Zoe Begone! is an arcade developed by Retchy Games, released 17 September 2025 on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Zoe Begone! is
Zoe Begone! is an arcade game developed by Retchy Games and released in 2025. It was published by PM Studios. It is available on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on GameMaker: Studio.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Hand-drawn bullet-hell! A frenetic shooter combining the run-and-gun mechanics of Metal Slug with the infinite loops and shmup-ing of Resogun, wrapped up with old-fashioned drawn-on-film style animation. Fight your own creator as the artist bears down on you with pen and paintbrush!
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 55 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Zoe Begone! holds a critic score of 83 out of 100. That places it above 85% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2025 averaged 78, so it scored 5 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Dual Core 2 GHz, 3 GB RAM and Nvidia, AMD 2 GB of Vram. At 3GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Zoe Begone! launched on 17 September 2025, within three weeks of Ghost of Yotei, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater and Silent Hill f. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Ghost of Yotei, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, Silent Hill f.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Zoe Begone! yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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Quick answers
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