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Ziggurat 2
Developer Milkstone Studios
Ziggurat is back, and now it's even better! Use powerful weapons and spells to break through hordes of enemies and explore labyrinthine dungeons in this hectic roguelite FPS, while you improve your skills and discover new equipment. From the Steam store page
190 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Nov 2, 2026 · last updated Nov 4, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
80
LovedLoved
145 positive · 36 negative
95% range 74–85%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 145 | 36 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| Mastodon * | 1 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
1,003 of 1,118 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
80% recommend · 146 yes, 36 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 182 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (1,371 of 1,525 positive).
Players praise Ziggurat 2 as a fast-paced, colorful roguelite FPS that improves on the original. [1][2][3] Some reviewers find the gameplay repetitive and the weapons unsatisfying. [4][5][6] The game is recommended for fans of classic shooters like Heretic and Hexen. [7][8][9]
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- [17]
Yeah, nah... Game looks well made but I fail to see the "good gameplay" people praise it. Roboquest, Gunfire Reborn or even Immortal Redneck feel better to play than this. Gameplay simply isn't satisfying. What makes this game hard is simply the fact that as a roguelite, health recovery isn't abudant and you're bound to lose some of your health constantly due to enemies spawning everywhere, small arenas, somewhat …
- [1]
Ziggurat II is ... one of the MOST COLORFUL and FUN GAMES EVER!. One of the most fun games I have played in long while! Game is pure fun! and all the colors are beautiful, the castle / dungeon is otherworldly!! Jump right into action, pure fun and DOOM-like action! One of the most beautiful games you will ever play! There are so many details in the world, I just sometimes walk around just taking a million pictures! …
- [2]
Zig 2 is a really good roguelite that really deserves more attention. Zig 2 is everything that a sequel should be, and that is everything the first game was and more. If you're a fan of wizardy, roguelites and fast paced twitchy FPSs then I'd definitely recommend this to you. I'd give it a B+ :) There's tons of different combinations of characters, weapons, amulets, and perks that keep the game feeling fresh each …
- [3]
it's Ziggurat 1 with better graphics, more variety and better physics. What's not to like?
- [7]
#Early Review - 14 Hours / Chapter 5 Ziggurat 2 is a first person shooter rogue lite with a hexen aesthetic. It generally pulls this of very well. Pros: - A Campaign this time! Progressively harder/longer runs. So far 2 side missions (of many) then a main mission. - There is still a one-off run-based rogue-like mode. - A Daily run - Buttery smooth and blazingly fast - A good assortment of wands and staffs and spells …
Summarised from 34 of the 192 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 12, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
Players who liked Ziggurat 2 talk about fast and fluid gameplay with a variety of weapons; those who didn't talk about repetitive level design with small arenas. Which matters more to you?
Reactions
60 of 190 · most liked firstYeah, nah... Game looks well made but I fail to see the "good gameplay" people praise it. Roboquest, Gunfire Reborn or even Immortal Redneck feel better to play than this. Gameplay simply isn't satisfying. What makes this game hard is simply the fact that as a roguelite, health recovery isn't abudant and you're bound to lose some of your health constantly due to enemies spawning everywhere, small arenas, somewhat sluggish movement, AOE attacks that are hard to avoid (due to visual cues/clutter…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dull and repetitive, has no charm or soul.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hello! We're Milkstone, a small independent game studio with one goal: Making fun games while we have fun doing them. Right now we're working on #FarmTogether2 and recently we released #ArmyOfRuin and #Ziggurat2 both on Steam and consoles. Hope to see you around!
neutral · AI labelView post →This game together with gunfire reborn are the best fps roguelikes up to now!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ziggurat 2 takes the fundamentals of the first-person shooter and reshapes them around the unpredictable progression of a roguelite dungeon crawler. Developed and published by Milkstone Studios, it puts players in the role of powerful spellcasters belonging to a magical order dedicated to protecting humanity from supernatural dangers. Instead of following a straightforward sequence of scripted stages, the adventure revolves around repeated expeditions into dangerous dungeons where enemies,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Roguelites have issues with balancing builds, how you build them and their consequences, and you often end killing your run, or completely trivialise the game. You come to expect that and it becomes part of the fun, figuring out the interactions, learning and theorycrafting, finding ways you can salvage from poor RNG earlier in a run (which feels very rewarding when it happens), but I felt none of that here. Most weapons, upgrades, characters, abilities, felt inconsequential beyond some minor…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →if you liked OG cod zombies buy this game. never has an fps scratched that itch. wish more guns less wands but the balance makes the game. i regret waiting on a sale cause i was unsure. just incase the devs read this...pretty much same game but 4 player coop(preferably split screen)....im buying 4 copies no question full price...as long as i can lan
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unfortunately feels incredibly lacking and repetitive with the same bells and whistles of a free to play mobile game. The screen constantly flashes pop ups at you and opening chests provides the momentary anticipation of opening a gacha pull or loot crate. I remember enjoying the first Ziggarut game but the successor doesn't hold up, possibly because of it's significantly short dungeons or perhaps because the game hasn't moved on since 2014. Some problems of note - All the weapons feel bad to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ziggurat II is ... one of the MOST COLORFUL and FUN GAMES EVER!. One of the most fun games I have played in long while! Game is pure fun! and all the colors are beautiful, the castle / dungeon is otherworldly!! Jump right into action, pure fun and DOOM-like action! One of the most beautiful games you will ever play! There are so many details in the world, I just sometimes walk around just taking a million pictures! Extremely easy to get into ans hard to master! Character variation /…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's actually very weak. The crux of the game is: enter small locked room that might be an open arena, or it might have some columns or a looping figure 8 shape. Small, very small. Monsters spawn, you shoot them all, then you go to another room. Fights are annoying because you have to defeat a "monster bar" worth of enemies, and they just randomly spawn around as you dispatch other ones. So... you can't even really strategically use map control, carefully choose cover, or anything even…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It is really fun. You can skip the first game, this is basically a redo with more from everything. There is a story too! But not that deep or important
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The art style is the only good thing about this game. The level design is boring, just a bunch of interconnected empty arenas, and you have to backtrack. Nothing to do beside fighting. Finding the three blue keys is a slog that gets old very quickly. The traps and environmental hazards are more annoying than challenging. The monsters feel very random, they are unrelated to each level theme. Why are there evil carrots in an ice cave or frozen warriors in ancient Egypt ? Each level feels the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A decent shooter but a weak rogue-like. Combat is fairly slick and impressive in terms of raw game-feel, but it just doesn't have enough drama/suspense to carry the experience. Most of the time I find myself using my best weapon and simply circle-strafing around the arena until all the enemies are dead. I think the core problem is that runs are lacking in meaningful progression. The decisions you make within a run don't feel very impactful, and the general stakes of combat don't feel like they…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Zig 2 is a really good roguelite that really deserves more attention. Zig 2 is everything that a sequel should be, and that is everything the first game was and more. If you're a fan of wizardy, roguelites and fast paced twitchy FPSs then I'd definitely recommend this to you. I'd give it a B+ :) There's tons of different combinations of characters, weapons, amulets, and perks that keep the game feeling fresh each run. Mechanically this game is very solid and makes good use of procedural level…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I regeret wasting time on this game. I guess it's not THAT bad, but if you played something like Roboquest or Gunfire Reborn - this game doesn't stand a chance, not even remotely close. Pros: - visuals are good. colors are vibrant, locations are identical but not annoying, monster design is fine too. - arsenal is interesting. guns, staves, wands, magic books - all are different and fun to use (at least those that I unlocked during my 4h playtime) - movement is fast. even without sprinting, you…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pros +Solid gameplay with a variety of weapons +Decent character variety +Plenty of ways to upgrade your characters, though upgrading your skills can get grindy +Good enemy variety +Variety of perks, but some are just basically small stat buffs +Multiple game modes +Solid soundtrack Cons -Shops sometimes don't appear on a floor or even during an entire run, which feels bad if you're holding a bunch of money -Unlocking a lot of perks and weapons dilutes the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's like "What if Torchlight was an FPS" and I'm all for it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Criminally underrated roguelike
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Has some great rogue-like elements but ultimately suffers from feeling too same-ey between runs. There are no unique item interactions with character upgrades, everything is just incremental stat boosts. Needs item interactions like Binding of Isaac or some other rogue likes in this vein to keep stuff interesting and fun.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just like Ziggurat 1 but better! Let me clarify: - better graphics, though the 3d models of heroes are a bit more cartooney and this might throw some people off a bit - fluid motion mechanics, very fast pace just like the previous game - added a dash mechanic (just like Doom) which makes the battle a bit more interesting but it's rather useless in small rooms - added more lore to the game, some kind of backstory, that makes it slightly more interesting but doesn't affect the whole game…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ziggurat 2 is a mess: almost every single aspect of its game-play is flawed. Rooms are very often a completely random set of features creating a non-sensical, hellish and claustrophobic landscape. Maybe if you could take the time to learn their layout, it'd be better but instead you fight in each room and then go to the next ugly-mess of a room for the next fight, rinse-and-repeat every couple-minutes or so. Visual delivery is terrible: more often than not I go past chests and challenges…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Definitely fulfilling my wizard fantasy - loving it
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A surprisingly fun and addictive roguelite FPS that uses magic instead of typical rifles and pistols. A lot of weapon/spell variety and a game that actually feels right be regularly switching between weapons to keep the flow of battle going. Super fast movement and enough playmodes to keep things fresh while respecting your time via multiple options for session playlength and challenge level. The UI is a bit dated and, IMHO is a major part of why this game didn't quite make the splash that…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the best underrated Roguelike shooters in existence. Funny how recent reviewers complain about things this game never tried to be. This isn't a looter-shooter, there's more emphasis on player skill and creating fun cohesive weapon combinations. The weapons in this game are super unique and fun, reminds me of classic Turok games.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I like this game overall but the way enemies will always predict your movement is frustrating and defeats the entire point of playing it. Why would I try to evade or be smart when the enemy will always hit me, even if I'm zigzagging like a madman?
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →boring upgrades
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →#Early Review - 14 Hours / Chapter 5 Ziggurat 2 is a first person shooter rogue lite with a hexen aesthetic. It generally pulls this of very well. Pros: - A Campaign this time! Progressively harder/longer runs. So far 2 side missions (of many) then a main mission. - There is still a one-off run-based rogue-like mode. - A Daily run - Buttery smooth and blazingly fast - A good assortment of wands and staffs and spells to get - Persistent unlock tree The Neutral I would say that as a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sorry ;) The idea of a 3D Wizard roguelite game, and even fast-paced, is something that made me reeeally excited And even though I had a few hours of fun playthrough, I think it failed for me personally, for my roguelite standards The game generally feels underpolished - maybe the UI was going for an old-school vibe, but either it didn't fit for me, or there's just something about it that feels underdone. The battle mechanics themselves seem a little off for this type of game. Maybe the mobs…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Improves on the first in every way.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really good. People who say there isn't enough content clearly haven't unlocked everything. The more you play the more biomes are unlocked, the more characters, wands and spells, etc. There is infinite replayabilty and you have different game modes you can switch to instead of just sticking to the campaign.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Amazing rogue lite arena Hexen/Heretic fps. Very fast and fluid gameplay, many weapon and perks option and very QOL game. My only gripe is little variety of enemies and rooms.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cool graphics, fluid gameplay and nice progression system.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you like Heretic, Heretic II, Hexen, Hexen II and those types of games then I'm pretty sure you'll love this game. It's the same type except there's tons more like the graphics are top notch and not like DOS graphics haha ! I've only just started playing this game and there seems to be a limitless amount of different levels and quests to do also. I got only about 5 hours on my first day playing this but WOW ! It's tons of fun ! The weapons and skills are WOW ! Awesome ! Sure wish someone…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →it's Ziggurat 1 with better graphics, more variety and better physics. What's not to like?
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really wanted to like this game, it has a good premise and initially felt like it was going to be good twist on the roguelite FPS formula (love similar games like roboquest, sulphur, battle shapers, gunfire reborn, witchfire, etc). After 4 hours, though, I was extremely bored by the repetitive nature of the fights - already felt like I had basically seen most of what the game had to offer me
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A standard rogue-like formula of a game. New Players: Ziggurat 2 is an FPS rogue-like where you play as a hero with magical abilities, who goes on a dungeon run to obtain XP, magical weapons and perks to fight the bosses of each floor. Review: It's your salt of the Earth rogue-like game. Start run, clear rooms, get XP, get weapons, beat bosses and unlock stuff for the next run, becoming ever stronger. This formula has stayed true and strong for years and will continue to do so, as we…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Seriously? what the hell? Ziggurat 2 drags you back into roguelite drudgery as some wide-eyed wizard wannabe, slogging through endless, identical ziggurats swarming with brain-dead golems and recycled elemental trash. The combat? A sloppy mess of wand-waving that feels like mashing buttons in a fever dream—fireballs fizzle out, lightning perks glitch like they're allergic to fun, and co-op just amplifies the frustration with desync disasters. Sure, it has that masochistic "one more failed…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very interesting - and kinda flawed in many tiny ways. Ziggurat 2 is a game I remember finishing back then, but peeking at my savegames, I only did so on easy difficulty. Replaying it even just for a while, I immediately know why. I have a LOT of hours in this game, and yet I just can't recommend it. There's something frustrating about it. Maybe it's the way you constantly run out of mana, when trying to use your weapons especially on the first floors, maybe it's the weird anemic game feel due…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I want to like this game, but it's just kind of a time waster. The combat doesn't feel particularly satisfying. The progression feels slow and grindy. The levels feel samey and boring. None of the character powers feel like they do much of anything. It's just sort of Meh. Do yourself a favor and buy Gunfire Reborn instead. Way better game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I played first one until finished with joy. They improve the game at second edition. This is underrated game and deserves better sales I think. Art style, musics, weapons, playable characters; everything is good. Buy it if u play good rogulike fps.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Another game from the stable of #RogueLite #FPS games #Ziggurat2 offers a wide variety of weapons, level and characters and many modes of gameplay ,the gameplay loop itself is so sold that all fans of the genre should try it with a pleasing art style it's one of the best retro shooters I played
positive · AI labelView post →Ziggurat 2 is a solid roguelite FPS that builds greatly on the first. There's a campaign mode where you play through 3 different kinds of levels to unlock 10 classes (plus the base 2) and around a billion different weapons. It's pretty easy on the default difficulty but there are lots of difficulty options. There are also classic modes that don't unlock stuff but offer different challenges. The graphics and sound are solid, the writing's a little bland but really only exists to justify…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My new favorite game. I already enjoyed the first one some days prior, and really liked it, but this one is so much better, the developers really polished their craft on this sequel, and I'm wishful that they will continue to do in a third entry some day.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The best First Person mage series This game is easily one of my favorites of all time n its my favorite comfort FPS game to unwind to. Ignore my Steam playtime. My actual playtime for this game is much more outside of Steam. - First person view n animations are superb! - Can work even on a potato yet looks beautiful to date due to the cartoonish style it uses. - Replayability is all through the roof since there are tons of characters, trinkets, perks n weapons to unlock. Each offering…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Move fast or get swept away! "If you have time to stop and look at the scenery, you have time to dodge that fireball." The Training Ground: Ziggurat 2 doesn't waste time with long tutorials or emotional stories. You enter a magical dungeon, you get a weapon, and you are expected to perform at maximum efficiency. It's frantic, it's brutal, and it's the closest thing to my daily morning routine. The Disciplinary Evaluation Pacing: Excellent. The game rewards speed and punishes…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A vast improvement on the original game in basically everyway. Ziggurat 2 if the title of the game wasn't obvious, is the sequel to the Roguelike FPS, Ziggurat. Developed by Milkstone Studios it seemingly takes places after the first game as a new threat has completely annihilated the Brotherhood and now the remnants strive to rebuild and fight back against the threats plaguing the land. The game basically took the basis of the first game, and simply improved and add upon what was there. As…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Too much of a departure from the original. Hate the new art style. Movement is weird.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is very fun. Many possible builds give a good sense of freedom when it comes to each run. It can get repetitive at times but at higher difficulties it doesn't matter to me since i need to be on the edge of my seat in order to beat the floor
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The inclusion of a campaign mode really, really improves the overall quality and addictiveness of the game. The alchemy weapons also feel very different, and much more satisfying. Fantastic sequel to an already excellent game. The additional variety in terms of environments helps immensely as well. The only thing that should be better, at least so far in my experience, is that the bosses are pretty repetitive. Better boss variety would be a serious improvement.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bosses are trash, levels feel empty and spongy enemies
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ziggurat 2 is a decently made single-player rougelite FPS. Gameplay feels great and there's a huge variety of heroes, weapons and accessories to unlock and choose from.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If I knew this game had a campaign and wasn't just yet another roguelike, I would've gotten this way earlier.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its okay at best. This game has no charm and is just so smooth in a negative way. Everything is so flowy and without weight. There are way better games in this genre
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →ziggurat 2 is an awful unity asset flip that smoothed away all the charm of the first game. go play that instead.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game, its a shame the devs spend their time making other games that are all super generic and for different audiences, instead of building on the systems they already made. Hopefully there will be a ziggurat 3 someday with multiplayer.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great sequel and great game. Improves upon everything in the first, love the hexen style weapons, each char has their own skill, good times
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TL:DR; Second verse, same as the first- but a little better in every way. classic Doom with wizards and roguelike character building. I quite liked Zig 1, it blended arena shooter and roguelike mechanics in a surprisingly elegant way early on into the rouge-like boom years. The combat felt good, the meta-progression felt steady and investing, and about the only downside was that it was a very mechanics heavy narrative/theme light experience. you where a wizard on a wizard quest- get to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ziggurat 2 is a fast, fun roguelite shooter with great visuals and satisfying combat. It can get a bit repetitive, but the smooth gameplay loop, vibrant graphics, and ton of things to unlock keep me coming back. There’s always something new to chase, making it a solid and enjoyable experience overall.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ziggurat 2 is an amazing fps roguelike, with really fast gameplay and beautifully smooth movement. And to go a bit into detail, so I played much of the first game, and this game expands upon everything good about the first game, but this doesn't feel like DLC, this is a whole new game, and this game is better than the first game. There are countless unlocks in this game, and the progression system is simple, but brilliant! I am honestly shocked that the devs managed to make this sequal…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is fun, fast paced, and repeatably entertaining. While I did get tired of the same enemies eventually, it took over 60 hours. For less then 10 buck on sale it was well worth it.
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