Z: Steel Soldiers

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This page is for the original version. For the 2014 port, see Z: Steel Soldiers (2014).

Warnings

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

Z: Steel Soldiers is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view RTS game in the Z series.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc v2.30.031 DRM^{[Note 1]}

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

A free demo version is available from Archive.org.

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Bin\options.zed^{[Note 2]}

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\savegames^{[Note 2]}

Video Settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Ray tracing (RT)

Input Settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio Settings.

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Type	Native	Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play		GameSpy services have been shut down;^[3] see GameSpy for workarounds.

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Bink Video
Multiplayer	GameSpy

↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10^[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.^[2]
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

Developers

	The Bitmap Brothers
Publishers
	Eon Digital Entertainment
Retail re-release	Sold Out Software
Release dates
Windows	June 2001
Reception
Metacritic	70
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view
Controls	Multiple select, Point and select
Genres	RTS
Themes	Sci-fi
Series	Z