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Z1 Battle Royale vs Zombie Army Trilogy

Z1 Battle Royale is an FPS mmorpg game from Daybreak Game Company (2018) while Zombie Army Trilogy is an FPS horror game from Rebellion (2015).

Quick answer: Zombie Army Trilogy rates higher, 7.4 to 6.2 on the GamingPickz Score, and Z1 Battle Royale is the cheaper at Free.

Z1 Battle Royale

2018 · Daybreak Game Company

6.2GamingPickz Score

Free

Steam: Mixed

Zombie Army Trilogy

2015 · Rebellion

7.4GamingPickz Score

$44.99

Steam: Very Positive

What each one is

Z1 Battle Royale is filed under FPS and Mmorpg. In contrast, Zombie Army Trilogy under FPS and Horror.

Z1 Battle Royale

Z1 Battle Royale is a Free to Play, fast-paced, action arcade, competitive Battle Royale. Staying true to its "King of the Kill" roots, the game has been revamped and restored to the classic feel, look, and gameplay everyone fell in love with. Play solo, duos, or fives and be the last ones standing.

Description from its Steam store page

Zombie Army Trilogy

The cult horror shooter series comes to an apocalyptic conclusion with an epic new third chapter, a heart-pumping new horde mode, and remastered editions of the best-selling Nazi Zombie Army 1 & 2.

Description from its Steam store page

Story, characters and reception

Z1 Battle Royale
Reception

Reception Z1 Battle Royale received "mixed or average" reviews according to Metacritic . By the start of 2017, the game has been a fixture in the top most played games on Steam . Although it predated Fortnite and PUBG: Battlegrounds in the Battle Royale genre, the game has not been able to maintain its position, ultimately losing a significant portion of the playerbase. (Wikipedia)

Zombie Army Trilogy
Plot

In April 1945, German dictator Adolf Hitler , who is hiding in the Führerbunker is informed by a Wehrmacht officer that the war is lost and Berlin will soon fall, leaving surrender as their only option. Enraged, Hitler executes the officer and declares that the Fatherland will not fall. He then orders the execution of "Plan Z"-the resurrection of all the Wehrmacht's fallen soldiers as zombies . (Wikipedia)

Reception

Reception Zombie Army Trilogy received "mixed or average" reviews, according to review aggregator website Metacritic . ^ "Zombie Army Trilogy for Switch Reviews" . Metacritic . (Wikipedia)

At a glance

Z1 Battle RoyaleZombie Army Trilogy
GamingPickz Score6.2/107.4/10
Steam ratingMixed (56%, 202,362)Very Positive (86%, 18,739)
Critic aggregate70/10072/100
PriceFree$44.99
Install size20 GB15 GB
Steam Deckunsupportedverified
Released20182015
DeveloperDaybreak Game CompanyRebellion

Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.

Z1 Battle Royale vs Zombie Army Trilogy, point by point

Each facet side by side. A round is marked won only where a figure settles it; feel and "which is better" carry no mark, because no number we hold decides them.

  1. Genre and premise

    Z1 Battle RoyaleFPS mmorpg game
    Zombie Army TrilogyFPS horror game

    What each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.

  2. How it plays

    Z1 Battle RoyaleSurvival, Massively Multiplayer, Open World
    Zombie Army TrilogyZombies, Action, Co-op

    The tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.

  3. Reception

    Z1 Battle RoyaleScore 6.2 · 56% on Steam · 70 critic
    Zombie Army TrilogyScore 7.4 · 86% on Steam · 72 critic

    The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.

  4. Content and scale

    Z1 Battle Royale202,362 reviews · 20 GB
    Zombie Army Trilogy18,739 reviews · 15 GB

    Reach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.

  5. Price

    Z1 Battle RoyaleFree
    Zombie Army Trilogy$44.99

    Read live from Steam and subject to change.

  6. On a Steam Deck

    Z1 Battle RoyaleUnsupported
    Zombie Army TrilogyVerified

    Valve's own Deck compatibility rating.

Zombie Army Trilogy takes 2 of the marked rounds to 1. That is only what a number can decide, not which you will enjoy more.

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Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.

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Which to pick, by what you want

  • The higher-rated of the two: Zombie Army Trilogy (GamingPickz Score 7.4)
  • The cheaper right now: Z1 Battle Royale (Free)
  • Better on a Steam Deck: Zombie Army Trilogy (verified)
  • Lighter on storage: Zombie Army Trilogy (15 GB)
  • The safer bet by weight of reviews: Z1 Battle Royale (202,362 reviews)

What they have in common

Both are tagged by Steam players with:

SurvivalMultiplayerOpen WorldFPSActionShooterThird-Person ShooterZombies

Where they differ

Z1 Battle Royale is also

Massively MultiplayerBattle RoyalePvPFree to PlayEarly AccessOnline Co-Op

Zombie Army Trilogy is also

World War IIHorrorSniperSingleplayerPost-apocalypticSurvival Horror

Tags players apply to one game and not the other.

Difficulty and who each is for

By the tags players apply, Z1 Battle Royale is middle-of-the-road on difficulty. Zombie Army Trilogy is middle-of-the-road on difficulty.

System requirements, side by side

Z1 Battle RoyaleZombie Army Trilogy
Minimum GPUnVidia GeForce GTX 460 seriesMicrosoft®
Minimum CPUIntel i5 Quad-CoreDual-core CPU with SSE3 (Intel® Pentium® D 3GHz / AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 4200)
Minimum RAM6 GB2 GB
Install size20 GB15 GB

Can your PC run them? Check each against your own kit: Z1 Battle Royale · Zombie Army Trilogy.

Accessibility features

Steam store pages declare 0 accessibility features for Z1 Battle Royale and 1 for Zombie Army Trilogy. A declaration is a floor, not a review.

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Common questions

How different are Z1 Battle Royale and Zombie Army Trilogy in scope?

Z1 Battle Royale has drawn 202,362 Steam reviews and installs in 20 GB. Zombie Army Trilogy has drawn 18,739 Steam reviews and installs in 15 GB.

Is Z1 Battle Royale or Zombie Army Trilogy better?

By the GamingPickz Score, Zombie Army Trilogy rates higher (7.4 to 6.2). That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, not our taste. "Better" also depends on price, length and platform, which the table above lays out.

Which is cheaper, Z1 Battle Royale or Zombie Army Trilogy?

Z1 Battle Royale is cheaper right now at Free, against $44.99. Prices move, so this is read live from Steam and can change.

Should I get Z1 Battle Royale or Zombie Army Trilogy?

Zombie Army Trilogy rates higher, 7.4 to 6.2 on the GamingPickz Score, and Z1 Battle Royale is the cheaper at Free. It also depends on what you want: the "which to pick" section above calls out which is cheaper, lighter on storage, better on a Steam Deck and the safer bet by weight of reviews.

Do you rank one above the other for a fee?

No. Neither game, nor anyone else, pays for placement or a verdict here. The order and every figure come out of the same public data the rest of the site uses.

How we compare, and what we will not do

The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment (adjusted for sample size), the critic aggregate and popularity, computed by the same code every ranked list on this site uses. The Steam rating label is Valve's own, reconstructed from the positive percentage and review count. Prices are read live. We do not write an opinion of which game is "better": we report the numbers and say which wins each measurable question above.

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