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Zolg cover art

Zolg

Robert Alvarez · 2016-12-02

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 02, 2016 (Mac), Dec 02, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Zolg is a minimalist top-down shooter where you explore, fight enemies, collect powerups, and defeat bosses.

Zolg is an Action, Adventure, and Indie game released in 2016, priced at $0.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (78% of 227 reviews).

0
playing now
78%
positive of 227 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$0.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 28% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 5.7k–14k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 227 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.30 at Steam (2023-05-15) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
131320162026Week of 2016-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$0.99$0.302016-12-032025-10-132016-12-03 — best price $0.592017-07-05 — best price $0.992017-10-26 — best price $0.492017-12-18 — best price $0.992018-02-26 — best price $0.492018-07-05 — best price $0.992018-10-30 — best price $0.492018-12-10 — best price $0.992019-04-15 — best price $0.492019-07-09 — best price $0.992019-10-28 — best price $0.492020-01-02 — best price $0.992020-03-30 — best price $0.492020-07-09 — best price $0.992020-10-29 — best price $0.492020-12-01 — best price $0.992021-02-11 — best price $0.492021-05-17 — best price $0.992021-08-30 — best price $0.492021-12-20 — best price $0.992022-02-07 — best price $0.492022-05-09 — best price $0.992022-07-11 — best price $0.512022-09-26 — best price $0.992022-12-12 — best price $0.492023-01-30 — best price $0.992023-04-03 — best price $0.492023-07-13 — best price $0.992023-10-30 — best price $0.492023-12-18 — best price $0.992024-03-04 — best price $0.492024-04-29 — best price $0.992024-07-22 — best price $0.492024-10-21 — best price $0.992024-12-20 — best price $0.492025-03-20 — best price $0.992025-06-26 — best price $0.492025-09-01 — best price $0.992025-10-13 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

40
achievements tracked
5.1%
earned "Bouncer"
1.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)67810%40

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

Player tags

2DRetroActionArcadeShooterTop-DownAdventureNonlinearMinimalistExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.