Z1 Battle Royale
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How do players who really played Z1 Battle Royale rate it? TrueGG Rating 65.4%

Release date: Feb 28, 2018 Data as of 2026-10-19 View on Steam ↗

Players who really played rate it higher than Steam overall. Early impressions are weaker, so the first few hours tend to decide whether it clicks. Recent reviews are recovering.

Good for

  • Players willing to push through a slow start

Think twice if you are

  • Players who judge a game in the first hours (early ratings are lower)

A rule-based guide from review patterns (no AI). How

TrueGG RatingMethodology ↗
65.4%
▲ +9.5 pt
vs Steam overall

Positive among players with 20+ hours (all time) · 115,735 reviews

TrueGG, all time
65.4%
Steam overall
55.9%
Japanese, all time
66.3%

Early wall

Reviews written under 2 hours: 15.9% of all reviews. Their positive share is 33.2%.

This is not a drop-off rate; it describes who wrote reviews. Refund guide: within 14 days of purchase and under 2 hours of play (Steam refund policy).

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Does the rating change the longer people play?

Used for TrueGG Rating (20h+)JapaneseRight: reviews
Positive share by playtimeRanges from 20 hours up are highlighted. Exact values are in the table below.0%25%50%75%100%0–1 h31%20,4831–2 h37%11,6462–5 h45%17,6725–10 h49%16,80310–20 h53%19,82620–50 h58%28,19650–100 h63%21,659100–200 h67%21,285200+ h71%44,595Positive share by playtime0–1 h20,48331%1–2 h11,64637%2–5 h17,67245%5–10 h16,80349%10–20 h19,82653%20–50 h28,19658%50–100 h21,65963%100–200 h21,28567%200+ h44,59571%

Positive share by playtime at the time of review (all time). Ranges under 50 reviews are pale and dashed (indicative only); “—” means no reviews.

Show chart values as a table
PlaytimePositiveJapaneseReviews
0–1 h31.2%34.1%20,483
1–2 h36.6%30.0%11,646
2–5 h44.5%41.7%17,672
5–10 h49.4%44.4%16,803
10–20 h53.0%63.4%19,826
20–50 h57.6%55.1%28,196
50–100 h62.8%73.2%21,659
100–200 h66.8%65.5%21,285
200+ h70.8%68.6%44,595

How long people play: half of reviewers had played 20+ hours. 57% had 20+ hours and 33% had 100+ hours (all time).

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Summary

Z1 Battle Royale has a TrueGG Rating of 65.4%, based on all-time reviews from players with 20+ hours (115,735 reviews) because recent reviews are few. Steam's overall rating is 55.9%.

Reviews written under 2 hours make up 16% of the total, and only 33% of them are positive. Some players bounce off early, but those who get past the opening rate it higher. Steam accepts refund requests within 2 hours of play and 14 days of purchase.

In the last 180 days, reviews at 2–5h are 45% positive versus 71% at 200h+: the more people play, the more they like it.

Negative reviews most often mention updates and the developers (less than at launch) and cheaters (more than at launch). Positive reviews praise how fun it feels.

Among Japanese-language reviews, the TrueGG Rating is 66.3%, similar to all languages.

Re-weighting reviews by trust signals (playtime, length, how the game was obtained) barely changes the rating (57.3% adjusted), so Steam's number is not noticeably distorted by key giveaways or throwaway reviews.

All figures come from Steam's public review counts, and topics are counted with our published dictionary (no AI). Data as of 2026-10-19.

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Why it is rated this way

What drives the rating

Complaints center on live operations and online play (Updates & developers, Cheaters). These shift over time, so weigh recent reviews more than the all-time figure. It is also a game many people bounce off early (early reviews are much less positive than those of players who stuck with it).

− Most mentioned complaints

  • Updates & developers12% of negative reviews (5% of positive) · most common among 100h+ players · less than at launch
  • Cheaters11% of negative reviews (6% of positive) · most common among 100h+ players · more than at launch

+ What players praise

  • Fun & feel17% of positive reviews (7% of negative)
＋ please＋ rotk＋ revive＋ best＋ life＋ 面白＋ come＋ miss− ass− 購入− free− company− sad− trash− クソゲー− killed

Counted from 524 recent negative and 600 positive reviews in Japanese and English, using our published topic dictionary. No AI is used. Topics overlap, so shares do not add up to 100%. Sarcasm and nuance are not detected, and this does not show cause and effect.How we count

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Checking the numbers

Figures with a different scope, shown alongside the TrueGG Rating.

MetricPositiveScope
Official Steam rating55.9%All time, all languages · 202,317 reviews
Adjusted rating57.3%Weighted by trust (95% range 56.0%–58.6%), +1.4pt vs official
Japanese-language reviews59.3%All time, Japanese-language reviews (+3.4pt vs overall) · 550 reviews
Show the positive vs negative breakdown

Share of sampled reviews that meet each condition that lowers trust. When a condition is more common on the positive side, the adjusted rating falls below the official one.

ConditionPositive reviewsNegative reviews
Under 2 hours played at review19%41%
Very short text49%34%
Key activated outside Steam0%0%
Received for free0%0%
Owns very few games12%7%
Over 100 reviews written7%12%
Average trust (1.0 = full)0.710.67

The median total playtime of the sampled reviewers is 17.1 hours. 400 positive and 400 negative reviews analyzed · data as of 2026-10-19

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When did the rating change?

Monthly positive and negative review counts since release, as published by Steam.

Reviews per month

■ Positive■ Negative
0 5,000 10k 15k 20k 2016-02: +947 / −860 2016-03: +1,496 / −655 2016-04: +1,421 / −727 2016-05: +1,191 / −482 2016-06: +1,125 / −509 2016-07: +878 / −448 2016-08: +807 / −424 2016-09: +1,032 / −1,047 2016-10: +1,668 / −1,425 2016-11: +5,198 / −1,501 2016-12: +3,658 / −2,509 2017-01: +3,837 / −3,873 2017-02: +3,958 / −4,047 2017-03: +5,524 / −3,919 2017-04: +6,270 / −3,671 2017-05: +7,118 / −2,349 2017-06: +6,754 / −2,784 2017-07: +6,454 / −3,960 2017-08: +4,964 / −3,913 2017-09: +4,801 / −3,522 2017-10: +4,890 / −3,300 2017-11: +7,445 / −3,431 2017-12: +5,042 / −5,221 2018-01: +2,130 / −1,977 2018-02: +1,827 / −2,127 2018-03: +5,851 / −12,248 2018-04: +1,496 / −2,771 2018-05: +1,104 / −1,867 2018-06: +1,038 / −1,821 2018-07: +873 / −1,616 2018-08: +592 / −1,072 2018-09: +546 / −886 2018-10: +434 / −717 2018-11: +1,017 / −789 2018-12: +438 / −594 2019-01: +373 / −634 2019-02: +277 / −522 2019-03: +1,092 / −1,340 2019-04: +296 / −416 2019-05: +217 / −367 2019-06: +458 / −585 2019-07: +528 / −590 2019-08: +165 / −333 2019-09: +126 / −239 2019-10: +162 / −230 2019-11: +568 / −394 2019-12: +420 / −312 2020-01: +1,746 / −577 2020-02: +817 / −417 2020-03: +427 / −359 2020-04: +448 / −339 2020-05: +293 / −247 2020-06: +221 / −218 2020-07: +262 / −185 2020-08: +254 / −191 2020-09: +167 / −150 2020-10: +149 / −140 2020-11: +224 / −157 2020-12: +207 / −171 2021-01: +239 / −192 2021-02: +195 / −116 2021-03: +1,079 / −387 2021-04: +456 / −270 2021-05: +214 / −171 2021-06: +142 / −128 2021-07: +126 / −142 2021-08: +124 / −164 2021-09: +93 / −121 2021-10: +95 / −100 2021-11: +162 / −102 2021-12: +109 / −95 2022-01: +148 / −120 2022-02: +63 / −64 2022-03: +82 / −77 2022-04: +80 / −62 2022-05: +75 / −56 2022-06: +64 / −59 2022-07: +71 / −70 2022-08: +71 / −55 2022-09: +53 / −45 2022-10: +62 / −54 2022-11: +71 / −40 2022-12: +69 / −53 2023-01: +73 / −58 2023-02: +61 / −47 2023-03: +89 / −44 2023-04: +79 / −66 2023-05: +57 / −42 2023-06: +61 / −42 2023-07: +58 / −35 2023-08: +43 / −30 2023-09: +46 / −40 2023-10: +63 / −33 2023-11: +55 / −52 2023-12: +61 / −42 2024-01: +44 / −45 2024-02: +43 / −34 2024-03: +54 / −36 2024-04: +46 / −33 2024-05: +52 / −33 2024-06: +40 / −34 2024-07: +42 / −40 2024-08: +45 / −23 2024-09: +43 / −25 2024-10: +26 / −26 2024-11: +25 / −28 2024-12: +70 / −42 2025-01: +622 / −394 2025-02: +60 / −28 2025-03: +35 / −21 2025-04: +29 / −15 2025-05: +37 / −23 2025-06: +28 / −14 2025-07: +40 / −11 2025-08: +32 / −18 2025-09: +19 / −15 2025-10: +35 / −13 2025-11: +25 / −9 2025-12: +30 / −17 2026-01: +35 / −19 2026-02: +27 / −12 2026-03: +32 / −14 2026-04: +14 / −17 2026-05: +25 / −9 2026-06: +23 / −8 2026-07: +18 / −10 2026-08: +27 / −10 2026-09: +82 / −20 2026-10: +43 / −27 2016/022017/012018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Positive share per month

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% Monthly data overall 55.5% 2016-02: 52.4%2016-03: 69.5%2016-04: 66.2%2016-05: 71.2%2016-06: 68.8%2016-07: 66.2%2016-08: 65.6%2016-09: 49.6%2016-10: 53.9%2016-11: 77.6%2016-12: 59.3%2017-01: 49.8%2017-02: 49.4%2017-03: 58.5%2017-04: 63.1%2017-05: 75.2%2017-06: 70.8%2017-07: 62.0%2017-08: 55.9%2017-09: 57.7%2017-10: 59.7%2017-11: 68.5%2017-12: 49.1%2018-01: 51.9%2018-02: 46.2%2018-03: 32.3%2018-04: 35.1%2018-05: 37.2%2018-06: 36.3%2018-07: 35.1%2018-08: 35.6%2018-09: 38.1%2018-10: 37.7%2018-11: 56.3%2018-12: 42.4%2019-01: 37.0%2019-02: 34.7%2019-03: 44.9%2019-04: 41.6%2019-05: 37.2%2019-06: 43.9%2019-07: 47.2%2019-08: 33.1%2019-09: 34.5%2019-10: 41.3%2019-11: 59.0%2019-12: 57.4%2020-01: 75.2%2020-02: 66.2%2020-03: 54.3%2020-04: 56.9%2020-05: 54.3%2020-06: 50.3%2020-07: 58.6%2020-08: 57.1%2020-09: 52.7%2020-10: 51.6%2020-11: 58.8%2020-12: 54.8%2021-01: 55.5%2021-02: 62.7%2021-03: 73.6%2021-04: 62.8%2021-05: 55.6%2021-06: 52.6%2021-07: 47.0%2021-08: 43.1%2021-09: 43.5%2021-10: 48.7%2021-11: 61.4%2021-12: 53.4%2022-01: 55.2%2022-02: 49.6%2022-03: 51.6%2022-04: 56.3%2022-05: 57.3%2022-06: 52.0%2022-07: 50.4%2022-08: 56.3%2022-09: 54.1%2022-10: 53.4%2022-11: 64.0%2022-12: 56.6%2023-01: 55.7%2023-02: 56.5%2023-03: 66.9%2023-04: 54.5%2023-05: 57.6%2023-06: 59.2%2023-07: 62.4%2023-08: 58.9%2023-09: 53.5%2023-10: 65.6%2023-11: 51.4%2023-12: 59.2%2024-01: 49.4%2024-02: 55.8%2024-03: 60.0%2024-04: 58.2%2024-05: 61.2%2024-06: 54.1%2024-07: 51.2%2024-08: 66.2%2024-09: 63.2%2024-10: 50.0%2024-11: 47.2%2024-12: 62.5%2025-01: 61.2%2025-02: 68.2%2025-03: 62.5%2025-04: 65.9%2025-05: 61.7%2025-06: 66.7%2025-07: 78.4%2025-08: 64.0%2025-09: 55.9%2025-10: 72.9%2025-11: 73.5%2025-12: 63.8%2026-01: 64.8%2026-02: 69.2%2026-03: 69.6%2026-04: 45.2%2026-05: 73.5%2026-06: 74.2%2026-08: 73.0%2026-09: 80.4%2026-10: 61.4% 2016/022017/012018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Months with under 30 reviews are omitted from the rate.

Reviews per day, last 30 days

0 5 10 2026-09-19: +2 / −1 2026-09-20: +3 / −1 2026-09-21: +4 / −1 2026-09-22: +3 / −1 2026-09-23: +4 / −2 2026-09-24: +8 / −0 2026-09-25: +2 / −1 2026-09-26: +5 / −1 2026-09-27: +2 / −3 2026-09-28: +3 / −1 2026-09-29: +4 / −0 2026-09-30: +2 / −1 2026-10-01: +2 / −5 2026-10-02: +7 / −3 2026-10-03: +2 / −5 2026-10-04: +4 / −2 2026-10-05: +2 / −1 2026-10-06: +4 / −0 2026-10-07: +4 / −1 2026-10-08: +2 / −2 2026-10-09: +1 / −1 2026-10-10: +1 / −0 2026-10-11: +4 / −0 2026-10-12: +1 / −1 2026-10-13: +1 / −2 2026-10-14: +1 / −1 2026-10-15: +2 / −0 2026-10-16: +0 / −0 2026-10-17: +2 / −1 2026-10-18: +3 / −2 09/1909/2610/0310/1010/17
Show monthly data as a table
MonthPositiveNegativePositive
2016-0294786052.4%
2016-031,49665569.5%
2016-041,42172766.2%
2016-051,19148271.2%
2016-061,12550968.8%
2016-0787844866.2%
2016-0880742465.6%
2016-091,0321,04749.6%
2016-101,6681,42553.9%
2016-115,1981,50177.6%
2016-123,6582,50959.3%
2017-013,8373,87349.8%
2017-023,9584,04749.4%
2017-035,5243,91958.5%
2017-046,2703,67163.1%
2017-057,1182,34975.2%
2017-066,7542,78470.8%
2017-076,4543,96062.0%
2017-084,9643,91355.9%
2017-094,8013,52257.7%
2017-104,8903,30059.7%
2017-117,4453,43168.5%
2017-125,0425,22149.1%
2018-012,1301,97751.9%
2018-021,8272,12746.2%
2018-035,85112,24832.3%
2018-041,4962,77135.1%
2018-051,1041,86737.2%
2018-061,0381,82136.3%
2018-078731,61635.1%
2018-085921,07235.6%
2018-0954688638.1%
2018-1043471737.7%
2018-111,01778956.3%
2018-1243859442.4%
2019-0137363437.0%
2019-0227752234.7%
2019-031,0921,34044.9%
2019-0429641641.6%
2019-0521736737.2%
2019-0645858543.9%
2019-0752859047.2%
2019-0816533333.1%
2019-0912623934.5%
2019-1016223041.3%
2019-1156839459.0%
2019-1242031257.4%
2020-011,74657775.2%
2020-0281741766.2%
2020-0342735954.3%
2020-0444833956.9%
2020-0529324754.3%
2020-0622121850.3%
2020-0726218558.6%
2020-0825419157.1%
2020-0916715052.7%
2020-1014914051.6%
2020-1122415758.8%
2020-1220717154.8%
2021-0123919255.5%
2021-0219511662.7%
2021-031,07938773.6%
2021-0445627062.8%
2021-0521417155.6%
2021-0614212852.6%
2021-0712614247.0%
2021-0812416443.1%
2021-099312143.5%
2021-109510048.7%
2021-1116210261.4%
2021-121099553.4%
2022-0114812055.2%
2022-02636449.6%
2022-03827751.6%
2022-04806256.3%
2022-05755657.3%
2022-06645952.0%
2022-07717050.4%
2022-08715556.3%
2022-09534554.1%
2022-10625453.4%
2022-11714064.0%
2022-12695356.6%
2023-01735855.7%
2023-02614756.5%
2023-03894466.9%
2023-04796654.5%
2023-05574257.6%
2023-06614259.2%
2023-07583562.4%
2023-08433058.9%
2023-09464053.5%
2023-10633365.6%
2023-11555251.4%
2023-12614259.2%
2024-01444549.4%
2024-02433455.8%
2024-03543660.0%
2024-04463358.2%
2024-05523361.2%
2024-06403454.1%
2024-07424051.2%
2024-08452366.2%
2024-09432563.2%
2024-10262650.0%
2024-11252847.2%
2024-12704262.5%
2025-0162239461.2%
2025-02602868.2%
2025-03352162.5%
2025-04291565.9%
2025-05372361.7%
2025-06281466.7%
2025-07401178.4%
2025-08321864.0%
2025-09191555.9%
2025-10351372.9%
2025-1125973.5%
2025-12301763.8%
2026-01351964.8%
2026-02271269.2%
2026-03321469.6%
2026-04141745.2%
2026-0525973.5%
2026-0623874.2%
2026-07181064.3%
2026-08271073.0%
2026-09822080.4%
2026-10432761.4%
Show daily data as a table
DayPositiveNegative
2026-09-1921
2026-09-2031
2026-09-2141
2026-09-2231
2026-09-2342
2026-09-2480
2026-09-2521
2026-09-2651
2026-09-2723
2026-09-2831
2026-09-2940
2026-09-3021
2026-10-0125
2026-10-0273
2026-10-0325
2026-10-0442
2026-10-0521
2026-10-0640
2026-10-0741
2026-10-0822
2026-10-0911
2026-10-1010
2026-10-1140
2026-10-1211
2026-10-1312
2026-10-1411
2026-10-1520
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Recent sentiment

PeriodPositiveReviews
Last 30 days67.2%119
Last 180 days71.8%301
All time55.9%202,317
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