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Zapper: One Wicked Cricket
In this action-adventure game, Zapper (a cricket) hops his way through six worlds in a quest to find his brother, held captive by the evil magpie queen. Dangerous traps and even more dangerous enemies await! It will take skill and timing to conquer all the worlds and survive the final showdown.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“Me encanta no estoy seguro de por qué pero sí”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played“Cannot recommend this game enough for those who love oldskool retro games. Played it when I was a child and replaying it awakened something in me. The nostalgia I have for this game is crazy. The game has a decent runtime, fun levels with unique designs, gimmicks, and themes,…”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played“This is a game I used to own on the original Xbox so when I saw that cover here on Steam it just unleashed a lot of nostalgic memories for me, what's weird is I don't remember playing this title in particular, but once I started playing it, it reminded me of 'Frogger 2' on the…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2026-01 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Patch Notes for February 20th, 2024
Hello Zapper Fans! We know a number of users have been unable to launch Zapper: One Wicked Cricket on their machines. After some testing, it was determined that this was due to the .exe file path bein
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Action, Adventure |
| Player tags | Exploration · 3D Platformer · Collectathon · Platformer · Arcade · Action-Adventure · 3D · Cute · Third Person · Top-Down · Funny · Action (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 or newer Processor: 1.8 GHz Processor Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: DirectX compatible graphics Storage: 640 MB available space