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Arcanists

pur3 extreme · 2024-07-15

Steam

ActionCasualStrategyFree To Play

Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Feb 27, 2008 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Players take turns in a race against the clock, utilising an array of spells to defeat their opponents in battle! Victory is accomplished by becoming the 'last man standing' (or last team) after all other players have been reduced to zero hitpoints.

Arcanists is a free-to-play Action, Casual, Strategy, and Free To Play game released in 2024, with Very Positive (85% of 700 reviews) sentiment.

84%
positive of 705 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 83 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity down 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (292 reviews).
  • · Top 18% of 27,960 Action games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
27427420242026Week of 2024-07-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
5.3%
earned "Enchanter"
0.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsIn-App PurchasesSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)930%100

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Census log

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