Level Zero: Extraction
Developer Doghowl Games
Tactical extraction shooter meets immersive survival horror. Play as rival mercenaries fighting for loot, or as alien monsters hunting humans from the shadows. Solo or with friends, experience this unique dark take on asymmetrical PvPvE multiplayer. From the Steam store page
211 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Oct 7, 2026 · last updated Oct 7, 2026 · How this works
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32 positive · 152 negative
95% range 13–24%
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60 of 211 · most liked firstWARNING!!!! LEVEL ZERO EXTRACTION WAS ABANDONED BY THE DEVELOPERS. DO NOT BUY!!! ***Also there's no one playing and there's no solo mode. COOKED.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Company Dead. Game Dead. Multiplayer-only. No offline mode. No bots. No queue timeout. The game cannot be played solo, and with zero active players, matchmaking leaves you stuck indefinitely. The official website has not been updated since release and public communication is nonexistent. The core team was tiny only five people worked on this game. Since the downfall of Level Zero: Extraction, the following career changes happened. -Producer now with Gamepack -Game Director actively working…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this game was SO good why do asymmetric game devs just lose their care and interest. WE LOVE THE GAME FOR THE ASYMMETRY WE ALREADY HAVE TARKOV. go back to the trailers u made that got attention for the game and just try to give the game that feeling again thats what people obviously wanted. it felt like ur team just half assed the moster part of the game but thats the only part people were even interested in. either fix it or remake Evolve or something PLEASE LISTEN TO US. we are all so upset…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Abandonware, do not buy. Devs slacked off on making basically any effort to ensure this games success, and now that they've realized they're not just going to make copious amounts of money just because they hopped on the extract shooter hype train they're discontinuing updates and support. Servers are still going to remain up, but with an average playerbase of less than 100 people at any given time, good luck. Slightly disappointed by this news since the game seemed genuinely interesting and I…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game was good in BETA, once early access released it started gradually falling very fast until the game Devs abandoned the game in January 2025 after they spent about 6 months ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ it into the ground. No idea why the game is still available for purchase as its not even playable currently with no playerbase and not possible to find a match. Devs who worked on this game need to be fired and Doghowl games needs to be restructured if they wish to have any success in their future titles.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →DO NOT BUY Game no longer has any players so you will NOT be able to match into a game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Abandonware, dead lobbies. Anyone who says otherwise is lying to you. This game is dead. They took initial profits, posted one major update, then dipped.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The devs destroyed the game with constantly wrong focusing on updates causing big balance issues. Destroyed the Horror in the game and turned it into a run and gun Tarkov. Never listened to there Player tester's and listening to the New players that didn't know how to play ruined the game. Anyone starting a game out for the first time that doesn't know how to play is going to complain that's normal until they learn how the game functions. Instead they kept babying the new people and kept…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →all these negative reviews saying it needs more people BUT IF YOU MAKE IT NEGITIVE YOU ARE DISCOURAGING PEOPLE TO JOIN, its a rather fun game but needs more people to join if that gets solved i can see it going real well :D needs some polishing but overall optimistic if people would stop discouraging people from playing just cause not a high population of players yet
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was so hyped for this game. I followed it for months and was a private tester. The devs took our money and ran with this game. The cheaters were so bad in every lobby before the game even released and they did nothing to address it. This game needs to be removed from the Steam Page. DO NOT BUY. Unless you want to be 1 of 2 active players. Don't believe me check the steam active player count charts. Devs should be ashamed because this game had so much potential.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't know why steam allows this kind of deceptive bait and switch scheme. I understand we paid for early access, not a full game, but this is becoming more and more common every year. Give my money back.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Should be removed from the steam store. Great game concept, horribly executed.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game should be removed from steam. there's been zero players for like over a year. i bought into the hype when it was being strongly tested and marketed initially and it WAS fun when you could find a match. its a barren wasteland now. to add insult to injury i cant seem to remove the game from my account. let me save you the 20 or 30 dollars or hassle of your time and resources by stating THIS GAMES ABSOLUTELY DEAD, please at the very least just google its active Players On Steam DB. you'll…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So I caveat that this game is very dead. Having said that, I will leave a positive review for a simple reason. This game was, when it had an active base, one of the most fun multiplayer games I've ever played. It was a relatively accessible extraction shooter that managed to have the main draws of the genre while vastly minimizing the overall anxiety from losing gear. Light as a mechanic was fascinating in a way I have not seen since Dying Light. The combination of match structure, changes…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Don't | Dead Open | Inside
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I WANT AND CRAVE TO PLAY THIS GAME MORE, due to the stupidity of the human race, people are bogging the reviews down because of the lack of player base, needs more players to enjoy the game #Bringitbacktolife
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →abandoned,I was suckered into buying it.Not knowing noone plays it anymore and there is zero solo portion to play.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Devs left it unfinished and instead of making the game better with there updates made it worse
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just add Ai for the poeple how want to play. The don't even need to be good.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game clearly was not advertised well,game looks awesome it's got that pvp loop that sucks you in but it is as dead as a door nail,I bought it and I'm the only player on steam dB in the last month.. Can we revive this game would really like to play it. At its core this looks awesome. Forget the devs let's get this game running.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game had so much potential. from playing during Early Access i spent countless hours during those weekends. For this to be overrun by hackers and DEVS not doing anything to stop it is what killed this game. Damn shame.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Was one of the best extraction shooters i ever played ( in beta ) besides The Cycle: Frontier, until it got completed gutted on release. Amazing concept, great setting, addictive gameplay. Will be missed.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →LOVED the game played in open beta's, and was one of the most fun experiences to have. But when the game was released so many balancing issues, just killed the game and now incapable to play do to no one on it no more. But truly wish it succeeded. None of this matters now, sadly :(
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →game has been dropped by devs dont buy it it is abandoned
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I should have wrote this a long while back. The game started out good, and then the devs listened to the "influencers" and changed the lighting mechanics around and just made the game ass imo, one large exodus of players later, dead ass game. Good, now take note indie devs, DO NOT listen to the so called "influencers" and change your game in accordance to them and what they want.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Completely dead. Do not buy
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game dead. Did one update then dipped. SMH I had such high hopes for this. Jokes on me.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →See steamcharts before considering to purchase as the multiplayer game is dead
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →RIP. This game playtest was amazing, there was nothing like it. Each change from there felt like a step backwards. Now it is totally dead, with maybe 10 people playing it. There is no reason for this to be on the store anymore much less for $25...I wouldn't pay 25$ to view an open casket of someone I never knew. I wish all the cheaters who took part in murdering this game an excruciating eternity. Total Cheater Death.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Closest thing that gave me the same vibe as Cycle. Both were awesome games that shouldn't have died like they did
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great potential and idea. Good graphics. Fun gameplay. Scummy developers who decided just to grab money and kill the game instead of it's development and fixes. Shame on you! Good that was able to return money.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bought this game and can't even load into a game. Waited for 10 min, 5 min, 5 min, 3 min, 3 min, and never loaded into a match. I wouldnt care about that if they had a SOLO mode but they took that away. 0/10 DO NOT BUY
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →game is so dead it might as well be taken off of steam
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →revive this game it was so peak
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →super dead game dont play
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I like to listen to video game music and electronic music. Recently been listening to Assemblage 23, Run Level Zero, and IAMX.
unlabelledView post →Dead Game only played for 4 hours and got tired of waiting to find a match as of (/27/2025 at 8:15 steam chart says this game is dead with zero players playing and in the past month 6 players yall need to add or change this game to pve because its apparently bad as a pvp game
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →SADLY CANT GET MY MONEY BACK THIS GAME DEVS ABANDON THE GAME COMPLETELY
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"Level Zero" is either a reference to the number of active players or my desire to play this game after waiting 30 minutes in queue without a match. This game is a ghost town. I tried separately queuing versus a friend and we were queued up in no aliens mode, with all regions selected, and still weren't able to start a match after 30 minutes of waiting. At random times of the day I'm able to join a solo match by myself after queuing for 25 minutes. The UI/UX looks clean despite missing a lot…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →abandoned by he devs, was a great gamee in beta with loads of potential just became another tarkov cod clone and unplayable
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →feel lied too....the devs let it die making us as the player base feel like they took our money and ran....dont support crooks.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dont buy Dead game
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →it shall sit and it shall rot
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Abandonware...good game, just no publicity...needs a revival
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →DO NOT BUY DEVS DIPPED AND KILLED IT
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You cant play the game. No players
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game was very exciting when it first came out, but now the game is very dead. It seems like the devs gave up completely. It's not worth spending money on this game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I loved it until it died, now you can't find a game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Level Zero: Rug pull
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →BONELAB Stress Level Zero. No disclosure for ai 'art' -y youtu.be/jzwhbuCbnnE
unlabelledView post →i told myself i was going to buy it when the actual game came out. but after reading the reviews for this game i realised the Devs did not care for it at all and there was litrally no one playing the game anyway. This game could have been HUGE if they actually tried to get people to play it and not just give up on it. When i played the Demo for it i thought it was super hard but awesome and i was Soo laggy that i could not even sprint in the game so i barely even sprinted the whole time because…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was really hopeful and excited for this game. The concept is fantastic, and the game from the ground up is well put together. Guns felt good to shoot, environments were suspenseful, and the loop kept me wanting to get better at the game. Unfortunately, this game has lost many of those aspects that make it unique. At this point, all I can say about this game is please don't buy it. You will be disappointed.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →dont buy games from this dev they just take your money and run with it
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →aaaand the game is officially dead. very cool concept but poorly executed, nice try.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Devs abandoned their game and still wipe out the few players' left progress.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →cant recommend it in this state. there arent enough people to even get into a lobby. the only way they have a chance of reviving this game is if they make it free and listen to the community. i love the concept of this game so much it was just executed horribly.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Honestly it looks like, and from what I've seen om YouTube, it could be a fantastic game. But I will never personally get to know because I cannot load into any game because the player count is in the abyss. At this point they should make a PvE mode for this so that the little player base they currently have can actually play the product. I'm not gonna ask for a refund if the creator(s) actually responds to and considers my review.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love abandonware
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Don't buy, dead game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cool Idea. Dead Game.
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