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Z Steel Soldiers cover art

Z Steel Soldiers

TickTock Games · Rebellion · 2014-08-01

Steam

Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jun 15, 2001 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

In the bloody aftermath of ‘Z’ comes The Bitmap Brothers classic, “Z Steel Soldiers”: a new breed of robot with a taste for war and a warped sense of humour.

Z Steel Soldiers is a Strategy game released in 2014, priced at $12.99, with an estimated owner count of 100,000 .. 200,000 and a review sentiment of Mixed (53% of 289 reviews).

7
playing now
53%
positive of 289 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
65/100
IGDB user rating (14 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$12.99
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 7 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 40% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 27% of 14,201 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 7.2k–17k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 289 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.29 at Steam (2024-03-07) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420162026Week of 2016-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

802026-09-15 17:00 — 6 players2026-09-17 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 16:00 — 8 players2026-09-21 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 21:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 12:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 10:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 17:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
300Jun 2014Jun 2026Jun 2014 — avg 0 · peak 2Oct 2014 — avg 2 · peak 13Feb 2015 — avg 4 · peak 16Jun 2015 — avg 2 · peak 9Oct 2015 — avg 2 · peak 11Feb 2016 — avg 2 · peak 9Jun 2016 — avg 1 · peak 8Oct 2016 — avg 2 · peak 8Feb 2017 — avg 2 · peak 9Jun 2017 — avg 7 · peak 103Oct 2017 — avg 5 · peak 115Feb 2018 — avg 20 · peak 528Jun 2018 — avg 4 · peak 65Oct 2018 — avg 2 · peak 12Feb 2019 — avg 2 · peak 8Jun 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Oct 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Feb 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Jun 2020 — avg 2 · peak 6Oct 2020 — avg 2 · peak 6Feb 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Jun 2021 — avg 2 · peak 5Oct 2021 — avg 2 · peak 8Feb 2022 — avg 3 · peak 8Jun 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Oct 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9Feb 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8Jun 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2023 — avg 2 · peak 9Feb 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Sep 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Jan 2026 — avg 4 · peak 48Jun 2026 — avg 26 · peak 130
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$12.99$1.292024-02-112026-07-092024-02-11 — best price $12.992024-03-07 — best price $1.292024-03-21 — best price $12.992024-05-07 — best price $1.292024-05-20 — best price $12.992024-06-27 — best price $1.292024-07-11 — best price $12.992024-09-05 — best price $1.292024-09-12 — best price $12.992024-11-27 — best price $1.292024-12-04 — best price $12.992024-12-19 — best price $1.292025-01-02 — best price $12.992025-01-20 — best price $1.292025-01-27 — best price $12.992025-03-13 — best price $1.292025-03-20 — best price $12.992025-06-26 — best price $1.292025-07-10 — best price $12.992025-08-04 — best price $1.292025-08-11 — best price $12.992025-09-29 — best price $1.292025-10-06 — best price $12.992025-12-11 — best price $1.292026-01-05 — best price $12.992026-03-19 — best price $1.292026-03-26 — best price $12.992026-04-28 — best price $1.292026-05-05 — best price $12.992026-06-18 — best price $1.292026-07-09 — best price $12.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

18
achievements tracked
24.4%
earned "Would-be Psycho Killer"
5.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, French

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7006%18

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

Player tags

RTSRemakeSci-fiStrategy

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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