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Zen World cover art

Zen World

Cartboard Games · 2026-07-27

Steam

CasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Oct 07, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Zen World is a strategy game that can be as relaxing as you want it to be. Build a calm and colorful landscape with hexagonal tiles, matching their borders to each other, collect valuable boxes, and explore the tech tree.

8
playing now
81%
positive of 58 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$9.99
steam price (US)

8 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 14:00 UTC (census sample)

In this world-building god simulator, your job is to create a beautiful and safe environment for the people of the land. Are you tired of the micro-management of city builders, the paralyzing burden of looking for a perfect move, and controlling every single person in your kingdom? I have good news for you because you don't have to any of that in Zen World! Just provide an expansive and beautiful landscape and people will build and develop their kingdom by themselves!(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 47% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 67% of 9,678 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.2k–2.6k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 58 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2025-06-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 4 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
141420212026Week of 2021-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

802026-08-12 05:00 — 3 players2026-08-12 20:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 3 players2026-08-14 20:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-16 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 7 players2026-08-18 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 06:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 13:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 05:00 — 5 players2026-08-23 20:00 — 4 players2026-08-24 12:00 — 5 players2026-08-25 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 21:00 — 3 players2026-08-28 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 21:00 — 3 players2026-08-30 14:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$4.992021-10-072026-08-032021-10-07 — best price $8.992021-10-14 — best price $9.992021-11-24 — best price $8.992021-12-01 — best price $9.992021-12-23 — best price $8.492022-01-05 — best price $9.992022-06-23 — best price $7.992022-07-07 — best price $9.992022-11-22 — best price $7.992022-11-29 — best price $9.992022-12-23 — best price $7.492023-01-05 — best price $9.992023-07-05 — best price $6.992023-07-13 — best price $9.992023-12-21 — best price $6.492024-01-04 — best price $9.992024-03-18 — best price $6.492024-03-21 — best price $9.992024-06-27 — best price $6.492024-07-11 — best price $9.992024-11-28 — best price $6.992024-12-04 — best price $9.992024-12-23 — best price $5.992025-01-02 — best price $9.992025-03-15 — best price $5.992025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-06-26 — best price $4.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992025-09-30 — best price $5.992025-10-06 — best price $9.992025-12-18 — best price $4.992026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-03-22 — best price $4.992026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-06-25 — best price $4.992026-07-09 — best price $9.992026-07-28 — best price $8.992026-08-03 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, Russian, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain

Player tags

CasualPuzzleBuildingColorfulGod GameHex GridMedievalRelaxingStrategyBoard Game

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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