
A fast-paced low-poly 3D rail shooter heavily inspired by classics of the early 90's. Join protagonist Kyuu as she fights to free the worlds of the Sanzaru Star System, overrun by the intergalactic terrorist organization known as Zodiac.
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Every price cut of more than 20% we have observed, in each market that quoted one, with this game's chart position on either side of it. These are episodes, not a model: a sale is one event, and one event cannot tell you what the next one will do.
Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 0.14/day in the week to Sep 8 → 0.43/day in the week after.
Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 0.86/day in the week to Jul 23 → 0.14/day in the week after.
For scale, across Steam · Top Sellers · Brazil over the last 30 days: the 26 chart moves that followed a price cut of more than 20% went a median of 7 places towards #1, and the 2,400 moves with no price cut behind them went 2 away. One store, one chart, one country — it is the only place we have enough observations to say even that.
Prices outside the United States have been collected since 6 August 2026 and chart positions since 19 July 2026, so a cut older than that has no market to compare and a market that joined later has no history yet. Nothing here is converted between currencies.
About
Ex-Zodiac is a fast-paced rail shooter with a stylized look reminiscent of early 90's 3D games. Join protagonist Kyuu as she fights to free the worlds of the Sanzaru Star System, overrun by the intergalactic terrorist organization known as Zodiac.
FEATURING:
- A retro, colourful, low-poly visual style
- 11 main levels and 6 bonus levels currently (more than 12 will be available after full release)
- Major bosses at the end of each level, each piloted by a member of the Zodiac
- A 16-bit style soundtrack by +TEK combining FM and wavetable synthesis
- Barrel rolls
CONTROLS:
This game plays best using an Xinput compatible analogue controller (Xbox, PS4 etc), however digital devices can be used too, such as a D-pad or keyboard (analogue is definitely the way to go, though!). The controls are also re-mappable.
CREDITS:
Code, Design, Art, Sound Effects: Ben Hickling (MNKY)
Music: +TEK
Published by Pixeljam
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Reviews
Qué maravilla de juego! Ojalá tuviera 100 fases más!!
Este juego es una maravilla, un hermoso homenaje, un gran tributo a la saga de Starfox, es muy bonito, lo recomiendo al 100%, porque tiene ese encanto nostálgico, Si te gustan los juegos tipo Starfox y otros rail-shooters, este lo tienes que jugar como una obligación moral. Este se parece a una versión mejorada y avanzada de Starfox para la SNES con la historia de Starfox 64 sin dar mayores spoilers. Como consejo y brindarte la mejor experiencia posible en este genero de los rail shooters, es recomendable jugarlo con mandos. Es imposible que no te pueda gustar, DO A BARREL ROLL!!!
What sold this game for me was the aesthetic, luckily, the gameplay is amazing too! The areas you travel around in are a real treat to look at, especially the mystical foresty area later in the game. The writing is very fun as well. I would say the only 2 things to be wary of are that this game is still in early access, and there isn't much here. I beat everything in the game in about an hour. The other thing to look out for is that this game is very easy, so if you want a challenge this isn't the shmup for that. But if your down for a short, very polished journey, this is the game for you.
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Languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese, Russian
Hours played at review time, across 66 reviews with recorded playtime.
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How can you blackpill when this game graces Steam? Literally better than the PEAK Star Fox 64 remake.
I LEGIT JUST BEAT WILDBLUE SKIES and this is actually better then that gamer i like that game but this game is way more crazy way more fast way more skilled everything in this game perfect i would only want voice actorss cause its hard to read and dodge everything at once but omg this is what starfox should be i never play orginal starfox i play starfox64 so this is just EPIC PERFECT 10 out of 10 game and cheaper then WILDBLUE SKIES
If you are in the market for a fun arcade style game, this game is perfect! If you are looking for a fun indie rail shooter with lots of love dedicated to its inspirations, you'll get more then your fill here! Ex-Zodiac has quickly become one of my favorite indies for not just its outstanding gameplay and incredible level design, but also for its amazing style and audio! While the game is currently in early access, it still has plenty of content to enjoy with incredible quality! Early access mostly extends to "the game is not finished yet" so you'll get more new levels eventually and some parts might change for the better. Even with the current unfinished stage list its a great ride through the planned star system. What stages are on offer are fun, look great and play fantastically. A handful of unique piloting styles are given stages with your spacecraft having a on rails style and all range style of flight a-la star fox, a digital avatar with a cannon is controlled during bonus stages that plays similar to Space harrier, and lastly a hovercycle that plays akin to a much swifter landmaster (to mention starfox again). While the majority of stages (so far) are on rails, the other styles each get 2 stages and they each feel just as fun and chaotic as the more standard stages! All of this also doesn't mention the incredible soundtrack that is packed to the brim with stellar music in 2 separate sound system styles. If your on the fence about getting this, you won't regret it!... and if you do.... its $12 and youll probably know if you like it or not in the first 2 hours.
A great rail shooter in the making. Great aesthetics, great music, great gameplay. At the moment there's 12 levels, most of them having you piloting a ship and flying on-rails style. There is some variety with all-range mode missions, and a couple of "bike" segments on the ground. There are also some bonus missions from collecting datachips on the levels, and these offer their own crazy rail shooter experience. Levels are well-paced with checkpoints and items to make accomplishable for all levels of skill, and the game's ranking mode will give more experienced players a challenge to achieve S-rank. The game's aesthetics are probably not for everyone, but I personally enjoyed the style it's going for. The soundtrack is awesome, calling back to simpler days of Sega and Nintendo. Besides the main character Kyuu, everyone has just portraits, but I think they all have enough personality with their dialogue to still all be charming in their own rights. It's not finished yet, but I think what's there is well worth supporting the developers if you're a fan of genre, or just wanted a game's inspired by Star Fox SNES to take a new, fun twist on the formula.
Buenisimo. pero cuándo mrda va a salir completo??
Likes if you like the first FX game by Argonaut and Nintendo BUY THIS GAME! if you ever wanted a worthy sequel to it this is it! Everything I liked about the previously mentioned game this game has and so much more the previously mentioned game was 50usd this game I think not on sale is 15usd! What a steal! So much fun without any regret Ive played the third FX game by Argonaut Software and Electrobrain and this is soooooooooooooooooooooooooo much better. You can tell that the developer really knew how to write a loveletter to the first FX game .Keep in mind it's a low poly game so it will run on practically a potato! (Not really but a low powered graphics card and processor) Now we talk about the dislikes... Dislikes NONE why are you still reading my review buy the game already!
closses thing to star fox and space harrier
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