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Zero-K

Zero-K

Zero-K Team · Zero-K Team · Apr 27, 2018
Strategy Free to Play RTS Indie Simulation Multiplayer
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Live player data is temporarily unavailable; historical values remain visible for context.

Zero-K - Steam Charts & Historical Stats

With 100+ truly unique units, Zero-K is an RTS of freedom and creativity, tempered by a decade of refinement. Explore historical player activity and pricing for Zero-K. Player-count data was last observed Oct 5, 2026.

Genre
Indie
Developer
Zero-K Team

Zero-K player count and price summary

Current players
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All-time peak
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Current US price
Price unavailable

Player count last observed . Values marked unavailable are not estimated.

Last Tracked Players

85
change unavailable (24h)

All-Time Peak

179
Feb 2026

Estimated Owners

500,000 .. 1,000,000
Estimate via SteamSpy

Game Insights

Update Momentum

Infrequent Updates — 0 patches in last 30 days.

1 patches and 1 news items in last 180 days. Latest patch effect size: 0.00.

▼ No recent patches

Genre Benchmarks

Player Count Top 53%
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Can I Play This?

Steam declarations and Valve's Steam Deck compatibility result. Missing data is shown as unknown, never unsupported.

Sources fresh
Native Steam builds
Windows: unknown
macOS: unknown
Linux: unknown
Steam Deck
unsupported
Valve compatibility test
Input
Controller support: unknown
Structured language support (1)
LanguageInterfaceFull audioSubtitles
EnglishYesYesYes
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System Requirements

Platform Support
Windows Linux
Windows Requirements
Minimum:
Minimum:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS *: Windows 7, 8, or 10
  • Processor: 2.0 GHz dual core CPU with SSE (Intel Core 2 Duo or equivalent)
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 512 MB graphics card with OpenGL 3 support (GeForce 8800 or equivalent); integrated cards may not work
  • Storage: 6 GB available space
Recommended:
Recommended:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS *: Windows 7, 8, 10 or 11
  • Processor: 3.0 GHz quad core CPU (Intel Core i5 or equivalent)
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 2048 MB graphics card with OpenGL 3 support (high GT 500 series or equivalent)
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: 8 GB available space
Linux Requirements
Minimum:
Minimum:
  • OS: Ubuntu 13.04 or equivalent
  • Processor: 2.0 GHz dual core CPU with SSE (Intel Core 2 Duo or equivalent)
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 512 MB graphics card with OpenGL 3 support (GeForce 8800 or equivalent)
  • Storage: 6 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: 64bit only, Big Picture mode is not supported
Recommended:
Recommended:
  • OS: Ubuntu 17.10 or equivalent
  • Processor: 3.0 GHz quad core CPU (Intel Core i5 or equivalent)
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 2048 MB graphics card with OpenGL 3 support (high GT 500 series or equivalent)
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: 8 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: 64bit only, Big Picture mode is not supported
Pricing
Free to Play

Additional Information

Categories
Single-player Multi-player PvP Online PvP Co-op Online Co-op Cross-Platform Multiplayer Steam Cloud Family Sharing
Tags
Strategy Free to Play RTS Indie Simulation Multiplayer Real-Time Singleplayer Co-op Online Co-Op +3 more
Supported Languages
English*
*languages with full audio support
Official Website
https://zero-k.info

Additional Information

🇧🇷 DEJUS Rating
6
Brazilian rating
🇩🇪 Steam Germany
12
German classification
📦 DLC Available
3
downloadable content
🆘 Support

Developer Analytics

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About This Game

With 100+ truly unique units, Zero-K is an RTS of freedom and creativity, tempered by a decade of refinement. Sculpt land into a castle and throw invaders off it with a Jugglenaut. Explore a massive campaign, solo or co-op. Hop online for epic 32 player battles or fast paced 1v1, on 100s of maps.

Detailed Description


Commander wanted! Construct giant robots, build an army of a thousand Fleas. Move mountains if needed. Bury the enemy at all cost!
  • Traditional real time strategy with physically simulated units and projectiles.
  • 100+ varied units with abilities including terrain manipulation, cloaking and jumpjets.
  • 70+ mission galaxy-spanning campaign to be enjoyed solo or co-op with friends.
  • Challenging, (non-cheating) skirmish AI and survival mode.
  • Multiplayer 1v1 - 16v16, FFA, coop. ladders, replays, spectators and tournaments.
  • Really free, no paid advantages, no unfair multiplayer.

Fully Utilized Physics


Simulated unit and projectile physics is used to a level rarely found in a strategy game.
  • Use small nimble units to dodge slow moving projectiles.
  • Hide behind hills that block weapon fire, line of sight and radar.
  • Toss units across the map with gravity guns.
  • Transport a battleship to a hilltop - for greater views and gun range.

Manipulate the Terrain


The terrain itself is an ever-changing part of the battlefield.
  • Wreck the battlefield with craters that bog down enemy tanks.
  • Dig canals to bring your navy inland for a submarine-in-a-desert strike.
  • Build ramps, bridges, entire fortress if you wish.
  • Burn your portrait into continental crust using the planetary energy chisel.

Singleplayer Campaign and Challenging AI


Enjoy many hours of single player and coop fun with our campaign, wide selection of non-cheating AIs and a survival mode against an alien horde.
  • Explore the galaxy and discover technologies in our singleplayer campaign.
  • Face a challenging AI that is neither brain-dead nor a clairvoyant cheater.
  • Have some coop fun with friends, surviving waves of chicken-monsters.
  • Cloaking? Resurrection? Tough choices customizing your commander.

Casual and Competitive Multiplayer


Zero-K was built for multiplayer from the start, this is where you can end up being hooked for a decade.
  • Enjoying epic scale combat? Join our 16v16 team battles!
  • Looking for a common goal? Fight AIs or waves of chicken-monsters.
  • Prefer dancing on a razor's edge? Play 1v1 in ladder and tournaments.
  • Comebacks, betrayals, emotions always running high in FFA.
  • Want to fight for a bigger cause? Join PlanetWars, a competitive online campaign with web-game strategic elements, diplomacy and backstabbing (currently on hiatus pending an overhaul).

Power to the People


We are RTS players at heart, we work for nobody. We gave ourselves the tools we always wanted to have in a game.
  • Do what you want. No limits to camera, queue or level of control.
  • Paint a shape, any shape, and units will move to assume your formation.
  • Construction priorities let your builders work more efficiently.
  • Don't want to be tied down managing every unit movement? Order units to smartly kite, strafe or zig zag bullets.

Plenty of Stuff to Explore (and Explode)


Zero-K is a long term project and it shows, millions hours of proper multiplayer testing and dozens of people contributing ever expanding content.
  • Learn to use all of our 100+ units and play on hundreds of maps.
  • Invent the next mad team-tactics to shock enemies and make allies laugh.
  • Combine cloaking, teleports, shields, jumpjets, EMP, napalm, gravity guns, black hole launchers, mind control and self-replication.
  • Tiny flea swarm that clings to walls?
  • Jumping "cans" with steam-spike?
  • Buoys that hide under water to ambush ships?
  • Mechs that spew fire and enjoy being tossed from air transports?
  • Carrier with cute helicopters?
  • Jumping Jugglenaut with dual wielding gravity guns?
  • Meet them in Zero-K!

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Zero-K still getting updates?
Infrequent Updates — 0 patches in last 30 days. 1 patches and 1 news items in last 180 days. Latest patch effect size: 0.00.
Is Zero-K free to play?
Yes, Zero-K is free to play on Steam.
What genre is Zero-K?
Zero-K is a Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Free To Play game.
Who developed Zero-K?
Zero-K was developed by Zero-K Team and published by Zero-K Team.
What platforms does Zero-K support?
Available on Steam for Windows, Linux.

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