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Space Pirates and Zombies
Explore a randomly generated Galaxy populated with factions, enemies, missions, and items providing you with a unique experience each time you play.
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “Space combat and fleet systems” (25 of 85 reviews) and “Interesting story and humorous writing” (5); the most common complaint is “Progression grind and repetition” (10). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-10-22 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
25 of the 85 reviews raise this.
5 of the 85 reviews raise this.
“This game gets a little tiresome and I eventually wandered away from it, but the gameplay is solid and the missions are fun. Best of all it's funny, and not in a jokey parody way but in well thought out little moments.…”
5 of the 85 reviews raise this.
4 of the 85 reviews raise this.
“What's not to like, I did all of the achievements even. TotalBiscuit gave his voice to one of the best space top down shooters ever made. Only eclipsed by the one and only starfarer, or starsector as it is named these…”
3 of the 85 reviews raise this.
10 of the 85 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
8 of the 85 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“Space Pirates and Zombies, developed and published by MinMax Games Ltd., is an ambitious hybrid that blends top-down space shooter mechanics with elements of open-world exploration, light strategy, and RPG-style…”
7 of the 85 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“I bought this game a long time ago, but my first playthrough stalled out when I hit the difficulty spike in Chapter 3. Recently I finally got around to starting over and playing it all the way through. If you like…”
4 of the 85 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“No longer playable on Mac, due to being a 32 bit app.”
3 of the 85 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“I bought this game a long time ago, but my first playthrough stalled out when I hit the difficulty spike in Chapter 3. Recently I finally got around to starting over and playing it all the way through. If you like…”
Counted across 85 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 90.6% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“THE HULL HAS BEEN BREACHED AND THE SCIENCE IS LEAKING OUT”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played“Next best thing until starsector releases on steam”
— a player, Steam review · 16 hrs played“Very nice old game, definitely recommend!”
— a player, Steam review · 139 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-26.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
No Creeps Were Harmed TD Announced!
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Massive update released for the Clanfolk Demo!
Clanfolk Demo Upgrade Released Hi everyone, I just wanted to let the SPAZ fans know about some developments with MinMax's next game, Clanfolk. I am thrilled to finally update the Clanfolk Demo with al
A first look at Clanfolk
Hello Everyone!, I am very happy to announce Clanfolk! Clanfolk has been a four year passion project, and now it is about time to show it. A little history, Clanfolk was developed alongside Golftopia,
Introducing GolfTopia!
https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steam/apps/1144020/extras/golf_gif_laps.gif?t=1571152659 Hi everyone. A lot of you have been pretty anxious to hear what we’re working on these days. It's finally time
SPAZ 2 is coming May 17th 10am PDT, $19.99US and a 10% launch discount
Here is a trailer and a 50 minute gameplay video to get you all prepared. Please don't forget to tell your friends! Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MY_-rIzTMIc Game Demo/Training: https://www
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action, Indie, RPG, Strategy |
| Player tags | Space · Action · Indie · Sci-fi · Top-Down · Strategy · RPG · Zombies · Singleplayer · Procedural Generation · 2D · Open World (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Stats · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Achievements | 48 |
| Official site | http://www.spacepiratesandzombies.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
OS *: Windows 7/XP/Vista Processor: 2.5 GHz Processor Memory: 1 GB Available System Memory Hard Disk Space: 250 MB Available HD Space Video Card: 256MB 3D DirectX 9 Compatible video card DirectX®: 9.0 Additional: OpenGL: 3.0