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Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma cover art

Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma

Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd. · 2016-06-29

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Adventure

Modes: Single player

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…

31
playing now
82%
positive of 4.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (22 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (122 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

31 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 31 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 13% of 11,404 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 122k–294k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,894 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 9 of 18 observed days · $2.00 above the all-time low (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

35122026-08-06 21:00 — 35 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 16 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 29 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 16 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 19 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 23 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 19 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 31 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 26 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 21 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 17 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 24 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 22 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 17 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 27 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 17 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 28 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 24 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 32 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 14 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 21 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 34 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 29 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 24 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 21 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 21 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 13 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 21 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 25 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 31 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$1.992016-06-302026-08-282016-06-30 — 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 $19.992026-08-28 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

611832026-05-31 — 122 pageviews2026-06-03 — 91 pageviews2026-06-06 — 153 pageviews2026-06-09 — 140 pageviews2026-06-12 — 116 pageviews2026-06-15 — 110 pageviews2026-06-18 — 104 pageviews2026-06-21 — 101 pageviews2026-06-24 — 113 pageviews2026-06-27 — 153 pageviews2026-06-30 — 271 pageviews2026-07-03 — 134 pageviews2026-07-06 — 124 pageviews2026-07-09 — 171 pageviews2026-07-12 — 130 pageviews2026-07-15 — 118 pageviews2026-07-18 — 114 pageviews2026-07-21 — 100 pageviews2026-07-24 — 120 pageviews2026-07-27 — 138 pageviews2026-07-30 — 104 pageviews2026-08-02 — 112 pageviews2026-08-05 — 105 pageviews2026-08-08 — 100 pageviews2026-08-11 — 110 pageviews2026-08-14 — 120 pageviews2026-08-17 — 107 pageviews2026-08-20 — 144 pageviews2026-08-23 — 142 pageviews2026-08-26 — 145 pageviews2026-08-28 — 118 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.

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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