Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

Quick menu

Wield the dance of the shaman. Reclaim your father’s spirit. Brave the beautiful and treacherous land of Kenzera with the God of Death in Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU, a metroidvania-style adventure crafted by Surgent Studios.

Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU is a metroidvania, adventure and action-adventure game developed by Surgent Studios and published by Electronic Arts.
Released on April 23rd 2024 is available only on Windows in 10 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Portuguese - Brazil and Swahili.

It has received 752 reviews of which 623 were positive and 129 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.8 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU into these genres:

Metroidvania Adventure Action-Adventure Colorful Indie Atmospheric Exploration Fantasy Platformer Mythology Side Scroller Lore-Rich Action Singleplayer Story Rich Politics Political Sim

Media & Screenshots

Get an in-depth look at Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU through various videos and screenshots.

Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU screenshot
Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU screenshot
Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU screenshot
Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU screenshot
Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU screenshot
Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU screenshot
Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU screenshot
Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU screenshot
Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU screenshot
Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU screenshot

System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 10
  • Processor: Intel i7 7700 / AMD Ryzen 2600
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 1060 6GB / AMD RX 580 8GB / Intel Arc A380
  • DirectX: Version 12
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: 30 GB available space
  • Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
  • Additional Notes: These specs allow for the game to be played in 1920x1080 at 60 FPS with graphics setting "Lowest"

User reviews & Ratings

Explore reviews from Steam users sharing their experiences and what they love about the game.

March 2025
This game has a lot of flaws, but I still recommend it overall. Happy to see an African mythos game, and hope to see more. Also the SBI "controversy" is a nontroversy and just typical racism veiled with coded "antiwoke" language, unsurprisingly. Also keep the clown rewards coming, it's just a running tally of racists for me and it gives me points 🤷🏾‍♀️
Expand the review
Read the review on Steam
Feb. 2025
Great game with a great story. Had a lot of fun. Not too much back tracking for no reason like in some other metroidvanias. Solid game and would be a great start into the genre or someone to sit back and have a good time.
Expand the review
Read the review on Steam
Nov. 2024
A great entry into the Metroidvania genre, with a clean map design and snappy movement, rounded off by an emotional story layered with traditional African cultural references and motifs. Overall vibrant and colorful setting adds a lot to that feeling. The combat isn't deep or challenging, but it always feels impactfull and fun. Enemies and areas you fight them in are somewhat limited in scale and design and the severe lack of deep exploration may be something more experienced players should take into account. I would recommend this to someone looking for a "lighter" metroidvania experience
Expand the review
Read the review on Steam
May 2024
It's fun, and the setting and characters are different from what I've encountered before. Full disclosure, I am a fan of African literature (Chinua Achebe, Ngugi Thion'go), so this is right up my alley. I'm looking forward to playing more like this.
Expand the review
Read the review on Steam
May 2024
A beautiful, fluid game with a heartfelt story First thing that comes to my mind after finishing the game is how fluid and dancelike it is. You don't just run, jump, and fight through the levels, it's rather a ballet of motions, swift and elegant, accompanied by a lot of very pretty particle effects. Your double jump turns you into a swirling flame or a cloud of sparkling ice, depending on which of your Shaman masks you are currently wearing. You have two masks right from the start, each providing a different fighting style and special abilities to unlock via experience points. You can – and often are required to – change them anytime with the press of a button and sooner than you know it, this will become second nature to you. As with all the abilities you learn during the game which are often clever enhancements of already established moves, so that you do not have to learn completely new button combinations. While a different genre, a lot about the style, movement and fluidity reminded me of the last two Rayman games – especially the escape sequences. Second thing is the wonderful voice acting. I could listen to the two leads’ voices for hours - their bantering, their thoughtful exchanges about life, death and loss; those deep, beautiful voices with their African intonation. Together with the great soundtrack it lends gravitas to a game which – mechanically – is an accomplished but not particularly unique action platformer with Metroidvania-like abilities and aspects. I say Metroidvania-like because to me the essential thing about a Metroidvania is a large, complex map with lots of secrets and paths you can only unlock with new abilities, which you must search and backtrack to. Completing the map is a huge part of the appeal. ZAU in comparison is a rather linear game, which is the right choice, because while moving through the game you also move through the story, and this needs a certain pace. It is not primarily a game about finding secrets – though there are some along the way – it even gives you the complete map of a level as soon as you enter it, making it rather easy to spot where the little detours are to find extras (“trinkets” which enhance certain aspects, challenges to enhance your core stats). It’s also not a very difficult, or at least not a frustrating game, especially when it comes to the fights. While there are plenty of them, they are always built to make use of your abilities (change masks to destroy the shield of a specific enemy type), and they also have linear progression. Known enemy types get accompanied by new ones, a new enemy channels/enhances the abilities of established ones etc.; the fights are small puzzles, about what to attack/destroy first. You regain healing points by hitting the enemy and once you are down with the mechanics you hardly ever lose a fight because you can constantly heal yourself. You should however track down and complete the challenges to gain more health and available healing points for the later levels. Also, the enemies don’t respawn. More challenging are the late game platforming sequences; while the controls are spot on, responsive and precise – I don’t understand the people saying otherwise – the hitboxes of spikes and other obstacles killing you instantly are sometimes a bit too large (or not clearly visible) and the large amount of particle effects in combination with your character’s own transformations while double jumping or dashing make you lose track of where your character actually is – which often results in unnecessary deaths. This is the only gripe I have with the game. Pretty visuals are great, but control should always come first in a platformer. Which leads me to a comparison with Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown since the art style is quite similar. In Prince of Persia, you never lose track of your character, it always stays perfectly visible which is a huge plus in the (much more) challenging platforming sections. But the general look of PoP is bland in comparison to ZAU which has far more diverse, imaginative, colorful, and beautifully animated background art. It goes without saying that PoP is the much larger, more complex and in the end “better” game, but it left me a little cold. I never got into the story, and this is where ZAU just takes you along easily – with some good humor and heartfelt emotions which never seem forced or overdone. It took me 14 hours to get to 100% completion and I had a wonderful time with it: 8/10
Expand the review
Read the review on Steam

Similar games

View all
Greak: Memories of Azur

Greak: Memories of Azur

Greak: Memories of Azur is a single-player puzzle platformer adventure. Azur is under threat from an enemy attack who have control of strange creatures infecting the land. Take on the role of three siblings: Greak, Adara and Raydel and utilize their unique abilities to escape the invasion together.
Similarity 85%
Price -87% 2.50€
Rating 7.5
Release 17 Aug 2021
View
9 Years of Shadows

9 Years of Shadows

Fight to bring beautiful colors back to a hand-crafted world of darkness and discover the story of Europa, a young warrior, and her ghostly childhood companion, Apino.
Similarity 82%
Price 18.49€
Rating 7.4
Release 27 Mar 2023
View
Tchia

Tchia

A Tropical Open-World adventure. Climb, glide, swim, and sail your boat around a beautiful archipelago in this physics-driven sandbox. Take control of any animal or object you can find, and Jam on your fully playable Ukulele.
Similarity 82%
Price -70% 8.86€
Rating 8.4
Release 21 Mar 2024
View
AWAKEN - Astral Blade

AWAKEN - Astral Blade

Weave your own story in this dark fairy tale. In the mysterious ancient ruins, you will adventure with Tania to reveal her origins and fate. Is there any chance of survival in the darkest and desperate place?
Similarity 80%
Price -15% 16.99€
Rating 8.0
Release 22 Oct 2024
View
Hob

Hob

Transform the world of Hob! A new action-adventure from Runic Games, the award-winning studio behind Torchlight I and II. It's your chance. Make it home.
Similarity 80%
Price 19.99€
Rating 8.6
Release 26 Sep 2017
View
Islets

Islets

Take to the sky and reunite a fragmented world in this surprisingly wholesome metroidvania! Help Iko adventure across beautiful hand-painted islands, receive letters from a quirky cast of characters, and face powerful monstrous adversaries.
Similarity 79%
Price -83% 3.28€
Rating 9.1
Release 24 Aug 2022
View
Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap

Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap

Boasting beautiful, hand-drawn animations and a re-orchestrated soundtrack, the cult classic returns with a unique blend of exploration, action, and adventure!
Similarity 77%
Price -70% 6.06€
Rating 8.2
Release 08 Jun 2017
View
Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom

Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom

A legendary series returns with a grand new adventure! Enjoy a colorful action-adventure game made alongside Ryuichi Nishizawa, creator of the original Wonder Boy in Monster World series.
Similarity 77%
Price 28.99€
Rating 8.5
Release 25 Jul 2019
View
Rabi-Ribi

Rabi-Ribi

Dodge bullets, missiles and lasers in battle as you wrap your head around that bunny girl costume! Combo away with your mighty Piko Hammer or spam various spells from afar with your fiery fairy friend. Explore and explode through Rabi-Rabi Island as you collect power-ups and uncover secrets...
Similarity 77%
Price -65% 6.12€
Rating 9.3
Release 28 Jan 2016
View
Crypt Custodian

Crypt Custodian

Crypt Custodian is a charming metroidvania about cleaning up the afterlife. Play as Pluto - a mischievous cat who has died, and is sentenced to be the afterworld's janitor... FOREVER! Hang out with other doomed ghosts, battle beasts, and explore a vastly expansive landscape.
Similarity 76%
Price -30% 13.65€
Rating 9.3
Release 27 Aug 2024
View
Momodora: Moonlit Farewell

Momodora: Moonlit Farewell

"Momodora: Moonlit Farewell" is the latest installment in the Momodora series. Join Momo, High Priestess of the village of Koho, as she embarks on a divine mission to save her people from imminent destruction at the hands of the demon hordes summoned by a malevolent bellringer.
Similarity 76%
Price 16.49€
Rating 8.8
Release 11 Jan 2024
View
Olija

Olija

Olija is a game about Faraday's quest, a man shipwrecked then trapped in the mysterious country of Terraphage. Armed with a legendary harpoon, he and other castaways try to leave this hostile country to return to their homelands.
Similarity 74%
Price -56% 6.57€
Rating 8.6
Release 28 Jan 2021
View
More games like Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU

Frequently Asked Questions

Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam.

Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 19.99€ on Steam.

Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU received 623 positive votes out of a total of 752 achieving a rating of 7.84.
😊

Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU was developed by Surgent Studios and published by Electronic Arts.

Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU is not playable on MacOS.

Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU is not playable on Linux.

Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU is a single-player game.

Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU does not currently offer any DLC.

Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU does not support Steam Remote Play.

Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU.

Data sources

The information presented on this page is sourced from reliable APIs to ensure accuracy and relevance. We utilize the Steam API to gather data on game details, including titles, descriptions, prices, and user reviews. This allows us to provide you with the most up-to-date information directly from the Steam platform.

Additionally, we incorporate data from the SteamSpy API, which offers insights into game sales and player statistics. This helps us present a comprehensive view of each game's popularity and performance within the gaming community.

Last Updates
Steam data 21 April 2025 11:15
SteamSpy data 22 April 2025 11:50
Steam price 30 April 2025 04:55
Steam reviews 30 April 2025 06:08

If you'd like to dive deeper into the details about Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU, we invite you to check out a few dedicated websites that offer extensive information and insights. These platforms provide valuable data, analysis, and user-generated reports to enhance your understanding of the game and its performance.

  • SteamDB - A comprehensive database of everything on Steam about Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU
  • SteamCharts - Analysis of Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU concurrent players on Steam
  • ProtonDB - Crowdsourced reports on Linux and Steam Deck Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU compatibility
Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU PEGI 7
19.99€
7.8
623
129
Game modes
Features
Online players
2
Developer
Surgent Studios
Publisher
Electronic Arts
Release 23 Apr 2024
Platforms
Quick menu
Game Info Media & Screenshots Requirements Reviews Similar Games Frequently Asked Questions Data sources