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Zero-K

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.

Recent Reviews:

Very Positive (36) - 94% of the 36 user reviews in the last 30 days are positive.

All Reviews:

Very Positive (3,690) - 93% of the 3,690 user reviews for this game are positive.

Release Date:

Apr 27, 2018

Developer:

Zero-K Team

Publisher:

Zero-K Team

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About This Game

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!

System Requirements

Windows

SteamOS + Linux

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:

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

* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.

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:

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

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