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Atelier Meruru ~The Apprentice of Arland~ DX

KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. · 2018-12-03

Steam

RPG

Third release in the Arland series. Princess of the small frontier country of Arls, Meruru plans to use alchemy to stimulate the growth of her small country. Use Synthesis, Explore, and Battle to increase the population within the time limit and boost the advancement of the kingdom.

Atelier Meruru ~The Apprentice of Arland~ DX is a 2018 RPG priced at $39.99, with an estimated owner base of 0 to 20,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (95% of 346 reviews).

95%
positive of 351 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1
Nexus mods (21 downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$39.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 35 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 59% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 28% of 14,650 RPG games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 8.8k–21k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 351 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $8.59 at Newegg (2026-04-23)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 10 of 19 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
202020182026Week of 2018-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$39.99$8.592018-12-062026-08-102018-12-06 — best price $35.992018-12-14 — best price $39.992019-02-11 — best price $39.992019-11-08 — best price $23.992020-01-14 — best price $23.992020-01-17 — best price $39.992020-03-27 — best price $35.992020-07-09 — best price $39.992020-10-20 — best price $39.992021-04-27 — best price $39.992021-11-24 — best price $29.992022-04-28 — best price $25.692023-02-21 — best price $25.992023-05-08 — best price $39.992023-09-25 — best price $25.992023-10-10 — best price $39.992023-12-21 — best price $25.992024-02-06 — best price $24.492024-04-26 — best price $24.992024-08-05 — best price $39.992024-11-13 — best price $19.992024-12-19 — best price $19.992025-02-24 — best price $39.992025-06-09 — best price $15.992025-06-26 — best price $13.992025-09-15 — best price $10.992025-12-01 — best price $39.992026-01-06 — best price $39.992026-02-23 — best price $39.992026-04-23 — best price $8.592026-06-18 — best price $39.992026-07-27 — best price $9.992026-08-10 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

44
achievements tracked
74.6%
earned "One Normal Day"
18%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsGamepad RecommendedPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)78238%44
Steam (Steam)42422%44
Switch (Nintendo)200%0

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

Player tags

RPGCuteJRPGAnimeCasualColorfulCraftingAdventureSimulationStory Rich

Census log

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