Foobar Zero

Foobar Zero

Early access since Dec 2025

Foobar Zero is a fast-paced multiplayer shooter game, with anime characters. Customize your characters with various outfits, create your own loadout with futuristic guns and swords, and dominate your enemies with superior movement!

81% positive · 148 reviews
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In early access, content still planned
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Content Planned
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In early access, content still planned
High confidence
Content Planned

Where to get it

Free on Steam

Evaluation

Foobar Zero entered Steam Early Access on December 4, 2025, after 8 years of development. The developer's launch post laid out a clear roadmap: more gamemodes, maps, weapons, skills, a male playable character, cosmetics, and regular seasonal events — all planned for the Early Access period and beyond into 1.0 and post-1.0. The developer explicitly stated that 1.0 is more than a year away and committed to continued development. Since launch, the game has received consistent and frequent updates. Six major content drops have shipped between launch and July 2026: the Easter event (April 3, 2026) added two new weapons (Uzi and Bow) and new accessory slots; the Chaser game mode launched June 27, 2026, fulfilling a specific roadmap commitment; and the Summer event launched July 17, 2026, adding a new weapon (Plasma Cannon) and premium cosmetics. Feature patches have arrived regularly between major drops. The February 9, 2026 developer post reaffirmed that the male character is in early development and will be released during Early Access, alongside plans for additional weapons (including a Railgun and Assault Shield not yet released), more events, and expanded cosmetics. The most recent developer communication was July 17, 2026. The game is free-to-play with an in-game cosmetics shop — a structure the developer has explicitly described as their monetization model to fund ongoing server and development costs. The developer has been consistently communicative and is actively delivering on their stated roadmap, with several announced features still unshipped.
Evidence
Summer event launched with new Plasma Cannon weapon and first premium emote — another weapon from the February 2026 planned list has shipped. Most recent developer communication.
news post · Jul 17, 2026 source content shipped
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Chaser game mode launched — fulfilling a specific commitment from the February 2026 roadmap post and the launch roadmap.
news post · Jun 27, 2026 source content shipped
high

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Details

Publisher
Foobar Zero Development Team
Achievements
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Platform
Windows
Controller
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Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Multiplayer · PvP

About this game

  • Fast paced action, with dynamic movement such as walljumps and dodges

  • 6v6 team based PvP, or 12 player free for all

  • Customizable loadout, with 3 weapons 3 skill slots

  • Multiple gamemodes

  • Anime aesthetic

  • Customizable outfits for your character

  • Futuristic virtual world

Foobar Zero is set in a world where the virtual reality has reached such a level, where it is possible to fully immerse and control your game avatar. In this game, you are controlling such an avatar, and combatting other players in a simulation. The area of the combat is replicated from old records, currently available locations, and even fictional locations, like an alien ship!

Check out the in-game shop where you can purchase various outfits for your character! You can mix them together however you want, and choose the color you like, to express your own style. These are pure cosmetics and doesn't affect the gameplay to keep it balanced.

You won't last long if you stand still. Use the covers, dodge the attacks, and walljump your way to victory! Practice your skills on the different maps, to learn all the jumps and tricks you can do. Nobody will be able to stop you!

With the various melee weapons in game, you can find your favourite. Do you prefer faster attacks? Power Katana is the perfect one for you! Are you more tactical, you want to wait around the corner, or predict your enemy's movement? Rocket Fists will deliver powerful attacks but each one has to be charged up. Try them all out, and you will find what is best for you!

Each loadout have 3 skills. One passive, one active, and one ultimate. Ultimates need to be charged up, but when it's usable, they have high impact. Use Bubble Shield to protect your party from any damage, or Tornado, to demolish anyone close to the impact!

Return to the roots of multiplayer gaming! Create your own room, select game mode, map, and other settings, and start your own game! Play multiple rounds with the same people if you want, or choose a different, the choice is in your hands!

Last evaluated Aug 16, 2026
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