- 77/100
- Players6 ratings
- 72/100
- Critics6 reviews
More scores
- Metacritic12 critic reviews
- 68/100
- GameFAQsTough
- 3.81/5
- Player reviews
- 80% positive130 reviews
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Runs on
- Windows, Mac, Linux
- Price
- US$19.99
Where to get it
2017 · Action role-playing · Adventure
Songbringer
Songbringer is a sci-fi, pixel, action-adventure game in which one journeys through procedurally-generated, Zelda-inspired worlds. Along the way one will uncover powerful artifacts and forge them anew. Those skilled with the nanosword will vanquish giants and save a planet from being overrun.
- Released
- 2017
- Platforms
- LinuxNintendo SwitchPlayStation 4WindowsXbox OneiOSmacOS
- Genres
- Action role-playingAdventureIndieRole-playing
- Developers
- —
- Publishers
- —
- Modes
- Co-opMultiplayerSingle-player
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric
- Themes
- ActionScience fiction
- Engine
- Cocos2d-x
- Country
- United States
- Age ratings
- PEGI 12ESRB TCERO B
- Languages
- Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Russian, Spanish (Spain) and 1 more
- Time to beat
- 6hmain story13hcompletionist
About
Songbringer is a 2017 action role-playing game developed by Wizard Fu Games.
Players say
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The articlegameplay, story, development, reception
Development
Songbringer was developed by Nathanael Weiss under the moniker of his one-man video game studio Wizard Fu Games. Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda series was a large influence for Weiss who aimed to create a procedurally generated Zelda game with Songbringer.
The game was crowdfunded through Kickstarter in 2015. The game was released for Linux, MacOS, Windows, and Xbox One on 1 September 2017, and PlayStation 4 on 5 September.
Reception
Songbringer received "mixed or average" reviews from professional critics according to review aggregator website Metacritic. It was nominated for "Role Playing Game" at The Independent Game Developers' Association Awards.
Releases by platformdates and regions as published
Editions and related releases
- Downloadable content
- Songbringer: The Trial of Ren
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