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Zero Stress King: Idle Defense cover art

Zero Stress King: Idle Defense

Pauloondra · 2026-03-30

Steam

AdventureCasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 30, 2026 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 29, 2026 (Android)

A short relaxing incremental game disguised as a tower defense, but enemies can’t reach your walls. Thanks to lava.

Zero Stress King: Idle Defense is an Adventure, Casual, Indie, and Strategy game released in 2026, priced at $3.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 1543 reviews).

88%
positive of 1.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$3.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Cooling
  • · 238 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~30/week).
  • · Review velocity down 56% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 25% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 31k69k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,543 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2026-03-30)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 4 of 7 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
44244220262026Week of 2026-03-30: 442 positiveWeek of 2026-03-30: 56 negativeWeek of 2026-04-06: 217 positiveWeek of 2026-04-06: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-04-13: 123 positiveWeek of 2026-04-13: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-04-20: 77 positiveWeek of 2026-04-20: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-04-27: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-04-27: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-04: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-05-04: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-05-11: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-05-11: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-18: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-05-18: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-05-25: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-05-25: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-06-08: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-06-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-15: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-06-15: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-22: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-06-22: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-06-29: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-06-29: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-06: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-07-06: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-13: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-07-13: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-20: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-07-20: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-27: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-03: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-03: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$4.99$3.992026-03-302026-08-052026-03-30 — best price $3.992026-04-13 — best price $4.992026-05-27 — best price $3.992026-06-10 — best price $4.992026-06-25 — best price $3.992026-07-09 — best price $4.992026-08-05 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
99.9%
earned "We should make a warning sign there"
87.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputSave AnytimeTouch Only OptionSteam Cloud1 DLC

19 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,53775%12

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

Census log

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

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