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Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma

Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd. · 2016-06-29

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Adventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Aug 18, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Jun 29, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 28, 2016 (Nintendo 3DS), Jun 30, 2016 (PlayStation Vita), Aug 30, 2022 (Xbox One)

Nine participants awaken, trapped in an underground facility. To escape, they must play a game with deadly consequences. Who will live, and who will die? The choice is yours. Let the Decision Game begin…

Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma is a 2016 Adventure game priced at $19.99, with 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (82% of 4894 reviews).

10
playing now
82%
positive of 4.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (22 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (122 ratings)
4.52★
PlayStation Store rating (822 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

10 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Zero Time Dilemma, also known as Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma, is an adventure video game developed by Chime, and published by Spike Chunsoft and Aksys Games. It is the third entry in the Zero Escape series, following Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors (2009) and Virtue's Last Reward (2012). The game was released for Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation Vita, and Microsoft Windows in 2016, for PlayStation 4 in 2017, and for Xbox One in 2022.

Trailer

Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma trailer thumbnail

Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma - Launch Trailer

≈533,050 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 10 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 286 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~36/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 123k–296k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,938 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$3.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2025-01-16)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 18 of 29 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
565620182026Week of 2018-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

35102026-09-15 12:00 — 23 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 24 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 18 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 29 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 35 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 18 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 15 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 25 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 18 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 33 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 19 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 11 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 18 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 20 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 25 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 18 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 17 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 20 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 11 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 29 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 30 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 16 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 10 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
32310Jun 2016Aug 2026Jun 2016 — avg 68 · peak 1,883Oct 2016 — avg 22 · peak 119Feb 2017 — avg 14 · peak 30Jun 2017 — avg 23 · peak 75Oct 2017 — avg 10 · peak 35Feb 2018 — avg 12 · peak 30Jun 2018 — avg 14 · peak 46Oct 2018 — avg 12 · peak 36Feb 2019 — avg 11 · peak 26Jun 2019 — avg 21 · peak 57Oct 2019 — avg 29 · peak 56Feb 2020 — avg 25 · peak 46Jun 2020 — avg 35 · peak 74Oct 2020 — avg 24 · peak 45Feb 2021 — avg 31 · peak 58Jun 2021 — avg 29 · peak 64Oct 2021 — avg 35 · peak 77Feb 2022 — avg 26 · peak 50Jun 2022 — avg 29 · peak 66Oct 2022 — avg 22 · peak 47Feb 2023 — avg 33 · peak 80Jun 2023 — avg 20 · peak 39Oct 2023 — avg 18 · peak 39Feb 2024 — avg 16 · peak 34Jun 2024 — avg 22 · peak 41Oct 2024 — avg 16 · peak 32Feb 2025 — avg 42 · peak 83Jun 2025 — avg 23 · peak 47Oct 2025 — avg 21 · peak 45Feb 2026 — avg 20 · peak 39Jun 2026 — avg 24 · peak 48Aug 2026 — avg 23 · peak 45
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$39.99$1.992016-06-302026-10-092016-06-30 — best price $39.992016-12-22 — best price $26.792017-06-22 — best price $23.992017-12-21 — best price $23.992018-08-16 — best price $19.992018-12-20 — best price $23.992019-03-01 — best price $19.992019-07-09 — best price $19.992019-11-01 — best price $19.992020-03-06 — best price $19.992020-07-09 — best price $19.992020-11-16 — best price $19.992021-05-06 — best price $19.992021-09-23 — best price $5.992021-11-24 — best price $7.992022-01-27 — best price $7.992022-06-23 — best price $7.992022-11-01 — best price $19.992023-01-05 — best price $19.992023-03-23 — best price $19.992023-07-13 — best price $19.992023-11-02 — best price $19.992024-01-04 — best price $19.992024-05-06 — best price $19.992024-11-04 — best price $19.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-03-10 — best price $19.992025-05-09 — best price $19.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-09-08 — best price $19.992025-11-03 — best price $19.992026-02-06 — best price $19.992026-05-05 — best price $19.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-09-06 — best price $3.992026-09-10 — best price $3.992026-09-18 — best price $19.992026-10-09 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

271832026-05-31 — 122 pageviews2026-06-04 — 132 pageviews2026-06-08 — 155 pageviews2026-06-12 — 116 pageviews2026-06-16 — 88 pageviews2026-06-20 — 94 pageviews2026-06-24 — 113 pageviews2026-06-28 — 262 pageviews2026-07-02 — 153 pageviews2026-07-06 — 124 pageviews2026-07-10 — 114 pageviews2026-07-14 — 121 pageviews2026-07-18 — 114 pageviews2026-07-22 — 112 pageviews2026-07-26 — 119 pageviews2026-07-30 — 104 pageviews2026-08-03 — 86 pageviews2026-08-07 — 117 pageviews2026-08-11 — 110 pageviews2026-08-15 — 105 pageviews2026-08-19 — 122 pageviews2026-08-23 — 142 pageviews2026-08-27 — 133 pageviews2026-08-31 — 120 pageviews2026-09-04 — 122 pageviews2026-09-08 — 122 pageviews2026-09-12 — 121 pageviews2026-09-16 — 107 pageviews2026-09-20 — 136 pageviews2026-09-24 — 119 pageviews2026-09-28 — 111 pageviews2026-10-02 — 111 pageviews2026-10-06 — 154 pageviews2026-10-09 — 115 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

33
achievements tracked
79.4%
earned "Beginning of the End"
47.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6,05455%33
Xbox One (Xbox)32264%33

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

GoreAnimeHorrorMaturePuzzleSci-fiMysteryAdventureStory RichSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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