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Zanzarah: The Hidden Portal

Funatics Software · Daedalic Entertainment · 2015-08-20

Steam

ActionAdventureRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Dec 18, 2002 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The legends speak of a long forgotten prophecy... of a shining hero and of perilous adventures... of sinister powers, strange worlds and swarms of fairies ... but they said nothing of a girl with a big heart instead of a big sword!

Zanzarah: The Hidden Portal is an Action, Adventure, RPG game released in 2015, priced at $7.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (73% of 1183 reviews).

24
playing now
73%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
IGDB user rating (19 ratings)
3
Nexus mods (997 downloads)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$7.99
steam price (US)

24 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

ZanZarah: The Hidden Portal is an action-adventure video game by the German company Funatics Development, released in 2002 by the publisher THQ. An expansion was in development in 2002, but was later cancelled. The game involves travels and combats in a magical world loosely associated with our own world. Versions for Xbox, PlayStation 2 and GameCube were announced in 2003 but later cancelled.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 24 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 70 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~9/week).
  • · Review velocity up 71% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 30k–71k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,183 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.24 at Gamer Thor (2024-10-29) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 93 of 125 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
141420182026Week of 2018-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4102026-09-14 23:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 9 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 7 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 10 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 12 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 11 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 9 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 16 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 11 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 13 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 7 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 8 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 5 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 21 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 22 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 24 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
233Aug 2015Aug 2026Aug 2015 — avg 23 · peak 67Dec 2015 — avg 4 · peak 17Apr 2016 — avg 3 · peak 12Aug 2016 — avg 5 · peak 24Dec 2016 — avg 9 · peak 47Apr 2017 — avg 3 · peak 12Aug 2017 — avg 4 · peak 13Dec 2017 — avg 4 · peak 15Apr 2018 — avg 8 · peak 51Aug 2018 — avg 4 · peak 17Dec 2018 — avg 5 · peak 23Apr 2019 — avg 5 · peak 18Aug 2019 — avg 7 · peak 19Dec 2019 — avg 7 · peak 23Apr 2020 — avg 14 · peak 46Aug 2020 — avg 6 · peak 19Dec 2020 — avg 7 · peak 23Apr 2021 — avg 6 · peak 17Aug 2021 — avg 6 · peak 17Dec 2021 — avg 6 · peak 18Apr 2022 — avg 5 · peak 16Aug 2022 — avg 6 · peak 17Dec 2022 — avg 6 · peak 18Apr 2023 — avg 5 · peak 18Aug 2023 — avg 6 · peak 16Dec 2023 — avg 6 · peak 16Apr 2024 — avg 5 · peak 16Aug 2024 — avg 6 · peak 18Dec 2024 — avg 7 · peak 20Apr 2025 — avg 7 · peak 19Aug 2025 — avg 6 · peak 19Dec 2025 — avg 8 · peak 24Apr 2026 — avg 9 · peak 23Aug 2026 — avg 8 · peak 21
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$7.99$0.242015-08-202026-08-212015-08-20 — best price $6.392016-01-13 — best price $7.992016-06-07 — best price $2.712016-11-30 — best price $7.992017-04-03 — best price $6.542017-10-30 — best price $0.792018-05-17 — best price $6.392018-09-28 — best price $6.712019-01-26 — best price $0.652019-07-01 — best price $0.792019-11-01 — best price $7.992020-01-30 — best price $6.472020-04-20 — best price $0.802020-07-15 — best price $0.792020-10-08 — best price $0.792021-01-08 — best price $7.992021-03-29 — best price $7.992021-06-09 — best price $7.992021-10-01 — best price $0.802021-12-17 — best price $0.672022-03-25 — best price $7.582022-07-07 — best price $5.872022-10-20 — best price $7.992023-01-19 — best price $7.992023-05-13 — best price $7.992023-09-05 — best price $7.992023-12-21 — best price $0.532024-04-03 — best price $7.992024-06-16 — best price $6.282024-09-23 — best price $0.642024-11-07 — best price $0.362025-01-18 — best price $7.992025-06-03 — best price $5.872025-08-18 — best price $0.802025-10-25 — best price $0.512026-01-16 — best price $0.792026-04-10 — best price $0.522026-07-17 — best price $6.612026-08-21 — best price $0.62
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

14462026-05-31 — 10 pageviews2026-06-04 — 11 pageviews2026-06-08 — 23 pageviews2026-06-12 — 11 pageviews2026-06-16 — 15 pageviews2026-06-20 — 6 pageviews2026-06-24 — 12 pageviews2026-06-28 — 24 pageviews2026-07-02 — 9 pageviews2026-07-06 — 17 pageviews2026-07-10 — 14 pageviews2026-07-14 — 12 pageviews2026-07-18 — 12 pageviews2026-07-22 — 11 pageviews2026-07-26 — 20 pageviews2026-07-30 — 34 pageviews2026-08-03 — 11 pageviews2026-08-07 — 10 pageviews2026-08-11 — 11 pageviews2026-08-15 — 16 pageviews2026-08-19 — 7 pageviews2026-08-23 — 16 pageviews2026-08-27 — 19 pageviews2026-08-31 — 8 pageviews2026-09-04 — 7 pageviews2026-09-08 — 19 pageviews2026-09-12 — 14 pageviews2026-09-16 — 12 pageviews2026-09-20 — 9 pageviews2026-09-24 — 14 pageviews2026-09-28 — 9 pageviews2026-10-02 — 20 pageviews2026-10-06 — 13 pageviews2026-10-09 — 13 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

FPSRPGMagicActionClassicFantasyAdventureSingleplayerThird PersonGreat Soundtrack

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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