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Zapling Bygone cover art

Zapling Bygone

9FingerGames · 2022-08-05

SteamPlayStation StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Mar 09, 2023 (Xbox One), Mar 09, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Mar 09, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Mar 09, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Mar 09, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 05, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Zapling Bygone is a twisted metroidvania where you murder your foes and steal their abilities by wearing their skulls and absorbing their consciousness into your hive-mind.

80%
positive of 198 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
4.07★
PlayStation Store rating (15 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$15.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 36% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (59 reviews).
  • · Top 29% of 28,402 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.0k–8.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 198 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$12.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.79 at Steam (2026-01-05) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 0 of 6 observed days · $8.20 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
545420222026Week of 2022-08-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$12.99$12.992026-09-112026-10-162026-09-11 — best price $12.992026-09-18 — best price $12.992026-09-25 — best price $12.992026-10-02 — best price $12.992026-10-09 — best price $12.992026-10-16 — best price $12.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing

Player tags

2DActionAliensHorrorSci-fiAdventureNonlinearSouls-likeAtmosphericExploration

Census log

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

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