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Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU

Surgent Studios · Electronic Arts · 2024-04-23

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ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

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.

83%
positive of 982 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
74/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
68/100
IGDB user rating (23 ratings)
10h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)
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
  • · 100 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~13/week).
  • · Review velocity down 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 34% of 11,432 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 20k–44k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 982 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

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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.

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

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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