Slave Zero X

Buy76%

Mostly Positive · 493 player reviews · Low confidence

Worth it for the right player.

Poppy Works · Spectacle fighter · Feb 22, 2024

Player review score
76%
Mostly Positive
Price
$24.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
35
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
14
Full audio2 of 14
Subtitles14 of 14

Should I buy Slave Zero X?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 102 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story: 56 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 42 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 88 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 59 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 15 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 493 player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
33% of themes are praise25% are divided42% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
102 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Slave Zero X has a unique combination of fast paced game mechanics and an underutilized art style of mixing 2D sprites and low poly 3D models.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
56 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Fantastic story, wonderful worldbuilding, gritty retro graphics, beautifully creative character design, and great voice-acting.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
42 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Initially slave zero will capture you with its extremely beautiful art style, wonderful voice acting/dialogue and world building.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
40 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The music is also amazing, Enough to make me spend the cash on the soundtrack despite getting the game for free as a present.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay102 reviews
Story56 reviews
Graphics42 reviews
Audio40 reviews
Divided opinion
Characters
71% still recommend
Controls
67% still recommend
Performance
40% still recommend
Players complain
Combat
64% still recommend
Difficulty
71% still recommend
Crashes
53% still recommend
Bugs
64% still recommend
Interface
80% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

  • DualSense Controller Support
  • DualShock Controller Support
  • Full controller support
  • Gamepad Recommended

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Leaderboards

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckVerified
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachineVerified

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$24.99

The lowest we've tracked is $11.24.

7 points recordedtoday · $24.99