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Zen World
Zen World is a strategy game that can be as relaxing as you want it to be. Build a calm and colorful landscape with hexagonal tiles, matching their borders to each other, collect valuable boxes, and explore the tech tree.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“Relaxing as advertised but still quite a tricky puzzle game.”
— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2026-08 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.
Zen World 1.0 is now available!
Zen World has officially left Early Access! After years of updates, improvements, and community feedback, Version 1.0 is finally here. Thank you to everyone who helped shape the game along the way. Ve
Leaderboards and daily interruptions
You may have noticed that Zen World has been experiencing some web API issues, which caused the leaderboards and daily challenge mode to stop working. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience and
Daily Challenge Season 10
At last, this season has ended! Congratulations to the Season 9 champions of Daily Challenge! The leaderboard is as follows: 1. mbutton15 2. small idiot 3. glc 4. Scattsound 5. ArtFlys 6. peath 7. L&Y
Daily Challenge Season 10 is coming!
Season 10 of Daily Challenges is coming! Next week, on April 21th, a new season of Daily Challenges will begin once again! All Daily Challenge Champions points will be reset, and champions at the top
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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 | Casual, Indie, Strategy |
| Player tags | Strategy · Relaxing · Puzzle · Board Game · City Builder · Colorful · Resource Management · Casual · Minimalist · Multiplayer · Building · Hex Grid (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Remote Play Together · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , Russian * , German * , French * , Italian * , Spanish - Spain * , Simplified Chinese * * |
| Official site | https://www.zenworldthegame.com/subscribe |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1 or later, Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i3-3220, AMD Phenom II X4 925 equivalent or better Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 950, AMD Radeon HD 7970 equivalent or better Storage: 500 MB available space