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Z Steel Soldiers

Wait53%

Mixed · 289 player reviews · Low confidence

It depends on what you're after.

Steam Deck Unrated
  • Windows

TickTock Games · Strategy · Aug 1, 2014

Player review score
53%
Mixed
Price
$12.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

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

Achievements
18
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
3
Full audio5 of 3
Subtitles0 of 3

Should I buy Z Steel Soldiers?

Buy it if you like
  • Graphics: 25 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 20 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story: 15 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 28 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Multiplayer: 12 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Interface: 11 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 289 player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 117 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
27% of themes are praise27% are divided46% are complaints
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
25 of 117 sampled reviews raised it
The move to full 3D environments allows for larger, more detailed battlefields filled with destructible terrain and dynamic lighting.
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
20 of 117 sampled reviews raised it
This design choice pushes players toward dynamic, confrontational gameplay that rewards initiative and punishes hesitation.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
15 of 117 sampled reviews raised it
If you can't get the original to work, then hope they patch the bugs in this ( and as me writing this years after release i doubt that ) and get this instead, the comic book art is where the story is told and its hilarious.

Theme by theme

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

Players love
Graphics25 reviews
Gameplay20 reviews
Story15 reviews
Divided opinion
Audio
67% still recommend
Controls
33% still recommend
Combat
33% still recommend
Players complain
Crashes
29% still recommend
Multiplayer
92% still recommend
Interface
36% still recommend
Bugs
30% still recommend
Difficulty
33% 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

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Leaderboards
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$12.99

The lowest we've tracked is $1.29.

6 points recordedtoday · $12.99

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