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Sudden Attack Zero Point Release Date, Beta & Platforms
The Sudden Attack Zero Point release date lands somewhere in 2026, and Nexon has not published an exact day yet. What is locked is the Final Closed Beta, which runs July 9-13, 2026 (PT) across a global player pool, adding a North American server for the first time. Sudden Attack Zero Point (SAZ) is the free-to-play remaster of the 2005 Korean tactical shooter Sudden Attack, and it ships on PC (Windows) through Steam as app 3576070. This page tracks the timeline from the 2005 original through every beta, the confirmed platforms, and where the game is playable.
Current status: pre-launch and in Final Closed Beta
As of July 2026 the game is pre-launch, marked "Coming soon" on Steam with no user reviews and no dated release. The near-term milestone is the Final Closed Beta Test (FCBT), scheduled July 9-13, 2026 on Pacific Time; some outlets list a July 8 start. The FCBT is the largest test so far and the first to add a North American server alongside the earlier global build.
The full launch is expected in 2026, but Nexon has stopped short of naming a month or day. The original reveal in May 2025 billed the game as arriving "this year," meaning 2025, and that target slipped into 2026 without a public reschedule to a specific date. Treat any exact-day claim you see elsewhere with caution until Nexon posts it on saz.nexon.com or the Steam store page. The FCBT build is a concrete preview of the launch feature set: 13 primary and 4 secondary weapons, 200+ customization parts, 10 playable characters, and 6 maps split into 2 close-quarters CQB maps for Team Deathmatch and 4 Bomb Defusal maps, plus Practice and Bot Team Deathmatch modes.
The road to the Sudden Attack Zero Point release date
This is a remaster of a 20-year-old franchise, not a brand-new IP, which is why the run-up spans two decades. Below is the verified timeline from the original Korean launch to the current beta.
2005 - The original Sudden Attack (서든어택) launches in Korea and becomes a long-running PC FPS staple, later reaching Japan as サドンアタック (2007-2019), Vietnam as Biệt Đội Thần Tốc through VNG (2008-2010), and a large Thai and Southeast Asian base. Nexon's tagline for the remaster leans on this history: "beloved for 20 years."
May 28, 2025 - Nexon Games reveals Sudden Attack Zero Point as a free-to-play remaster for PC and Steam, positioned as a global release and billed for "this year."
October 13-20, 2025 - A Steam Next Fest demo goes live (app 4021300) alongside a 2025 closed beta. The demo carried a smaller arsenal of 10 primary and 5 secondary weapons.
July 9-13, 2026 - The Final Closed Beta runs, region-locked out of Korea, adding an NA server and expanding to 13+4 weapons, 200+ parts, 10 characters, and 6 maps. Full launch is expected later in 2026 with no exact date confirmed.
Platforms: PC and Steam only
Sudden Attack Zero Point is a PC (Windows) title distributed through Steam, listed under app ID 3576070 with a separate demo app 4021300. No console version and no mobile version has been announced. On Steam the game is tagged Action and Free To Play, with categories covering Multi-player, PvP, Online PvP, In-App Purchases, and Family Sharing, and store tags including FPS, Gun Customization, Tactical, Team-Based, Shooter, First-Person, and Violent.
Being free-to-play, the game monetizes through In-App Purchases, and Steam explicitly discloses chance-based in-game purchases, meaning a loot-box or crate mechanic. Customization parts are functional rather than cosmetic-only, so they can change how a weapon plays, not just how it looks; skins remain cosmetic. Anti-cheat is handled by the kernel-level "Nexon Game Security" client, standard for a competitive shooter but worth knowing before you install. See the weapon customization and black market pages for how parts and trading tie into the loadout economy.
Availability: global launch, not released in Korea
SAZ is built for a worldwide audience, and its betas and Steam listing are region-locked out of Korea. There is no Korean-language support: Steam lists seven interface languages, with English as the only one carrying full audio and subtitles alongside interface support for Brazilian Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Latin American Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Thai, and Japanese. The absence of a Korean service and a Korean localization is the single most distinctive fact about this release, since the original Sudden Attack was a Korean-market institution.
For the Final Closed Beta specifically, Nexon added a North American server to the existing global pool, which reduces ping for players in the Americas during the test window. Because the game targets a worldwide launch on a single Steam listing rather than fragmented regional publishers, most players outside Korea should be able to install and queue directly through Steam once the servers open. Korean players and others seeking a Korean interface do not have an official option at this stage.