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Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU cover art

Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU

Surgent Studios · Electronic Arts · 2024-04-23

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ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Apr 23, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 23, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 23, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), Apr 23, 2024 (PlayStation 5)

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 an Action, Adventure, and Indie game released in 2024, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 986 reviews).

4
playing now
83%
positive of 986 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
74/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
68/100
IGDB user rating (23 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (50 downloads)
3.65★
PlayStation Store rating (7,140 ratings)
10h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-10-16 20:00 UTC (census sample)

Tales of Kenzera: Zau is a 2024 Metroidvania video game developed by Surgent Studios and published by Electronic Arts, under its EA Originals label. The game was released for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S on 23 April 2024. Upon release, it received generally positive reviews from critics.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 100 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~13/week).
  • · Review velocity down 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 28,807 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 20k–44k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 986 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.99 at EA Store (2025-11-20) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 15 of 35 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
16616620242026Week of 2024-04-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

802026-09-17 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 05:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 20:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 19:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 02:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 09:00 — 4 players2026-10-05 16:00 — 6 players2026-10-07 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 07:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 15:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 22:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 14:00 — 7 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 4 players2026-10-16 05:00 — 3 players2026-10-16 20:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$4.992023-12-082026-10-132023-12-08 — best price $17.992024-04-24 — best price $19.992024-06-13 — best price $14.992024-07-11 — best price $19.992024-08-05 — best price $14.992024-09-26 — best price $19.992024-11-11 — best price $19.992024-12-12 — best price $9.992025-01-09 — best price $19.992025-02-24 — best price $19.992025-03-27 — best price $19.992025-05-15 — best price $19.992025-06-19 — best price $7.992025-07-17 — best price $7.992025-08-11 — best price $19.992025-09-25 — best price $19.992025-11-20 — best price $6.992025-12-18 — best price $6.992026-01-27 — best price $7.992026-02-10 — best price $19.992026-03-11 — best price $6.992026-03-30 — best price $6.992026-05-07 — best price $19.992026-06-11 — best price $19.992026-07-16 — best price $6.992026-08-13 — best price $19.992026-09-15 — best price $19.992026-10-06 — best price $19.992026-10-13 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

174332026-06-03 — 76 pageviews2026-06-07 — 74 pageviews2026-06-11 — 50 pageviews2026-06-15 — 49 pageviews2026-06-19 — 70 pageviews2026-06-23 — 170 pageviews2026-06-27 — 66 pageviews2026-07-01 — 108 pageviews2026-07-05 — 65 pageviews2026-07-09 — 71 pageviews2026-07-13 — 135 pageviews2026-07-17 — 65 pageviews2026-07-21 — 81 pageviews2026-07-25 — 55 pageviews2026-07-29 — 115 pageviews2026-08-02 — 56 pageviews2026-08-06 — 88 pageviews2026-08-10 — 136 pageviews2026-08-14 — 81 pageviews2026-08-18 — 60 pageviews2026-08-22 — 63 pageviews2026-08-26 — 70 pageviews2026-08-30 — 43 pageviews2026-09-03 — 71 pageviews2026-09-07 — 87 pageviews2026-09-11 — 114 pageviews2026-09-15 — 174 pageviews2026-09-19 — 96 pageviews2026-09-23 — 60 pageviews2026-09-27 — 54 pageviews2026-10-01 — 44 pageviews2026-10-05 — 40 pageviews2026-10-09 — 52 pageviews2026-10-13 — 33 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

19
achievements tracked
80.2%
earned "Hear my Plea"
26.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportColor AlternativesAdjustable DifficultyKeyboard Only OptionDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportStereo Sound

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Portuguese - Brazil

Player tags

ActionFantasyColorfulAdventureDifficultLore-RichMythologyPlatformerStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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