Gray Zone Warfare Steam Charts & Stats

The game is good but after 20+ hours worth of grinding stuff, I fell off a mountain due to the game pushing me off, I died on a rock that was almost completely inaccesable, and when I went back to get my stuff (which you only have 60 minutes and 1 chance to do), I got stuck in some terrain and couldn't get out. I put in a support ticket and asked on the discord if someone could help me get unstuck. The discord chat had an ai that responded with an ai generated ticket on some random website, where my request was considered "high priority." I never got a word back in what has been over 90 minutes. All my stuff is gone now; thanks for nothing devs. Edit: 6 days later, not a word (Keep in mind, the devs suggested putting in a ticket to help get unstuck)

Fantastic game. Though wouldn't recommend PvP just yet as ... it's sort of riddled with cheaters / hackers. Don't believe the hype; they're very real. This isn't me "just crying because I died." Aimbot, ESP, wall-hacks, and 'bone detection' is a thing - so don't be surprised when a player spins around like a robot and headshots you out of no where. Or makes a bee-line straight for you across the map despite making every effort to hide. It must be nice to pretend you're good at something without handicaps! \o/

The graphics are good, but the game is boring "PVE". I didn't try PvP because it is the same boring game with hackers for excitement. There is zero point to loot anything because the items do nothing, At least in Tarkov you can build a hideout or use the items to craft. Just another boring walking sim with boring missions and zero depth.

175 hours since april 4 and i still load it up most nights. gray zone warfare is a pvpve extraction shooter from madfinger games and its still in early access. the devs say its about 20 percent done. it already runs better than most games that call themselves finished. the ai is what keeps me coming back. the spearhead 0.4 update and the 0.4.2 patch reworked how enemies think. patrols reposition mid fight now, they flank, they dont sit still and trade shots. they also stopped sniping me from across the entire map which was the worst part of the old build. accuracy got tuned so theyre dangerous at the range theyre supposed to be and not a meter past it. high tier enemies are a real problem again. theres a new player visibility readout that tells you how detectable you are and it changes how you move through a compound. madfinger wanted it hardcore again and it shows. lamang island is the map and every zone reads different. tiger bay, midnight sapphire, the outlying towns, the jungle in between. 0.4 cleaned up the sightlines and packed the world with detail so you have a reason to push into places you used to skip. you learn the terrain by walking it until the landmarks stick. the loop is simple and brutal. take a contract, fly out, do the work, call the heli, get home alive. die and your gear stays on your body. die again before you reach it and the first stash is gone for good. inventory is tetris, ballistics are deep, zeroing your optic matters at range. nothing is handed to you. the tasks send you everywhere. eyes and ears, harvest moon, the first recon cycle that every faction runs at the start. handshake, gunny and lab rat keep the work coming. the writing hints at the islands dark lore without ever spelling it out and im not going to spoil it. roadside picnic and stalker are clearly in the dna. the audioscape is the thing i didnt expect to love this much. the jungle never shuts up, frogs and insects and foliage moving, and it all matters because footsteps and gunfire cut through it. you hear a firefight across the valley and you know someone else is out there working a different objective. the extraction heli is a sound you learn to want. positional audio has won me more fights than my aim has. its early access so things break and balance shifts patch to patch. thats the deal you sign up for. if you want a tactical extraction shooter that respects your time and punishes your mistakes this is the one. buy it.

So, I had this game on my wishlist for a VERY VERY longtime. Had sales come and go as they went past, primarily because of the Recommended 32GB RAM for the game in recommended settings. Anyway, to cheer myself up from something upsetting that happeend. I bought the game. (After MANY people on Reddit said I'll be fine posting if my rig can run it) Anyway it does! smoothly. Although keep in mind I have my FPS capped and have Gsync and Vsync enabled in the Nvidia global settings. The game is enjoyable, there's a deep learning curve that needs to be mastered or at least understood, I've actually used all my rations, water, bandages, etc and have died (but recovered my gear) multiple times. Oh well, it's a learning curve I myself have to learn. I exclusively play PvE as I am not that comfortable playing PvP but even PvE is a very enjoyable experience, with many users even ditching PvP for PvE! The game runs well, I had 1 minor connection issue in the 10 hours I played with zero crashes or glitches. (minus any mistakes I made but I can only blame myself) There is one criticism and word of advice I would like to share. Over the 10+ hours I have in the game I have noticed quite alot of strain on my GPU, not by much but an increase of about 2-5 degree celcius compared to my GPU. (So 50C for my GPU and 53C for my CPU for example) This is probably been noted by the devs but it's kust an optimisation issue that needs to be addressed for anyone who is indeed maxing out on their CPU with higher temps than me. Definitely worth noting. Other than that, it's a pretty solid game for Pre Alpha. And I can see a bright future ahead. I'll refrain from adding a wishlist as it's just unnecessary in a Steam review. And Discord is far better for like minded people to build on my foundation for a wishlist. Anyway Solid 7/10.

+ the deepest sound design + best jungle/forest atmosphere + god-tier weapon customization + punchy ballistic system + environmental storytelling + photorealistic lighting and foliage + perfect balance of catchy relaxing gameplay and hardcore military sim + that's not Tarkov - no auto - no stamina - no Rusty 💩

WATCH OTHER PEOPLE PLAY ON TWITCH FOR ITEMS, SO FUN! Honestly its a giant empty map, the enemy AI is trash and they are all bullet sponges. Oh and if you want PVP prepare to be one tapped in the head by a cheater you never even saw lol. Arma reforger is a much much better game in basically every aspect.

Good game, but very little gameplay... AND A LOT OF CHEATERS. Last 3 times I got ended by someone coming to me (while I literally lied in the bushes in the forrest) by one-two shots. That's not luck or skill. They exactly knew where I am.

I have had a lot more fun in the game since the 0.4 update. It's nice to see a developer that listens to the players. I only play PVE, I have never really enjoyed the PVP aspect. As a PVE player, I do feel there are some things that really need to be done to improve the gameplay. First, Faction only servers for PVE would drastically change the playability of the game in regards to missions. Since we don't interact with the other factions, there is no point in fighting over locations with them. I have gone in to complete a mission only for everything to be dead and cleared with other factions in the area that you can't see on the map. Especially areas closer to their home base, Fort Narith for example. Go in for the boss mission and everything is dead with 2-3 squads running around that you can't see on the map. Either give them a different color designator on the map or just simply split us off. The next thing would be to keep PVP and PVE loot separate. Clearing an area only to have it looted by scavenge rats that run back off to PVP gets annoying. Another game within the same genre does not allow the PVP/PVE loot to mix and we need that. I would also like them to fix the stamina and arm pump. Holding scoped in as an elite military fighting machine only to be out of breath after 10 seconds is a joke.

I enjoyed Gray Zone Warfare early on, but over time several decisions have pushed me away from the game. One of the biggest issues has been the increasing focus on Twitch campaigns and exclusive rewards. A large portion of the community has voiced opposition to locking items behind Twitch promotions, yet criticism often seems to be met with locked threads, removed discussions, or heavy moderation rather than meaningful engagement. The backlash to the most recent campaign became one of the most upvoted negative discussions on Reddit in less than 24 hours, which should be a sign that many players are unhappy with the direction. The gameplay itself also suffers from growing frustration. Cheating has become increasingly common, to the point where it feels comparable to other extraction shooters that struggle with the same problem, perhaps even approaching Tarkov levels at times. PvE has its own issues. Many PVP focused players use PvE servers to farm loot rather than their PVPVE server, clearing valuable areas and killing HVTs for gear before others can reach them. Players trying to complete missions often spend hours searching for a target that has already been killed with low respawns or arriving at locations that have been completely stripped. Those same players can then transfer back to PvPvE servers with the gear they acquired and focus purely on PvP. This creates massive time sinks and takes much of the enjoyment out of PvE. A few months ago, I spent three days trying to complete one mission that required killing an HVT and another that required finding a specific key. Every attempt was ruined by players repeatedly farming those locations before anyone else could complete their objectives. In the end, the friends I had bought copies of the game for became so frustrated that they quit and never looked back. Time is limited, and wasting multiple days because mission progress depends on competing with loot farmers is simply not fun. Without private servers (not their idea of private servers with is servers for select twitch streamers with special controls for them) or a true friends-only option, players who simply want to enjoy cooperative PvE are forced to compete with server looters and campers.