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Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore
A NEW interactive animated adventure! In this action-adventure game, Arzette must explore the Kingdom of Faramore, slay fearsome foes, acquire powerful items, discover secrets, assist colorful characters, and defeat the evil Daimur!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
40 of the 86 reviews raise this.
“This game is everything you love about CDI Zelda, minus the ridiculous difficulty of the original game. The art is hilariously amazing, the voice acting is absolutely memorable, and best of all...UNLIMITED LIVESSS!!!…”
“This was a really entertaining game. A fun jab at the CDI Zelda games. Fun characters and solid gameplay. A few downsides: Bosses are not that challenging. If you get some items in the game make them practically…”
“As a fan of CD-i Zelda YTPs and connoisseur of the original gameplay, this is basically what you'd get if you grabbed said gameplay and made it, you know, actually good haha Loved the character designs, animated…”
22 of the 86 reviews raise this.
“This game is everything you love about CDI Zelda, minus the ridiculous difficulty of the original game. The art is hilariously amazing, the voice acting is absolutely memorable, and best of all...UNLIMITED LIVESSS!!!…”
“As a fan of CD-i Zelda YTPs and connoisseur of the original gameplay, this is basically what you'd get if you grabbed said gameplay and made it, you know, actually good haha Loved the character designs, animated…”
18 of the 86 reviews raise this.
“This game feels like a miracle. I love YTP and this game is fun enough and has a lot of personality to wonder me.”
“Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore is an example of how to make a good parody and homage to games at the same time. The gameplay i solid with how you move Arzette and use her abilities. I found a reason to use most of the…”
15 of the 86 reviews raise this.
“This game is everything you love about CDI Zelda, minus the ridiculous difficulty of the original game. The art is hilariously amazing, the voice acting is absolutely memorable, and best of all...UNLIMITED LIVESSS!!!…”
“Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore is an example of how to make a good parody and homage to games at the same time. The gameplay i solid with how you move Arzette and use her abilities. I found a reason to use most of the…”
10 of the 86 reviews raise this.
“As a fan of CD-i Zelda YTPs and connoisseur of the original gameplay, this is basically what you'd get if you grabbed said gameplay and made it, you know, actually good haha Loved the character designs, animated…”
“Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore is an example of how to make a good parody and homage to games at the same time. The gameplay i solid with how you move Arzette and use her abilities. I found a reason to use most of the…”
“This feels unbelievably faithful to those wacky CDi Zelda games, even if you've never played them but seen those works of art. Arzette gets the metroid/castlevania difficulty curve perfectly with its quick backtracking…”
13 of the 86 reviews raise this · 13 of them still recommend the game.
“The main gimmick in Arzette is that it's heavily referential of the infamous CD-i Zelda games (Faces of Evil and Wand of Gamelon), including liberal deployment of the weirdly exaggerated cartoony style of cutscenes used…”
“pretty short but it's a charming game”
“This feels unbelievably faithful to those wacky CDi Zelda games, even if you've never played them but seen those works of art. Arzette gets the metroid/castlevania difficulty curve perfectly with its quick backtracking…”
6 of the 86 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“This was a really entertaining game. A fun jab at the CDI Zelda games. Fun characters and solid gameplay. A few downsides: Bosses are not that challenging. If you get some items in the game make them practically…”
“The game delivered on what it promised. A homage to Zelda CD-i games. The visual were the main attraction and I liked them. Overall I found the game to be enjoyable little adventure. The game itself was quite easy and…”
6 of the 86 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“[h1]Tryhard one trick pony[/h1] I actually did play Wand of Gamelon on an actual CD-i way back when at the house of a school acquaintance. Not a good game, but the Nintendo CD-i games were memeworthy. Not just the Zelda…”
“This is such a delightful game! I really enjoy how the gameplay is ever so slightly finicky and you can barely tell the difference between a platform/wall from the background art. The dialogue sequences are animated…”
“This was a nice saturday filler. I should however note: The whole style thing is really only fun for the first 20 minutes... you get really annoyed by some of the more wacky characters and then just kinda get numb to it…”
6 of the 86 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“[h1]Tryhard one trick pony[/h1] I actually did play Wand of Gamelon on an actual CD-i way back when at the house of a school acquaintance. Not a good game, but the Nintendo CD-i games were memeworthy. Not just the Zelda…”
“pretty good game, but you can't bomb any dodongos”
“This is such a delightful game! I really enjoy how the gameplay is ever so slightly finicky and you can barely tell the difference between a platform/wall from the background art. The dialogue sequences are animated…”
5 of the 86 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
Counted across 86 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 96.4% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“What if the CD-i Zelda games didn’t punish you for sucking? I think Arzette has healed the part of me that grew up frustrated that I could never beat The Faces of Evil.”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“If anyone asks me my top [Whatever number] favorite games: Time Spinner, Every Shantae and Arzette will always be among them. I adore this game. The music is wonderful, the characters are wonderful, the sprites are wonderful, Arzette is wonderful. The animation is SO beautiful…”
— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played“I can see what "Arzette" is trying to do but felt it did not capture the odd charm of the CD-I Zelda games, especially the cutscenes. The animation "Arzette" is missing the over-animated-ness of the YTP classic. The general game design seems to be from the "Shatae" school of…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-25. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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Soundtrack, Visual Compendium, and Digital Deluxe Edition Available Now!
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Arzette Update Notes 4/15/24
Hi everyone, we have one last big update patch for Arzette rolling out now! These are mostly minor bug fixes and small tweaks, as well as features for speedrunners and advanced users. Thank you for pl
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG |
| Player tags | Exploration · Metroidvania · 2D Platformer · Platformer · Action-Adventure · Female Protagonist · 2D · FMV · Funny · Surreal · Controller · Story Rich (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Norwegian, Portuguese - Brazil * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 21 |
| Official site | https://www.seedyeyesoftware.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: 2 GB VRAM DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 2 GB available space