Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.
At $35.99, close to its lowest recorded price.
- Story and characters: 217 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Audio: 76 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 61 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Bugs: 30 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Crashes: 13 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 3k player reviews · updated 3 days ago
What players think
The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
The general outline of the plot I found to be intriguing and captivating when it needed to be.
ZP is a mix of complex yet familiar setting, diverse and deep characters, gut-wrenching drama, and hilarious jokes, masterfully delivered through incredible voice-acting.
It functions similarly to the mechanics in Esoteric Ebb, where acquiring a condition immediately prompts a dialogue and imposes unique gameplay restrictions, such as limiting how you save or interact with vending machines.
The characters, the worldbuilding, the art style, I loved every aspect of the experience.
Actually clicking on stuff is wonky, and despite claiming to have controller support it's hard to get it to do what you want, on a steam deck verified game.
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Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.
Should you buy it now?
Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.
Currently $35.99 (−10%). The lowest we've tracked is $35.98.
The data behind the verdict
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We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.
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