Zefyr: A Thief's Melody

Buy96%

Very Positive · 448 player reviews · Low confidence

Reviews look positive, but there are only a few so far.

Oneiric Worlds · Adventure · Jun 2, 2025

Player review score
96%
Very Positive
Price
$4.99−75%
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
42
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
5
Full audio0 of 5
Subtitles5 of 5

Should I buy Zefyr: A Thief's Melody?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 93 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story: 56 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 44 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 49 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Audio: 18 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Performance: 5 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 448 player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 295 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
42% of themes are praise33% are divided25% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
93 of 295 sampled reviews raised it
While I find simple for the most part they are incredibly smooth and do not interfere with gameplay.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
56 of 295 sampled reviews raised it
Even as the story introduces larger conflicts and mythical undertones, the tone remains deeply human—personal, hopeful, and quietly profound.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
44 of 295 sampled reviews raised it
The colours, the graphics, they are all reminiscent of things like windwaker and other colourful PS2 games.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
13 of 295 sampled reviews raised it
Overall, it's a fun adventure that ratchets up nicely over the course of the game that's an easy recommend if the game looks interesting to you.
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
7 of 295 sampled reviews raised it
I will say there are some potential improvements, mostly areas of control, for example I can change the flute melody I am playing with either the right thumb stick (using a PS5 controller) or the D-pad, but using the D-pad also activates the functions bound to those buttons (opening your status/inventory/map).

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay93 reviews
Story56 reviews
Graphics44 reviews
Difficulty13 reviews
Interface7 reviews
Divided opinion
Bugs
100% still recommend
Steam Deck
75% still recommend
Controls
100% still recommend
Optimization
67% still recommend
Players complain
Combat
96% still recommend
Audio
100% still recommend
Performance
80% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckVerified
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachineVerified

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Near all-time low
$4.99$19.99−75%

The lowest we've tracked is $4.83.

12 months agotoday · $4.99

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