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War covers the southern islands until it finally reaches the idyllic isle of Feshyr. You take on the role as the new nameless hero after your village has been pillaged and destroyed by paladins of the king. Seeking revenge, you soon realize that this cowardly attack did not just happen on a reckless mercenary`s whim.

Release DateOct 15, 2010
Price$ 19.99  Top 10%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)57.4% (mixed) Bottom 20% / 55.8%  Bottom 20%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)56.6% Bottom 25% / 55.3%  Bottom 25%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)1.9K  Top 10% / 2.7K  Top 10%
Curators38 reviews  Top 15%
Median Play Time18.4 hours  Top 10%
Play Time per Dollar55 minutes  Top 25%
Followers4K  Top 20%
Owners± 587.8K  Top 5%
Copies Sold± 112.4K  Top 10%
Gross Revenue ($)± 874.4K  Top 10%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of ArcaniA steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

Here you can see ArcaniA's Steam rating and reviews between October 2010 and December 2023. Steam's rating varies between 77.9% (May 2012) and 47.7% (March 2016).

ArcaniA is an AAA level success, with 2.7K reviews Top 10%.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for ArcaniA and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut graph shows ArcaniA's reviewers languages. The most popular language is English (35%), followed by Russian (21%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 26 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game is available in 7 languages. Unless the game has a lot of dialogues, translating is usually not a lot of work compared to completing a game, therefore adding more translations is generally recommended.

Time Played

Chart displaying ArcaniA percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time players have spent in ArcaniA depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. The time in game is excellent, with 32 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 1.7 times lower than the positive reviews median play time. The negative review time is high (median is 13 hours), it can be a sign that ArcaniA crashes after a while or becomes too repetitive or difficult towards the end. The Players' feedback section might help understanding the issue.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Looting is fast and simple
  • Coolest looking minimaps
  • Triggered main quest conversations
  • Automatic savegames
  • Interesting lock picking system
  • Helpful dodging system
  • Npc's with quests are marked
  • Auto-aim enemies in melee battle
  • Protagonist actually talks
  • Epic story with twists and drama
  • Minimap location issue
  • Bugs with characters getting stuck
  • Not open world as previous Gothic games
  • Badly balanced leveling up
  • Textures blend together horribly
  • 3D models have bad anatomy
  • Main character looks like fancy-pants
  • Bad font for written material
  • Armor stretches and bends in dialogue
  • Insanely few character models
  • No Gothic atmosphere
  • Terribly overdramatized voice acting
  • Empty world with limited access
  • Mindless button mashing combat
  • Low difficulty
  • Horrible fillers towards end game
  • Boring end boss fight
  • Worst ending ever
  • Linear quests
  • Bad voice acting
  • Weird lighting bugs
  • Inconsistent voice acting
  • Horrid NPC head design
  • Not open world
  • Linear story
  • Limited world, clipping walls, no character progression, copy-paste enemy types
  • No RPG elements

The intention behind these pros & cons isn't to establish a balanced evaluation of the game, but rather to assist developers in identifying enhancement opportunities. The game's rating of 57.4%  Bottom 20% should be taken into account when assessing them.

Please take this list with a grain of salt, as this is an AI generated list based on a small sample of ArcaniA's review data provided by Steam. You don't always need to solve every issue. What some players hate might be what your fanbase loves.

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