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Ex-Zodiac

Ex-Zodiac

A fast-paced low-poly 3D rail shooter heavily inspired by classics of the early 90's. Join protagonist Kyuu as she fights to free the worlds of the Sanzaru Star System, overrun by the intergalactic terrorist organization known as Zodiac.

Released Jul 21, 2022 Developer MNKY Publisher Pixeljam Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux On-Rails ShooterShoot 'Em UpShooterArcadeFemale Protagonist
View on Steam ↗ $5.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

95.1%positive895 reviews
Recommended · 5 found this helpful

“Closest thing to a classic Star Fox spiritual successor. Incredibly nice visual style and character designs; feels great to control!”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
Recommended · 4 found this helpful

“You GOTTA play this one with Autofire. It's not very fun without it.”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“This really hit the Star Fox void I've been trying to fill since 2005. Wish it took more visual inspiration from 64 over the NES, but I'm willing to compromise I do have some complaints. For one the fact missiles don't stack past 3 is annoying, so is not keeping laser upgrades…”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

28achievements
6.5%median completion
0.4%rarest: Ethuna - S Rank
68.9% of players 56.1% of players 44.4% of players 37.2% of players 29.7% of players 26.9% of players 26.2% of players 22.8% of players 14.6% of players 13.6% of players 12.5% of players 12.3% of players 9.1% of players 7.0% of players 6.5% of players 6.2% of players 4.6% of players 3.2% of players 3.1% of players 2.7% of players 2.5% of players 2.1% of players 1.6% of players 1.4% of players 1.2% of players 1.0% of players 0.8% of players 0.4% of players 68.9% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
68.9%Slice 'n Dice — Defeated Bazz
56.1%How Boring — Defeated Slithe
44.4%First Crush — Defeated Thorn
Rarest badges of honor
0.4%Ethuna - S Rank — Ethuna - S Rank
0.8%Mirage - S Rank — Mirage - S Rank
1.0%Impactor - S Rank — Impactor - S Rank

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-25. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$5.99−50% right nowcurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$11.99base price
$5.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-25
US5.99 USD−50%
EU5.49 EUR−50%
UK4.99 GBP−50%
Australia8.87 AUD−50%
Canada7.24 CAD−50%
Japan600 JPY−50%
Brazil14.99 BRL−50%
China24.00 CNY−50%

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$2.9 China Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$6.6

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Jan 03, 2026
Minor update - 0.12.5

Change list: Fixed Xenon boss laser beam fire trail not scrolling with the level, leaving a permanent wall blocking your view Epaphos mid-level mini boss had shader compilation stutters when it fired

Dec 18, 2025
0.12.3 - Ethuna S-Rank achievement fix

Just updated the game to 0.12.3 to fix an issue with the achievement not being given for S-ranking Ethuna. Sorry about that!

Dec 18, 2025
12th level "Ethuna" is now available!

Hey everyone, I just want to thank you all for your patience through the on-going development of Ex-Zodiac. This year was a bit of a write-off in terms of personal stuff going on and the general lack

Sep 08, 2025
Next Level Update Reveal / Pixeljam's Dino Run 2

Hello all, We hope you've been enjoying the level update from earlier this year. Ben has slowly been picking away at the next level update, and today I managed to convince him to show me a little peek

May 08, 2025
Minor update - 0.11.7

Apologies for the previous update that completely broke the game! This update should fix that. Please let me know if you have any other issues in the forum.

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAction, Indie, Early Access
Player tagsOn-Rails Shooter · Shoot 'Em Up · Shooter · Arcade · Female Protagonist · Flight · 3D · Action · Pixel Graphics · Colorful · Retro · Space (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese, Russian
ControllerFull support
Achievements28
Estimated owners100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://www.exzodiac.net
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 or higher Processor: 1 Ghz CPU Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Drivers with support for OpenGL 2.1 Storage: 500 MB available space