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Gray Zone Warfare
A tactical shooter on a jungle island where a squad of up to four clears missions against AI enemies.
Online co-op for up to 4 players.
- 4 online
Where to buy
Playing together
- Online co-op4 players
- Local co-opNot confirmed
- Not confirmedFriends on different platforms, such as PC and PlayStation, can play together.
- Not confirmedA friend can join or leave while you are already playing, without starting over.
- Not confirmedFriends play free with a Friend's Pass or similar.
- Steam DeckUnsupportedValve's own rating
About the game
You play a private military operator on Lamang, a large jungle island. You take tasks from vendors, then head out on foot to carry them out, fighting AI enemies, searching for loot and treating your wounds. If you go down out there, the gear you brought can be lost.
You can play alone or in a squad of up to four. On the PvE servers other players cannot attack or loot you, so the only enemies are the AI. A downed squad mate falls into a coma and can be revived. The squad leader can also accept some tasks so everyone works on them together.
The world keeps running, with no timer pushing you to leave. It is in early access on PC only, and big updates wipe part of your progress.
How it feels
Kind of game
A team takes on missions or runs full of enemies. You pick gear, cover each other and pick each other up.
- A big part
- Now and then
- Calm and coziness
- Story
- Time to hang out
- Building and creating
- Sessions
- Ongoing world
- About
- Warfare, Scavenging
Rated on our own feel scale. 8 sources back these ratings.
Screenshots
From the Steam store page. Open one to see it full size.
If you liked Gray Zone Warfare
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Generation Zero
Why it scores 85%
What they share
- Kind of game
- Squad shooter
- About
- Scavenging
- Sessions
- Ongoing world
- Notable in both
- Working in sync, Exploring, Tension and danger, Fighting, Unlocks and progress
- Co-op
- Online co-op for up to 4 players
- 4 online
- Crossplay
Both send your squad into fights where you watch each other's backs. Both are about scavenging for loot. Both give you one lasting world to come back to.
No big difference from Gray Zone Warfare.
Tom Clancy's The Division
Why it scores 85%
What they share
- Kind of game
- Squad shooter
- About
- Warfare and Scavenging
- Notable in both
- Working in sync, Exploring, Tension and danger, Planning ahead, Getting better, Fighting, Unlocks and progress
- Co-op
- Online co-op for up to 4 players
How Tom Clancy's The Division differs
- Repeatable runs and missions, not one lasting world
- 4 online
Both send your squad into fights where you watch each other's backs. Both are about soldiers at war and scavenging for loot. Both are about exploring places you have not seen.
No big difference from Gray Zone Warfare.
Sniper Elite 4
Why it scores 84%
What they share
- Kind of game
- Squad shooter
- About
- Warfare
- Notable in both
- Working in sync, Exploring, Tension and danger, Planning ahead, Getting better, Fighting, Unlocks and progress
- Co-op
- Online co-op for up to 4 players
How Sniper Elite 4 differs
- One campaign to finish, not one lasting world
- 4 online
Both send your squad into fights where you watch each other's backs. Both are about soldiers at war. Both are about exploring places you have not seen.
But one campaign to finish, not one lasting world.
All co-op facts
Last checked 28 October 2026. The small numbers link to the page that states each fact.
Co-op
- Fewest players online
- Not confirmed
- Local co-op
- Not confirmed
- Most players on one screen
- Not confirmed
- Split or shared screen
- Not confirmed
- Separate-device co-op
- Not confirmed
- Most players on separate devices
- Not confirmed
- Free base co-op
- No
Steam marks the Windows base game as not free and sells it at a paid price. Demo, trial, guest and subscription alternatives are separate.
- 25
- Confirmed free setups
- Does not apply
- Crossplay
- Not confirmed
- Crossplay between
- Not confirmed
- Friends can join mid-game
- Not confirmed
- Only one of you needs to buy it
- Not confirmed
- Voice chat by distance
- Not confirmed
Sources
13 pages
steamcommunity.comOfficial support page, read 28 October 2026
Backs Online co-op, Most players online, Platforms.
- Online co-op: The pinned FAQ from the developer says both server types allow solo play or a squad of up to four. On PvE servers players cannot attack each other and only fight AI enemies.
- Most players online: Four is the squad size the FAQ gives for both server types. It is not the number of players on a server.
- Platforms: The FAQ says Linux is not officially supported and a console release is only planned. Windows is the one released platform.
store.steampowered.comStore data, read 28 October 2026
Backs Steam app ID, Online co-op, Release status, Release date, Platforms, Free base co-op.
- Online co-op: Categories include Co-op and Online Co-op.
- Release status: Steam lists the game in the Early Access genre.
- Release date: Steam shows Apr 30, 2024, the day early access began.
- Platforms: Steam lists Windows only. It shows no macOS or Linux build.
- Free base co-op: Steam marks the Windows base game as not free and sells it at a paid price. Demo, trial, guest and subscription alternatives are separate.
store.steampowered.comStore data, read 28 October 2026
Backs Steam Deck.
- Steam Deck: Valve rates the game Unsupported on Steam Deck.
store.steampowered.comStore page, read 28 October 2026
Backs Release status, Kind of game, Fighting, Exploring, Planning ahead.
- Release status: The page carries the Early Access header.
- Kind of game: The store text says to fight solo or with your squad to carry out missions.
- Fighting: User tags include FPS, Shooter and Action.
- Exploring: User tags include Open World.
- Planning ahead: User tags include Tactical.
grayzonewarfare.comOfficial site, read 28 October 2026
Backs Free base co-op.
- Free base co-op: The maker sells the base game for a paid price and sells larger editions as keys that include the base game. The checked Windows edition requires purchase.
grayzonewarfare.comOfficial site, read 28 October 2026
Backs Genres, About, Sessions, Fighting, Getting better, Story, Exploring, Planning ahead.
- Genres: The maker calls it a tactical sandbox extraction FPS.
- About: Describes private military companies and rival factions on a jungle island, with tasks to secure high-value loot.
- Sessions: Describes a persistent open world.
- Fighting: Promises intense FPS firefights against rival factions and AI enemies.
- Getting better: Promises real-world ballistics and a health system where you diagnose wounds and apply the right treatments.
- Story: Presents a story told through many missions and a cast of morally complex characters.
- Exploring: Describes a vast open world to deploy into.
- Planning ahead: Says you can customize hundreds of firearm parts and adapt your gear to different situations.
grayzonewarfare.comOfficial news, read 28 October 2026
Backs Kind of game, Working in sync.
- Kind of game: Patch 0.4.5.0 of 2026-06-25 lets a squad leader accept some tasks for the whole squad. Critically injured players now fall into a coma and can be revived.
- Working in sync: Says squad members coordinate objectives and share progress on shared tasks.
grayzonewarfare.comOfficial news, read 28 October 2026
Backs Unlocks and progress, Building and creating, Story, Sessions.
- Unlocks and progress: Update 0.5 adds the Hideout as a new progression path. Rank and vendor ranks carry over its seasonal soft wipe.
- Building and creating: Hideout rooms hold stations that players build and upgrade. The maker calls it a first iteration.
- Story: Three new Tier 4 locations bring new storylines.
- Sessions: Update 0.5 brings a seasonal soft wipe that keeps progression and resets equipment, locker contents and money.
wikidata.orgWikidata, read 28 October 2026
Backs Wikidata item, Genres, Release date.
- Genres: P136 lists first-person shooter, extraction shooter and massively multiplayer online first-person shooter.
- Release date: P577 is 2024-04-30, qualified as early access.
insider-gaming.comPress, read 28 October 2026
Backs Tension and danger, Getting better, Exploring, Kind of game.
- Tension and danger: Review of update 0.4 from 2026-03-27 warns that you can be dropped out of nowhere with a single shot.
- Getting better: Calls it challenging and intense but manageable, with a good learning curve.
- Exploring: Calls the world massive, with hidden spots everywhere.
- Kind of game: Says the PvE-first game has a mode built around cooperation.
thumbculture.co.ukPress, read 28 October 2026
Backs Tension and danger, Planning ahead, Sessions.
- Tension and danger: Preview from 2026-04-17 says one or two bullets can end a run.
- Planning ahead: Says tactical decisions, in planning and on the fly, are key to survival.
- Sessions: Describes missions in a persistent world, played solo or with a squad.
gamingtrend.comPress, read 28 October 2026
Backs Tension and danger, Calm and coziness, Sessions, Exploring.
- Tension and danger: Preview from May 2024 says going out into the wild is tense.
- Calm and coziness: Says the world has no forced exit from a time limit, and that a PvE-only option spares new players from other players.
- Sessions: Says the world is alive at all times, with no extraction to a menu.
- Exploring: Says the island feels worth exploring.
shacknews.comPress, read 28 October 2026
Backs Time to hang out, Working in sync.
- Time to hang out: Guide from 2024-05-02 describes talking with nearby players and with your squad, mostly to work together on clearing areas.
- Working in sync: Says you will often need to work with others to clear areas of AI enemies.