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ZERO PARADES: For Dead Spies cover art

ZERO PARADES: For Dead Spies

ZA/UM · 2026-05-21

SteamGOG

IndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: 2026 (PlayStation 5), May 21, 2026 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

From the creators of Disco Elysium comes ZERO PARADES – an espionage RPG. You're a brilliant but tormented operant on one final desperate assignment. Gather your broken network, untangle a web of lies, and prove yourself on the world stage - or blow it all up again.

84%
positive of 2.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
76/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
81/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$35.99
steam price (US)
Zero Parades: For Dead Spies is a 2026 role-playing video game by ZA/UM. It was released for Windows with a PlayStation 5 version planned later. It is the studio's second game following Disco Elysium.

Health check

Cooling
  • · 829 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~104/week).
  • · Review velocity down 55% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 18,324 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 58k–131k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,910 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$33.99-15%
GOG$35.99-10%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $30.49 at GameBillet (2026-08-06)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 6 of 29 observed days · $5.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
75875820262026Week of 2026-05-21: 758 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 215 negativeWeek of 2026-05-28: 377 positiveWeek of 2026-05-28: 61 negativeWeek of 2026-06-04: 216 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 38 negativeWeek of 2026-06-11: 165 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-06-18: 124 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-06-25: 119 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-07-02: 105 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-07-09: 92 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-07-16: 103 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-07-23: 71 positiveWeek of 2026-07-23: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-07-30: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-06: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-08-13: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-08-13: 16 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$39.99$30.492026-05-212026-08-302026-05-21 — best price $39.992026-06-18 — best price $39.992026-06-19 — best price $38.902026-06-23 — best price $39.992026-06-25 — best price $35.992026-06-26 — best price $35.992026-06-27 — best price $35.992026-06-29 — best price $32.992026-06-30 — best price $36.992026-07-01 — best price $39.492026-07-02 — best price $35.992026-07-03 — best price $39.492026-07-06 — best price $39.992026-07-09 — best price $39.992026-07-10 — best price $39.482026-07-16 — best price $39.992026-07-27 — best price $39.992026-08-05 — best price $31.992026-08-06 — best price $30.492026-08-07 — best price $33.422026-08-12 — best price $35.992026-08-13 — best price $33.422026-08-14 — best price $35.992026-08-17 — best price $33.992026-08-26 — best price $35.992026-08-27 — best price $35.992026-08-28 — best price $35.992026-08-29 — best price $35.992026-08-30 — best price $35.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3.2k3702026-06-01 — 1,460 pageviews2026-06-04 — 950 pageviews2026-06-07 — 893 pageviews2026-06-10 — 813 pageviews2026-06-13 — 658 pageviews2026-06-16 — 678 pageviews2026-06-19 — 771 pageviews2026-06-22 — 1,115 pageviews2026-06-25 — 864 pageviews2026-06-28 — 1,138 pageviews2026-07-01 — 667 pageviews2026-07-04 — 664 pageviews2026-07-07 — 608 pageviews2026-07-10 — 594 pageviews2026-07-13 — 599 pageviews2026-07-16 — 485 pageviews2026-07-19 — 1,111 pageviews2026-07-22 — 718 pageviews2026-07-25 — 517 pageviews2026-07-28 — 599 pageviews2026-07-31 — 441 pageviews2026-08-03 — 496 pageviews2026-08-06 — 464 pageviews2026-08-09 — 506 pageviews2026-08-12 — 526 pageviews2026-08-15 — 533 pageviews2026-08-18 — 532 pageviews2026-08-21 — 393 pageviews2026-08-24 — 535 pageviews2026-08-27 — 411 pageviews2026-08-29 — 395 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

55
achievements tracked
61.5%
earned "ACH_CONDITIONING"
9.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsAdjustable Text SizeCamera ComfortColor Alternatives#category_contrast_controlsCustom Volume ControlsKeyboard Only OptionMouse Only Option#category_playable_at_your_own_pace2 DLC

4 supported languages: English, German, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)9372%55

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.

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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