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Arcanbreak

TaleHammer · 2020-10-30

Steam

Adventure

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 30, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A short story-driven game about two inquisitors, Arun and Quila, investigating a murder. During the game you'll control both, each having their own set of skills you'll need to solve the mystery.

Arcanbreak is an Adventure game released in 2020, available as free-to-play, with an estimated owner base of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a Positive review sentiment (95% of 40 reviews).

0
playing now
95%
positive of 40 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 01:00 UTC (census sample)

A short story-driven game about two Inquisitors, Arun and Quila, investigating a murder. During the game you'll control both, each having their own set of skills you'll need to solve the mystery. Inquisitor Arun. His skill set includes herbalism, necropsy, enduring odors, and high perception. Inquisitor Quila. Her skill set includes lockpicking, sneaking, and her small frame which allows her to squeeze into tight spaces.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 59% of 29,019 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2020-12-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520202026Week of 2020-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-16 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 01:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$5.99$0.002020-10-302021-12-142020-10-30 — best price $5.392020-11-06 — best price $5.992020-11-23 — best price $5.992020-12-22 — best price $1.492021-01-05 — best price $5.992021-02-11 — best price $4.492021-02-15 — best price $5.992021-06-24 — best price $2.992021-07-08 — best price $5.992021-10-28 — best price $2.992021-11-01 — best price $5.992021-11-08 — best price $3.992021-11-24 — best price $1.992021-12-01 — best price $3.992021-12-14 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
82.5%
earned "Proof"
77.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DCrimeMagicFantasyStealthAdventureDetectiveLore-RichStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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