Zolg

Zolg is an action-adventure title developed and published by Robert Alvarez that embraces a minimalist design philosophy while delivering a surprisingly engaging gameplay loop. At first glance, its simple visuals may suggest a straightforward experience, but beneath the modest presentation lies a game focused on exploration, combat, and steady character progression. The game places players in a mysterious world...

1 found this helpful, 2026-06-22

Pays for itself

0 found this helpful, 2026-06-21

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 based on arcade games, with some more modern touches here and there, and it really shows, all that old school difficulty and modern day sadism...

11 found this helpful, 2017-01-14

The game is kinda boring, lacking depth or real engagement. The graphics and mechanics will convince you that this is someone's first videogame from their highschool computer science project. Soundtrack is also meh. I've heard better / worse only $0.99 though.

26 found this helpful, 2017-06-03

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, and that's 5 screens away from the save... Challenging? Nah, boring.

16 found this helpful, 2017-04-08

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 out of it, possibly more if you enjoy achievement hunting.

6 found this helpful, 2017-06-02