, a deception, or a standoff.
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New to extraction shooters? STALZONE is built to give you the best of all worlds. Enjoy a 50+ hour cinematic story campaign that guides you through the Zone step by step delivering dangers, progression, factions, and PvPvE tension. It gives you room to learn, adapt, and survive against both the world and other players, turning extraction into something you discover through fun, not suffering.
STALZONE is intentionally free to play. No box price, no trick, no scam — just a world we have spent years building, asking only for your curiosity and nerve.
Explore more. Risk more.
The Zone doesn’t punish curiosity and remembers.
Formerly known as STALCRAFT
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Minimum
Minimum:- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit / Windows 11 64-bit
- Processor: Intel Core i3-6100 / AMD Ryzen 3 1200
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 / AMD Radeon RX 560
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 50 GB available space
- Additional Notes: SSD recommended
Recommended
Recommended:- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit / Windows 11 64-bit
- Processor: Intel Core i5-7400 / AMD Ryzen 5 1600
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 / AMD Radeon RX 580
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 50 GB available space
- Additional Notes: SSD recommended
Game details Languages, features & support
- Publisher
- EXBO
- Brazilian rating
- 18
- Steam Germany rating
- 18
- Achievements
- 17
- Features
- Multi-player, MMO, PvP, Online PvP, Co-op, Online Co-op, Steam Achievements, In-App Purchases, Camera Comfort, Custom Volume Controls, Playable without Timed Input, Stereo Sound, Subtitle Options, Family Sharing
- Languages
- English, Russian*, Spanish - Spain, French, Korean
*languages with full audio support - Website
- Official website ↗
- Support
- [email protected] Support site ↗
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Stable player base with low churn risk.
Multiplayer Viability
Strong player base for matchmaking.
Update Momentum
108 patches and 109 news items in last 180 days. Latest patch effect size: 0.00.
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[img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41581512/9b33927e717cefc3a405bd7f7c3049cf33e3a5a3.png[/img] Branches stretch across weapons, foreign words emerge on armor, and discoveries increasingly feel like omens. [quote]Season pack #2 is now [b]available in the in-game store[/b]. New weapon and arm…
[p][img src="{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41581512/a45fbbb8e4c13928eb3011871b109d51ed94f251.png"][/img] Until [b]October 14, 05:00 server time[/b], the following events will be active in the North and the Labyrinth: [/p][quote][p]• The spawn rate of mutants in their respective territories,…
[p][/p][p][img src="{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41581512/836c4999ce71c9bcd4bbfdbb619ab424b5875ec5.png"][/img][/p][p]Server maintenance is completed, game servers are back online. The following changes are now available in the game: [/p][quote][p]• Added a new carry handle sight mount for…
[img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41581512/725b4d03560bcc03e6e0e1c6cd8050c1f80cab36.png[/img] [p]We will be performing server maintenance in the EU, NA, SEA and NEA regions: [quote][b] 7 October, 2026[/b] 07:00 - 09:00 (CEST) 01:00 AM - 03:00 AM (EDT) 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM (GMT+8) 02:00 PM -…
[p][img src="{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41581512/cbd6a6c651b721131e3073256a9d79f723e825c2.png"][/img][/p][p]Did Gauss “break your legs” again? Did KS-23 not let you reach cover? Did you dive into Stinky grenade and couldn't get out after the first shot? [/p][quote][p]Do you even know how…
Monthly cheaters banlists
performance[p][img src="{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41581512/cf3a9c22126c99ab777efe9fcfb8b4287d882f85.png"][/img] Hello to all inhabitants of the Zone! We continue to publish the list of banned players September 2026 (05.09.2026 – 04.10.2026). You can find it below: [b]• EU-server:[/b] [expand type=…
[img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41581512/f29ec1817d81a22c60ab8ad4e877570012cfb1a8.png[/img] From [b]October 7 at 5:00 AM[/b] server time to [b]October 14 at 5:00 AM[/b] server time, the following events await you in the Faction North and the Labyrinth: [quote]It's the perfect time to gat…
[img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41581512/3269f395897ab72888649661c5405e5c61eba405.png[/img]On [b]Saturday[/b], [b]October 3[/b], [b]2026[/b], from [b]2:00 PM[/b] to [b]4:00 PM[/b] ([b]UTC[/b]), maintenance will be carried out on the [url=https://support.exbo.net/en]EXBO support website[/…
Extra Tickets?!
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Hotfix [02.10.2026]
bug-fix[p][img src="{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41581512/0f40fec28ea99ea957043e29557c72bc066fc061.png"][/img]The following change has been made to the game without stopping the game servers:[/p][quote][p]Added alternative crafting options in Hideout, in which Artifact Fragments have been replace…
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