Zheros (2016) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Zheros

Zheros is a new generation 3D beat 'em up, based on the genre hallmarks, above all: smashing hordes of enemies and punching stuff. From bizarre characters and encounters to strange locations, find out what…

30 15 January 2016

What Zheros is

Zheros is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Rimlight Studios and released in 2016. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

In a journey through distant and unknown galaxies, you will play as the members of the Zheros squad: Mike and Captain Dorian. Brave, strong as awkward and dim-witted the first one; agile, smart and ready for anything the second one. They are both intergalactic agents called to protect the galaxies from crime. Your mission: defend the universe from the evil Dr. Vendetta and his twisted plan to mutate every living creature in his trusted minions.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

How it was received

Zheros holds a critic score of 30 out of 100. That places it above 1% of the 1,124 rated hack and slash/beat 'em up games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 38 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Zheros launched on 15 January 2016, within three weeks of The Witness, XCOM 2, Yakuza Kiwami and Darkest Dungeon. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: The Witness, XCOM 2, Yakuza Kiwami, Darkest Dungeon.

Official trailer