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Franzen
Franzen is a turn-based RPG set in a dystopian-steampunk world. Explore themes of empathy and politics as Franz and Lefsa Dellia work to uncover the truth of "The Scream". Meet a cast of colorful characters and fight bizarre creatures in your journey through the world of Branzen!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27.
“A real surprise from Scumhead. I wasn’t fan of the leveling system, but the characters and story was captivating. Amazing RPGMaker game that feels genuinely like something made in the 90s.”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played“A beautiful game about hope, love and empathy. A trully deserved message to absorbe, specially during times like this. I've loved every single second of it; the dialogues, the art, the characters and the music. I see myself coming back to play it again in the future as a new…”
— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played“very cute and fun little rpg. (also very very weird but y'know. there're already tons of non-weird games so it's cool to see some variety)”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs playedLatest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Lefsa Plushie - Available Now!
The Lefsa Plushie is live! You can find her at this link here: https://www.makeship.com/products/lefsa-plush Thank you so much to Makeship for reaching out to create this cool plush! It's Lefsa Meep -
Coming Soon - Lefsa Plushies!
Thank you so much to Makeship for reaching out to create this cool plush! It's Lefsa Meep -er- Dellia from the game Franzen! She's here! She's real! A campaign to fund the creation of the Lefsa plush
Franzen Patch 1.2
A metric ton of script improvements! Thank you so much to Matthew Oleynik for their help with proofreading! Thanks for playing Franzen!
Franzen Patch 1.1
-Fixed dancer softlock -Improved level collisions -Other negligible improvements
Please Back up your save data for tomorrow's update!
Gonna be honest lads, I have no idea if uploading an updated build will screw with save data. Just in case it does, back up your files! Thank you all for playing, it means the world. I'm glad everyone
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-27.
| Genres | RPG |
| Player tags | RPG · Turn-Based Tactics · JRPG · Steampunk · Lore-Rich · Story Rich · Turn-Based Combat · Pixel Graphics · Stylized · Dystopian · Fantasy · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Microsoft® Windows® XP/Vista/7/8/10 Processor: Intel® Pentium®4 1.5GHz Memory: 256 MB RAM Graphics: 1024x768 or better video resolution in High Color mode Storage: 1 GB available space Sound Card: DirectSound-compatible sound card