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Z

“Z”, the classic Real Time Strategy Game by the Bitmap Brothers. Fans of this classic strategy title are in for a real treat. Everything is in here from the terrific comedy cut scenes to the frantic game play making this is the definitive version of Z.

Released Jul 4, 2014 Developer TickTock Games Publisher Rebellion Platforms Windows StrategyClassicRTSActionRetro
View on Steam ↗ $6.99 (US · as of 2026-05-12)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-12.

75.7%positive1,355 reviews
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“I remember seeing this game's big box version at a relative when I was a kid but I never got to play it. I always thought that robot looked cool on the cover. I bought it recently and my god I'm having a blast with this one. I wish I got to play this much sooner.”

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

“As usual, the gameplay is tight and i almost had a heart attack.”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
Not recommended · 1 found this helpful

“would not recommend the controls and unit pathing are terrible, it is just a rage game at this point”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-08-02 18:26 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

9playing at last check
1224-hour peak
1,066all-time peak
0 50 100 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 64 avg · Jul 2018

Latest official news

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

Aug 10, 2014
Trading Cards Now Live!

Our artists have been busy putting together the promotional materials for Z and Z Steel Soldiers and we now have Steam Trading Cards active for both games! There are 11 cards to collect which you can

Aug 10, 2014
Trading Cards Now Live!

Our artists have been busy putting together the promotional materials for Z and Z Steel Soldiers and we now have Steam Trading Cards active for both games! There are 11 cards to collect which you can

Jul 17, 2014
Time for another update

It's update time again! We've collated all of your feedback and have worked through some of the more complex issues that were stopping some people from playing the game. We hope this update improves t

Jul 17, 2014
Time for another update

It's update time again! We've collated all of your feedback and have worked through some of the more complex issues that were stopping some people from playing the game. We hope this update improves t

Jul 09, 2014
First Update Released

We're happy to announce that the first update for Z on Steam has been released! We've taken on board all of your feedback and have fixed some of the major issues players had enountered, including: - W

Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.

GenresAction, Strategy
Player tagsStrategy · Classic · RTS · Action · Retro · Robots · Singleplayer · Comedy · Old School · 2D · Zombies (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Leaderboards · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French * , Italian * , German * , Spanish - Spain * *
Achievements25
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://www.kavcom.co.uk/zthegame
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS: XP SP3, Vista SP1, 7 or 8 Processor: CPU : Intel P4 1.8 Ghz Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Intel GMA 950 GeForce 7 Series Radeon X1000 series Storage: 400 MB available space