Ys V: Lost Kefin, Kingdom of Sand

Adol is traveling through new lands, in search of more adventure, when he hears of the vanished desert city of Kefin. He sets off to investigate this ancient city's disappearance.

The RPG-style statistical elements and the overhead view of most of the previous games are retained in Ys V. As in Ys III, there is no auto-attack; the player must press a button to swing Adol's sword. Adol is also given the ability to jump and defend with his shield. A new magic system is introduced in Ys V as well, which requires the player to charge up spells by holding a button before they can be cast. Adol must level up physical skills and magical skills separately.

Ys V was originally released on December 29, 1995 in Japan for the Super Famicom. The following year, Falcom released a second version of the game with a higher difficulty level, known as Ys V Expert.^[3] A remake was developed by Arc System Works and published by Taito for the PlayStation 2 on March 30, 2006.^[4] An English fan translation of the SNES version was created by Aeon Genesis and released in 2013.^[5]

D4 Enterprise plans to re-release the SNES version as part of a collection in 2026 for the Microsoft Windows.^[6][7]

Japanese publication Famitsu gave the original SFC version of the game a score of 26 out of 40. Famitsu also scored the PS2 release of Ys V a 28 out of 40.^[4] Super GamePower gave it a 4/5.^[8]