
- 65/100
- Players48 ratings
- 53/100
- Critics12 reviews
More scores
- Metacritic31 critic reviews
- 51/100
- Metacritic usersuser score
- 60/100
- GameFAQsJust Right
- 2.19/5
- Player reviews
- 75% positive29,209 reviews
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Runs on
- Windows
- Price
- US$4.99
Where to get it

2019 · Avalanche Studios Group · Adventure · First-person shooter
Generation Zero
Generation Zero is a stealth-action shooter where you wage guerilla warfare against lethal mechanical enemies. Explore a vast open world map inspired by the Swedish Cold War era, take part in the resistance alone or with up to three friends in seamless co-op.
- Released
- 2019
- Platforms
- PlayStation 4PlayStation 5WindowsXbox One
- Genres
- AdventureFirst-person shooterShooterSurvival
- Developers
- Avalanche Studios Group
- Publishers
- Avalanche Studios Group
- Modes
- MultiplayerSingle-player
- Perspective
- First person
- Themes
- ActionOpen world
- Country
- Sweden
- Age ratings
- USK 16PEGI 12ACB MGRAC 15+ESRB T
- Languages
- Chinese (Simplified), English, English (UK), French, German, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Spanish (Spain), Swedish
- Time to beat
- 18hmain story87hcompletionist
About
Generation Zero is a first-person shooter video game developed and self-published by Avalanche Studios, under the brand Systemic Reaction. The game was announced in June 2018 and released on PlayStation 4, PC and Xbox One on March 26, 2019.
›Story
Generation Zero is set in the familiar but hostile open world of Östertörn, Sweden. Your once peaceful home has now been overrun by mysterious, deadly machine enemies. You must choose your battles wisely as you engage in adrenaline-pumping guerilla combat against the mechanical forces.
Players say
Media
The articlegameplay, story, development, reception
Gameplay
Generation Zero is an open-world, co-operative, first-person shooter, survival game that can be played online with up to three other players or solo.
Story
The game takes place in an alternate 1989 Sweden where violent robots have taken over. The robots range in size from tiny scouting drones to massive robots that tower over the houses. The player assumes the role of a Swedish teenager who returns from an island excursion to find that the local populace has disappeared as a result of the robotic invasion. While striving to survive in the Swedish wilderness, the player must figure out a means to beat the machines and learn what happened to people who lived there.
The artistic style of the game has frequently been likened to the artwork of Simon Stålenhag, including by the artist himself. However, despite perceived similarities, Avalanche Studios has denied that the style of the game has been inspired or motivated by Stålenhag's art and that the artist was involved directly or indirectly in the making of the game.
Reception
According to review aggregator Metacritic, Generation Zero has received "generally unfavorable reviews" for the PlayStation 4 version of the game and "mixed or average reviews" for the Windows and Xbox One versions.
Releases by platformdates and regions as published
Editions and related releases
- Included in
- Generation Zero: Resistance BundleGeneration Zero: Base Warfare Starter BundleGeneration Zero: Gold BundleGeneration Zero: Silver BundleGeneration Zero: Ultimate Bundle
- Downloadable content
- Generation Zero: Fnix RisingGeneration Zero: Alpine Unrest
- Built on it
- Generation Zero: Alpine UnrestGeneration Zero: Fnix RisingGeneration Zero: Eastern European Weapons PackGeneration Zero: Motorbikes PackGeneration Zero: US Weapons Pack 2Generation Zero: Reinforced Flakmoped PackGeneration Zero: Companion Accessories PackGeneration Zero: Tactical Equipment Pack 2Generation Zero: Heavy Weapons Pack
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