Choose The Cycle: Frontier
Choose The Cycle: Frontier if you want a Free To Play experience. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 77.4% positive across 283 reviews.
The Cycle: Frontier vs Level Zero: Extraction
The Cycle: Frontier and Level Zero: Extraction both land in Action, Massively Multiplayer on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Action, Massively Multiplayer on Steam. The Cycle: Frontier (2022) is 3 years older than Level Zero: Extraction (2025). The Cycle: Frontier scores higher on Steam reviews (77.4% positive) than Level Zero: Extraction (52.2% positive). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Level Zero: Extraction
Choose Level Zero: Extraction if you want an Indie, Adventure, and Simulation experience. On Steam, it's the newer release (2025) and ships with the modern feature baseline. 1,552 Steam reviews back the pick.
Both The Cycle: Frontier and Level Zero: Extraction sit in Action and Massively Multiplayer on Steam and both list Multi-player, Online PvP, and Online Co-op, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 The Cycle: Frontier |  Level Zero: Extraction | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2022 | 2025 |
| Genres | Action, Massively Multiplayer, Free To Play | Action, Indie, Adventure, Simulation, Massively Multiplayer |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Unsupported | Deck Unsupported |
| Price | Price unknown | 4.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 77.4% positive (283 reviews) | 52.2% positive (1,552 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op |
| Developers | YAGER | Doghowl Games |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Massively Multiplayer on Steam.
- The Cycle: Frontier (2022) is 3 years older than Level Zero: Extraction (2025).
- The Cycle: Frontier scores higher on Steam reviews (77.4% positive) than Level Zero: Extraction (52.2% positive).
- Both support cooperative play.
- Both are Deck Unsupported.
The Cycle: Frontier vs Level Zero: Extraction — FAQ
- Which is better, The Cycle: Frontier or Level Zero: Extraction?
- On Steam reviews The Cycle: Frontier scores higher (77.4% positive) than Level Zero: Extraction (52.2% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, The Cycle: Frontier is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Should I play The Cycle: Frontier or Level Zero: Extraction first?
- If you want chronology, The Cycle: Frontier (2022) came out before Level Zero: Extraction (2025). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are The Cycle: Frontier and Level Zero: Extraction similar?
- They overlap on Action, Massively Multiplayer on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.
- Do both The Cycle: Frontier and Level Zero: Extraction have co-op?
- Yes — both list a co-op category on Steam. Specifics differ: The Cycle: Frontier ships Online Co-op, Co-op; Level Zero: Extraction ships Online Co-op, Co-op.