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Exophobia

Exophobia

Explore and fight your way through a crashed human spaceship infested with relentless hordes of aliens as you become more powerful with exciting weapon upgrades and powerups in this retro inspired first-person shooter.

Released Jul 22, 2024 Developer Zarc Attack Publisher PM Studios, inc. Platforms Windows FPSMetroidvaniaBoomer ShooterExplorationArcade
View on Steam ↗ $14.99 (US · as of 2026-05-18)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.

88.2%positive144 reviews
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“A neat retro styled FPS Metroidvania with a space theme. Played this when I was itching for a Metroidvania of this type. I would recommend this to you if you have a similar itch(or are interested)”

— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“A very fun Metroidvania that breaks the standard 2 platformer mold to be more reminiscent of Doom. I got stuck twice throughout the whole game and had to look up how to progress in a video. But overall this game is super fun and highly recommend. Great for anyone who loves…”

— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“A good quick metroidvania FPS. Beat it in a day and had a great time.”

— a player, Steam review · 5 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 2026-09-26.

45achievements
8.8%median completion
0.5%rarest: Can't Touch This
86.3% of players 65.6% of players 55.4% of players 41.6% of players 36.8% of players 32.7% of players 27.0% of players 22.0% of players 21.6% of players 21.2% of players 20.2% of players 20.2% of players 17.0% of players 15.7% of players 15.4% of players 15.0% of players 13.0% of players 12.4% of players 11.9% of players 11.3% of players 11.0% of players 9.1% of players 8.8% of players 6.9% of players 6.8% of players 6.1% of players 5.9% of players 5.8% of players 5.3% of players 3.8% of players 3.5% of players 2.9% of players 2.3% of players 2.1% of players 1.6% of players 1.5% of players 1.2% of players 0.9% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 0.5% of players 86.3% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
86.3%Born Ready — Hidden achievement
65.6%Revenge! — Kill back the first alien that chased you
55.4%Charge — Hidden achievement
Rarest badges of honor
0.5%Can't Touch This — Beat Boss Rush Without Damage
0.6%Alien Slayer — Beat Boss Rush
0.6%C-c-combo! — Reach a 10x combo in infinite mode

Latest official news

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

Sep 17, 2026
Exophobia is 60% off for BoomStock 2026!

Boomstock is back, and Exophobia is 60% off for a whole week! If BOOMER SHOOTERS are your thing, check out all other games on the sale here: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/Boomstock2026 Sale ends

Jul 23, 2026
Exophobia released 2 years ago!

Hi everyone! Long time no see, but I had to break silence in this special ocasion. Exophobia released on this day 2 years ago, July 23rd, 2024! So I'm going to be a bit emotional... Time sure flies, i

Nov 03, 2025
Exophobia at Metroidvania Fusion Festival

Hey everyone! How was that Halloween? Lot's of scary Zarkonians? Hope you noticed the game has been discounted for it so you could get some alien jumpscares in! The discount has been extended for the

Sep 30, 2025
Steam Autumn Sale 2025 - Exophobia is 40% off

Hey everyone! Sale season is still not over! Steam Autumn sale is here. Enjoy this extended time for a 40% discount :) Have fun Zarc

Sep 24, 2025
Exophobia is 40% off for BoomStock 2025!

Exophobia is 40% during BoomStock, a celebration of BOOMER SHOOTER games! If that's your thing, check out all other games on the sale here: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/Boomstock2025 And if you

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.

GenresAction, Adventure, Indie
Player tagsFPS · Metroidvania · Boomer Shooter · Exploration · Arcade · Shooter · Combat · Action-Adventure · Adventure · Colorful · Pixel Graphics · Stylized (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Spanish - Latin America, Catalan, Japanese
ControllerFull support
Achievements45
Official sitehttps://zarcattack.com/exophobia
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, or 10 Processor: 2GHz+ Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: 128MB DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 200 MB available space