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Arelite Core cover art

Arelite Core

Dragon Slumber · My Way Games · 2017-02-08

Steam

IndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Feb 08, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The age of heroes is passed, yet an ancient evil rises again. Follow the adventures of Karden, a blacksmith on the path to mastering his craft, forced to take a stand against Talameq, an ageless entity bent on devouring the world.

Arelite Core is an Indie and RPG game released in 2017, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Positive review sentiment (85% of 46 reviews).

0
playing now
85%
positive of 46 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Arelite Core follows the adventures of Karden, a master blacksmith from the village of Arreal who sets off on an adventure to perfect his craft. He soon encounters, the dark knight Barahein and a plot to revive the dark entity Talameq, destroyed centuries before. Now, Karden and his friends must push onwards to stop this plot before it's too late.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 52% of 49,791 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Current store prices

GreenManGaming$1.00-90%
IndieGala$1.99-90%
GamersGate$2.00-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.89 at Steam (2026-06-06)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 123 of 139 observed days · $0.11 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720172026Week of 2017-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-09-15 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 14:00 — 7 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$20.82$0.892017-02-072026-10-142017-02-07 — best price $15.992017-08-25 — best price $19.992018-01-17 — best price $9.992018-07-03 — best price $19.992018-11-21 — best price $8.942019-05-28 — best price $4.992019-11-22 — best price $4.252020-01-23 — best price $4.252020-03-30 — best price $19.992020-06-07 — best price $15.892020-08-04 — best price $19.992020-09-16 — best price $15.892020-11-02 — best price $19.992020-12-16 — best price $4.242021-02-05 — best price $19.992021-04-01 — best price $4.592021-05-24 — best price $15.892021-08-13 — best price $4.992021-12-12 — best price $19.992022-06-23 — best price $4.992022-11-25 — best price $4.992023-02-25 — best price $19.992023-05-09 — best price $4.992023-07-30 — best price $4.242023-10-18 — best price $19.992024-01-04 — best price $19.992024-03-25 — best price $3.372024-07-04 — best price $19.992024-10-07 — best price $19.992025-01-13 — best price $1.602025-05-15 — best price $1.992025-08-29 — best price $19.992025-11-21 — best price $1.592026-02-23 — best price $15.742026-05-16 — best price $1.002026-08-11 — best price $1.692026-09-30 — best price $1.992026-10-14 — best price $1.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

21
achievements tracked
3.9%
earned "Adventure awaits"
1.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2018-03-30 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DRPGJRPGIndieRetroAdventureCinematicSoundtrackStory RichTurn-Based

Census log

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

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