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Game2015
Chronicles of Teddy
Developer Storybird
Chronicles of Teddy: Harmony of Exidus, known in its original Windows release as Finding Teddy 2, is a 2015 action-adventure platform game created by French indie studio Storybird Games. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
185 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Jun 27, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
67
Fresh
122 positive · 60 negative
95% range 60–73%
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Steam's own rating
Mixed
231 of 334 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
Reactions
60 of 185 · most liked firstRecommended for Zelda 2 fans, with some reservations Positives: -Fantastic art and animations -has all the classic metroidvania staples, well designed levels, secrets, places that are locked until you find the appropriate items -Puzzles and recorder device are smart and well implimented -decent and fitting soudtrack, good sound effects Neutral: -Hard difficulty -No guide or explanation, exploration and problem solving encouraged. -You lose your currency upon dying. Some will appreciate this…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For anyone hoping to find a point and click sequel to the first game, I'm thrilled they abandon it for what we got with the sequel. Finding Teddy 2 is a fun, 2D side-scrolling adventure game in a mapless MetroidVania style but with controls taken from Zelda 2. This feels so familiar, fun and fresh for every retro gamer that grew up in the 80s or 90s. There's no nostalgia here outside of the Adventure of Link poster on the wall, Finding Teddy 2 offers an new 20 hour adventure that relies heavily…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hard to recommend in its current state. I love the idea of the game: A strong girl running around Zelda 2 style collecting powerups and items that will help her navigate the world. The art and animation is wonderful. I love the idea of music/notes to pass through major unlockable areas. However, the world makes no consistent sense, and there's no mapping. Mapping: Many moden games like this have auto-mapping to help keep track of where all the twisting branching areas go. There's just too…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm genuinely disappointed I can't recommend this game, because there's a lot to love about it. The pixel-art (ordinarily something a lot of people use to mask lazy art design) is exceptionally well done, beautifully animated and some of the creatures you'll find in-game I'd consider on par with the monster designs of someone like Guillermo Del Toro, or bosses from the Legend of Zelda series. Sound is also a big plus: even though most songs are only short loops, the melodies are memorable and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Although a departure from the original. Finding Teddy 2, manages to keep the magic and atmosphere of its former. However, new elements and ideas have been added and refined. The music note system which was fairly tricky in the first game. Has been streamlined with a dictionary and simple to use interface. The game has also adopted a new Metroidvania element. Where parts of the game unlock as you gain access to new abilities and powers. The difficulty one found in the original can also be found…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Looking to save some people money: PROS +Map is very helpful and allows for easy completion and navigation +Areas have a good distinction from each other +Double jump and wall jump feel good CONS -No story -HP orbs scarce after second book (world) -Unresponive movements -Coupled with terrible attacks -Easily stun locked -Enemy placement -Skipping entire portions of game with guide So, I had no hopes for this game one way or the other. I knew it was metroidvania and pixel. I thought I would…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In the end, Finding Teddy II will find a core audience with its game, as it's got several strengths to boost from in terms of it's art design/sound design, the exploration part of the game, and what's a solid but not spectaular control and combat system. But the problem comes in the lack of information the game presents to the user: The user is very much on their own in terms of figuring out things, from figuring out what the next thing to do is, to even simple things like finding out how to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A GIRL SITS IN THE DARK playing a video game one summer evening. It looks a lot like another game you may have seen before, or perhaps even played yourself. Abruptly the strong glow of the television cuts out and shrouds the room and its contents into shadow. Upset by this, the girl tosses her controller to the carpet, stands, and roots around in a nearby chest -- eventually pulling out a small dagger and green coloured shield. Now so equipped, the girl traverses the disparate rooms of the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a game that started with a cool gimmick and didn't quite get the design it deserved. The gimmick is that you can converse with npc's using a musical language. The design is a basic platforming MetroidVania. I have to say that I do love the language. I found myself talking in this musical tongue while playing, even when there was no one to interact with (like in real life!): however, this is used as a secondary mechanic and remains unused in half of the climactic moments. Aside…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A mixed bag of good and bad that succeeds just enough to garner a recommendation. Summary: Chronicles of Teddy, previously known as Finding Teddy 2, is a game that has left me with very conflicting emotions towards it. It pleases with a charming art style, a soundtrack that adds character to the world, a sense of exploration common to Metroidvanias, and a unique feature called the Musicom that creates the opportunity for some neat puzzles. However, it also frustrates with a mediocre combat…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Teddy is ready for Freddy. Game is a sequel to Finding Teddy. 2D action platformer that takes inspiration from other games like Zelda and such. Gameplay is decent and controls are smooth. Visuals are pixelated and remind of classics from 16-bit era. Sprites are nice to look at and animated really well. Game doesn't have much details in graphics thus visuals are more on simplified side with more focus put on lighting. While exploring the world you find new upgrades and move on ahead bravely with…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As someone who has played almost every Metroidvania on Steam, this one is pretty good. The game just drops you into the world and turns you loose. A lot of people seem to take issue with this approach, but I like the fact that the game pushes you to explore and think. There is a minimal amount of explanation and the player has to figure out everything. It doesn't treat you like an idiot, and its rewarding to figure out some of the game's puzzles and progress. There is no in-game map,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Those who wanted a followup to the first Finding Teddy should avoid this game. Even without that, it's still rather mediocre. The review reflects my initial expectations and current feelings. I owned this game when it was called Finding Teddy 2. I saw it thinking a new Metroidvania game to play would be nice, but I noticed this bundled with a prequel. I played FT1 through just to make sure I know everything for 2, thinking it would be a little more basic anyway. I was awestruck by the world,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Magical, visuals and sound design Visually, the game does a good job, offering us what exactly it is, a fairy-tale imagining of a several-year-old girl of her magical world, to which she goes when it.... there is no electricity in the house. Pluses: -Amazing graphics -Genial music and sounds (until I stocked up on the game's soundtrack) -One of the most fun metroidvaniaw games I've played -Many mysteries, and enemies to overcome .... And gems, lots of gems. -Innovative inclusion of sound in…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nearly no direction on what to do. Though it is quite interesting. I find the sing song stuff kinda odd. Though it gives a good reason to explore and such. If it had better direction I'd be more into it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you like Zelda games, you should try Finding Teddy 2! i haven't played a game like this for... many years. The atmosphere is gorgeous, puzzles are challenging and there's a lot (I mean A LOT) of secrets you probably won't find if you rush the game. It seems to be a little hard at first: There is no tutorials, little assistance. But hey! It's like these old games you played when you were a kid in which clues were very rare and you probably spent a lot of time to find the solution. Once you…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Chronicles of Teddy is not a good game. It has beautiful graphics with wonderful backgrounds and top notch character designs and animation. The music is also very good. COT is a side scrolling action/exploration game in the spirit of Dragon's Curse and Monster world 4, even stealing the upwards and downwards slash from the latter. Some compare it to Zelda 2 although I have no idea why. Unfortunately COT fails as a game in every single possible way other than the pretty looks and sounds. The…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wanted so much to like this game, but the movement feels terrible, bosses stunlock you to death and so many questionable design decisions just ruin this for me. There's a good game here, but I just can't recommend it. I'm also frustrated by the fact that there's no autosave. I lost over 2 hours of progress when the game crashed and I hadn't saved in ages.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Before I really start, let me say that I very much liked the style of this game, and the concepts introduced in its first half. I'm not a puzzle-platform guy, but I must give credit where it's due. Unfortunately, this game suffers from several issues by the time you get to the final boss, which I'll detail. On the Concept of the Musicom First allow me to point out that I LOVE the concept of a musical language, and the Musicom. I liked the idea of learning how to "say" words and using them…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →+Stunning pixel art and effects +Zelda II combat elements in a new system +Combos, up/down-thrust, low-strike, jumping/running attacks +Charmingly reminiscent of old school legends like Metroid, Zelda, Castlevania and even the more recent Fez +Easy to get into +Pleasant and relaxing presentation +Good dungeon design (ik they're called temples) +Doesn't drag out too long +Not too difficult, but... -...very, very FRUSTRATING -A myriad of terrible design choises will ruin your experience only a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game starts easy, gets difficult, becomes hard as all get out, and then you find the secret challenges and it turns into a living breathing nightmare from the deepest pits of your imagination. Combat could stand to be better, but the puzzle element is unbelievably unique, and very well done. Have a pencil and paper on hand when you play though, there are a lot of things you need to remember.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My Playthrough [url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTZKn1hLlcQPA1bWVALyg76HIc43cgX6K] Youtube Playlist The Review This game is a huge improvement on the prequel. The genre may have changes but it still have the essence of Finding teddy. The gameplay is fast paced and enjoyable. The gameplay feels similar to Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, interestingly enough there is a little nod to Zelda 2 at the beginning of the game. The story is good enough and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game looks amazing. I was so excited to play and ready for a really cool adventure, as the reviews described. Unfortunately, the description failed to mention that the key configuration is basically unuasable for Mac or PC users without a controller. It is also impossible to rebind the keys, so there is no way to fix this. The movement is set up for Aroow keys and WASD, pretty standard. But the action keys are KLOP and the instructions on how to do extensive commands (ie - running, a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really nice pixel art animations, cryptic puzzles and smooth platforming make this game a winner. There are a few times where I was unsure of what to do but some more exploring sloved that. I am really enjoying this game so far and look forward to putting in more time on it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A tragically underrated metroidvania heavily inspired by Zelda 2. Beautiful visuals, tight controls, gorgeous music, and smart level and enemy design around every turn. Yeah, it's a bit obtuse and will require some out-of-the-box thinking, but so did the old NES games it's inspired by. It should be noted that many of the older reviews are no longer applicable, as the developer added some key features in updates a few years ago, including a map and various tutorial texts explaining things. A…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →WARNING: As of Dec 2022 (Game Ver 3.0.0) New Game+ Achievements are still broken. You won't be able to 100% all achievements. Otherwise... its a fun Metroidvania with gameplay similar to Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (NES). A little tough and a little buggy at times, but nothing too frustrating. Puzzles can be a little vague, just like classic NES-style, but the game does give you the hints needed if you think about it hard enough.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Lots of potential, but just doesn't hold up. After a half hour of traversing long, mostly empty rooms, and handling jumps and enemies more reminiscent of SMB1 than Zelda 2, I gave up. Also, the default keymappings are BIZARRE and cannot be changed.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is incredibly disapointing. This game has a good backstory, great pixel art, and great character designs. The ONLY problem I have is with the ridiculous controls. I don't know why "P" is attack and "L" is jump instead of "Z" and "X" respectively or at least put in the option to change the controls.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The series went from a point and click with a focus on ambience and very boring gameplay to a metroidvania with an even larger focus on ambience and amazing gameplay. I like what they've done with the place.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really like the pixel art of this game, and the story, as well as the puzzles, however foucusing on the puzzles from the very first beginning it's not pleasing, the game needs to flow better in my opinion, it doesn't make sense to focus so much on them straight from start, (at the nut village for example). I really like this game but i can't find the price reasonable, i'm afraid to tell but i'll ask a refund till i hope to find this lil wasted gem in a bundle or similar.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you enjoy a good action platformer along the same lines as Metroid or the DS castlevania games then you'll definitely enjoy Finding Teddy 2. It has the same kind of style but puts its own little twist into everything.. It really seems like it would be those games if being seen through the eyes of a child. For example, in order to go in water effectively in one of the castlevania's, you needed a scale. In this, you need one of those water ring duckies. The game in terms of text on the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A solid metroidvania platformer, with movement that feels good. My only complaint is that I wish there was a little more breathing room between the edge of my character's hitbox, and her weapon's attack range -- the enemies with shields are harder than they should be. But, the bosses are excellent, and the music system is interesting. A+
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is overall a great game imo. I love the art, the puzzles, great level design, very solid overall. I think there are a few issues that may bother some (not me personally) but should probably be mentione. Pro: - Art, nice simple style and smooth 60fps animations. - Music - Unique and sometimes Difficult Puzzles that make you think - Level design - enjoyable combat reminiscent of Zelda 2 on nes (not too easy but not frustratingly difficult either, (unless you're fighting those blue/green…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Is the game pretty? Yes. That's it. That's the good parts. Anything regarding combat in the game is horribly designed. Your tiny range forces you to overwhelmingly rely on the downstab and upstab attacks because they last for more than a tenth of a second, unlike anything else you can do. Having such a tiny range could be less of an issue if it wasn't so easy to get inside an enemy's hitbox and then you take contact damage, forcing you to re-engage. Most enemies that have some capability…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sadly, one of the most disappointing games I've ever tried to play. It's a disgrace to the whole Metroidvania genre: you roam around pointlessly doing nothing. There are almost no enemies, those few are a joke, you immediately get lost into mazes of doors, areas are very small and uninteresting, jumping from one platform to another is a pain, and attacks slow you down. Before creating a Metroidvania game, you should really play Symphony of the Night and learn from it. If the authors tried to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game is quite fun, but the keyboard controls are awful. Either play with a gamepad or prepare for awkward keyboarding.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is absolutely wonderful. The music is lovely, the pixel art is adorable and the level design and puzzles are clever. There's some really unique gameplay mechanics, the combat is very reminiscent of Zelda II which I loved back in the day and what little there is of a story is pretty neat. That's for the first two thirds of the game though. As is true of most other Indie plaformers the other third is where they ran out of ideas and it feels like the work was outsourced to bitter unpaid…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Chronicles of Teddy has the makings of a good game, mostly in its graphics and sounds. But the current gameplay is an uneven, frustrating mess in need of retooling. The mechanics don't mesh, so the gameplay falls apart the more you progress. Right off the bat, your ability to push small pots serves no purpose outside screwing up your ability to break them. The double tap run makes you prone to accidentally running face first into a shielded enemy. Gaining the wall jump frequently screws up…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Loved the game at first, but it becomes extremely tedious. Difficult games are not a problem for me. I don't mind dying a lot and this has been rather tame in that respect as I've only died a few times so far (My volume also shoots up to max for some reason when I do die... Naturally, I tried extra hard to avoid dying as a result). But I've just got through the fourth dungeon, a dungeon which was so boring to traverse, I can't bring myself to continue playing (Also I managed to encountered a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good game, i recommended if you like zelda series...
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Finding Teddy 2 is an action/adventure game. If you have played the first Finding Teddy, There are quite a few changes from the point and click game that you know. There is a lot more exploration and little guidance to where to go, making it quite challenging at times. But i must say, The controls are solid and the graphics look great :). Check out my video if you are still on the fence about the game. https://youtu.be/P7ZxLX92Qa8
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My first impression on this game was "wow it really sucks to double tap to run" especially as your best normal attack is linked to attacking while running. Then I realized you can hold LT to run instead of double tap, which I then immediately remembered I own reWASD and I can just make LT a toggle and the game instantly became 200% more fun Further review is on hold while I go play Zelda:2 since everyone compares this game to it, and I've never played it before. Figured I'd put this one on…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I noticed all the reviews saying " no map " "mapless metroidvania " you just hit SELECT , and you get a map. IN every location. This kind of nearsightedness leads me to believe these reviews had no clue what was going on, and didn't have the intuition to actually try pressing the most common button for pulling up a map. This is literally Zelda 2 gameplay, it even starts out as a mock Zelda 2 intro. There was a previous game to this, and everyoen cried and cried and whined that this doesn't…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There are a number of design choices in this game that make it unenjoyable: - Sometimes you enter a room and before you get control of your character, an enemy will shoot a projectile that will be unavoidable by the time you have control. - The maps make no sense. Rooms connect to other rooms halfway across the map. A door to another room may mean that it connects to the square above it in the map or below it. There's no way to know. Some types of collectibles are marked on the map (with no…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game seriously needs more attention, its so pretty and amazing. it really doesnt hold your hand with some things, and I really love that you speak in music
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game does not support keyboard controls. I do not have any gamepads with which to play. This is, frankly, appalling for a PC-only game. Hopefully, this will be fixed in the future. Currently, I cannot recommend buying this game unless you own and use a gamepad.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Got three minutes in the game before controls became an issue. Immediately checked out the settings to remap keybindings. It wasn't clear how to, so I went ahead and searched for the answer on Google, and the discussion forums used by Steam. The consensus is 'you can't.' Okay, so for someone playing on a home computer basically what I've been told is I need a twenty to thirty dollar peripheral (a controller) to play this game. It'd be psychotic if the publisher were to suddenly offer…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Often frustratingly vague, without a map or any "traditional" instructions, but beyond that, this is one of the most interesting and fun metroidvanias I've ever had the pleasure of playing. Environments are vast, more secrets than I can handle, upgrades, achievements, great music, and captivating visual style, and the very unique musicom mechanic(which makes clever use of sound and an in-universe language to find secrets and solve puzzles) make this very worth playing. I highly recommend it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I played this game many years ago, but only now I noticed that it was renamed from Finding Teddy II to Chronicles of Teddy. My bad. This game is awesome and five years after the release I bought it again on Nintendo Switch. It plays like Zelda II and feels like a sad fairy tale. The art style and atmosphere are unique, the sound design is perfect, the world feels mysterious and alive. All in all playing this game feels like walking through the rainy forest with a big umbrella in a beautiful…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Only one question: why is it that you only start running after a double tilt of the controlstick in that direction? And not just a buttonpress? In a metroidvania with alot of exploration?
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really really wanted to like this game. Yes, it is pretty and yes sometimes it can be sort of fun (espacially this musicom puzzels). But as long as you progress, the more flaws you'll notice the game has. This reaches from annoying enemydesign, really really bad and frustrating leveldesign at some parts. There are 5 Bosses, 1 of them was cool and 2 of them were pretty much the opposite (if you're unlucky they are able to stunlock you till you're dead and you can do nothing against it). It…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good game 4/5 Pro's:Fair amount of content, decent combat Con's:Somewhat lacking soundtrack, occasional crashes The crashes were pretty annoying too, so make sure you save often. If it had a slightly more interesting soundtrack and didn't crash on me 3-4 times throughout my run of it, it would have been 5/5. A must buy though for people who enjoy metroidvania style games.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TL;DR- Buy this game, it's beautiful, well made, and worth your time. This game is, to say the least, really, REALLY good. It perfectly captures the essence of Zelda II and the MetroidVania style of game, but with a lot of attention to detail, and beautiful pixel art. The story is simple; you lose your teddy bear and must get him back. Hence its' original title, "Finding Teddy 2." Now I'll be honest, I did not know about this game untill I saw it on Steam Train, and I wanted more. I found the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Finding Teddy 2 is the game for you if you: -enjoy games that crash frequently, with no autosaves, of course, wouldn't want you keeping your progress when you find a bug -rather get lost with no idea where to go in an inconsistent world than having a map system -love backtracking through boring platforming to go through unending red doors, tedious tasks are fun! -like getting shot by enemies after screen transitions, when you have no control over your character, and if you are lucky you may…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →NÃO É POSSIVEL TROCAR OS CONTROLES DESTE JOGO. NÃO COMPRE ESTE JOGO A MENOS QUE VOCÊ QUEIRA PULAR NO "L". IT'S NOT POSSIBLE TO CHANGE KEYBOARD BINDINGS ON THAT GAME. DON'T BUY IT UNLESS YOU WANT TO JUMP ON "L".
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Don't let the beautiful graphics mislead you. It's the only redeeming factor for this game. After making a nice Point'n'Click game with Finding Teddy, Storybird tried their hands on a platformer with puzzle elements in the second installment. Sadly, this idea backfired immensely. The controls are hellishly unresponsive with your character carrying far too much momentum over when changing direction, especially mid-air. Everything just feels delayed and sluggish. Your first sword is so short,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Excellent metroidvania platformer. Honestly one of the best platformers I have played in years. They really don't make them like this anymore, great level design, interesting and fun game mechanics, tight controls (your skill and timing are the only thing to blame for your failure), good soundtrack, lots of secrets. I put this game on the same level of enjoyment as 'Ori and the Blind Forest'. The aesthetics might not be the same, but this game is intentionally retro. Finding Teddy 2 does not…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Have you ever really wanted to love something? It looks like something you’d love, it sounds like something you’d love, and by all rights, it should be something you love, but it’s not. For whatever reason, the stars have maliciously aligned and this Thing You Should Love falls just short of the mark, stumbling in as a bittersweet disappointment, a wasted opportunity, a thing you so easily could have loved, and it stings. That is how I feel about Finding Teddy II.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a classic Metroidvania, pure and simple. Beyond that, the controls are not the tightest for an action platformer but they are more than enough to get the job done. The pixel animation is gorgeous, almost enough so to make the game worth playing just for that. Unfortunately, the game suffers from a few disruptive glitches here and there; save frequently and don't pause at inopportune moments, otherwise you may find yourself in big trouble. I have also had problems with the game…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is very reminiscent of Metroid and Zelda (Zelda II: The Adventure of Link to be specific) and it plays great. The controls are tight and combat fun. When you use the jump + down attack you bounce off their head like a trampoline which leads to some bouncy combos. The dungeons like dungeons within dungeons. Your hub world has rooms to unlock as you collect different abilities and encourages revisiting old areas to get to previously hard to reach treasure boxes. The pixel art and…
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