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Imagine a place of wonder, where magick and technology coexist in an uneasy balance, and an adventurer might just as easily wield a flintlock pistol as a flaming sword. Welcome to the land of Arcanum.

Release DateAug 29, 2016
Price$ 5.99
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)88.7% (very positive) Top 30% / 88.4%  Top 30%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)84.3% Top 15% / 84.2%  Top 15%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)1.4K  Top 10% / 1.6K  Top 10%
Curators90 reviews  Top 10%
Median Play Time17.7 hours  Top 10%
Play Time per Dollar3 hours  Top 5%
Followers14.9K  Top 10%
Owners± 211.7K  Top 10%
Copies Sold± 119.5K  Top 10%
Gross Revenue ($)± 421K  Top 15%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

Here you can see Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura's Steam rating and reviews between August 2016 and December 2023. Steam's rating is in a range going from 95.3% (August 2016) to 86.9% (October 2019).

The 1.6K reviews Top 10% suggest that Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura might be an indie success or even a small AAA success. There is a peak in November 2016 that suggests a major update or discount.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut chart shows Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura's review languages. The most popular language is English (65%), followed by Russian (20%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 24 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game has only one translation (English). Having more translations could have boosted the game's popularity.

Time Played

Chart displaying Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the number of hours played in Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. The time played is great, reaching 64 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is 7.1 times less than the median for positive reviews.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Deep, varied character creation
  • Immense character development and skills
  • Realized NPCs with varied interactions
  • Huge world to explore with secrets and random encounters
  • Variety of items to collect, loot, and craft
  • Variety of enemies in each location
  • Companions react to player actions
  • Complex main and secondary quests
  • Beautiful setting and lore
  • Clunky and unbalanced combat system
  • Needs unofficial fixes to work on modern systems
  • Boring world exploration
  • No fast travel
  • Cannot Alt-Tab properly
  • No NPC clues for some quests
  • Bug in the endgame
  • Average story and world building
  • Outdated graphics and models
  • Not user-friendly on Steam interface

It's important to understand that this list of positives and negatives is not an unbiased evaluation of the game. Its purpose is to support developers in understanding what their players want. The game's rating of 88.7%  Top 30% should be taken into account when assessing them.

Please keep in mind that this list was AI-generated with only a statistical sample of Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura's review data that Steam provides. You don't always need to solve every issue. What some players hate might be what your fanbase loves.

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