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Ziggurat

Milkstone Studios · 2014-10-23

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Apr 21, 2015 (PlayStation 4), Jun 30, 2016 (Wii U), Oct 23, 2014 (Mac), Oct 23, 2014 (Linux), Mar 20, 2015 (Xbox One), Jul 05, 2019 (Nintendo Switch)

Dungeon-Crawling First Person Shooting at its finest! Fast-paced combat! Dozens of perks, spells and enemies! Level ups! Random Dungeons! Traps! Badass bosses! Carrots!

Ziggurat is an Action, Indie, and RPG game released in 2014, priced at $14.99, with an estimated owner base of 100,000 .. 200,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (85% of 3972 reviews).

7
playing now
85%
positive of 4.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
68/100
IGDB user rating (43 ratings)
3
Nexus mods (52 downloads)
4.26★
PlayStation Store rating (1,935 ratings)
7h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

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

Ziggurat is a first-person shooter dungeon crawl video game developed and published by Milkstone Studios. The game was released for Linux, Microsoft Windows, and Mac in October 2014 after being available for two months in early access. The game was released in 2015 for the Xbox One in March, and PlayStation 4 in April. It was inspired by Heretic and Hexen: Beyond Heretic. A sequel, titled Ziggurat 2, was released on October 28, 2021.

Trailer

Ziggurat trailer thumbnail

Ziggurat - Launch Trailer

≈207,833 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 7 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 33 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 30% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 27,531 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 99k–238k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,972 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$2.24-85%
GOG$2.25-85%
GamersGate$2.25-85%
GOG$2.25-85%
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Humble Store (2025-08-14) · bundled 8×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 84 of 130 observed days · $0.76 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
222220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

802026-09-14 23:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 5 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 4 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 6 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 5 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 4 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1433Aug 2014Aug 2026Aug 2014 — avg 11 · peak 44Dec 2014 — avg 87 · peak 715Apr 2015 — avg 30 · peak 69Aug 2015 — avg 57 · peak 119Dec 2015 — avg 43 · peak 222Apr 2016 — avg 23 · peak 62Aug 2016 — avg 26 · peak 71Dec 2016 — avg 19 · peak 60Apr 2017 — avg 47 · peak 251Aug 2017 — avg 25 · peak 53Dec 2017 — avg 25 · peak 69Apr 2018 — avg 17 · peak 37Aug 2018 — avg 12 · peak 29Dec 2018 — avg 14 · peak 34Apr 2019 — avg 10 · peak 28Aug 2019 — avg 10 · peak 26Dec 2019 — avg 11 · peak 28Apr 2020 — avg 11 · peak 23Aug 2020 — avg 7 · peak 19Dec 2020 — avg 10 · peak 27Apr 2021 — avg 6 · peak 16Aug 2021 — avg 7 · peak 19Dec 2021 — avg 8 · peak 25Apr 2022 — avg 5 · peak 15Aug 2022 — avg 5 · peak 13Dec 2022 — avg 5 · peak 14Apr 2023 — avg 4 · peak 12Aug 2023 — avg 4 · peak 11Dec 2023 — avg 4 · peak 11Apr 2024 — avg 5 · peak 14Aug 2024 — avg 3 · peak 12Dec 2024 — avg 4 · peak 12Apr 2025 — avg 5 · peak 16Aug 2025 — avg 4 · peak 12Dec 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Apr 2026 — avg 3 · peak 8Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 10
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$1.802015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $11.992015-06-08 — best price $14.992015-11-03 — best price $5.862016-03-29 — best price $14.992016-10-18 — best price $13.942017-05-11 — best price $3.742017-09-21 — best price $14.992018-01-26 — best price $14.992018-08-02 — best price $14.992018-12-20 — best price $3.742019-06-01 — best price $3.792019-11-10 — best price $9.742020-03-09 — best price $12.632020-06-25 — best price $2.992020-08-10 — best price $13.392020-09-25 — best price $13.392020-11-03 — best price $14.992020-12-16 — best price $2.992021-02-12 — best price $10.232021-03-22 — best price $7.492021-05-14 — best price $2.492021-10-28 — best price $13.492022-01-31 — best price $14.992022-05-17 — best price $12.632022-08-11 — best price $2.992022-11-23 — best price $10.232023-03-14 — best price $14.992023-07-22 — best price $10.232023-12-05 — best price $2.992024-03-18 — best price $4.202024-08-14 — best price $11.892024-11-22 — best price $3.002025-03-18 — best price $14.992025-07-11 — best price $11.892025-11-14 — best price $11.892026-03-18 — best price $1.802026-07-24 — best price $2.252026-08-28 — best price $2.252026-09-22 — best price $14.992026-10-14 — best price $2.25
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

10622026-06-02 — 10 pageviews2026-06-06 — 9 pageviews2026-06-10 — 12 pageviews2026-06-14 — 12 pageviews2026-06-18 — 11 pageviews2026-06-22 — 7 pageviews2026-06-26 — 106 pageviews2026-06-30 — 8 pageviews2026-07-04 — 12 pageviews2026-07-08 — 8 pageviews2026-07-12 — 9 pageviews2026-07-16 — 3 pageviews2026-07-20 — 10 pageviews2026-07-24 — 7 pageviews2026-07-28 — 2 pageviews2026-08-01 — 12 pageviews2026-08-05 — 6 pageviews2026-08-09 — 9 pageviews2026-08-13 — 9 pageviews2026-08-17 — 8 pageviews2026-08-21 — 8 pageviews2026-08-25 — 10 pageviews2026-08-29 — 8 pageviews2026-09-02 — 13 pageviews2026-09-06 — 10 pageviews2026-09-10 — 14 pageviews2026-09-14 — 15 pageviews2026-09-18 — 10 pageviews2026-09-22 — 10 pageviews2026-09-26 — 3 pageviews2026-09-30 — 12 pageviews2026-10-04 — 5 pageviews2026-10-08 — 6 pageviews2026-10-12 — 9 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

38
achievements tracked
86.3%
earned "Practical lessons"
13.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudStats

9 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, Hungarian, French, German, Italian, Russian, Swedish, Portuguese - Brazil

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)16,7062%38
PS4 (PlayStation)2,1976%38
Xbox One (Xbox)1,9483%37
PS4 (PlayStation)1,8128%38
PS4 (PlayStation)3722%37
Switch (Nintendo)70%0

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

FPSRPGMagicActionShooterFast-PacedRogue-likeRogue-liteExplorationPerma Death

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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