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Zanki Zero: Last Beginning

Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd. · 2019-04-09

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RPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Apr 09, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Jul 05, 2018 (PlayStation Vita), Apr 10, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Explore the ruins, dungeons, and islands in this post-apocalyptic world through the POV of eight protagonists as they fight for survival and search for meaning in their never-ending cycles of life and death.

Zanki Zero: Last Beginning is an RPG released in 2019, priced at $59.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (77% of 697 reviews).

5
playing now
77%
positive of 697 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
4.40★
PlayStation Store rating (968 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$59.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Zanki Zero: Last Beginning is a dungeon crawling role-playing video game developed by Spike Chunsoft and Lancarse and published by Spike Chunsoft. It was released for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita in Japan in July 2018, and PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Windows worldwide in April 2019.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 31 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 41% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (108 reviews).
  • · Top 20% of 13,902 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 17k–42k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 697 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $5.99 at Steam (2025-01-16)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $59.99 · on sale 10 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
898920192026Week of 2019-04-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1412026-09-15 06:00 — 8 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 9 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 10 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 13 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 9 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 7 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 8 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 8 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 6 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 6 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 6 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 7 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 7 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 9 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 6 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 8 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 9 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 11 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1462Apr 2019Aug 2026Apr 2019 — avg 146 · peak 361Jul 2019 — avg 50 · peak 126Oct 2019 — avg 9 · peak 28Jan 2020 — avg 16 · peak 39Apr 2020 — avg 6 · peak 17Jul 2020 — avg 21 · peak 51Oct 2020 — avg 4 · peak 14Jan 2021 — avg 10 · peak 28Apr 2021 — avg 5 · peak 23Jul 2021 — avg 11 · peak 30Oct 2021 — avg 14 · peak 44Jan 2022 — avg 5 · peak 15Apr 2022 — avg 4 · peak 11Jul 2022 — avg 5 · peak 14Oct 2022 — avg 4 · peak 9Jan 2023 — avg 4 · peak 11Apr 2023 — avg 4 · peak 12Jul 2023 — avg 7 · peak 16Oct 2023 — avg 3 · peak 8Jan 2024 — avg 5 · peak 17Apr 2024 — avg 4 · peak 18Jul 2024 — avg 6 · peak 14Oct 2024 — avg 3 · peak 11Jan 2025 — avg 17 · peak 45Apr 2025 — avg 4 · peak 12Jul 2025 — avg 4 · peak 14Oct 2025 — avg 4 · peak 11Jan 2026 — avg 3 · peak 10Apr 2026 — avg 7 · peak 24Jul 2026 — avg 6 · peak 16Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 10
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$59.99$5.992019-04-172026-09-082019-04-17 — best price $59.992019-08-08 — best price $23.992019-11-01 — best price $59.992019-12-19 — best price $23.992020-01-27 — best price $59.992020-06-25 — best price $17.992020-11-16 — best price $59.992021-02-11 — best price $11.992021-05-06 — best price $59.992021-09-23 — best price $11.992021-11-01 — best price $59.992021-12-22 — best price $23.992022-02-03 — best price $59.992022-06-24 — best price $23.992022-09-20 — best price $59.992022-12-22 — best price $23.992023-02-27 — best price $59.992023-04-27 — best price $17.992023-07-13 — best price $59.992023-12-18 — best price $11.992024-03-21 — best price $59.992024-06-27 — best price $11.992024-11-04 — best price $59.992024-12-19 — best price $8.992025-01-30 — best price $59.992025-04-25 — best price $11.992025-06-15 — best price $59.992025-08-25 — best price $11.992025-10-06 — best price $59.992025-12-18 — best price $11.992026-03-26 — best price $59.992026-06-04 — best price $5.992026-07-09 — best price $59.992026-09-07 — best price $5.992026-09-08 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

109142026-06-01 — 40 pageviews2026-06-05 — 39 pageviews2026-06-09 — 41 pageviews2026-06-13 — 22 pageviews2026-06-17 — 34 pageviews2026-06-21 — 26 pageviews2026-06-25 — 22 pageviews2026-06-29 — 23 pageviews2026-07-03 — 23 pageviews2026-07-07 — 24 pageviews2026-07-11 — 21 pageviews2026-07-15 — 28 pageviews2026-07-19 — 32 pageviews2026-07-23 — 18 pageviews2026-07-27 — 20 pageviews2026-07-31 — 17 pageviews2026-08-04 — 16 pageviews2026-08-08 — 21 pageviews2026-08-12 — 15 pageviews2026-08-16 — 23 pageviews2026-08-20 — 31 pageviews2026-08-24 — 20 pageviews2026-08-28 — 96 pageviews2026-09-01 — 38 pageviews2026-09-05 — 43 pageviews2026-09-09 — 48 pageviews2026-09-13 — 30 pageviews2026-09-17 — 23 pageviews2026-09-21 — 21 pageviews2026-09-25 — 19 pageviews2026-09-29 — 63 pageviews2026-10-03 — 45 pageviews2026-10-07 — 24 pageviews2026-10-10 — 28 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

38
achievements tracked
69.1%
earned "Clear Prologue"
12.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,0854%38
PS4 (PlayStation)8299%38
PS4 (PlayStation)81611%38

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

Player tags

RPGJRPGAnimeHorrorSurvivalAdventureStory RichFirst-PersonSingleplayerVisual Novel

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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