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Arx Fatalis cover art

Arx Fatalis

Arkane Studios · Bethesda Softworks · 2007-04-03

SteamGOGMicrosoft StoreGame Pass

RPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Sep 25, 2003 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 23, 2003 (Xbox)

This critically acclaimed first-person RPG from Arkane Studios takes the player on an amazing journey into the fantasy world of Arx. Arx is wrought with turmoil, brought to the brink of destruction by a violent war.

Arx Fatalis is a 2007 RPG title priced at $4.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and Very Positive (88% of 2641 reviews).

5
playing now
88%
positive of 2.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
8,076
twitch viewers (latest)
8076.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
78/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (68 ratings)
25
Nexus mods (21k downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Arx Fatalis is a 2002 action role-playing game developed by Arkane Studios and released for Windows and Xbox. The game is played from a first-person perspective and is set on a world whose sun has failed, forcing the above-ground creatures to take refuge in caverns. The game's mechanics include the use of mouse gestures to cast spells. Arx Fatalis received mostly positive reviews from critics but was not commercially successful. In 2011, Arkane Studios released the game's source code under the GNU General Public License (GPL), though the game assets remain proprietary.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 227 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~28/week).
  • · Review velocity up 43% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 14,017 RPG games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 106k–211k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,641 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$4.99
Microsoft Store$4.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.24 at Steam (2015-11-25) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 68 of 168 observed days · $3.75 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
343420182026Week of 2018-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2652026-09-15 14:00 — 15 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 15 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 7 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 17 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 24 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 6 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 8 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 8 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 7 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 21 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 21 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 9 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 16 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 16 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 13 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 12 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 16 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 7 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 19 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 15 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 8 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 17 players2026-10-15 05:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
242Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 5 · peak 13Dec 2012 — avg 3 · peak 12May 2013 — avg 3 · peak 12Oct 2013 — avg 3 · peak 8Mar 2014 — avg 3 · peak 11Aug 2014 — avg 4 · peak 15Jan 2015 — avg 3 · peak 15Jun 2015 — avg 5 · peak 17Nov 2015 — avg 5 · peak 21Apr 2016 — avg 2 · peak 6Sep 2016 — avg 2 · peak 7Feb 2017 — avg 3 · peak 11Jul 2017 — avg 4 · peak 15Dec 2017 — avg 3 · peak 12May 2018 — avg 3 · peak 13Oct 2018 — avg 4 · peak 12Mar 2019 — avg 3 · peak 13Aug 2019 — avg 6 · peak 20Jan 2020 — avg 8 · peak 20Jun 2020 — avg 15 · peak 34Nov 2020 — avg 7 · peak 27Apr 2021 — avg 8 · peak 21Sep 2021 — avg 15 · peak 35Feb 2022 — avg 15 · peak 39Jul 2022 — avg 13 · peak 33Dec 2022 — avg 14 · peak 37May 2023 — avg 13 · peak 31Oct 2023 — avg 12 · peak 30Mar 2024 — avg 12 · peak 30Aug 2024 — avg 21 · peak 65Jan 2025 — avg 13 · peak 34Jun 2025 — avg 9 · peak 25Nov 2025 — avg 14 · peak 41Apr 2026 — avg 19 · peak 59Aug 2026 — avg 21 · peak 60
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$4.99$1.242015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $4.992016-12-22 — best price $1.642018-02-19 — best price $4.992019-07-23 — best price $2.492020-07-20 — best price $4.992021-06-15 — best price $4.992021-11-24 — best price $1.492022-06-24 — best price $1.492022-11-02 — best price $4.992023-02-27 — best price $1.992023-06-29 — best price $1.642023-11-29 — best price $4.992024-02-19 — best price $4.992024-05-02 — best price $4.992024-07-22 — best price $4.992024-10-08 — best price $4.992024-12-19 — best price $1.642025-03-19 — best price $1.642025-06-04 — best price $1.642025-07-12 — best price $4.342025-08-08 — best price $4.342025-09-08 — best price $4.492025-10-29 — best price $4.342025-12-06 — best price $4.992026-02-09 — best price $1.422026-03-11 — best price $1.642026-04-14 — best price $4.282026-05-15 — best price $4.282026-06-24 — best price $4.992026-07-31 — best price $1.652026-09-02 — best price $1.652026-09-17 — best price $4.992026-10-02 — best price $1.652026-10-15 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3411052026-06-03 — 134 pageviews2026-06-07 — 167 pageviews2026-06-11 — 136 pageviews2026-06-15 — 341 pageviews2026-06-19 — 110 pageviews2026-06-23 — 147 pageviews2026-06-27 — 138 pageviews2026-07-01 — 334 pageviews2026-07-05 — 181 pageviews2026-07-09 — 167 pageviews2026-07-13 — 151 pageviews2026-07-17 — 141 pageviews2026-07-21 — 138 pageviews2026-07-25 — 105 pageviews2026-07-29 — 126 pageviews2026-08-02 — 164 pageviews2026-08-06 — 123 pageviews2026-08-10 — 165 pageviews2026-08-14 — 170 pageviews2026-08-18 — 120 pageviews2026-08-22 — 188 pageviews2026-08-26 — 138 pageviews2026-08-30 — 138 pageviews2026-09-03 — 127 pageviews2026-09-07 — 142 pageviews2026-09-11 — 149 pageviews2026-09-15 — 151 pageviews2026-09-19 — 131 pageviews2026-09-23 — 189 pageviews2026-09-27 — 136 pageviews2026-10-01 — 123 pageviews2026-10-05 — 120 pageviews2026-10-09 — 132 pageviews2026-10-12 — 212 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Russian

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGMagicActionClassicFantasyAdventureStory RichAtmosphericExplorationUnderground

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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