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Zolg
Zolg is a minimalist top-down shooter where you explore, fight enemies, collect powerups, and defeat bosses.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.
“Look, I love challenging games, the Souls series is basically my security blanket, you know, one with spikes, saws and blood smeared all over the cloth. But dang, I found this game hard, not impossibly hard, but certainly infuriatingly hard. Zolg is a top down shooter clearly…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“Does what it says on the box; it's a minimalist twin-stick style shooter, although there's not much "mowing down enemies", it's more stick-and-move. Bonus points if you like dark techno sounds, minus points if you don't -- the tracks loop often. Expect an hour or two of playtime…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“It starts fairly nice and dynamic, however at certain point it becomes frustrating and boring. In particular, as other reviewers noted, getting through the battery of moving lasers is usually a question of luck and button-mashing. Now suppose you have two or three such fields,…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedLatest official news
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Russian and Simplified Chinese Added
Zolg now includes Russian and Simplified Chinese translations for all in-game text as well as the store page description. To change language go to the game's properties in Steam and then to the langua
Russian and Simplified Chinese Added
Zolg now includes Russian and Simplified Chinese translations for all in-game text as well as the store page description. To change language go to the game's properties in Steam and then to the langua
Shaders, Music Fixes, Bullet Counter
Added some shaders for extra effects. Can be disabled in menu. When in the room that connects the two main areas, music volume is no longer ignored. Exiting to the menu from the area connector room wi
Shaders, Music Fixes, Bullet Counter
Added some shaders for extra effects. Can be disabled in menu. When in the room that connects the two main areas, music volume is no longer ignored. Exiting to the menu from the area connector room wi
Difficulty Tweaks
Reduced difficulty of some of the earlier spike sections. Slightly increased player invulnerability time after being hit. Slightly reduced stalker speed. Stalkers now deal 2 damage but die after hitti
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Metroidvania · Top-Down Shooter · Action-Adventure · 2D · Minimalist · Adventure · Action · Top-Down · Exploration · Twin Stick Shooter · Shooter · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Partial Controller Support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , Russian * , Simplified Chinese * * |
| Achievements | 40 |
| Estimated owners | 100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: 1 Ghz Memory: 2 GB RAM Storage: 30 MB available space