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Slave Zero X

Poppy Works · Ziggurat · 2024-02-21

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Action

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Feb 21, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 21, 2024 (PlayStation 4), Feb 21, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Feb 21, 2024 (Xbox One), Feb 21, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), Apr 11, 2024 (Nintendo Switch)

Slave Zero X is a stylish 2.5D character action game set in the biopunk world of Slave Zero (1999). Run & Slash your way through a dystopian future in this character action game which will resonate with fans of Devil May Cry, Strider, and Guilty Gear.

Slave Zero X is an Action game released in 2024, priced at $24.99, with an estimated owner base of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (76% of 485 reviews).

0
playing now
76%
positive of 485 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
3.97★
PlayStation Store rating (190 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 59 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 20% of 28,108 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 9.7k–22k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 485 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$24.99
Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $11.24 at Steam (2026-08-03) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 65 of 113 observed days · $13.75 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
787820242026Week of 2024-02-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-15 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 11:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 18:00 — 5 players2026-09-21 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 17:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 22:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 13:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 21:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 04:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 19:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-15 10:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$11.242023-11-152026-10-152023-11-15 — best price $24.992024-03-04 — best price $24.992024-07-11 — best price $24.992024-08-16 — best price $19.992024-09-25 — best price $19.992024-11-01 — best price $24.992024-12-12 — best price $17.492025-01-20 — best price $24.992025-03-13 — best price $17.492025-05-09 — best price $17.492025-06-08 — best price $21.192025-07-02 — best price $16.192025-07-22 — best price $21.192025-08-02 — best price $16.192025-08-16 — best price $17.992025-09-04 — best price $17.992025-09-27 — best price $17.992025-10-08 — best price $24.992025-11-02 — best price $17.992025-11-15 — best price $14.992025-12-09 — best price $23.272026-01-06 — best price $14.992026-02-04 — best price $24.992026-03-20 — best price $12.642026-05-01 — best price $24.992026-05-20 — best price $12.492026-06-17 — best price $12.492026-08-03 — best price $11.242026-08-27 — best price $11.252026-09-02 — best price $11.252026-09-08 — best price $11.252026-09-14 — best price $24.992026-09-20 — best price $11.252026-09-26 — best price $11.252026-10-02 — best price $11.252026-10-08 — best price $24.992026-10-14 — best price $24.992026-10-15 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

35
achievements tracked
86%
earned "You want it?"
16.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportGamepad RecommendedDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudSteam Leaderboards3 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal, Simplified Chinese, Thai…

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2024-02-29 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)4132%36
Steam (Steam)3191%35
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)1270%35
Switch (Nintendo)330%0
PS4 (PlayStation)290%36
PS4 (PlayStation)80%36
Switch (Nintendo)20%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2.5DDarkMechsNinjaActionHorrorCyberpunkDystopian Beat 'em up2D Platformer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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