ZIX

ZIX

Hidden IO · September 18, 2025 · Action Roguelike, Dungeon Crawler, VR, Bullet Hell, Asymmetric VR

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ZIX price by region

ZIX costs £9.09 in the United Kingdom, $9.99 in the United States, $9.99 in Georgia (USD), €10.25 in Europe (EUR), CA$11.99 in Canada, A$13.95 in Australia, NZ$15.75 in New Zealand, R$37.49 in Brazil and zł42.49 in Poland right now.

Cheapest ZIX offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
United Kingdom £9.09 £9.09 — 1
United Statesyour region $9.99 $9.99 — 1
Georgia (USD) $9.99 $9.99 — 1
Europe (EUR) €10.25 €10.25 — 1
Canada CA$11.99 CA$11.99 — 1
Australia A$13.95 A$13.95 — 1
New Zealand NZ$15.75 NZ$15.75 — 1
Brazil R$37.49 R$37.49 — 1
Poland zł42.49 zł42.49 — 1

Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.

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About ZIX

ZIX IS IN EARLY ACCESS

In the boundless cosmos, order is dull—but chaos is beautiful.Welcome to ZIX, a mind-bending VR roguelike where every run is a vivid hallucination, and every choice twists the fabric of reality. You are an Acolyte, an agent of cosmic entropy and devout servant of the insatiable deity known only as Zix. Your calling? Weaponize absurdity, embrace beautiful destruction, and remix existence. 

🧪 MIX THE WORLD

Reality is just another offering.Before each run, you'll harvest surreal blessings from three strange worlds—then fuse them through ritual, creating your next trial. These divine ingredients don't merely tweak numbers—they warp the very fabric of reality. A few twisted possibilities:
  • Enemies leave tombstones that become deadly turrets.
  • Healing is doubled, but you can’t revive allies.
  • You’re stalked by a massive, unstoppable beast that kills anything it touches.  
  • Friendly fire enabled—only one can reach the exit.
Each ritual births new mechanics, fresh perils, and divine complications. With millions of possible combinations, no two runs play the same—deeper your devotion, the stranger Zix’s blessings become.

✋FIRST INSTINCT: MOVEMENT & COMBAT SYSTEM

No face buttons. No menus. Nothing to distract you and break the trance. Just pure motion and momentum.First Instinct is ZIX’s custom-built movement & combat system—a divine dance where you dash, leap, wall-run, block, and hurl weapons using just two triggers and intuitive gestures that echo your intentions. It’s fast, fluid, and expressive—like pulling off stunts from an action movie, but you’re the one doing it.Combat rewards precise timing, rhythmic improvisation, and devotion to Zix’s chaotic will. Chain your movements and attacks together seamlessly. Become a perfect vessel, reading your enemies and adapting without thought.You don’t just fight—you perform.

🛠️ REMIX YOURSELF

The chaos doesn’t just warp the world—it rewires you.Each run, Zix grants you new blessings: augments and weapons that transform how your Acolyte moves, fights, and survives. These aren’t mere stat boosts—they’re divine mutations, reshaping the character to match your playstyle .
  • Throw your blade and teleport on impact, cleansing the battlefield in a fiery AOE blast.
  • Fire arrows that fracture mid-air, seeking out targets with unholy precision.
  • Convert your dashes into explosions of divine retribution.
And beneath the flesh of mechanics lies the skin of expression: every Acolyte can be shaped, adorned, and corrupted. Customize your look with arcane attachments, palette shifts, and ritual markings—transform yourself into a servant worthy of Zix’s gaze.With millions of combinations, no two runs—or Acolytes—are ever alike. Will you become a precision duelist, a physics-breaking chaos goblin or something…else?

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 BRING FRIENDS (OR DON’T)

Play solo or with up to two fellow Acolytes in seamless co-op.Coordinate builds. Resurrect each other mid-chaos. Stack conflicting ingredients and see what happens—maybe brilliance, maybe a flaming collapse. Either way, ZIX adapts. Whether you ride alone or summon a coven, the run bends to your party’s collective will.This isn’t just multiplayer. It’s a shared hallucination. A chaos ritual. A test of bonds in a world that breaks everything.

🧩 UNRAVEL WHAT’S HIDDEN 

ZIX isn’t just chaos—it’s a riddle wrapped in madness.As you mix ingredients and survive your runs, you’ll uncover new relics of entropy—some unlock secret bosses, others distort entire worlds, or open story paths that were never meant to be found.Between runs, you’ll encounter cryptic NPCs. Symbols that recur. Events that feel like bugs, until they don’t. Patterns emerge. Meanings shift. Some doors only open when the Cauldron is stirred just so.Every choice you make might lead to something beneath the surface.
Some profound truths are waiting for the right Acolyte.Others are better left buried.

🔥FEATURES

  • Play alone or with up to 2 friends
  • Engage in roguelike gameplay with endless combinations and replayability
  • Mix worlds together using The Cauldron and uncover their secrets
  • Express yourself with a deep, varied combat system using natural-feeling controls
  • Fight 20+ different enemies across 3 worlds
  • Find 30+ stacking upgrades that change your playstyle
  • Unlock 10+ totally new abilities to change your kit dramatically

ZIX — game info

Platforms
Windows
Steam Deck
Unsupported
Player modes
Single-player, Online co-op, Cross-platform multiplayer
Controller
Partial controller support
PC Game Pass
Not included
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What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended Apr 20, 2026
Very fun game! I was able to beat some areas on tier 2 solo, but couldn't beat my first boss solo. A lot more fun with friends and strangers. Buy this game!
3 found this helpful
Recommended Feb 6, 2026
I have only made it through the first part of the tutorial but my positive review comes from my interaction with the people. The game wouldn't load after purchase. Within 2 minutes of reaching out on the discord, someone took the time to walk me through getting what they needed to find a fix. Within 10 minutes, I was playing and they had a solution ready for their community if anyone else runs into the same issue. The other part of my positive review comes from loving to see a game made by some humans with a cool idea. I genuinely can't wait to make my video on this.
3 found this helpful
Recommended Feb 8, 2026
Very, very fun game!
2 found this helpful
Not recommended Jan 17, 2026
1. Repetitive graphics 2. Repetitive combat 3. Janky climbing 4. Janky combat 5. Poor value
2 found this helpful
Recommended Jan 11, 2026
Only 2 hours played but im addicted amazing roguelike game unique movement which feels so refreshing compared to basic stick or gtag movement trigger to grab weapons took some getting used to but i highly recommend only cons are that the servers are very dead and its a STEEP learning curve but probably a high skill ceiling
2 found this helpful
Recommended Aug 2, 2026
gg madd underrated rl shooter

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