SPRAWL zero Reviews: Steam, Metacritic & Critics
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What reviewers praise
- ✅ Disposable weapons plus Gravity Gloves keep every fight moving (Under The Mayo, TheReviewGeek, Worth A Buy)
- ✅ Squad AI that flanks, calls out and throws grenades (Worth A Buy)
- ✅ The REVEL soundtrack, singled out in almost every review
- ✅ New Game Plus remixes levels with new enemy placements (Under The Mayo)
- ✅ Runs smoothly: a custom Unreal Engine 5 build with baked lighting and MSAA
What reviewers and players criticise
- ❌ The last 15% of the campaign and the final boss fight (Under The Mayo)
- ❌ Environments blur together; easy to get lost (TheReviewGeek, Flexin85)
- ❌ Too many top-rarity weapon drops late in the game reduce the weapon variety (Under The Mayo)
- ❌ Aim assist that cannot be switched off on mouse and keyboard (Steam forum)
- ❌ No collectible tracker per level (TheReviewGeek)
Why there is no score here
We have not played SPRAWL zero under test conditions, so a number from us would be invented. The figures above are copied from the platforms and critics that published them, with the date we read each one. Steam percentages move daily in launch week.
Sources: Steam store review summary and appreviews API; Metacritic's SPRAWL zero page; the three YouTube reviews named in the table.
The numbers, with sources
| Signal | Value | When | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam user reviews | Very Positive: 265 positive / 14 negative (95%) | 10 Sep 2026 | Steam appreviews API |
| Metacritic critic score | 75 (6 critic reviews) | 10 Sep 2026 | metacritic.com game page |
| Steam demo rating | Overwhelmingly Positive | 11 Aug 2026 | MAETH release date announcement |
| Players online on Steam | 184 | 10 Sep 2026 | Steam GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers |
| Under The Mayo (YouTube) | Campaign alone '7.5'; recommends it on the strength of New Game Plus | 8 Sep 2026 | Video review, 19K views |
| Flexin85 (YouTube) | 'The most 7/10 game there ever was', meant as praise | Sep 2026 | Video review, 12K views |
| Worth A Buy (YouTube) | 'High nines' before launch, unscored | 7 Sep 2026 | Video review, 38K views |
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