Stunning Pixar-like art and visuals
Mentioned in ~2 in 3 positive reviews
“The first thing that immediately stood out was just how incredible the game looks, especially on an OLED monitor.”
Steam review · 37.4 h played ↗
Kena: Bridge of Spirits
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 92%Very Positive · 92%Ember Lab2022Souls-like · Adventure · Action
$39.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A gorgeous, Pixar-like action-adventure with a moving story and great music, held back by clunky combat, add-spawning bosses and a tough late game. Skip it if you want deep or smooth combat.
Great for
Players who want a short, beautiful, story-led action-adventure with adjustable difficulty and cute companions
Main risk
Combat feels clunky, repetitive and boss fights spike in difficulty, so the pretty world may not carry you
What changed in the last 30 days
46 recent reviews
Recent negative reviews cite boring gameplay, hard controls and a few complain about LGBT story content or performance. No single patch or bug stands out, so this is low confidence.
46 recent reviews
What players love
Beautiful music and audio
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“the soundtrack is 10/10”
Steam review · 1.6 h played ↗
Difficulty options and fun boss fights
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“unlike those games this game DOES have difficulty settings including a story difficulty.”
Steam review · 5.7 h played ↗
Adorable Rot companions
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Rot are adorable”
Steam review · 6.6 h played ↗
Fun exploration, puzzles and platforming
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“I think this game really shines with it's level designs, puzzles, and platforming.”
Steam review · 18.6 h played ↗
Moving story about grief and letting go
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“It’s surprisingly emotional, dealing with themes of grief, loss and letting go, without becoming overly complicated.”
Steam review · 13.6 h played ↗
What players complain about
Clunky combat and unreliable parry
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Parry timing is atrocious in this game.”
Steam review · 0.3 h played ↗
Boring, repetitive gameplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“beautiful game but extremely boring. pretty generic action game with dodgerolling”
Steam review · 1.4 h played ↗
Bosses spawn endless adds and spike in difficulty
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“And this game is 80% gank boss fights”
Steam review · 19.2 h played ↗
Weak, shallow story and characters
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Main character development - big fat zero which was the most disappointing.”
Steam review · 15.2 h played ↗
Bad mouse/keyboard and controller controls
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“Controlling the Rots with mouse and keyboard is just simply horrible.”
Steam review · 2.3 h played ↗
Poor optimization and stuttering on PC
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews
“Bad PC port. No matter what settings I used it kept stuttering, had to refund.”
Steam review · 1.1 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support25 GB
Minimum
OS64-bit Windows 7/8.1/10
ProcessorAMD FX-6100/Intel i3-3220 or Equivalent
Memory12 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD Radeon R7 360 2GB/NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB or Equivalent
Storage25 GB available space
Recommended
OS64-bit Windows 7/8.1/10
ProcessorAMD Ryzen 5 2600X/Intel i7-6700K or Equivalent
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD Radeon RX Vega 56 8GB/ Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 8GB or Equivalent
Storage25 GB available space
OS64-bit Windows 7/8.1/10
ProcessorAMD FX-6100/Intel i3-3220 or Equivalent
Memory12 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD Radeon R7 360 2GB/NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB or Equivalent
Storage25 GB available space
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