Ground Zero: Texas - Nuclear Edition

About

Ground Zero Texas drops you in a dusty border town where aliens blend in with the locals. You control a weapons expert armed with a particle beam-equipped BattleCam and a RoverCam to track down alien stashes. The game mixes point-and-click shooting with surveillance tactics as you scan buildings for disguised invaders. Set to a synth-heavy soundtrack, each level feels like a low-budget B-movie set piece with over-the-top gunfights and awkward dialogue. The Nuclear Edition adds hours of bonus material including deleted scenes and production docs that highlight the game’s chaotic charm. While the graphics and acting haven’t aged well, fans of quirky 2010s indie games often cite its ridiculous tone and obsessive attention to sci-fi western tropes as endearing. A cult oddity that leans hard into its budget constraints, it’s best enjoyed with friends for maximum cringe humor.

Storyline

The chopper kicks up dust as it sets down. Through the haze of dirt and grit you make out El Cadron, a shabby, little Texas border town. It looks quiet enough, but folks have been disappearing. As a tactical weapons expert, you soon discover it's crawling with aliens disguised as humans. Welcome to Ground Zero Texas. Armed with four BattleCams outfitted with a particle beam that stuns the aliens and a RoverCam used to search out the Reticulan weapon stash, you're into a sci-fi, wild west gun fest. As a tactical weapons expert, your job is to monitor multiple locations in a fictional town for alien activity and protect the citizens.