Game2016

Sparkle ZERO

ActionIndieSimulation

Developer MMEU

Many organisms fight for resources and the opportunity to evolve. Be one of them, start from ZERO and become the best, the biggest and the most efficient of them all. Become the ultimate sparkle. From the Steam store page

165 reactions from 1 source (Steam reviews) · newest Sep 19, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works

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51
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84 positive · 81 negative
95% range 43–58%

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Mixed
214 of 397 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)

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  • Steam user Steam user …6411Steam reviews · Mar 20, 2016 · 1 h played

    NOTE: This was provided to me for free for review purposes Overview Sparkle ZERO is the last iteration of the Sparkle series, of which I was pretty fond of. Being able to play as a tiny celular being and seeing it grow and develop, hunt and learn was a great concept, and the game was well developed, with beautiful visuals, interesting evolution options, great soundtrack, etc. Unfortunately, the ZERO is both a token of "we are running out of ideas to rebrand this series, this'll do the trick"…

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  • Steam user Steam user …8887Steam reviews · Mar 14, 2016 · 1 h played

    Great game. Very nice evolution mechanics. It was fun to play. But better than all, The best thing about this game is Joanna. Will you marry me? haha

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  • Steam user Steam user …0221Steam reviews · Oct 2, 2016 · 2 h played

    Not so good like part 2, but a short little collecting game where you can use your trains to hunt enemies, try to time vs good defenses or just collecting items as fast as possible. Very short game but i am happy its done to Steam and show the Evolution from part 0/1 to 2. Even a developer needs to start with small steps. Sure there could be more enemies, more things to collect/ find (easter egg enemies like in 2), more achievements like beat 10,50,100 of the small enemies, 10,25, 50 of this…

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  • Steam user Steam user …2357Steam reviews · Mar 15, 2016 · 2 h played

    Anyone being used to Sparkle knows that you need to eat nutriments so that your little sparkle can grow into a powerful organism that can be herbivore, carnivore or omnivore. So, you were used to the green, blue or red elements floating, with medusaes to eat or any other species wanting to challenge you. Besides, some levels were huge as you needed to use vortex to reach another level. That's Sparkle 2 Evo and Sparkle 3 Genesis. Erase everything you've learned because Sparkle ZERO, despite…

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  • Steam user Steam user …0885Steam reviews · Jun 12, 2016 · 2 h played

    Basic Information Title: Sparkle Zero Developer: MMEU Publisher: Forever Entertainment S.A. Genre: Abstract Simulation General Impression Players that have tried in the past any game from the Sparkle series, already know that the games mimic an abstract form of the evolutionary ladder regarding microorganisms. It is an interesting approach that still doesn’t feel forced or boring. An yet with Sparkle ZERO, we now have a trilogy that can’t really seem to diversify too much. It has soothing…

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  • Steam user Steam user …6749Steam reviews · Dec 21, 2016 · 1 h played

    'Sparkle ZERO' is a casual game. A controller is recommended to play this game but not absolutely necessary. You control a sea-dwelling creature called a sparkle. The only thing you need to do is swim around and eat everything you can. The more you eat, the larger your sparkle becomes. When you reach the maximum size (level 50), the game ends. Your sparkle will look different depending on the type of food you eat the most. Unlike the other Sparkle games, there is no color to differentiate the…

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  • Steam user Steam user …1771Steam reviews · Mar 18, 2016 · 7 h played

    Pros and cons huh Pros - You can eat things - Great visuals - Relaxing music - Has cards - Ez Achievements Cons - You CAN'T be eaten by things (i really tried to) - Stupid AI - Short (~1h) - After 1h it becomes extremly boring - No multiplayer (would be cool if you could do everything you do in a single player, but with friends) - If you are playing the game for the first time it might seem a little confusing, because there's no tutorial (Pro tip: press "R" to enter the vortex) To play once…

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  • Steam user Steam user …8451Steam reviews · Mar 14, 2016 · 1 h played

    Its a really good game. If you want something calm and peaceful this right here is the game for you.

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  • Steam user Steam user …7453Steam reviews · May 6, 2017 · 3 h played

    Sparkle ZERO is simple and casual game. All you have to do is eat everything else but yourself and you get bigger and stronger. After playing this game for a while I found it boring and pointless because there was no challenge (you are invincible) and just no thrill at all. PROS Visuals. Game looks visually awesome and smooth. Design very nice and I have nothing bad to say on that, everything done perfectly. Sounds. Sparkle ZERO is relaxing game and sounds helps to make that feeling.…

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  • Steam user Steam user …0300Steam reviews · Sep 26, 2016 · 2 h played

    Good (kinda) mindless fun in small doses. Eat food, grow bigger, & repeat. Eat other fishes/ sparkles (??) & turn them into food too. Took me just under 2hrs to collect all 11 achievements & get the 3 trading cards. Only cost 49c during a 90% Off sale, so i'd consider it pretty good value for that amount of change. $4.99 which is full price, i'm not too sure about. I'd recomend waiting for the sale personally.

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  • Steam user Steam user …8023Steam reviews · Mar 17, 2016 · 3 h played

    I reviewed Sparkle 2 and Sparkle 3, so I may as well review Sparkle, um, 0. I'm not sure if this is meant as a reboot or maybe a tribute to Ringu, but for whatever reason, the new Sparkle game has a lower number. Pedantic musings aside, I really liked Sparkle 2, and reviewed it as the best jellyfish eating simulator available. The Sparkle games have held that title since Pac-Man, even though when asked if the creatures in Pac-Man were jellyfish, Toru Iwatani replied “I’m surprised that you…

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  • Steam user Steam user …1974Steam reviews · Jun 16, 2026 · 3 h played

    Lifeless "game". There is a reason why you can't buy it anymore.

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  • Steam user Steam user …3081Steam reviews · Sep 23, 2016 · 2 h played

    Interesting game You basically evolve your little creature to a bigger one by eating these shiny things floating around. I imagine this is the micro level of life and your like a little celled amoeba or something. Anyways, the game is kinda fun, and very easy to get all achievements for it without much difficulty. There is a ending bug that seems to mess up the game after you beat it, but that is only bug i found. Recommended you play this game with a controller. Anyways, the game is relaxing…

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  • Steam user Steam user …9712Steam reviews · Mar 18, 2016 · 4 h played

    I do not know why I like this series so much. It's not even my favorite type of games. But every time I play Sparkle, I feel relaxed. And this is something that often can not be found in many, even more expensive and more complicated games. Good job! Definitely recommend.

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  • Steam user Steam user …5342Steam reviews · Feb 25, 2024

    The 3rd installment was done by completely different devs. It is a downgrade in every regard. The colorful designs are replaced by boring blue & white filter. The insect-like designs are replaced by transparent amoeba. The previous games were already very casual, but this one is the most casual of them all. Gameplay is boring and returns to the sins of the 1st game, where you just collect resources. There are no threats or death. Because everything and everyone is the same color, it all…

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  • Steam user Steam user …5583Steam reviews · Jan 5, 2022 · 3 h played

    Too casual and boring game. Cannot be recommended. The only good thing is that you can get all the achievements in a couple of hours.

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  • Steam user Steam user …2119Steam reviews · Aug 17, 2017 · 1 h played

    Sparkle 2 was good, and pretty relaxing - great game. Sparkle 3 was a bit frustrating, but had some complexity and felt like a step forward. Sparkle ZERO sucks. It really is a zero. There is a new developer (Forever Entertainment - guys who make cheap, simple and boring games) and it's just another one of their games. It's buggy, frustrating and boring at the same time. It feels like a prototype of a game. Don't buy, even if you're a fan of the series.

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  • Steam user Steam user …1237Steam reviews · Apr 28, 2017 · 3 h played

    The game is clunky and repetitive but overall its fun if you get it cheap.

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  • Steam user Steam user …1384Steam reviews · Aug 31, 2017 · 1 h played

    Fun and colourful and the art style is good. The game is repeatative and there is not much gameplay mechanics though but I still enjoyed 2-3 hours playing it. :) Buy it on sales :D

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  • Steam user Steam user …1964Steam reviews · May 25, 2017 · 1 h played

    Ok, now they're not even trying. I'm not going to give a formal review with this one since it doesn't deserve it. Sparkle Zero is the third installment of the Sparkle series made by Forever Entertainment. Oh, it's definitely a Zero, that's for sure. The problem here is that this game isn't even a knockoff, it's a blatant ripoff of flOw. I don't need to go into specific details, it is literally copying flOw word for word. It even copies flOw's visual style of white lines and circles. The…

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  • Steam user Steam user …4690Steam reviews · Jun 2, 2016 · 3 h played

    The winner of the award "Best game without a tutorial in 2016" What to do? Where to go? What is this shiny cubes? Oh, I can eat them, nice! Hello, another player eating my cubes, do you want to greet me? Damn, I ate him :( Ok, this all food is mine now! Damn, its over, what to do now? Oh, hello blue cyrcles, why nothing happens when I stepped into you? As a result - empty map, no targets, no point to play, dont know what to do

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  • Steam user Steam user …6323Steam reviews · May 21, 2016 · 1 h played

    Sparkle Zero is a step backward in this genre, there are no missions at all, no tutorial or evolution statistic (unlike its predecessors), Worse graphic and awful sounds, no cool music like sparkle 2 and 3 It's not worth 4 bucks, take Sparkle 2 instead

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  • Steam user Steam user …5469Steam reviews · Mar 22, 2016 · 1 h played

    All you do in this game is staring at this cell thingy that looks like the devil's face and squirming around in a sparkly void in order to grow longer. There is no real objective, and the game gets dull very fast. No enemies. Not much action. Almost fell asleep because of the calming music too. I don't recommend this game for $5 however I recommend you to checkout the other sparkle games by Forever Entertainment, they have much more action and objective with an evolution feel where you…

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  • Steam user Steam user …0297Steam reviews · Mar 15, 2016 · 3 h played

    What the ♥♥♥♥ are these gear things, I can't get to the cubes because they just keep pushing me away, how the ♥♥♥♥ do I get rid of them lmao

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  • Steam user Steam user …4834Steam reviews · Dec 28, 2021 · 4 h played

    +20 SOCIAL CREDIT ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠋⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⢁⠈⢻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠈⡀⠭⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠄⢀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣿⣷⣶⣶⡆⠄⠄⠄⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⢀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠄⠄⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⣼⣿⣿⠿⠶⠙⣿⡟⠡⣴⣿⣽⣿⣧⠄⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣟⣭⣾⣿⣷⣶⣶⣴⣶⣿⣿⢄⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⣩⣿⣿⣿⡏⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣹⡋⠘⠷⣦⣀⣠⡶⠁⠈⠁⠄⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣍⠃⣴⣶⡔⠒⠄⣠⢀⠄⠄⠄⡨⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⡘⠿⣷⣿⠿⠟⠃⠄⠄⣠⡇⠈⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠟⠋⢁⣷⣠⠄⠄⠄⠄⣀⣠⣾⡟⠄⠄⠄⠄⠉⠙⠻ ⡿⠟⠋⠁⠄⠄⠄⢸⣿⣿⡯⢓⣴⣾⣿⣿⡟⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄ ⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⣿⡟⣷⠄⠹⣿⣿⣿⡿⠁⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄ +1 WAIFU ⣿⣿⣿⣿⠛⠛⠉⠄⠁⠄⠄⠉⠛⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⡟⠁⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⡇⠄⠄⠄⠐⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⡇⠄⢀⡀⠠⠃⡐⡀⠠⣶⠄⠄⢀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣶⠄⠰⣤⣕⣿⣾⡇⠄⢛⠃⠄⢈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿…

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  • Steam user Steam user …1835Steam reviews · Apr 24, 2016 · 2 h played

    Big fan of the whole Sparkle series, scooped this one up with a coupon. Takes about an hour to beat the whole game if you've played Sparkle before--I ended up leaving the game running another hour to harvest the bonus trading cards. It's minimalist on the details and gameplay, but very relaxing for the eyes and ears. This installment does not have the option to customize the evolution of your sparkle's DNA like in Evo and Genisis. 6.5/10

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  • Steam user Steam user …9369Steam reviews · Mar 25, 2016 · 3 h played

    Wow! Very good game. Music is so relaxing. Very nice and beautifull evolution mechanics. The game is very simple. We are a small creature, we eat sparks and grow. I'm a huge fan of the Sparkle series and I recommend this game to anyone!

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  • Steam user Steam user …2781Steam reviews · Mar 18, 2016 · 4 h played

    This reminds me of fLow. A nice casual game drifting in water. I like that this game has several levels and the character's form changes as you play and its form can take different shapes. It did not take me long to beat it and I wish it was longer.

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  • Steam user Steam user …7498Steam reviews · May 9, 2017 · 1 h played

    Worst Sparkle yet. Buggy, super annoying spike enemies, and extremely short. Or at least I think it was short, what seemed like it could have been an ending just gave me some text and stuck on a white screen. Sparkle 2 was fun. Sparkle 3 was frustrating Sparkle Zero is not even a finished game.

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  • Steam user Steam user …8828Steam reviews · Jan 23, 2017 · 3 h played

    The Sparkle ZERO is a game about the evolution of different organisms, fighting for their food and fleeing from stronger creatures. You begin as a very small something with the ability to eat cells. Each time you collect enough pieces of food you will evolve, becoming bigger and getting a random look. And once you reach specific levels a wormhole opens, leading to another stage with more organisms and other types of creatures. I played the game after a long day at work and I really enjoyed the…

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  • Steam user Steam user …3487Steam reviews · Oct 16, 2016 · 2 h played

    TL;DR Cons outweigh the Pros, while the game is fun for a minute or two it's ultimately bland and not worth the money. Sorry devs. Time to give this a real review, now that I've beaten the game. I'll start with the pros; - Simple gameplay - Nice atmosphere/ beautiful graphics - Eat ****, get bigger; really fun to watch Now the cons....so many cons..... - No tutorial, not even a simple menu to show basic commands. Took me 5 minutes trying to get through my first portal before I gave up and…

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  • Steam user Steam user …4782Steam reviews · Jul 31, 2016 · 4 h played

    tldr 1.) Thumbs UP because it doesn't suck outright and I like the Sparkle franchise. 2.) Don't buy this game for full price. 3.) Easy and fast 100% achis. Very simple, very short. If you like driving around and eating everything you come across as a single player game, this game might be for you. Controls literally (and entirely) consist of "hold left mouse button and steer" with occasional attempts to find a way through annoying indesctuctible items. I can't imagine why they made it…

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  • Steam user Steam user …2741Steam reviews · Jun 3, 2026 · 26 h played

    peanut would love some pets and treats :)      🌸>  フ      |  _  _ l     /` ミ_xノ     /      |    /  ヽ   ノ   │  | | | / ̄|   | | | | ( ̄ヽ__ヽ_)__) \二つ

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  • Steam user Steam user …3418Steam reviews · Mar 20, 2025 · 1 h played

    ⣿⣿⡻⠿⣳⠸⢿⡇⢇⣿⡧⢹⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⡐⣯⠁ ⠄⠄ ⠟⣛⣽⡳⠼⠄⠈⣷⡾⣥⣱⠃⠣⣿⣿⣿⣯⣭⠽⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⢢⠏⠄ ⠄ ⢠⡿⠶⣮⣝⣿⠄⠄⠈⡥⢭⣥⠅⢌⣽⣿⣻⢶⣭⡿⠿⠜⢿⣿⣿⡿⠁⠄⠄ ⠄⣼⣧⠤⢌⣭⡇⠄⠄⠄⠭⠭⠭⠯⠴⣚⣉⣛⡢⠭⠵⢶⣾⣦⡍⠁⠄⠄⠄⠄ ⠄⣿⣷⣯⣭⡷⠄⠄⢀⣀⠩⠍⢉⣛⣛⠫⢏⣈⣭⣥⣶⣶⣦⣭⣛⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄ ⢀⣿⣿⣿⡿⠃⢀⣴⣿⣿⣿⣎⢩⠌⣡⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣆⠄⠄⠄ ⢸⡿⢟⣽⠎⣰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⠄⠄ ⣰⠯⣾⢅⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡄⠄ ⢰⣄⡉⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠄ ⢯⣌⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠄ ⢸⣇⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠄ ⢸⣟⣧⡻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⡻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠄ ⠈⢹⡧⣿⣸⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠗⣈⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠄ ⠄⠘⢷⡳⣾⣷⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⢀⣶⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠄ ⠄⠄⠈⣵⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠄⠄ ⠄⠄⠄⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠄⠄

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  • Steam user Steam user …6448Steam reviews · Jan 23, 2025 · 3 h played

    Not Recommended

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  • Steam user Steam user …0937Steam reviews · Oct 15, 2024 · 2 h played

    Sparkle ZERO GAMEPLAY This game sucks. All you do is swim around and eat things. Once you've eaten enough, you win and the game just ends. That's it. And I mean it ENDS. The screen goes white and just stays that way. No credits, no main menu, no nothing. I pushed every button and waited like 5 minutes but nothing happened. The game just quietly crashed or something. I don't think they expected anybody to actually beat this. Which is weird because I'm pretty sure you can't die. I think I took…

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  • Steam user Steam user …8035Steam reviews · Feb 14, 2022 · 1 h played

    To all Subjects of Ymir. My name is Eren Yeager Im using the power of the Founding Titan to address all Subjects of Ymir. I've undone the hardening of all the Walls on Paradis island, and all Titans entrapped within them have started marching. My goal is to protect the people of Paradis, the place I was born and raised. However, the world wishes for the annihilation of the people of Paradis. Not just the people of this island, but until all of the Subjects of Ymir have been eliminated. I…

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  • Steam user Steam user …5546Steam reviews · May 26, 2021

    If you aren't familiar with this series. It consists of 3 games and this one is the last installment. I'm really not sure why they named this one "Zero" and the first game "Sparkle 2 Evo" like do these people not know how to count? Way to confuse new players. Anyways lets get to the game itself. Sparkle Zero is absolutely a terrible game. It has good things about it. But its just not enough to justify the bad. Its nowhere near great like the first two games in the series. This one just looks…

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  • Steam user Steam user …4997Steam reviews · Oct 11, 2018 · 17 h played

    Well we had issues with Sparkle Genesis and it seemed instead of addressing them they kind of went of script with this one. I enjoyed Genesis even though they changed some of the things that would of been better off the way they were, but i accepted it and i enjoyed it even, but with Zero it seems like they ran out of ideas or they weren't sure where to go with this one. Let's start of by saying that the game is quite short compared to the previous one, as in very short, the achievements can…

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  • Steam user Steam user …3371Steam reviews · Oct 2, 2017 · 1 h played

    I liked it. It's a really easy and short, relaxing game. It is very pretty, as well.

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  • Steam user Steam user …6540Steam reviews · Jun 5, 2017 · 2 h played

    An extremely casual and easy action game. Also, boring. The good: + Good quality visuals & audio + Easy gameplay even for someone who isn't into action games + 11 easy achievements in less than 2 hours The bad: - Almost no variety in the gameplay at all, it becomes quite boring even during the <2 hours it takes to finish the game. The most basic task of the gameplay is gobbling up stationary floating cubes... one by one, dozens of them on each level. Such fun... - Small field of view and the…

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  • Steam user Steam user …1441Steam reviews · Nov 27, 2016 · 4 h played

    Comparing to Sparkle 3 Genesis (and even Sparkle 2 Evo) this game is a step back. Despite of all drawbacks, Sparkle 3 was interesting to play. It had goals and progress. This game feels rather pointles and boring with minimized variety of what to do in game. Graphic looks like random fractals. I mean, not like specially modeled but like randomly generated orderless staff. There is same blue design for all following levels (devs said so on forum). Without even bits of scenery levels feel…

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  • Steam user Steam user …3174Steam reviews · Jul 18, 2016 · 2 h played

    simplified gameplay, left 4 types of enemy - turned game in a monotonous routine, the monotony of the same as the colors gamma of the game. It's just a step back in a Sparkle series games

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  • Steam user Steam user …3126Steam reviews · May 30, 2016 · 4 h played

    It's like Spore but better

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  • Steam user Steam user …4383Steam reviews · May 22, 2016 · 3 h played

    Think of this as a piece of interactive fractal art rather than a game, and the controller/mouse as a paint brush. The way you interact with the surroundings determines the way your creature/organism looks. It's a beautiful little game, ideal for those who just want something casual to relax to coupled with stunning visual and sound. There are no real goals, just different ways to create different creature forms.

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  • Steam user Steam user …9460Steam reviews · May 21, 2016 · 1 h played

    Well it's an ok game. Sparkle 2 Evo is much better, even 3 is. This one's short and easy, more of a grinder without any possibility of taking action in evolution of your sparkle. I got it for 0.99 €, wouldn't recommend to pay more.

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  • Steam user Steam user …2731Steam reviews · Mar 13, 2024 · 4 h played

    A game where you are supposed to eat smaller things to become bigger and then being able to eat even bigger things. Personally I found it extremely boring.

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  • Steam user Steam user …1429Steam reviews · Jan 2, 2021 · 5 h played

    You swim, you eat everything, you grow, you get all the achievements, you just spent 90 minutes of relaxed gameplay, you let the game running to get remaining cards to drop. The end. Recommended only if on sale.

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  • Steam user Steam user …8443Steam reviews · Jul 14, 2020 · 1 h played

    More like Sparkle ZERO/10 It just doesn't have any content or game-play, try Sparkle 2 or 3 instead.

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  • Steam user Steam user …4015Steam reviews · Apr 2, 2020 · 15 h played

    The Sparkle series has generally been kind of okay for indie shovelware, being essentially the first part of Spore, and let's face it, Spore went downhill after the first part anyway. The problem here is the developer kind of ripped out most of the gameplay, decided they would be "deep and edgy" by removing the tutorial too, so the whole thing makes absolutely zero sense, which I suppose is why they called it Sparkle Zero. Let this be a lesson to all devs... don't go backwards. I can't…

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  • Steam user Steam user …2907Steam reviews · Dec 3, 2017 · 2 h played

    Sparkle ZERO Pros: + Achievements & Perfect Game + Enjoyed the Visuals and Sounds Cons: - Short - No Replayability Value - Repetitive - Overpriced Review Sparkle ZERO is a game where you start off as a small organism, eat a bunch of smaller things, and become the biggest organism. I enjoy these types of games, but Sparkle ZERO was lacking. There's a small variety of other organisms, but not enough to be that fascinating. All you do is go around and eat small orbs until you get big…

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  • Steam user Steam user …9609Steam reviews · May 15, 2017 · 4 h played

    This game (and the whole Sparkle series) is just garbage. I mean, sure, if you enjoy moving a blob around the screen bumping into other blobs and making them disappear, while occasionally your blob will get bigger (all with no instructions), then this is the game for you. Otherwise: avoid, avoid, avoid, avoid. I picked this up as part of one of those $1 for 20 games just for the cards (i.e. to make more money than I spent), and I *still* feel ripped off.

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  • Steam user Steam user …6730Steam reviews · Jan 20, 2017 · 3 h played

    Sparkle ZERO is more simplistic than the other Sparkle games. But that's to be expected with it being ZERO. It's still a fun, relaxing, basic game. Easy 100% 7/10 Microorganisms

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  • Steam user Steam user …4865Steam reviews · Sep 25, 2016 · 5 h played

    Maybe the other games in this series are good, but this one isn't. You are an organism floating through some sort of tech sea. The game, if it can be called that, is similar to pac man if pac man had no walls, no enemy ghosts, no fruit powerups.... really just a mouth and dots. Pros: - Pleasant sound and music - The art is interesting for what it is - Control is easy to figure out and works as you would expect - Achievements and cards I guess Cons: - short - easy - boring - there is no way…

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  • Steam user Steam user …8820Steam reviews · Jun 27, 2016 · 2 h played

    recommend this? hell no! i've finished the game and got all achievements in exactly 70 minutes. i need to spent some afk time to get the last trading cards but 70 minutes is all i got out of the game. if you own sparkle evo and / or sparkle genesis already then there is absolutely no reason to pick this one up. it's a huge step back in every respect. if you don't own or know the sparkle games then pick up sparkle evo or sparkle genesis. they are way better than this one. sparkle zero is a big…

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  • Steam user Steam user …9413Steam reviews · May 29, 2016

    This is actually a fun and enjoyable game definitly worth getting

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  • Steam user Steam user …1529Steam reviews · Apr 25, 2016 · 2 h played

    This game was a lot of fun. I played for about 2 hours over the past few days. I enjoyed the ambient music that came with the gameplay. It was pretty simple to play, just point and click mostly. I had to look at the game guide to figure out the R button sends you through a portal. I got the game via a 90% off coupon that came with a trade resulting in a 50 cent game for me. Well worth it.

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  • Steam user Steam user …3977Steam reviews · Apr 3, 2026 · 1 h played

    It's more of an experience than a game. The whole feel of moving a microbe-sized object around and eating other objects to grow is interesting, but the concept isn't fully fleshed out and there's no actual challenge. Your only goal is to reach level fifty, at which point the game will remark that "You're the biggest sparkle" and fade the screen to white for no reason. There aren't a lot of other things to eat other than jellyfish, which seem to be the best source of sparkle food. As you eat,…

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  • Steam user Steam user …4826Steam reviews · Dec 31, 2025 · 21 h played

    I am really glad I came back and revisited this one. Its a very unique game and I have only played one other like it not from the Sparkle series. The music is more mellow and atmospheric than the others in the series. ZERO has a mono chromo twist and is more focused on an immersive solo gameplay experience. You start off as a single cell and float around some sort of medium eating up other things that are floating around until you grow bigger. You move on into a higher dimension and eat bigger…

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  • Steam user Steam user …2150Steam reviews · Jan 17, 2024 · 4 h played

    I am 32 years old. My ex-wife and I have a daughter together, and we adopted our son together. Both are now 4 years old. When we were going through our separation, I felt lost and unhappy. I was self-destructive. One day, I was so angry with everything spiraling out of control that I punched a concrete wall in a moment of overwhelming emotion. This resulted in breaking my fifth metacarpal in my right hand—the hand I worked with, played games with, and used to carry my children to bed—the hand…

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