Code Zero

Code Zero (2021)

Xiaoyu Zhang · August 15, 2021 · Action, Tactical, Shooter, Multiplayer, FPS

Code Zero is free to play — no purchase needed. We track it so you know if that ever changes.

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Code Zero price

Code Zero is free to play — there is no purchase price, on Steam or anywhere else we track. We keep watching it, so if it ever stops being free the price history on this page will show when that happened and what it changed to.

About Code Zero

Tactical 5 vs 5 teambased First Person Shooter with limited life and upgradable weapons. Devise strategic plans and use utility grenades and tools to outsmart your enemies.

Code Zero features unique gunplay mechanics: each weapon has its own unique learnable recoil pattern and accuracy range. The movement mechanics serves to complement the high-precision gunplay, with the inclusion of advanced mechanics such as bunny hopping, air strafing, counter stepping and much more. There is a variety of weaponry to choose from, from shotguns to pistols to automatic rifles, offering a variety of gameplay styles.

Beyond the combat mechanics, each player has smoke grenades and other utility items to hold or take control over key vantage points on the map as two teams compete to eliminate the enemy team. Each player has 3 lives which upon depletion will fully eliminate them from the round. Once a team no longer has surviving players, the other team will win the round.

Code Zero — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Online PvP, LAN
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended Jun 19, 2026
Most underrated tactical shooters on steam right now. The game feels like it was made by someone who genuinely understands what makes old school competitive FPS games hit . The fact that you only have limited lives each rounds makes the game exciting. Is it perfect? Nah. But thats not the point cuz it has potential. The core gameplay loop is genuinely fun and people need to appreciate indie projects like this more. W game. Massive respect to the developer.
Not recommended Feb 10, 2026
[quote][b]Note: Dead PvP game[/b] This game contains no meaningful single player content. There's no viably populated servers/active player population. This game cannot be played as intended.[/quote] [quote][b][url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asset_flip]Warning: Asset Flip![/url][/b] "Code Zero" is one of literally thousands of creatively bankrupt asset flips/kitbashes infesting Steam and lowering the average quality of all video games everywhere.[/quote] The name of this game has more than one meaning, because the developer cleverly also describes how much genuine software engineering went into the creation of this "game". The developer even openly admits it's a complete and utter ripoff of Counter-Strike, only asset flips, horribly made, full of bugs and completely untested. I think it takes a lot of, well, being kind to the developer here, audacity, to rip off another game, put "CS Inspired" on the title, and then [i]publish it on the exact same platform as the game you are ripping off, [b]which is owned by the business whose game you're ripping off[/b][/i]! Of course it's not a 1:1 ripoff... for some inexplicable reason the terrorists and counter-terrorists are all …
Not recommended Nov 8, 2024
An empty playerless artifact.
Recommended Apr 8, 2024
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Recommended Mar 18, 2023
[h1]Before I played Code Zero, I had a small pp, no friends, no gf, depression, and no life. These things havent changed, but the game is pretty good[/h1]
Not recommended Nov 30, 2022
this is not a game, maybe backdoor

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