Every Z1 Battle Royale game, ranked
All 2 Z1 Battle Royale games we hold, spanning 2016 to 2018: 2 ranked by the GamingPickz Score and plotted below, the rest listed in release order so nothing in the series is missing. Together they carry 204,932 Steam reviews.
Where to start
- For the best-reviewed: Z1 Battle Royale (GamingPickz Score 6.2), the highest-rated entry we can score.
- For canon order: begin with Z1 Battle Royale: Test Server (2016) and follow the release-order timeline below.
The Z1 Battle Royale games on the grid
Compare the whole catalogueThe same 2 games, plotted rather than listed. The two axes below are the ones the ranking is built from, so a game sitting high and right is a game the formula placed near the top. Change either axis to see the field a different way. Where we hold a publisher wordmark, the game is drawn as its mark rather than a dot.
2 games have both
Axes are fitted to these 2 games rather than the full 0 to 100 scale, because a filtered list shares a narrow band and would otherwise sit in one corner. End values are marked. A point on the left edge is the lowest of thesegames, not a low score.
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.
Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.
- PC
Every point links to that game's entry. The value map and the reception map are fixed views of the same data.
How positions are decided
No paid placement, no favouritism, live third-party data
- Placed by the published method, not by us. Every coordinate is computed from the axis definitions and weights printed on this site. Nobody moves a point. See the axes.
- Nothing here is paid for. No sponsored placements, no promoted slots, no arrangement of any kind affects a position. If that ever changes it will be labelled and sit outside the ranking.
- No favouritism, including our own. The 16 games we have written full reviews of are scored by exactly the same formula as the other 1,510, from the same third-party inputs, and they land where it puts them. Our own opinion of a game does not enter its coordinates.
- A position is not an endorsement. It says how a game was received and what it costs, not that we recommend it. Where we do recommend something, it carries a written review with a name on it.
- Fetched from live third-party data. Player sentiment from Steam, critic aggregates as published on store pages, prices checked hourly, attention from Wikipedia. Each figure carries its source and the date it was read, and we do not adjust any of them.
2 best Z1 Battle Royale games, ranked
Ordered by GamingPickz Score. Every figure links back to the source that produced it.
- 1
Z1 Battle Royale
Best for: Trying the genre without spending anything
6.2GamingPickz Scorehigh confidenceZ1 Battle Royale at a glance Released 2018 Studio Daybreak Game Company Player sentiment 56% positive of 202,362 Critics 70/100 Price Free Steam Deck unsupported Install size 20 GB Accessibility 0 declared features Raw 56% shrinks to 56.1 on 202,362 reviews, then blends with the 70 critic aggregate, giving 6.2.
What the data supports- Free to download, so trying it costs only time.
Worth checking first- Critics rate it well above players, 70 against 56. Worth reading why before buying.
- Carries in-game purchases. Check what they cost before committing.
- Flagged for mature content on its store page.
- 2
Z1 Battle Royale: Test Server
Best for: Playing with other people
4.9GamingPickz Scoremedium confidenceZ1 Battle Royale: Test Server at a glance Released 2016 Studio Daybreak Game Company Player sentiment 52% positive of 2,570 Critics No aggregate Price Not listed Steam Deck unsupported Install size 20 GB Accessibility 0 declared features Raw 52% shrinks to 56.3 on 2,570 reviews, giving 4.9. No critics data, so that weight was redistributed across the rest rather than counted as zero.
Worth checking first- Valve rates it Unsupported on the Steam Deck.
- Multiplayer only. There is no solo mode to fall back on.
Best and worst entry
The best-received Z1 Battle Royale game we can score is Z1 Battle Royale at 6.2. The lowest is Z1 Battle Royale: Test Server at 4.9, a 1.3-point spread across the series. The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.
Cheapest way in, and best value
- Cheapest right now: Z1 Battle Royale at Free. Prices are read live from Steam and move.
On a Steam Deck
Valve's own Deck compatibility rating for the Z1 Battle Royale entries on Steam:
- Unsupported: Z1 Battle Royale: Test Server, Z1 Battle Royale
Platforms across the series
Where the 2 Z1 Battle Royale games have landed, counting every entry we hold:
| Platform family | Entries |
|---|---|
| PC | 2 of 2 |
The Z1 Battle Royale series, game by game
Every Z1 Battle Royale game we hold, in release order. Each description is the game's own, from Steam where it has a listing and Wikipedia for the older entries, never ours.
- 2016
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. (Steam)
- 2018
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. (Steam)
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)
Z1 Battle Royale, head to head
Two entries side by side on score, price, specs and reception:
Z1 Battle Royale vs other series
How Z1 Battle Royale stacks up against other series in the same genre, as a whole:
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Common questions
How many Z1 Battle Royale games are there?
We hold 2 Z1 Battle Royale games in the catalogue, released between 2016 and 2018. 2 of them carry enough Steam data to rank; the rest are listed in release order below, including console-only entries with no Steam listing.
Which Z1 Battle Royale game is best?
By the GamingPickz Score, Z1 Battle Royale rates highest at 6.2. That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, computed the same way for every game, not our opinion. The full ranking is above.
What order should I play the Z1 Battle Royale games in?
Release order is listed below, from 2016 to 2018. For most series that is also story order, but we list dates rather than telling you a canon; the timeline is read from Wikidata.
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