ArcaniA

Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.

Mixed · 57%Mixed · 57%2010

−80%~~$19.99~~$3.99

US Steam price, checked 39 min ago

The verdict

A short, linear, easy action-RPG with pretty scenery and music but shallow RPG systems, and it often fails to launch on Windows 11. Skip it if you want real Gothic depth.

Great for

Players who want a short, relaxed, simple fantasy slasher on a deep sale and don't expect Gothic.

Main risk

It may not launch on Windows 11, and it is shallow and linear, nothing like Gothic 1-2.

What players love

Fine if you don't treat it as Gothic

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews

“In short, it's an OK RPG worth playing once but don't expect a true Gothic experience if you don't want to be disappointed.”
Steam review · 22 h played ↗

“If you want a rather simple hack'n'slash to relax after a hard day at work - grab it, it's fun.”
Steam review · 20.7 h played ↗

“Playing ArcaniA now, I realize it's not as bad as people say.”
Steam review · translated · 22.4 h played ↗

Beautiful scenery and graphics

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews

“The world itself is vibrant, colorful, and designed with an eye for detail. The scenery is stunning”
Steam review · 24.9 h played ↗

“Pleasing visuals. For its year it looks very decent: nice sunsets, lush foliage, varied biomes.”
Steam review · translated · 52.3 h played ↗

Simple, relaxing, easy-to-pick-up combat

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews

“it is a pleasant, enjoyable popcorn-fare.”
Steam review · 22.7 h played ↗

“A game for relaxing, you don't need to read anything.”
Steam review · translated · 14.3 h played ↗

Good soundtrack

Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews

“Great soundtrack.”
Steam review · 22.9 h played ↗

“Among the pluses, definitely the music, probably the best thing in the game.”
Steam review · translated · 22.4 h played ↗

Nostalgic Gothic cameos and fun dialogue

Mentioned in ~1 in 14 positive reviews

“I loved the moments when the player/character met with the old characters from the previous Gothics (1 to 3)”
Steam review · 19.6 h played ↗

Short and not overlong

Mentioned in ~1 in 30 positive reviews

“The best part about the game for me is that it's mercifully short.”
Steam review · 22.1 h played ↗

What players complain about

Repetitive fetch quests and boring story

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews

“Fetch quest upon fetch quest.”
Steam review · 4.6 h played ↗

“Fetch this, fetch that, slash your sword back and forth, dodge once in a while, eat some apples.”
Steam review · 1.6 h played ↗

Extremely linear, not open world

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews

“You can't explore the world as you please, instead you're surrounded with cliffs in little areas with linear paths.”
Steam review · 4.5 h played ↗

“The world is split into several regions. Locations only open after story progress.”
Steam review · translated · 12.4 h played ↗

Crashes and technical bugs

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews

“i played for 5 hours with constant crashes and errors. After one crash it corrupted *all* my save files.”
Steam review · 4.8 h played ↗

“It freezes after the dialogue with Ivy at the very start of the game.”
Steam review · translated · 0.5 h played ↗

Dull, button-mashing and too-easy combat

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews

“Horrible arcade clickfest, can run through half the game in a few hours without ever having a difficult encounter.”
Steam review · 6 h played ↗

“mindless button mashing combat”
Steam review · 21.2 h played ↗

Won't launch on Windows 11

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews

“If you use WINDOWS 11 OS, - - - DO NOT buy this game - - - The game does not manage the resolution.”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗

“The game doesn't work in fullscreen on Windows 11, and to run it in windowed mode, you have to manually add a file to your Documents folder.”
Steam review · 0.4 h played ↗

“It doesn't launch, thanks Steam for such games in the store.”
Steam review · translated · 0.8 h played ↗

Shallow RPG systems and boring skill tree

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews

“+1% mana and +1% mana regen or rather +1% stamina and +1% stamina regen”
Steam review · 10.6 h played ↗

“The biggest minus is how much the role-playing system was simplified.”
Steam review · translated · 23.7 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Unsupported

Minimum

OSMicrosoft® Windows® XP / Vista / Windows 7

ProcessorIntel Core 2 Duo - 2.8 GHz / AMD Athlon II x2 - 2.8 GHz

Memory2 GB RAM

GraphicsGeForce 8800 GTX, GeForce 8800 GT, GeForce 9600

Storage10 GB + 600 MB virtual memory

Recommended

OSMicrosoft® Windows® XP / Vista / Windows 7

ProcessorIntel Quad Core / AMD Phenom X4

Memory4 GB RAM

GraphicsGeForce GTX 250, GeForce GTX 260, GeForce GTX 280

Storage10 GB + 600 MB virtual memory

OSMicrosoft® Windows® XP / Vista / Windows 7

ProcessorIntel Core 2 Duo - 2.8 GHz / AMD Athlon II x2 - 2.8 GHz

Memory2 GB RAM

GraphicsGeForce 8800 GTX, GeForce 8800 GT, GeForce 9600

Storage10 GB + 600 MB virtual memory

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