Zyphoid

About

Zyphoid casts you as Dugon, a bounty hunter tasked with hunting alien parasites on the dangerous planet Zyphamin. This first person adventure mixes exploration, puzzle solving, and combat as you navigate the planet’s open surface and treacherous underground tunnels. You’ll scan environments to uncover secrets, battle mutated creatures, and tackle environmental hazards while piecing together the planet’s history and the cause of a mysterious satellite outage. Progress depends on eliminating zyphoids to unlock new paths, with hidden areas and boss fights adding layers to the challenge. The game emphasizes movement and discovery, letting you run, jump, and blast through a world filled with radioactive threats and ancient ruins. The game’s standout feature is its flexible controller support, letting you switch between Xbox or PlayStation configurations without a physical controller. Its Metroid Prime-inspired design shines in tight corridors and expansive landscapes, though the lack of community reviews suggests it’s a niche pick. Optional challenges and a collectible art gallery add replay value, while the scanning mechanic offers a methodical way to interact with the environment. With a focus on solo play and self-contained mysteries, Zyphoid leans into classic sci-fi adventure tropes without overcomplicating them.

Storyline

Get ready for an interstellar adventure from the perspective of the bounty hunter Dugon. A research satellite above planet Zyphamin has lost all power and its up to you to find out why. Travel down to the hostile planet of zyphamin in this first person action adventure shooter. From the planets calm open air surface world to its claustrophobic underground caverns loaded with monsters, aliens, radioactive substances, mutants and worse. Solve puzzles and mazes to traverse the alien world of Zyphamin. Discover secrets, unlock new items, scan your way to the truth about Zyphamin and what lurks below. Zyphoids are a key threat on this planet you must hunt them all down to open new paths and save Zyphamin but beware your not alone down there your being followed. Test your self in secret areas hidden away to unlock optional items and discovery new mysteries but better watch out not all is what it seams, defeat huge bosses to unlock the true path to the zyphoids nest, explore the ruins of a lost civilization to uncover lost knowledge hidden away from time itself. What happened on Zyphamin why did the satellite loose power? you'll have to scan to find out. Play again and again to beat special challenges to unlock all the images in the art gallery. Don't have an x box one controller? switch to controller type B in the options menu to use a play station 4 controller or swop back to controller type A for classic PC gaming on an x box controller, Zyphoid offers full controller support with its new controller type option now the player can use one type of controller or the other for more comfortable gameplay no key board or mouse required to play the game. Run, jump, scan, blast, explore, learn and challenge your self in this first person adventure inspired by Metroid prime. if you like first person scifi adventures this is the game for you.