The Game Census
Archaica: The Path of Light cover art

Archaica: The Path of Light

Two Mammoths · 2017-09-08

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 23, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 24, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Apr 24, 2020 (Xbox One), Sep 08, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 08, 2022 (Mac), Aug 06, 2022 (iOS)

Archaica is an atmospheric puzzler with lasers and mirrors, that introduces a mystical and ancient world, full of challenging puzzles. In this game, we become the Light Bearer who is sent on a quest to walk the legendary Path of Light and save the world from impending disaster.

93%
positive of 269 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
82/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
4.21★
PlayStation Store rating (98 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$14.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (40 reviews).
  • · Top 26% of 28,482 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 6.7k–16k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 269 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.49 at Steam (2024-06-29)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 7 of 17 observed days · $10.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
383820172026Week of 2017-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$2.992017-09-082026-10-112017-09-08 — best price $13.492017-11-22 — best price $11.992018-01-04 — best price $14.992018-07-05 — best price $14.992018-11-09 — best price $14.992019-01-03 — best price $14.992019-07-09 — best price $14.992019-10-07 — best price $14.992019-12-03 — best price $14.992020-01-27 — best price $14.992020-06-15 — best price $14.992020-12-01 — best price $14.992021-01-05 — best price $14.992021-07-08 — best price $14.992022-01-05 — best price $14.992022-04-11 — best price $14.992022-07-07 — best price $14.992022-11-29 — best price $14.992023-01-05 — best price $14.992023-03-25 — best price $14.992023-06-07 — best price $14.992023-08-14 — best price $14.992023-11-06 — best price $14.992024-01-04 — best price $14.992024-08-19 — best price $14.992024-11-11 — best price $14.992025-01-02 — best price $14.992026-01-19 — best price $14.992026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-05-25 — best price $14.992026-10-04 — best price $14.992026-10-11 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
78.8%
earned "Divine Aid"
29.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Ukrainian, French, Czech, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)56033%12
Xbox One (Xbox)48468%12
PS4 (PlayStation)20056%12

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

Player tags

IndieCasualPuzzleSci-fiFantasyMysteryColorfulRelaxingTop-DownAdventure

Census log

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

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