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STALZONE

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2022

Should you play it?

STALZONE is the extraction shooter where you don't have to start over — and the only one with a 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

What works

  • Free to play with substantial content
  • Engaging pvp and pve gameplay
  • Immersive atmosphere and story
  • Friendly and supportive community
  • Regular updates and events

Things to keep in mind

  • Steep grind especially post-story
  • Frustrating and poorly designed main quests
  • Some cheating and toxic players reported
  • Clunky inventory and ui issues
  • Pay-to-progress elements at late game

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Hunt: Showdown 1896

  • ARC Raiders

  • Marathon

  • DARK SOULS™ III

  • Blood Strike

  • Dune: Awakening

Less competitive

Games that feels like STALZONE but with less competition against others

  • Remnant: From the Ashes

  • Warframe

  • C.A.S.T. (CHERNOZEM ANOMALY STRIKE TEAM)

  • Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide

  • Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem

  • Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition

Less dominating

Games that feels like STALZONE but with less domination over others

  • Killing Floor 2

  • Borderlands 2

  • Shatterline

  • Once Human

  • Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

  • Enlisted

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Similarity map

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Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
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  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

STALZONE: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story, Exploration, Intimacy.

Last update: 06/08/2026