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Zack Zero cover art

Zack Zero

Crocodile Entertainment · 2013-04-29

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Jan 17, 2012 (PlayStation 3), Apr 29, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Zack Zero takes you on an action-packed platform adventure with incredible 3D graphics and the playability and entertainment of classic 2D games. Help Zack Zero save his beloved Marlene, kidnapped by the evil Zulrog in an effort to obtain the powerful substance that will allow him to travel back in time.

0
playing now
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
50/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$2.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-17 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 3 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~0/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (38 reviews).

Health tier since 2026-10-10

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2014-07-14) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
242420132026Week of 2013-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2013-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2013-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2013-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2013-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2013-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2013-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2013-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2013-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2013-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2014-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2014-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2014-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2014-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2014-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2014-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2014-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2014-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2014-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-17 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-16 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-17 11:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.992015-01-012017-03-302015-01-01 — best price $1.992015-01-02 — best price $1.992015-01-09 — best price $9.992015-05-18 — best price $0.992015-05-25 — best price $9.992015-06-11 — best price $1.492015-06-22 — best price $9.992015-07-12 — best price $1.492015-07-13 — best price $9.992015-07-21 — best price $1.492015-07-23 — best price $9.992015-11-25 — best price $1.492015-12-01 — best price $9.992017-03-30 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
17.7%
earned "Frisbee player"
6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, German, French, Italian

Player tags

IndieActionAdventurePlatformerSingleplayerSide Scroller

Census log

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

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