Grizelda:  Lynx and the Nine Lives

Grizelda: Lynx and the Nine Lives

BrightFox Games · October 6, 2022 · Exploration, RPG, Mystery Dungeon, Collectathon, Dungeon Crawler

Grizelda: Lynx and the Nine Lives is free to play — no purchase needed. We track it so you know if that ever changes.

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Positive83% · 12
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About Grizelda: Lynx and the Nine Lives

✦ AI summary

Grizelda: Lynx and the Nine Lives is a retro-action RPG where you guide a curious cat through a magical dog-ruled kingdom, solving puzzles and battling soul guardians across dungeons to rescue Princess Grizelda. Inspired by classic 8-bit and 16-bit adventures, it captures the nostalgic charm of Zelda and Final Fantasy while blending exploration, treasure hunting, and quirky animal companions into one cohesive quest.

Join Lynx on an adventure to rescue a princess and collect 9 souls. A retro-action RPG filled with puzzles, dungeons, and treasure.

What happens when a sleeping kitty cat follows a mouse into his hole?

Plunged into a magical land where dogs have taken over, Lynx must win back the mythical artifacts that will lead him to Princess Grizelda. Granny Tortoise sets you on a journey to defeat the soul guardians and rescue Whinnie and Ricky Mouse, Rascal the Racoon, Herb the Sheep, and more.

Inspired by classic pixel RPG games like Zelda, Kings Quest, Final Fantasy, and more, rediscover the nostalgia of 1980 & 90s adventure games. Help kitties in real life, and consider donating to your local animal shelter or ASPCA.

Grizelda: Lynx and the Nine Lives — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player
Controller
Partial controller support
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Grizelda: Lynx and the Nine Lives is a charming retro adventure that draws inspiration from classic action-adventure games, featuring clever level design, thoughtful puzzles, and adorable characters with side quests that players find endearing and well-crafted. While some players appreciate the familiar gameplay style and are satisfied replaying that formula with a fresh cat protagonist, others feel the game relies too heavily on established conventions without adding significant innovation.

Recommended Oct 8, 2022
Super cute retro game! I think the play on words with the name is really fun. Once you play the game, you realize that there is nothing stolen from any other games. It's really very unique. The story is cute. The NPCs are absolutely adorable, and they each have their own little side quest. Each of the levels and worlds is cleverly designed and the puzzles and bosses take some real thought. It's not a throwaway game that you can beat in a few hours. There are so many secrets and layers. I can't believe this game was made by only two people. And it's completely free, so why not?
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Not recommended Jun 22, 2025
"Grizelda: Lynx and the Nine Lives" is an unabashed, lazy ripoff of Legend of Zelda (Copyright Nintendo, 1986). Many lazy "amateur" developers don't pay attention to their obligations under copyright law, and often steal the ideas of actual, real game developers without credit, such as the "developer" here has done. Sure, Link has been replaced with a cat, but everything else is basically aping the success of Miyamotos genre defining breakthrough. Putting aside the unethical intellectual, creative and moral bankruptcy of stealing someone else's game concept, this is also breaking that unwritten law of stealing other people's game ideas... you should at least try to do better than the game you're ripping off. "Grizelda: Lynx and the Nine Lives" is considerably worse than Legend of Zelda, despite being released many decades later. This features really godawful pixelcrap "art" instead of real graphics. It's hard to say if this was because the developer didn't have the skill to do the job of creating 3D visuals, or couldn't afford to hire someone who does, but it also doesn't matter. What matters is that this looks much worse than most other games because of that decision, and…
4 found this helpful
Recommended Apr 3, 2023
[h1]Before I played Grizelda: Lynx and the Nine Lives, I had a small pp, no friends, no gf, depression, and no life. These things havent changed, but the game is pretty good[/h1]
4 found this helpful
Recommended Apr 19, 2026
im so glad when people make a game that is like another game i love but have done everything i could do in, because now i get to play a whole new adventure with all the things i loved about the other game and that doesn't bother me, that it brings nothing new to the table feature wise, i will always appreciate a good old school Zelda clone because after 40+ years il never get tired of the style that made me fall in love in the first place
1 found this helpful
Recommended Oct 22, 2024
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Recommended Sep 27, 2025
okay game

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