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Fight through post-apocalyptic South Korea in this retro survival horror. Uncover the truth behind the devastating meteor impact that left the country in ruins and turned every living organism into a terrifying monstrosity. Fight. Solve puzzles. Upgrade gear. Make every bullet count.
Ground Zero is a survival horror, zombies and action game
developed by Malformation Games
and published by Kwalee.
Released on April 16th 2026 is available only on Windows
in 10 languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.
It has received 424 reviews of which 379 were positive and 45 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.3 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 17.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 9.60€ on Gamivo.
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Intel Core i5 9th Generation / Ryzen 5 3600
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (6 GB) or AMD Radeon RX 580 (8 GB)
- Storage: 30 GB available space
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Capcom takes notes. This is what resident evil fans want, this was an amazing game, highly recommend.
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Welcome to South Korea where the residents are definately evil. Let me start this off by saying for the cost of this game you get WAY more content then most survival horror games, everytime i think its about to end there is another development that leads to a new location and as of writing this I have about 20 hours invested.... and STILL there are levels that I can only experiance on a new playthrough so this product is impossible to review in the perpective of cost to hour. With that out of the way this game is basically resident evil 3 but with the design choices and mechanic's fine tuned, alternate paths are no longer small 15 minute detours but rather whole entire levels that change how you approach the game (some are more dangerous but faster to save supplies, other's offer more medical over weapons, etc.) jills dodge is now a dedicated button that can be done at will so long as you have the stamina and as a last ditch effort you can attempt to deflect the attack and counter with one of your own, when enemies are knocked down you can perform an execution, "herbs" now give permenant stat boosts if you combine 3, you have a "pot-shot" mechanic to save ammo... but this is off-set by enemies becoming more aggressive when wounded making them harder to dodge so your one-shot might just become on-par with a bee sting if you mess up the timing and make them more difficult to dodge with. Since the main character has allot more at her disposal then jill I reccomend anyone familiar with these sort of games to up the difficulty to hard otherwise you will break this game in half. if you like these games its worth a purchase as its impossible not to get your moneys worth.
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One of the most passionate and phenomenal works I've ever played. Despite me being an absolute FPS-head, this fixed-camera survival horror game has turned me into a fixed-attention fanatic. Overall, huge kudos to Malformation Games for this piece of art and congratulations on your first release! From the original soundtrack and scoring, to the level design, world building, and to the gameplay itself, everything about this game is awesome. As of this review, yes; there are some optimization bugs and GPU utilization issues (that were quickly addressed and being worked on), but nothing on my end that took away from enjoying the game. I just wanted to put it out there that I'm not ignoring this but also that it isn't a dealbreaker whatsoever. Oh, and for the love of god, this is a fixed-camera game; DO NOT USE MODERN CONTROLS. These games are built with tank controls in mind and it only takes a little bit of gameplay to get used to. Using "Modern" controls in a game built to be retro makes no sense but is there as an option. Ground Zero, despite being a "Resident Evil clone" as it's primary inspiration alongside Silent Hill does a wonderful job establishing its own identity and world. The environments are grandiose and dilapidated yet full of life (a very invasive life that is, haha) and the camera angles exemplify the immense amount of love poured into it all. There's a huge variety of weapons, a large amount of replayability via different story routes/decisions and challenges, a proper roster of enemies to face, and overall just a fresh take on the genre. This game is hard, by the way. Don't come in expecting a cakewalk but also don't expect artificial or unfair difficulty either. This game really engages you and makes you think outside the box. My only real gripes with the game is that the combat feels a bit lackluster, primarily with melee (to which I have no constructive criticism for as I have no idea what would make it feel better) and the "critical shot" system. There's hardly any punishment for the use of critical shots except wasting 1 ammo and if you do get it, any gun will 1-shot kill anything except bosses even if it isn't a headshot . For the sake of ammo economy, you should be doing this at all times and personally, I find that a bit cheesy as it effectively makes every enemy feel like fodder. Otherwise, it is up to the player to make self-imposed rules to not use an overpowered mechanic in the game. Even without critical shots, the game provides you with a generous amount of ammo on the base difficulties (Easy/Normal/Hard) and you're only really required to pick your fights on the higher difficulties. As it stands right now, critical hits are purely RNG with headshots and specific weapons having higher rates. I think critical shots should not be an instakill, but instead be 3x damage and procurable upon deliberate headshot or something, giving it more skill expression and less excessive value. Aside from this, I have 0 other qualms with the game aside from some nitpicky things about the UI and UX, but nothing has overshadowed how much I enjoy Ground Zero. Well done, Malformation Games. You made a certified classic. <3 Here's to hoping for some cool updates in the future!
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I dunno, it's kind of a mixed bag for me but I do recommend it because it at least tried to be its own thing. The visuals are amazing, the camera angles are chef's kiss and even the character design of Seo-Yeon in itself is a reference to the old survival horror classics (Dino Crisis and Resident Evil) and I think her outfit is a mix of colors for the Korean flag. Game's really good if you don't mind the padded pacing, weak dialogue, clunky menus and their lackluster design (btw if you pause next to a door and then resume, the game thinks you want to use the door again), a map that has no legend nor options to toggle floors and many many issues like the bloated mechanics at your disposal but only 1 of them rules all. (you'll understand it better if you try your hand at this game). In a way, this game reminds me of the early 2000s games like Obscure where you have a lot going on at once and things to pay attention to but don't necessarily complement each other and the maker/dev just threw everything in their hand on the table in one fell swoop. Anyhoo I hit the 8 hour mark and still have not finished the game. Spent last night only playing this till 5 am. Now I am not complaining at all, but the padded gameplay could use a bit of trimming because so many of the rooms in every map are there to hold 1 key item so that you go to the other end of another corner to unlock something and so on and so forth. Other games in this medium have their maps like an organized building/structure; an east wing, a center and a west wing or something along the lines of that. If you're willing to spend your hard earned money on this, sure you can go for it but expect a lot of pacing issues. Personally? I think this is one of those games where you open a music playlist and just enjoy zombie survival horror fun.
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Amazing game! Must have for the old school RE lovers. Did not finish it yet but so far im VERY impressed! (You need to limit the framerate in your gpu driver control panel otherwise your pc will exlode!)
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Ground Zero is currently priced at 17.99€ on Steam.
Ground Zero is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 17.99€ on Steam.
Ground Zero received 379 positive votes out of a total of 424 achieving a rating of 8.30.
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Ground Zero was developed by Malformation Games and published by Kwalee.
Ground Zero is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Ground Zero is not playable on MacOS.
Ground Zero is not playable on Linux.
Ground Zero is a single-player game.
There is a DLC available for Ground Zero. Explore additional content available for Ground Zero on Steam.
Ground Zero does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Ground Zero does not support Steam Remote Play.
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Malformation Games
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Kwalee
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16 Apr 2026
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