Preview updates before they go live
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“I love the fact you can test the update before it even comes out!”
Steam review · 26.6 h played ↗
Z1 Battle Royale: Test Server
Worth buying? What 173 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 173 Steam reviews actually say.
Mixed · 51%Mixed · 51%Daybreak Game Company2016Survival · Shooter · Action
The verdict
A free test branch for H1Z1/Z1 Battle Royale where you can preview updates early, but it is often empty, unstable, and stuck on "connecting". Skip it if you want a reliable, populated game.
Great for
Existing H1Z1 players who want to preview and give feedback on upcoming updates
Main risk
Game never gets past "connecting" or crashes, and the servers are mostly empty
What players love
Fun, addictive battle royale
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“great addictive game needs a few bug fixes but overall love the game”
Steam review · 10.4 h played ↗
Improved combat and shooting feel
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“improved the shooting ALOTTTTT”
Steam review · 6.2 h played ↗
Devs seen as rebuilding the game
Mentioned in ~1 in 23 positive reviews
“Good job daybreak slowing rebuilding the game”
Steam review · 26.7 h played ↗
What players complain about
Stuck on connecting or won't launch
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Game simply gets stuck at 'We are trying to connect you to servers'.”
Steam review · 0.9 h played ↗
Bugs, glitches and hackers
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“Mother fker hack everywhere right now at training model, i just saw people flashed .Plz fix the problem.”
Steam review · 0.8 h played ↗
Poor performance, crashes and low FPS
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“now i have 15 FPS MAX in game..really ?”
Steam review · 0.7 h played ↗
Changes feel like PUBG, hurt old gameplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Game is to noob and spray friendly now, they have ♥♥♥♥ed the game so hard with this update.”
Steam review · 7.5 h played ↗
Distrust of Daybreak and Just Survive shutdown
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“DONT BUY ANTHING FROM DAYBREAK THEY MAY TAKE THE GAME OFF THE MARKET AND STEAL YOUR MONEY LOOK AT JUST SURVIVE.......”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗
Empty servers and dead test server
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 negative reviews
“also test server is dead except combat training, gl with 6 man games”
Steam review · 0.9 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unknown20 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7 SP1 64 bit
ProcessorIntel i3 Dual-Core with Hyper-Threading (required)
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsnVidia GeForce GTX 275 series or higher
Storage20 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 7 SP1 64 bit
ProcessorIntel i5 Quad Core or higher / AMD Phenom II X6 or higher
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsnVidia GeForce GTX 560 series or higher / AMD HD 6870 or higher
Storage20 GB available space
OSWindows 7 SP1 64 bit
ProcessorIntel i3 Dual-Core with Hyper-Threading (required)
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsnVidia GeForce GTX 275 series or higher
Storage20 GB available space
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