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Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
Developer The Bearded Ladies
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden is a turn-based tactical role-playing video game developed by Swedish studio The Bearded Ladies and published by Funcom. Based on the tabletop role-playing game Mutant Year Zero, the game was released for Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in December 2018. A Nintendo Switch version of the game was released on July 30, 2019. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
341 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
76
LovedLoved
154 positive · 49 negative
95% range 70–81%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 154 | 49 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 26 | 1 | 85 |
| Mastodon * | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| Lemmy * | 2 | 0 | 10 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
9,375 of 10,573 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
77% recommend · 152 yes, 46 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 198 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (18,581 of 20,598 positive).
Players praise the stealth-focused tactical gameplay and engaging atmosphere. [1][2][3] Some reviewers criticize the restrictive squad size and forced stealth approach. [4][5][6] Many compare it favorably to XCOM, noting its unique post-apocalyptic setting. [7][8][9]
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Representative posts
- [4]
Economy and bad math calculation I really wanted to love Mutant Year Zero. Early on, mixing real-time stealth with XCOM combat in a post-apocalyptic world feels like a breath of fresh air. But as you progress, the game completely falls apart due to infuriating, half-baked balancing that turns a fun tactical shooter into a stressful chore. The 3-Mutant Bottleneck: Restricting your squad to three mutants locks you …
- [1]
7/10 - XCom with a LOT of Stealth This game really is all about stealth. You have to pick your battles extremely carefully, lest you instantly die, as your party is extremely small compared to enemy packs you face. You spend a lot of time grabbing loot just outside of vision ranges, taking out small 1-man patrols in ambushes, etc etc. If you don't vibe with that element of gameplay you will NOT enjoy this game. If …
- [8]
Honestly an amazing game. Story, music, and gameplay are all engaging. DLC is solid. By the end of the game, I'm craving more and sad there is none. I waited a few years and just replayed the game again. 10/10. Really hoping a sequel will be made as the story, gameplay, and new stealth attack mechanic really does fill in the void left by XCOM2.
- [3]
Love this game, imagine X-com but with post apocalyptic Furries and more focused on stealth. This game is definitely more about patience and stealth planning then it is about sheer firepower. You're often outgunned significantly and if you make to much noise you'll attract other enemies. So, you gotta scout and pick off the stragglers, quietly and quickly. It usually takes your whole team and good positioning just …
- [2]
Great atmosphere. Tense, survival, stalker. Characters whispering so they don't get heard.
Summarised from 34 of the 321 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 11, 2026. How summaries are made
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Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden sits at 76% positive across 203 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Critics, per Wikipedia
The game received generally positive reviews from critics according to review aggregator Metacritic, however the version on Switch received mixed reviews. The reviewers generally agreed that the game was very satisfying; IGN wrote that "Pulling off a plan that deconstructs all of an enemy's advantages and leads to victory, especially a decisive one, feels very good", GameSpot said that "Juggling all the demands of combat, from patiently surveying the field beforehand through to learning how to best counter each enemy type and improvising a new strategy when it all goes horribly wrong, make for an immensely satisfying tactical experience", while Jeff Marchiafava from Game Informer wrote that…
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Reactions
60 of 341 · most liked firstSci-Fi RPG systems/settings/core rules. This is meant to be a non-exhaustive list, in ~~stream-of-consciousness~~ alphabetical order. ## Dedicated systems - **2300 AD** (now a setting for Traveller) - **3:16**: Carnage Amongst the Stars - **Apocalypse World** - **BattleTech: A time of war** - **Coyote & Crow** - **Cyberpunk** (2013, 2020, V3.0, Red) - **Eclipse Phase** - **Lancer** - **Paranoia** - **Shadowrun** - **SLA Industries** - **Star Wars** roleplaying (different games by different…
neutral · AI labelView post →☢️☢️☢️ 🟥LIVE🟥 ☣️☣️☣️ Today's Plan is for Alone Against the Zone, a Solo TTRPG with @badspaceking.itch.io Reading for us, but their power is being worked on, so we will try some Mutant Year Zero a Post apoc Furry game until BSK Arrives! ▶️ www.twitch.tv/pankraru ◀️ #vtuber #rpg #ttrpg #mutantyearzero
neutral · AI labelView post →plus some really neat systems for duels and gambling. Enough grit in stats for horses, weapons etc. that choices are meaningful without being overwhelmingly simulationist. Uses the Modiphius D6 system (as in Mutant Year Zero) adapted well to the setting. A really solid-feeling game.
positive · AI labelView post →☣️☢️☣️☢️ 🔴LIVE🔴 ☣️☢️☣️☢️ A Turn Based Strategy today, Miasma Chronicles! From the makers of Mutant Year Zero! As of this post, I'm the ONLY person on Twitch Streaming it! Come Check out this underrated game! ▶️ www.twitch.tv/pankraru ◀️ #Vtuber #MiasmaChronicles #RPG #TurnBasedStrategy #MutantYearZero
neutral · AI labelView post →Weekend PC Game Deals: Unending coupons, returning bundles, and more - Neowin. Hogwarts Legacy – $35.99 on Epic Store PAYDAY 3 – $29.99 on Epic Store Forza Horizon 5 – $29.99 on Steam Remnant 2 – $29.99 on Epic Store God of War – $24.99 on Epic Store Immortals of Aveum – $23.99 on Epic Store NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139... – $23.99 on Steam Dead Space – $23.99 on Epic Store A Plague Tale: Requiem – $22.49 on Epic Store Rust – $19.99 on Steam Marvel's Midnight Suns –…
neutral · AI labelView post →Solo RPG/Solo Board Game goals for 2026: trying out Mutant Year Zero RPG and Vantage boardgame. What are you looking forward to? Have you tried these two?
neutral · AI labelView post →2024 TTRPG Resolutions (Just need to add more procedures/habits to accomplish these goals) 1. Get my blog off the ground. 2. Play or run in a F2F post-apoc game (Gamma World, Mutant Future or even Mutant: Year Zero) 3. Play or run the following: - Achtung! Cthulhu - Twilight: 2000 - 2300AD
neutral · AI labelView post →Tabletop Roleplaying Games. I bought Mutant Year Zero in 2015 thinking "Ah, this will give me countless hours of play! I can make my own adventures and stuff!" Now, my shelf is buckling after trying a hundred different games and supplements, and getting addicted to pretty books. Currently, my favorite game of all time is Delta Green. Investigative horror mystery. Amazingly horrific scenarios (adventures) with True Detective season one level of masterful writing. [Check out Glass…
positive · AI labelView post →Just finished my first project in pico8! It's dice roller for Mutant Year Zero tabletop role-playing game. I'm planning to add some simple animations and sound later (maybe other dice sets too). Playable in browser here: www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=158... #pixelart #gamedev #pico8
neutral · AI labelView post →Economy and bad math calculation I really wanted to love Mutant Year Zero. Early on, mixing real-time stealth with XCOM combat in a post-apocalyptic world feels like a breath of fresh air. But as you progress, the game completely falls apart due to infuriating, half-baked balancing that turns a fun tactical shooter into a stressful chore. The 3-Mutant Bottleneck: Restricting your squad to three mutants locks you into a rigid, one-way-to-play puzzle. Because you must silently eliminate patrols…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Solo rules for another popular TTRPG: Mutant Year Zero (MYZ). Uses Free Leagues Year Zero game engine. Has anyone here tried this one? #MYZsolo, #MutantYearZero
neutral · AI labelView post →Some old background art I made for my RPG livestream. The game was Mutant Year Zero, a post-apocalyptic setup where mutants try to survive. The first one was for an expansion of the game called Genlab Alpha and has a more wild nature theme. #ttrpg #rpg #photomanipulation #photoshop #art #BrArt
neutral · AI labelView post →Also out today (also in early access) is Every Day We Fight. A story-heavy tactics game (think XCom + Mutant Year Zero but with Valkyria Chronicles-style manual aiming) and some time-looping roguey stuff going on. Got sent an early key but I'm barely past the tutorial thanks to an enormous backlog.
neutral · AI labelView post →Quick and dirty job on these to finish off the Mutant Year Zero box ready for a game on Thursday #nerdlings
neutral · AI labelView post →I ran a season of Free League games on #TheRaspyRaven I'm not doing it again 😁 but it was a lot of fun. We covered all the releases. I was surprised how much I enjoyed running Mutant Year Zero but the highlight was @paulbaldowski.bsky.social running Symbaroum, well creepy. The game, not Paul 😉
positive · AI labelView post →The summary for this game is a strategy game without any strategy. Most of its issues stem from the very small squad size, 2 units initially then maxing out at just 3 units. Add to this enemies with large health pools and armour and what you end up with is repeated missions where you simply focus fire on the closest enemy with your entire squad to kill 1 enemy a turn. The small squad size means that any missed shots feel extra harsh, and a unit getting knocked down or mind controlled will…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Psst, do you like TTRPGs? You ever wanted to play a post-apocalyptic furry leading a revolution against machines? Then I got the perfect game for you! Come join me for the Escape From Paradise campaign! Check all details over on Startplaying below! #TTRPG #Furry #MutantYearZero #PaidGM #FreeLeague
neutral · AI labelView post →It's just so tedious, you are forced to play a very specific way or else you just get infinited by 16 robots or tazed by psykers from 40k, cant shred armor, which they forgot to steal from xcom like they did with every other system in the game, so tanky enemies can bowl thru your team, resources are very finite so you just run out of medkits then run out of money for medkits, try to stealth kill an enemy, you simply dont have the damage to do it so you have to take on the entire fortress. maybe…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Like others have said, there is only one way to successfully play this game, so you're not making tactical choices, you're just trying to guess what the developers had in mind for that specific encounter.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just got to kill one more enemy.... Mutant Year Zero is an excellent Tactics game! 100% worth it! #MutantYearZero #Vtuber #Pngtuber #Clips
positive · AI labelView post →Champions 4th Edition, then GURPS 3e Revised. I very much liked the FFG Star Wars game with the custom dice, but none of my players did, so... Most recently, I've dabbled with Forged in the Dark games and Mutant Year Zero.
neutral · AI labelView post →In other RPG news, I'm going through old bundles and Mutant Year Zero is pretty good, isn't it? Like, boo to custom dice and cards, but I like the focus on community building. I think I'd previously dismissed it in a fit of hipster pique because too many people said it was a good game.
positive · AI labelView post →Extremely shallow mechanics and limited gameplay options. You absolutely must play by stealth, slowly picking off enemies instead of engaging full on. However, the game doesn't clearly communicate this until it's too late as it takes a steep difficulty turn around 8 hours in, at which point there are not enough resources to spec your team out for stealth kills (because it's been misleadingly easy enough up till now to play straight strategy combat!). You end up in scenarios where you can't…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Genre - Turn based combat with stealth 5.5/10 Disappointingly boring and waste of good lore imo. I got this game a while back as loved the look of the game and the story sounded interesting. I'd read reviews that actually put me off trying the game. However, I thought I need to give it a proper try. All I can say is what a shame... The characters and setting are great, but the turn based combat that is the game has been made a boring chore. I get that you are a Stalker, and they want to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Skirmish game obtained. Mutant Year Zero: Zone Wars from @modiphius.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →I did the layout for Mutant: Year Zero, based on the Swedish version of the game. And I got to ride on Free League’s coat-tails until they had so much work for me that I could quit my day job and layout TTRPGs full time. I am most grateful for that – and this game will always be special to me. 2/2
positive · AI labelView post →#ttrpg #unlovedandunrun The game stops here. For five years I have been hoarding new games since I came back to ttrpgs. And now it is time I played ones that have slipped through the cracks. The Unloved and Unrun. Starting with... Mutant Year Zero: Alpha Genlab the first Post your Unrun!
neutral · AI labelView post →Fun game, especially since it's 8 years old. Nice story as well.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Being a casual gamer didn't help me enjoy the game. You need to be hyper focused and calculate exactly how to proceed before starting a fight that you still may lose. I bought that game years ago and got discouraged by its difficulty, I tried again yesterday and went a little further but yet, all the fights I see in my path now has a close to 0% chance of win for my style of play. Do not recommend if all you want is pew pew at monsters...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Maybe not a hot take, but... People need to talk about the AA games that aim high and stumble more. I will absolutely sing the praises of a AA game that has spirit behind it over mass-market slop. I'm talking cult classics like Mutant Year Zero, Alpha Protocol, or the Little Tail Bronx series.
neutral · AI labelView post →Changing my original review (kept original text below). I absolutely loved this game. Gameplay is solid, and enjoyable. I fell in love with setting, atmosphere and soundtrack. An absolute masterpiece in world-building! However, 10 hours in I hit a game breaking bug where I was unable to proceed to the metal fields, effectively soft-locking me out of the game. This is an issue that has been widely reported on several forums and discussion boards now for several years, and still seems to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The system is quite involved, built on the same core familiar from Mutant: Year Zero but with a lot of detail for tactical gameplay. The combat is some of the most complex I've seen in any modern roleplaying game, almost on the level of some of the more complicated 80's games.
neutral · AI labelView post →so anyway I put my stupid money where my stupid mouth is and i booted up “Mutant Year Zero” for old times sake and got murdered in 35 seconds flat, lmao this game sucks
negative · AI labelView post →Some games fail at certain tables because it doesn’t click with the preferences and experience of the players. Mutant Year Zero is a great game but, as a GM, I find exploration of areas uninteresting. I stopped having fun with it. It’d be useful if there was an easy way for players/GMs to know
neutral · AI labelView post →Finished main game and DLC. To summarize to some other reviewes there is only one correct way to play, kill guys who are walking away from the group. Use the same 3 silent weapons all the game, knock out enemy if critical hit didn't work.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Review and Tips: Score: 7.0 This is really a great game in many ways. The cast is interesting and very well voiced, the tactics style gameplay can be quite fun once you learn the more advanced systems, and I really enjoyed the anthropomorphic take on a post-apocalyptic world. Why score it a 7 rather than something higher you may ask? Honestly, I had only a few major gripes, because in spite of obvious budget limitations, they created a quality and thoughtful experience. Issues: 1.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For the past 25 years, my oldest friends and I meet at a house in the woods for 4 days of RPGs. This year I’m running Mutant: Year Zero. If it goes to plan it may end with a PvP session of the associated MY0: Zone Wars miniatures game. Played a practice game this morning to pin down the rules.
neutral · AI labelView post →Stream is done and I had a good time, the twists and turns of Mutant Year Zero unfold and new unfair boss fights await us 😂 But it was fun, I really like the game! ☢️ Also huge thanks to @puluvt.bsky.social for the raid, is very much appreciated!! 😄 #Vtuber #Fintuber
positive · AI labelView post →Did you know we cover stuff BESIDES Warhammer? Here’s our thoughts on the Mutant Year Zero: Zone Wars skirmish game, my favorite game featuring a Moose using a baseball bat to beat up a guy in a diving suit. No, really. It’s great. #hobby #skirmish #wargaming youtu.be/1yNmVbP8FYQ?...
neutral · AI labelView post →Introduce yourself with your top 5 #TTRPG picks! (In no particular order) 1) Mage the Awakening 2) Mage the Ascension 3) Cypher System 4) Starfinder 5) Alien & Mutant Year Zero Shoutout to Naruto Shinobi no Sho, a fanmade game that is really good
neutral · AI labelView post →The game is essentially designed so that if you don't end every encounter within your first turn, you're effectively screwed. The fact that they released this and then a few months later gave it away for free on another platform was really cool and shows what they think of their customers.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →7/10 - XCom with a LOT of Stealth This game really is all about stealth. You have to pick your battles extremely carefully, lest you instantly die, as your party is extremely small compared to enemy packs you face. You spend a lot of time grabbing loot just outside of vision ranges, taking out small 1-man patrols in ambushes, etc etc. If you don't vibe with that element of gameplay you will NOT enjoy this game. If you can however, then you're gonna have a lovely little tactical game about…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pretty solid little game, could of done a lot more with this ip. Very stealth style of gameplay and not enough options for a replay. But pretty solid and decent enough for the price it can be picked up for.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is scarily true. First experience playing a TTRPG was "The Dark Eye" (a very crunchy, German game) in the 90s and it was basically a big "Yike". Would never recommend to start with! I'd probably suggest "Into the Odd", pbta or Mutant Year Zero engine games (Dragonbane f.e) as recommendation.
neutral · AI labelView post →Heeey! Go check out my hubby's YT channel if you like TTRPG's like DnD or Mutant Year Zero! Or if you like video game character creators & speed draws! ❤️❤️❤️
neutral · AI labelView post →Early morning paintjob, a WIP of the duck character in Free League's Mutant Year Zero: Zone Wars Miniatures Skirmish Game
neutral · AI labelView post →Hear hear. I played Deus Ex for the first time this year, best game I ever played. Also tried Ace Attorney, extremely satisfying. And Disco Elysium, and Mutant: Year Zero, and the Tempest Rising demo. Great games exist and are being made.
positive · AI labelView post →Mutant Miniature Mayhem A review of Mutant: Year Zero – Zone Wars – Skirmish Mayhem in the Mutant: Year Zero Universe, the post apocalypse miniatures game from Free League Publishing. rlyehreviews.blogspot.com/2024/06/muta... #reviewsfromrlyeh #rpgreview #rpgreviews #MutantYearZero #SwedishRPG
neutral · AI labelView post →Mandatory looking for friends post, hi things i like a lot -TTRPGs (Mutant Year Zero, Fabula Ultima) -Ultrakill -Slay The Spire -Inscryption (will play Pony Island and The Hex soon, promise) -The Finals -Monster Hunter (FU, 3rd, 4U, Rise) -Cassette Beasts (i got this cool tshirt btw :D)
neutral · AI labelView post →Oh yeah, DnD is a great idea, and if they aren't into dragons (but who isn't) there's all kinds of variations of rpg games. Mutant Year Zero, Vaesen, Alien, Pathfinder, Starfinder, etc. The list goes on and on. And since you have mentioned you have a pc, you can use a virtual tabletop like Fantasy Grounds, for them to play where you don't have to get them all together in the same room. I play a few different games each week with people I have only met in game. You could buy the FG Ultimate…
neutral · AI labelView post →> * Encourage solo exploration and survival. > * Have distant sci-fi, cyberpunk, and dystopian themes. > * In addition to equipment, implant, and class bonuses, will incorporate gunplay. Maybe check out [Mutant: Year Zero](https://saveorquit.com/2021/04/02/review-mutant-year-zero-mutant-ar-noll/)? AFAIK Year Zero engine plays well with survival and resources. Might be a little bit too light for computer GM, though. You can find SRD of the base system [in the middle of the text…
neutral · AI labelView post →Want to write a story or play a game set in a flooded, post-apocalyptic Stockholm? Play Mutant Year Zero, for instance. With my input, Alexander Wramler has made an excellent hex map for you. Imagine the shoreline at the Royal Library, a beached passenger […] [Original post on archaeo.social]
neutral · AI labelView post →Cool game. Started on PC, completed on deck. Liked the atmosphere, the weapon modification system and the tactics.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have just completed this game and was left.....dissapointed. What I love: The atmosphere and graphics The destruction which really does affect gameplay tactics wise The story (up until the end) The combat and thought provoking tactics required What got on my nerves: Inability to sell guns (yes you can scrap them, but the scrap value is very little) Serious lack of gun variety Trader has very little to offer and stocks almost nothing of interest (except what is needed such as health packs,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →16 hours in and I had to look up a guide because I couldn’t kill anything at level 52. Come to find out you have to use silent weapons exclusively and there is no way to farm exp or money (scrap). Screwed myself early on and didn’t even know it because nothing in this game tells you: ‘hey, don’t scrap those terribly weak silent weapons’. Games that allow the player to screw themselves without foreknowledge suck.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A lot of those are also videogames in all fairness. Mutant Year Zero is a great video game.
positive · AI labelView post →Last year I ran a Mutant Crawl Classics game for my students on slow days, they asked for Mutant Year Zero and I was like "that... has a lot of extra shit, how about THIS?" Good times were had.
neutral · AI labelView post →Number 11; Mutant: Year Zero is a game I haven't played yet but I like the system and setting to give it a try. Definitely thinking about turning my hometown into a zone to play in.
neutral · AI labelView post →Nice setting, but despite finishing all the x-com games, I am struggling with this one on easy. Shame, but too frustrating.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Far too hard and frustrating to be fun, and this is coming from someone who enjoyed XCom. Doesn't even attempt to be fair. Do not play unless you want to suffer from high blood pressure and an urge to break things.
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