STALZONE

STALZONE

Released Dec 2022

STALZONE is the PvPvE extraction shooter where you don't have to start over — and the only one with persistent world worth belonging to. You are invited to explore the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone twisted by anomalies and divided between rival factions whose territories shape the danger around you

72% positive · 110K reviews
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Released, ongoing live service game
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Live Service
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Released, ongoing live service game
High confidence
Live Service

Where to get it

Free on Steam

Evaluation

STALZONE is a free-to-play MMO extraction shooter developed and published by EXBO, available on Steam since December 9, 2022. The game is built as a live service, designed to receive ongoing content indefinitely — and the evidence through August 2026 confirms that is exactly what is happening. In the weeks leading up to today (August 17, 2026), the developer has been highly active. On July 22, 2026, EXBO launched a major new PvP mode called Coliseum — a team-based 4v4 competitive mode with distinct classes, ranked seasons, and its own shop and rewards structure. The Coliseum ranked season began on August 12, 2026, running through August 26. As recently as August 16, 2026, EXBO posted a Q&A invitation focused on future plans for NPC AI behavior, explicitly referencing "plans about their future development" — confirming active, forward-looking work on the game's systems. The DLC list shows one released item: "STALZONE — Memories of STALCRAFT: X," released July 17, 2026, which appears to be a commemorative cosmetic pack tied to the game's rebranding. All other evidence — Season Pass mechanics, purchasable Coliseum packs (Champion and Fighter bundles), battle tokens, Stalcoins, and rotating seasonal challenges — confirms an ongoing monetized content cycle characteristic of a live service title. The store description positions STALZONE as "a living social ecosystem" built around faction conflicts, open-world events, and a player-driven market, reinforcing that the game is designed to grow and evolve rather than reach a content endpoint. There is no indication whatsoever that EXBO plans to wind down development or content delivery.
Evidence
Developer invites community Q&A with the NPC AI department, specifically referencing 'plans about their future development' — confirming active forward-looking work on game systems as of August 16, 2026.
news post · Aug 16, 2026 source development ongoing
high
Major patch launched the Coliseum ranked season (August 12–26, 2026), introducing a full league system, ranked rewards, a Coliseum shop with purchasable items, and Double Rating Tokens purchasable with premium currency (Stalcoins).
news post · Aug 12, 2026 source development ongoing
high

Content

1 of 1 released · no outstanding content

Media

Details

Developer
Publisher
EXBO
Achievements
17
Platform
Windows
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Multiplayer · Co-op · PvP

About this game

      STALZONE is the PvPvE extraction shooter where you don't have to start over — and the only one with a persistent world worth belonging to.


You are invited to explore the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone twisted by anomalies and divided between rival factions whose territories shape the danger around you. Choose your side and over time you’ll learn where it’s safer to travel and also where every route can become a gamble.

Experience nail-biting tension without the frustration of loss: keep your gear and long-term progress but the loot you find is at risk until you bring it back alive. Upgrade your weapons and refine your build. No one can take it away from you.
 

Living Open World, Not a Session Loop

The world persists and is not just a place to loot. NPCs live in it, factions fight over it, and players shape it with no escape timers or progression wipes. It's the only extraction shooter that plays like an MMO — and the only MMO that plays like an extraction shooter.

The Zone is a living social ecosystem where open-world events, faction conflicts, social hubs, and a player-driven market bring people together. Trade, cooperate in 5-player squads, ambush, betray, or carve out your own reputation. Every system creates interaction, and every interaction becomes a story.


Story-Driven Immersion

A cinematic storyline that includes main and side quests smoothly immerses you in the world and its mechanics through nail-biting action, dialogues, and real choices that affect the story. You’ll enjoy a narrative experience almost like a single-player STALKER-style journey inside a persistent online world.


Years of Evolution

STALZONE has grown through years of development, iteration, and community-driven evolution. Over that time, it has become a unique ecosystem of mechanics, social systems, and player-made stories unlike anything else.

  • Skill-driven gunplay — victory comes from aim, tactics, and game knowledge, not just gear. Master 200+ realistic weapons with deep customization built for true gun lovers.
  • Persistent progression — your character, reputation, equipment, faction ties, and place in the world carry forward over time with no progression wipes.
  • Fair free-to-play model — monetization focuses on cosmetics and optional progression support, not buying power. Everything can be earned in-game and even paid skins or boosters can be obtained through the player-driven marketplace.
  • Global matchmaking for fairer fights — players are matched by similar power, keeping raw gear advantage in check. High-tier gear brings high-tier danger, so success still depends primarily on skill and experience.
  • In-house anti-cheat — STALZONE runs on our own engine and is protected by EXENS, our dedicated anti-cheat team, giving us maximum control in a genre where balance is crucial.
  • Community-shaped world — years of updates, feedback, balance changes, and player behavior have turned STALZONE into a living online world with its own rules, stories, and culture.
  • Proximity voice chat — hear the players around you before you see them. Every encounter becomes a negotiation, a deception, or a standoff.

Enter A Unique Extraction MMO

New to extraction shooters? STALZONE is built to give you the best of all worlds. Enjoy a 50+ hour cinematic story campaign that guides you through the Zone step by step delivering dangers, progression, factions, and PvPvE tension. It gives you room to learn, adapt, and survive against both the world and other players, turning extraction into something you discover through fun, not suffering.

STALZONE is intentionally free to play. No box price, no trick, no scam — just a world we have spent years building, asking only for your curiosity and nerve.

Explore more. Risk more.
The Zone doesn’t punish curiosity and remembers.

Formerly known as STALCRAFT

Last evaluated Aug 17, 2026
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