- Zen World 1.0 is now available! - 28 July 2026
Zen World has officially left Early Access!After years of updates, improvements, and community feedback, Version 1.0 is finally here. Thank you to everyone who helped shape the game along the way.Version 1.0 includes:Act 3 of the CampaignEnemy KingdomsTwo new Daily Challenge modifiersUpdated graphicsWhether you've been with us since the beginning or are discovering Zen World for the first time, now is the perfect time to build your kingdom, explore the clouds, and enjoy the full experience.Oh, and one more thing!The previous Daily Challenge season has ended. Congratulations to our top 10 players:🥇 1. crackken 🥈 2. Scattsound 🥉 3. L&Y31 4. king of the moon 5. mkahl10 6. Cadmia 7. elsanches 8. ricecripies 9. kyrkdaniel 10. LouisTherouxStuntDoubleA new season starts today. Good luck, and we'll see you on the leaderboard!
- Daily Challenge is back with Season 11! - 17 November 2025
Server problems are resolved, and Daily Challenge is back! And with that, a new season has begun! Congratulations to the Season 10 champions of Daily Challenge. The leaderboard is as follows: 1. small idiot 2. Scattsound 3. L&Y31 4. peath 5. ricecripies 6. Cadmia 7. ChairmanLMAO 8. elsanches 9. jensen0722 10. king of the moon There is a small technical issue with displaying medals in game that will be fixed during the next week, but rest assured, our heroes are remembered and will be awarded. New season starts, all Daily Challenge Champions points will be reset, and it's now your chance to get to the top!
- Leaderboards and daily interruptions - 14 October 2025
You may have noticed that Zen World has been experiencing some web API issues, which caused the leaderboards and daily challenge mode to stop working. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience and for the delayed communication on that issue. We're working on resolving these problems, and everything should be back to normal soon. The Daily Challenge season will also conclude once the fixes are in place. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
- Daily Challenge Season 10 - 21 April 2025
At last, this season has ended! Congratulations to the Season 9 champions of Daily Challenge! The leaderboard is as follows: 1. mbutton15 2. small idiot 3. glc 4. Scattsound 5. ArtFlys 6. peath 7. L&Y31 8. Cadmia 9. ChairmanLMAO 10. Tandoo Medals has already been awarded. New season starts, all Daily Challenge Champions points will be reset, and it's now your chance to get to the top!
- Daily Challenge Season 10 is coming! - 13 April 2025
Season 10 of Daily Challenges is coming! Next week, on April 21th, a new season of Daily Challenges will begin once again! All Daily Challenge Champions points will be reset, and champions at the top of the leaderboard will receive a permanent medal, forever displaying their achievements. The new season will last for some time, after which the process will repeat - new champions will receive their medals and Champion points will reset again. And for now, you still have a week to earn your place at the top of the leaderboard. Good luck!
- Daily Challenge Season 9 - 5 August 2024
At last, this season has ended! Congratulations to the Season 8 champions of Daily Challenge! The leaderboard is as follows: 1. mbutton15 2. glc 3. Scattsound 4. peath 5. ArtFlys 6. mkahl10 7. elsanches 8. Cadmia 9. UnicornLord 10. ChairmanLMAO Medals has already been awarded. New season starts, all Daily Challenge Champions points will be reset, and it's now your chance to get to the top! By the way, in the new season we expect some long awaited updates to the game and to the community! Look forward to the news!
- Daily Challenge Season 9 is coming! - 29 July 2024
Season 9 of Daily Challenges is coming! Next week, on August 4th, a new season of Daily Challenges will begin once again! All Daily Challenge Champions points will be reset, and champions at the top of the leaderboard will receive a permanent medal, forever displaying their achievements. The new season will last for some time, after which the process will repeat - new champions will receive their medals and Champion points will reset again. Also, expect some long awaited updates and other changes in community this season. And for now, you still have a week to earn your place at the top of the leaderboard. Good luck!
- Daily Challenge Season 8 - 25 December 2023
At the long last, this season has ended! Congratulations to the Season 7 champions of Daily Challenge! The leaderboard is as follows: 1. mbutton15 2. Scattsound 3. glc 4. peath 5. UnicornLord 6. elsanches 7. mkahl10 8. SparksV 9. L&Y31 10. ChairmanLMAO Medals has already been awarded. New season starts, all Daily Challenge Champions points will be reset, and it's now your chance to get to the top!
- Daily Challenge Season 8 is coming! - 18 December 2023
The new Daily season is finally coming! This Christmas, on December 24 a new season of Daily Challenges will begin once again! All Daily Challenge Champions points will be reset, and champions at the top of the leaderboard will receive a permanent medal, forever displaying their achievements. The new season will last for some time, after which the process will repeat - new champions will receive their medals and Champion points will reset again. And for now, you still have a week to earn your place at the top of the leaderboard. Good luck!
- Daily Challenge Season 7 - 6 February 2023
Congratulations to the Season 6 champions of Daily Challenge! The leaderboard is as follows: 1. mbutton15 2. robiz 3. Scattsound 4. glc 5. L&Y31 6. peath 7. Gorlo 8. UnicornLord 9. Ignisus 10. SparksV Medals has already been awarded. New season starts, all Daily Challenge Champions points will be reset, and it's now your chance to get to the top!
- Daily Challenge Season 7 is coming! - 30 January 2023
The new Daily season is finally coming! Next Monday, on February 6 a new season of Daily Challenges will begin once again! All Daily Challenge Champions points will be reset, and champions at the top of the leaderboard will receive a permanent medal, forever displaying their achievements during these first three months. The new season will last for around 3 months, after which the process will repeat - new champions will receive their medals and Champion points will reset again. And for now, you still have a week to earn your place at the top of the leaderboard. Good luck!
- Daily Challenge Season 6 - 24 October 2022
Congratulations to the Season 5 champions of Daily Challenge! The leaderboard is as follows: 1. mbutton15 2. robiz 3. rmac1 4. glc 5. Tied 5th place! Scattsound peath 7. Ancaluin 8. UnicornLord 9. Gorlo 10. DKforever24 Medals has already been awarded. New season starts, all Daily Challenge Champions points will be reset, and it's now your chance to get to the top!
- Daily Challenge Season 6 is coming! - 16 October 2022
A little bit overdue (again!), but it is finally coming! Next Monday, on October 24 a new season of Daily Challenges will begin once again! All Daily Challenge Champions points will be reset, and champions at the top of the leaderboard will receive a permanent medal, forever displaying their achievements during these first three months. The new season will last for around 2 months, after which the process will repeat - new champions will receive their medals and Champion points will reset again. And for now, you still have a week to earn your place at the top of the leaderboard. Good luck!
- Daily Challenge Season 5 - 29 July 2022
Congratulations to the Season 4 champions of Daily Challenge! The leaderboard is as follows: 1. Enjoy The Game 2. mbutton15 3. Scattsound 4. robiz 5. Thisha 6. Tied 6th place! rmac1 Ancaluin8. UnicornLord 9. peath 10. Gorlo Medals has already been awarded. New season starts, all Daily Challenge Champions points will be reset, and it's now your chance to get to the top! New season rules Once again, we'll have new scoring rules for the new season. Now, only your first attempt will grant you full amount of points you've earned, second attempt will only give you 80%, third attempt - 20% less once more, and so on. The amount of attempts is unlimited. We hope this rule will suit everyone, because on one hand you have only one true chance to earn the highest possible score, but on the other you'll still have chance to earn at least some score even if your game crashes or your ISP fails you. Th…
- Update 6.5 - More Adventure Mode - 6 July 2022
Leaderboard A leaderboard is now available for the new Adventure game mode. It shows all time records as well as records set only in the last 7 days. Also, some Adventure mode related bugs were fixed. All changes: Adventure mode leaderboard is now available half tiles from boxes modifier now works correctly missing modifier description added fixed a bug that made activating Zen Mode in other game modes possible Zen Mode doesn't have a lighthouse button anymore fixed a case where you could end an Adventure level without marking it as completed saving an adventure level and continuing it twice doesn't break the game now modifiers in Adventure mode now save and load correctly
- Update 6 - Adventure game mode - 29 June 2022
Adventure game mode A new game mode is introduced to Zen World! In Adventure mode, you complete series of levels with various modifiers, picking you path through them, and keeping your tiles and other placeables between levels. If you fail to achieve the level goal or run out of tiles, you'll have to start from the beginning in a completely new random world. Adventure leaderboard At this point, adventure mode still needs some work. We're planning to introduce a leaderboard and more improvements in a patch next week. Meanwhile, you can see your best result and the world record, but rest assured that all scores are saved and could be used in the future. New Daily format Also, starting today, Daily Challenge is limited to only 2 attempts per day. It is an experimental new format that we'll run this season and see if we'll keep it or change in the future. The new season will last for 4 week…
- Daily Challenge Season 4 - 28 June 2022
Congratulations to the Season 3 champions of Daily Challenge! The leaderboard is as follows: Scattsound belri833 mbutton15 Enjoy The Game UnicornLord rmac1 Ancaluin peath Gorlo glc Medals will be awarded later today along with the newest update. New season starts, all Daily Challenge Champions points will be reset, and it's now your chance to get to the top! New season rules In the new season, we're experimenting with a limited amount of attempts for a Daily Challenge. You will only be able to start 2 attempts per day starting tomorrow. Also, this season will be shorter than usual - only 4 weeks and will end on Jule 28.
- Introducing Adventure mode and a new Daily Season! - 20 June 2022
A new game mode called Adventure will make its debut in about a week! It is a rogue-lite-esque series of levels where one mistake may mean that everything is lost, but on the other hand you can save your best placeable tools until the hardest levels. Testing this week It is not yet completely ready but we want to let you play it early, and help us find bugs and balance the new mode at the same time. You can access it on a "testing" branch of Zen World found in a betas menu (right click the game title in your Steam library and go to "properties" to find it) right now! Any feedback on the new mode is highly appreciated, but keep in mind that it has quite a few bugs right now and not everything is implemented correctly. New Daily Season On the same day as the new mode goes live, on June 28, a new season of Daily Challenges will begin! All Daily Challenge Champions points will be reset, and…
- Update 5 - Optimization and bugfixes - 6 May 2022
Optimization and bugfixes This is a preparational update before a large patch that will introduce a new game mode for the Zen World. For a long time now a few relatively common bugs have been plaguing the game making matches, it in some cases, unfinishable. In this update we've hopefully fixed most of those game-breaking bugs. Also, game works faster now due to some optimization, most notably in the menu, but it should affect all gameplay on slower machines. Patchnotes: a couple of linked memory leaks that made the game unplayable sometimes have been fixed people walking across the water should be correctly displayed as boats now the world overview is correctly scaled after continuing a previous game back button in the menu is positioned correctly now a slightly better system to detect cheating is implemented a few optimizations should make the game faster on slow machines menu animatio…
- Update 4 - New Daily Season and Modifiers - 28 March 2022
New Daily Season The Season 3 of the Daily Champions has just begun! Congratulations to the top 3 players this time around: Scattsound mbutton15 dutpar These players, as well as the top 10 of the current leaderboard got their trophies to be displayed forever, congratulations! All Daily Challenge Champions points are reset, and it's now your chance to get to the top! We were considering limiting daily challenge to one try a day in the next season but decided against it for the time being. There will be a post in discussions later explaining in more detail why, but basically, most players rarely played more than one or two tries every day anyway. New and reworked modifiers Five new Daily Modifiers will be added this season, let us know what you think about them! Also, some of the old modifiers were reworked, notably, there are now some modifiers that give extra items in the beginning of t…
