ZIQ overview

Overview

ZIQ comes from Midnight Sea Studios and is published by Midnight Sea Studios. It arrived on Steam on Aug 1, 2018, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Gamepad Recommended, Steam Leaderboards, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, macOS, Linux, and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

ZIQ's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 0 players at 26 September 2026 - 05:32:25 UTC, with a tracked peak near 25. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 100% positive across 13 reviews.

Language and system requirements

ZIQ is available in 1 languages including:

regional rating details listed by Steam when available

Sales, recommendations, and streams

ZIQ has sold up to 436 units and has recommendation data pending. The estimated VGI revenue is $3,262. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

ZIQ overview details

ZIQ combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Run, dodge, jump, pull pickups, switch polarity and die constantly! You get to do all this while being heckled for your constant mistakes! "ZIQ" is an arcade runner that features polarity-switching gameplay. Switch ZIQ's polarity to make it safely past obstacles or in some cases destroy them. Perform pickup sequences, maintain chains, destroy obstacles and time your pulls to take advantage of the in-depth scoring system while you compete on the global leaderboard! Swarm, an ancient AI turned malevolent and spiteful is waging a war on all life. Having narrowly escaped complete destruction at the hands of organics he both hates and fears them. The AI grows massive, devouring entire planets to fuel and construct his unstoppable armies in an unending vendetta against organic life. Swarm’s armies of nanoform soldiers fair no better. The prototype Z series IQ nanite (ZIQ) is currently being put through countless experiments to improve the soldier’s neural network. These torturous tests take the form of treacherous obstacle courses that ZIQ must complete. With nanoforms’ ability to endless reconstruct, death offers no respite. With more than 25 obstacles and hundreds of possible combinations he faces a difficult journey. But his ability to switch polarity at any time gives players the edge needed to succeed across seven themed procedurally-generated stages filled with traps such as pools of acid beneath sinking floors, pop-up walls that appear at the last second, and polarized obstacles that can only be survived by quickly swapping polarities. Crafty players can collect charge co…

SteamPulse editorial summary

ZIQ is listed as a game with $0.99. It supports Windows, macOS, and Linux, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Gamepad Recommended, Steam Leaderboards, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Indie. SteamPulse's latest observation records 0 players at 26 September 2026 - 05:32:25 UTC, a tracked peak of 25, and 100% positive reviews.

Overview tags

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Support and legal notes

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