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ZEPHON cover art

ZEPHON

Proxy Studios · 2024-11-08

Steam

RPGStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Nov 08, 2024 (Linux), Nov 08, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

From the developers of Warhammer 40,000: Gladius, ZEPHON is a post-apocalyptic 4X strategy game built on Proxy’s unique tactical combat system. Guide survivors through a turbulent future, navigating unexpected disasters, eldritch horror and cyberpunk monstrosities. What will you do to survive?

54
playing now
83%
positive of 1.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

54 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Humanity emerges, hesitantly, into ruination. Almost nothing is left of the world as we knew it, settlements, forests, seas, mountains... all have been blasted into unfamiliarity. Horribly mutated animals hunt in packs through deformed woodland. Decrepit military robots stumble unknowingly through the ruins, sensors and logic centres blown. Alien soldiers, once impossibly powerful, cower in the wrecks of their ships, praying to heedless gods for rescue. On the planet Earth, that was once a cradle of life, the extinction of humanity is at hand. What will you do to survive?(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 54 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 90 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~11/week).
  • · Review velocity down 7% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (409 reviews).
  • · Top 26% of 6,153 RPG games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 38k–85k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,894 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $17.99 at Steam (2026-07-20)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 10 of 20 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
37037020242026Week of 2024-11-08: 370 positiveWeek of 2024-11-08: 39 negativeWeek of 2024-11-15: 139 positiveWeek of 2024-11-15: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-11-22: 78 positiveWeek of 2024-11-22: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-11-29: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-11-29: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-12-06: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-12-06: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-12-13: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-12-13: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-20: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-12-20: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-12-27: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-12-27: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-01-03: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-01-03: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-10: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-01-10: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-17: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-01-17: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-24: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-01-24: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-31: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-31: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-07: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-02-07: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-14: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-02-14: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-21: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-02-21: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-28: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-07: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-14: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-03-14: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-21: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-03-21: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-28: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-04-04: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-11: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-18: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-25: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-04-25: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-02: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-05-02: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-05-09: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-05-09: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-16: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-05-16: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-23: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-30: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-05-30: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-06: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-06-06: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-13: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-13: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-20: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-27: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-06-27: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-04: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-04: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-11: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-11: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-18: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-25: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-25: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-08: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-08: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-15: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-08-15: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-22: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-22: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-29: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-29: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-05: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-12: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-19: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-26: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-03: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-03: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-10: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-10-17: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-24: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-10-24: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-31: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-10-31: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-07: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-07: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-14: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-14: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-21: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-21: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-28: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-05: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-05: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-12: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-12: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-19: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-19: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-26: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-12-26: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-02: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-02: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-09: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-09: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-23: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-30: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-30: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-06: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-06: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-13: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-13: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-20: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-20: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-27: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-06: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-06: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-13: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-27: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-03: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-10: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-04-10: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-17: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-24: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-08: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-15: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-22: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-29: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-05-29: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-06-05: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-06-05: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-12: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-12: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-19: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-26: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-26: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-03: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-10: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-10: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-17: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-17: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-24: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-24: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-31: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-31: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-07: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-08-07: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-14: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-14: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

121412026-08-11 22:00 — 73 players2026-08-12 14:00 — 69 players2026-08-13 06:00 — 41 players2026-08-13 22:00 — 75 players2026-08-14 13:00 — 67 players2026-08-15 05:00 — 63 players2026-08-15 21:00 — 116 players2026-08-16 13:00 — 87 players2026-08-17 05:00 — 42 players2026-08-17 21:00 — 89 players2026-08-18 13:00 — 66 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 55 players2026-08-19 20:00 — 92 players2026-08-20 09:00 — 57 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 57 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 83 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 76 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 81 players2026-08-23 16:00 — 121 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 41 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 60 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 78 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 55 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 56 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 81 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 48 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 53 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 96 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 54 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$17.992024-11-082026-07-272024-11-08 — best price $39.992024-12-19 — best price $35.992025-01-02 — best price $39.992025-02-10 — best price $35.992025-02-17 — best price $39.992025-03-13 — best price $35.992025-03-20 — best price $39.992025-04-28 — best price $31.992025-05-05 — best price $39.992025-06-04 — best price $31.992025-06-09 — best price $39.992025-06-27 — best price $31.992025-07-10 — best price $39.992025-08-11 — best price $29.992025-08-18 — best price $39.992025-09-29 — best price $29.992025-10-06 — best price $39.992025-10-27 — best price $27.992025-11-03 — best price $39.992025-12-08 — best price $23.992025-12-15 — best price $39.992025-12-18 — best price $23.992026-01-05 — best price $39.992026-02-09 — best price $23.992026-02-16 — best price $39.992026-03-19 — best price $21.992026-03-26 — best price $39.992026-04-09 — best price $21.992026-04-16 — best price $39.992026-05-29 — best price $19.992026-06-05 — best price $39.992026-06-25 — best price $19.992026-07-09 — best price $39.992026-07-20 — best price $17.992026-07-27 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
42.1%
earned "Got Me, Good One"
6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-op6 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, German, Korean, Russian, Polish, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5690%96

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

Player tags

4XRPGCo-opSci-fiSandboxStrategyTacticalTurn-BasedMultiplayerLovecraftian

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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