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ARENA an Age of Barbarians story cover art

ARENA an Age of Barbarians story

Crian Soft · 2017-09-15

Steam

ActionCasualIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Jun 20, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A non-stop action game, completely skill based. Immerse yourself into an incredible adventure in a world inspired by the 80s’ Sword & Sorcery fantasy. Frantic action, brutal fighting, monsters, romance, and plenty of Heavy Metal rhythms.

ARENA an Age of Barbarians story is an Action, Casual, Indie game released in 2017, priced at $9.99, with a Mixed review sentiment (61% of 229 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-10-14

61%
positive of 229 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
60/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 26 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 86% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 28% of 27,802 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.7k–14k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 229 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
272720172026Week of 2017-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$4.992017-09-162021-03-152017-09-16 — best price $9.992017-11-01 — best price $9.992017-11-28 — best price $9.992018-01-04 — best price $9.992018-02-19 — best price $9.992018-04-09 — best price $9.992018-07-05 — best price $9.992018-08-27 — best price $9.992018-11-01 — best price $9.992018-11-19 — best price $9.992018-11-28 — best price $9.992019-01-03 — best price $9.992019-02-12 — best price $9.992019-03-11 — best price $9.992019-03-17 — best price $9.992019-05-20 — best price $9.992019-07-09 — best price $9.992019-08-26 — best price $9.992019-11-01 — best price $9.992019-11-11 — best price $9.992019-12-03 — best price $9.992020-01-02 — best price $9.992020-01-27 — best price $9.992020-02-24 — best price $9.992020-04-13 — best price $9.992020-06-01 — best price $9.992020-07-09 — best price $9.992020-08-24 — best price $9.992020-10-12 — best price $9.992020-11-02 — best price $9.992020-12-01 — best price $9.992021-01-05 — best price $9.992021-01-25 — best price $9.992021-02-15 — best price $9.992021-03-15 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
70.9%
earned "PARRY! Ha ha ha!"
12.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing3 DLC

2 supported languages: English, Italian

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2017-09-15, latest 2018-06-04 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1816%20

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

Player tags

GoreIndieActionCasualNudityViolentFightingSexual Content

Census log

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

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