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Tales of ARISE

Bandai Namco Studios Inc. · Bandai Namco Entertainment · 2023-11-08

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ActionRPG

Franchise: Tales of · Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 10, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Sep 10, 2021 (Xbox One), Sep 10, 2021 (PlayStation 5), Sep 10, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S), Sep 10, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

300 years of tyranny. A mysterious mask. Lost pain and memories. Wield the Blazing Sword and join a mysterious, untouchable girl to fight your oppressors. Experience a tale of liberation, featuring characters with next-gen graphical expressiveness!

253
playing now
87%
positive of 37k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
87/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (84 ratings)
52h
to beat · rushed 35h · completionist 107h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$49.99
steam price (US)

253 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Tales of Arise is a 2021 action role-playing game developed and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. The seventeenth main entry in the Tales series, the game follows a man and a woman from the opposing worlds of Dahna and Rena and their journey to end the Renans' oppression of the Dahnan people.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 253 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 757 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~95/week).
  • · Review velocity down 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (9,042 reviews).
  • · Top 5% of 10,910 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 734k–1.7M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 36,695 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00
lowest across shops (ITAD)$17.60-65%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $12.41 at GameBillet (2025-11-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $59.99 · on sale 97 of 103 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8.3k8.3k20212026Week of 2021-09-01: 8,264 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 778 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2,053 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 212 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,756 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1,029 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 134 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1,011 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 122 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 494 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 272 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 391 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 466 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 632 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 117 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 265 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 432 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 652 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 539 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 545 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 332 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 320 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 264 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 305 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 121 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 17 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3271152026-08-06 21:00 — 162 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 129 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 206 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 165 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 212 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 304 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 197 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 245 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 327 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 199 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 166 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 257 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 147 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 215 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 298 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 139 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 167 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 288 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 214 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 125 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 156 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 169 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 177 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 235 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 155 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 115 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 124 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 152 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 186 players2026-08-30 16:00 — 253 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$59.99$0.002023-09-202026-08-262023-09-20 — best price $50.992023-11-09 — best price $50.992024-01-23 — best price $34.442024-02-22 — best price $59.992024-03-18 — best price $42.492024-04-02 — best price $59.992024-04-29 — best price $42.492024-05-21 — best price $38.992024-06-20 — best price $39.592024-07-12 — best price $49.192024-08-19 — best price $25.262024-08-29 — best price $29.992024-09-19 — best price $25.792024-09-30 — best price $29.262024-11-02 — best price $59.992024-11-23 — best price $59.992024-12-09 — best price $42.492025-01-17 — best price $21.902025-02-05 — best price $50.962025-03-20 — best price $59.992025-05-04 — best price $49.992025-05-26 — best price $26.792025-06-23 — best price $42.492025-07-18 — best price $49.772025-08-19 — best price $29.992025-09-15 — best price $22.652025-10-06 — best price $49.992025-10-28 — best price $13.892025-11-21 — best price $12.412025-12-18 — best price $13.172026-01-19 — best price $11.272026-02-10 — best price $49.992026-03-29 — best price $42.392026-04-24 — best price $17.602026-05-22 — best price $17.602026-06-09 — best price $42.492026-07-11 — best price $42.492026-08-10 — best price $40.492026-08-26 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5802422026-05-31 — 444 pageviews2026-06-03 — 387 pageviews2026-06-06 — 382 pageviews2026-06-09 — 547 pageviews2026-06-12 — 443 pageviews2026-06-15 — 429 pageviews2026-06-18 — 393 pageviews2026-06-21 — 415 pageviews2026-06-24 — 330 pageviews2026-06-27 — 385 pageviews2026-06-30 — 343 pageviews2026-07-03 — 330 pageviews2026-07-06 — 368 pageviews2026-07-09 — 344 pageviews2026-07-12 — 333 pageviews2026-07-15 — 304 pageviews2026-07-18 — 318 pageviews2026-07-21 — 246 pageviews2026-07-24 — 270 pageviews2026-07-27 — 296 pageviews2026-07-30 — 278 pageviews2026-08-02 — 340 pageviews2026-08-05 — 302 pageviews2026-08-08 — 324 pageviews2026-08-11 — 308 pageviews2026-08-14 — 275 pageviews2026-08-17 — 309 pageviews2026-08-20 — 280 pageviews2026-08-23 — 298 pageviews2026-08-26 — 259 pageviews2026-08-28 — 334 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

16902026-08-26 19:15 — 4 viewers2026-08-26 19:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-26 20:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 24 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 3 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 169 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 155 viewers2026-08-27 21:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 5 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

58
achievements tracked
83.6%
earned "What's in a Name?"
19.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam Input API SupportSteam Cloud32 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)25,6657%59
Steam (Steam)16,0873%58
PS4 (PlayStation)11,6767%59
Xbox Series (Xbox)10,7633%58
Xbox One (Xbox)2,2634%58
Windows (Xbox)9863%58

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

Where its players are

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

Player tags

RPGJRPGAnimeMagicActionCombatFantasyRomanceAdventureAction RPG

Census log

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

Recent updates

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