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| Developer(s) | Action Button Entertainment |
| Publisher(s) | Freshuu, Action Button Entertainment |
| Platform(s) | iOS |
| Release | February 17, 2012 |
| Genre(s) | Shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Ziggurat, stylized as ZiGGURAT, is a retro-style arcade shooter video game developed by Action Button Entertainment for iOS platforms. As the world's last human fighting off incoming alien freaks from atop a ziggurat, the player uses touch controls to charge and shoot the enemies away, and dies if hit by an enemy. The game has 16-bit graphics style and an 8-bit chiptune soundtrack. Action Button designer Tim Rogers developed the game idea based on his experience with Angry Birds, which later led to his forming Action Button as a company with Ziggurat as its first release on February 17, 2012.
The game received "generally favorable" reviews, according to video game review score aggregator Metacritic.[1] Reviewers praised Ziggurat's nuanced controls and minimalism. Time magazine picked the game as one of the best for the then new high-resolution third generation iPad.