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Zortch

Zortch

Meet Zortch Maxinum: short order cook, amateur engineer and professional slacker; Bored and tired of her day job she decides to go on a holiday but alas she picks a cheap option: turns out it's a scheme by aliens who capture humans to eat their brains! also this game is a sci-fi horror comedy fps

Released Jun 8, 2023 Developer Mutantleg Platforms Windows FPSShooterActionBoomer ShooterFemale Protagonist
View on Steam ↗ $4.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

98.0%positive1,152 reviews
Recommended · 4 found this helpful

“i dont really review games that often, but this is SUCH a hidden gem of a game that i feel i have to do my part by writing one to boost this game's ratings and popularity in some way Zortch is a game that feels like if you took first person shooters from the late 90's (from…”

— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played
Recommended · 3 found this helpful

“Cute little tongue-in-cheek shooter, with good movement, gunplay and quite an enemy variety. $5 is kind of a steal to be honest.”

— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played
Recommended · 3 found this helpful

“Great game overall! I really like the graphical style it has, reminds me of Turok and Half Life. The gameplay is smooth and doesn't feel restrictive at all. One of the best $5 I spent in my life. Highly recommended. Can't wait for the sequel too (the demo was awesome so far).”

— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:25 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

2playing at last check
324-hour peak
71all-time peak
0 25 50 2024 2025 2026 21 avg · Aug 2023

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

39achievements
7.4%median completion
1.5%rarest: You are locked in here with ME!
38.4% of players 29.6% of players 25.0% of players 24.9% of players 21.9% of players 21.7% of players 20.6% of players 19.9% of players 19.4% of players 19.2% of players 17.9% of players 17.2% of players 16.1% of players 14.5% of players 9.5% of players 9.1% of players 8.3% of players 7.9% of players 7.5% of players 7.4% of players 7.3% of players 6.3% of players 5.1% of players 5.0% of players 4.9% of players 4.3% of players 4.3% of players 3.8% of players 3.8% of players 3.7% of players 3.4% of players 3.2% of players 3.2% of players 3.1% of players 3.0% of players 2.7% of players 2.6% of players 1.9% of players 1.5% of players 38.4% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
38.4%Defeated Rare Enemy 2 — or watched the demo long enough
29.6%Gibbed Rare Enemy 5 — Jumping Brute with Grenade Launcher
25.0%First Boss — Defeated the Brainsucker Commander
Rarest badges of honor
1.5%You are locked in here with ME! — GAME HAS BEEN ZORTCHED BEYOND RECOGNITION
1.9%I'm fierce.. but not that fierce! — Beat the game on not so maxed difficulty
2.6%Achievement 88 — All 88 secrets found - game 100% beaten

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.

$4.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$4.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US4.99 USD
EU4.60 EUR
UK4.29 GBP
Australia7.50 AUD
Canada6.49 CAD
Japan580 JPY
Brazil16.99 BRL
China22.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$3.2 Brazil Japan Canada US EU Australia UK≈$5.7

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $5 $10 07-11 07-14 07-17 07-20 07-23 07-26

Latest official news

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

Mar 10, 2025
Minifix - Build 2008

Updates in Build 2008 - fix for slowdown in uncapped mode with vsync on - zoom in and zoom out can now be assigned to gamepad/mouse buttons - option (in misc) to force the dpad to be used for zooming

Mar 06, 2025
Minifix - Build 2005

Updates in Build 2005 - fix for toggle crouch when both toggle crouch and toggle sprint is enabled - fix for sniper zoom view on wide screens

Feb 25, 2025
Minifix - Build 2003

A small fix that prevents you from saving when defeated also a fix for the all secrets achievement now you no longer have to beat the full game to get it and once again I'd like to apogolise for imple

Dec 19, 2024
Mean and Green Bundle

You can now get DOSMan:Space Aliens in Space! bundled with Zortch! https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/48792/Green_and_Mean/

May 06, 2024
Patch - Build 2000

Updates in Build 2000 - fix for left and right mouse click (if windows settings are set for left handed) - fix for picking up jumping barrels - save finished level stats (highest skill map was beaten

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAction, Adventure, Indie
Player tagsFPS · Shooter · Action · Boomer Shooter · Female Protagonist · First-Person · Adventure · Dark Comedy · Indie · Sci-fi · Horror · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish
Achievements39
Estimated owners100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy)
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows XP Processor: Intel Atom N270 Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: Intel UHD Graphics 600 Storage: 370 MB available space