Fun, challenging action combat
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“The combat is really fun. It's kind of like BDO if it wasn't on crack.”
Steam review · 11 h played ↗
ArcheAge Chronicles
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mixed · 53%Mixed · 53%XLGAMES2026Action RPG · MMORPG · RPG
$29.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 2 h ago
The verdict
A good-looking early-access action MMO with Souls-lite combat and no pay-to-win, but launch brought poor performance, bugs and missing basics. Skip it if you want classic ArcheAge.
Great for
Players who like Souls-lite action combat and exploring without hand-holding, and accept early access rough edges
Main risk
Poor performance, quest-breaking bugs and missing basics like keybinds and chat mute at launch
What players love
Solid foundation with lots of potential
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Think the game has really good bones.”
Steam review · 3.5 h played ↗
Beautiful world and graphics
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“the game looks STUNNING”
Steam review · 4.4 h played ↗
No pay-to-win, fair $30 price
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“what we need, a game where no microtransaction , no cash shop , no market restriction”
Steam review · 6.3 h played ↗
Rewarding exploration without hand-holding
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“the exploration is really very good.”
Steam review · 1.7 h played ↗
What players complain about
Poor optimization, stutter and low fps
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“The game is unplayable. Non stop stutters, PC specs are above what's needed. Horribly horribly optimized.”
Steam review · 3.1 h played ↗
Clunky, unresponsive combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“The combat feels clunky and unresponsive, and the animations often don't seem to properly match the actions being performed.”
Steam review · 3.4 h played ↗
No English voice-over or Russian; needs VPN
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“Sure would be nice to have some English dialog......”
Steam review · 0.5 h played ↗
No keybind rebinding or chat mute/block
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Can't change movement keybindings. That's the most basic thing a game should have...”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗
Quest-breaking bugs and progression locks
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews
“quests can lockup and prevent progression (example; Meliot boss fight - he doesn't appear after the cutscene and must be beaten to progress)”
Steam review · 9.4 h played ↗
Shared stamina bar frustrates combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 negative reviews
“Combat requires SP, dodging required SP, even the weight you're carrying effects SP.”
Steam review · 10.3 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: UnknownController support100 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 64-bit
ProcessorIntel Core i5-10400 / AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER / AMD Radeon RX 6600 (VRAM 8GB)
Storage100 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 11 64-bit
ProcessorIntel Core i7-12700/AMd Ryzen 7 5700X
Memory32 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB / AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT (VRAM 12GB)
Storage100 GB available space
OSWindows 10 64-bit
ProcessorIntel Core i5-10400 / AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER / AMD Radeon RX 6600 (VRAM 8GB)
Storage100 GB available space
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