Zanzarah: The Hidden Portal

Fantasy adventure RPG about collecting creatures for real-time magic duels

Funatics Software · Published by Daedalic Entertainment · Released Aug 20, 2015

Reviews: Mostly Positive; 73% of 1,184
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Playing now: 11; right now
Steam Deck: Unsupported
Last update: Unknown; no patch notes found

What is Zanzarah: The Hidden Portal?

This single-player, third-person fantasy adventure RPG follows Amy into Zanzarah, a magical world she is tasked with joining to the real world. You explore, collect and train fairies and demons, then use them in real-time magic battles.

For you if...

+you like collecting and training creatures for fast-paced battles
+you enjoy exploring fairy-tale worlds with a story to follow

Not for you if...

−you prefer turn-based battles to real-time action
−you want multiplayer instead of a solo adventure

What players say

73% of 1,184 reviews are positive

Players praise the fantasy world, creature collecting, real-time battles, and soundtrack. Many report trouble running the game on modern Windows systems, including launch failures, graphical glitches, and performance problems; some use community fixes.

Screenshots and trailer

Zanzarah: The Hidden Portal system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows® VISTA,Windows® 7, Windows® 8
Processor: Athlon or Pentium® 2 Processor with 500 Mhz
Graphics: 3D- Graphics card, 8MB (GeForce, Voodoo 5500)
Memory: 64 MB RAM MB RAM
Storage: 1400 MB available space
DirectX: Version 8.1
Notes: Please make sure you are using the latest graphics card driver (especially for NVIDIA cards). You can always find the latest drivers directly at the manufacturers' website. Please do not rely on automatic Windows updates. - Symptom of NVIDIA cards: broken polygon display after starting the first scene. Solution: 1. Open NVIDIA control panel 2. Go to "Manage 3D settings" -> "Program Settings", there, select "Zantph.exe" 3. Set the "Maximum count of pre-rendered single frames" to 1 and... 4. "Apply". The grapic-errors should now be fixed. -Incompatibility with notebooks (FPS drops in the menu): Set your screen resolution to a modus with 32 bit color depth