Three tales forged in bloodshed, laced with magic, and united by revenge.
32 Players in Game
143 All-Time Peak
91,56 Rating
Steam Charts
32 Players in Game
143 All-Time Peak
91,56 Rating
At the moment, Arco has 32 players actively in-game. This is 0% lower than its all-time peak of 0.
1 480 Total Reviews
1 432 Positive Reviews
48 Negative Reviews
Very Positive Score
Arco has garnered a total of 1 480 reviews, with 1 432 positive reviews and 48 negative reviews, resulting in a ‘Very Positive’ overall score.
Reviews Chart
Chart above illustrates the trend of feedback for Arco over time, showcasing the dynamic changes in player opinions as new updates and features have been introduced. This visual representation helps to understand the game's reception and how it has evolved.
Recent Steam Reviews
This section displays the 10 most recent Steam reviews for the game, showcasing a mix of player experiences and sentiments. Each review summary includes the total playtime along with the number of thumbs-up and thumbs-down reactions, clearly indicating the community's feedback
Playtime:
518 minutes
Very engaging. This game uses the simplicity of its graphics to smuggle an epic tale into your brain. Great use of simple clean character writing
👍 : 0 |
😃 : 0
Positive
Playtime:
835 minutes
I'd love it to be a bit longer. I enjoyed the gameplay a lot, it's clever and a lot of fun. Not too difficult and good for slower thinkers like me
👍 : 0 |
😃 : 0
Positive
Playtime:
1943 minutes
Really cool combat gimmick, witty dialogue, and a story that really pulls on the heartstrings.
👍 : 0 |
😃 : 0
Positive
Playtime:
1039 minutes
Fantastic game. Combat system is incredibly fun. Story is very rich with lots of choices for playing. will probably play a few playthroughs.
👍 : 0 |
😃 : 0
Positive
Playtime:
784 minutes
Gameplay is fun but most of the all setting is really great, love it until now!
👍 : 0 |
😃 : 0
Positive
Playtime:
1090 minutes
Had my eye on this ever since I saw some of the lovely background art floating around online. Now that I've had the chance to play through it, some thoughts:
* The combat system is easily the most unique aspect of the game. It takes a bit to wrap your head around, but once it clicks, it's very tactical while also allowing for more expressive, freeform play. It can be a little imprecise at times, but you can instantly restart combat or retreat most of the time, which is really convenient. I wasn't a big fan of the ghost mechanic, but you can turn them off in the accessibility settings which is nice.
* The skill tree system is well done, it feels like you're constantly unlocking meaningful new abilities for combat. Items are powerful too, which makes your loadout choices feel important.
* The art and music are stunning, they do a great job of bringing the world to life.
* I really enjoyed how the game was broken up into a bunch of little encounters, it does a good job of keeping things varied and interesting. (Especially when you have access to different options depending on what items you have.) This system isn't perfect though, a lot of times it feels like it funnels you into combat regardless of your choices. And in the situations where you can avoid combat, the pacifist decision is frequently to ignore the encounter entirely, which is a bit of a bummer.
* The dialogue is probably the weakest part of the game for me. While the worldbuilding and setting are really interesting, the writing felt tonally inconsistent. The game's occasional self aware sense of humor wasn't for me I suppose, it felt like it undermined the more serious story the game was trying to tell.
* There were a number of bugs and performance issues I ran into, but nothing game-breaking.
Overall, I really enjoyed it! The unique ideas and mechanics it executed well on far outweigh the flaws. Definitely give a it a playthrough if it looks interesting to you, it feels appropriately fleshed out with being padded (my playthrough took about 18 hours)
👍 : 0 |
😃 : 0
Positive
Playtime:
378 minutes
+ the soundtrack and the visuals are very good
- the combat is a big nope. to me the game has no replayability due to the fact I've redone fights so often i already feel like I've played it thrice over - at 25%-30% in. it s about finding that sweet spot between using the right ability and using trial-and-error to find that one place that allows for a good defense. will you be able to make your hit land before your opponent's? join me through a dozen resets to find out. I don't mean this about the actions that land before melee, I refer to not knowing if you can safely use your ranged attacks and whittle down enemy xp before his random projectiles hit you
- if you skip content because unidirectional arrows... good luck. learn your lesson, restart the playthrough, save often
- abilities are also unidirectional - no tree reset? and why do vendors just buy certain things? I've got items I want to sell because I do not want to use them and there s nobody to sell to.
👍 : 2 |
😃 : 0
Negative
Playtime:
1026 minutes
Pixel art is v impressive, you get the feeling of the vast expanse of outdoors in 8-bit. Combat is super fun and story line is ultimately very engaging. Wish I had a better idea of when the story will jump from one act to the next since I tend to resource guard and end up not getting to use anything I ever accrue, but perhaps that's the point..?
👍 : 1 |
😃 : 0
Positive
Playtime:
265 minutes
- storybook tactics that strike the perfect tonal chord - but the at-first-crunchy-looking gameplay is floaty and loose; does the thing tactics games should not do, where I’m not sure exactly what’ll happen when I input commands. In my last play session, I was dying and restarting the same encounter over and over again, because I couldn’t “read” what my character was doing - if he would attack before the opponent did, whether his attack would land or not. Turn based tactics live and die by near-perfect information, but I felt like I was getting Duplo-level information for a Lego-tier experience. And there was no stakes or cost or save point recovery. So the game was like a bad dungeonmaster leaning over my shoulder going, “Ah, ah, ah! You haven’t solved my puzzle the RIGHT WAY yet!”
- overworld gives “choices” without meaning - go left or right to end up at the same place. overambitious multi-threaded story with different characters pushes against my investment in their stories.
- I SHOULD like this game, which makes me twice as annoyed that I don’t. Keep an eye on the dev, but I felt my agency continually confused at the tactical and the story level of this game.
👍 : 3 |
😃 : 0
Negative
Playtime:
1552 minutes
Please play Arco. This game didn’t sell well, possibly because the first impression you get from its screenshots is that it’s yet another pixel art indie game. While that is strictly true it’s also incredibly reductive.
Playing the game you get a real sense of place unlike I’ve experienced in an RPG in a while. Arco’s writing consists of many hard hitting one liners like we come to expect from western films but has rarely been seen in games.
It’s also full of twists and turns. Remember that moment you get ripped off by the banker in Hollow Knight? This has a lot of those moments but they never feel contrived.
On top of the atmosphere there’s also a very innovative half turn based, half real time, combat system that I haven’t experienced before and that has real considerations for how you approach combat.
It just all comes together beautifully. Arco is in many ways more than the sum of its parts.
👍 : 11 |
😃 : 0
Positive
Arco Steam Achievements
Arco offers players a rich tapestry of challenges, with a total of 54 achievements to unlock. These achievements span a variety of in-game activities, encouraging exploration, skill development, and strategic mastery. Unlocking these achievements provides not only a rewarding experience but also a deeper engagement with the game's content.
Pilgrimage
Complete Act I
Old Bones
Complete Act II
Search for Glory
Complete Act III
Two Halves
Complete Act IV
Oil & Blood
Complete Act V
True Supporter
Talk to all developer characters in the game
Stingy
Have more than 40 coins at once
Gotta Catch Em All
Catch 10 fish
Double Vax
Get Needled Twice
Sheriff
Solve the ghost mystery
Was It Worth It?
Kill the bugs in the abandoned house
Bounty Hunter Killer
Discover the bounty hunter's hideout
Forest Alliance
Befriend the Axolotls
Legend
Earn 10th Rank in the Arena
Jumpscare!
Get yelled at by the donkey
Entrepreneur
Hold 15 Sticks
Stock Trader
Sell a donkey to Atzi
Hungry
Slaughter the lamb
Shepherd
Return the lamb home
Heartless
Doesn't like cookies
Looks Safe
Misjudge a drop 3 separate times
No Judgement
Let the junkie do his thing
Bad Gift
Make a shrine angry
Happy Boy
Cheer up a sad trasgo
Play The Game
Bribe a newcomer
Exterminator
Kill all the bugs in the tetl mine
Genocide
Kill the hob quarry population
Playground
Recover the tuag kid's ball
Nature Lover
Kill 10 enemies with the environment
Let Me Play
Stun 10 enemies
Toxicology
Poison 10 enemies
Rage
Kill 5 enemies in the same turn
Bully
Kill an enemy that was poisoned and stunned
Bomberman
Kill 3 enemies in one explosion
Pinchito
Kill 3 enemies with one arrow
Not So Useless
Kill an enemy with a rock
Not Guilty
Finish the game with low guilt
Guilty
Finish the game with high guilt
III/III
Unlock 3 obelisks
That Toaster
Get annoyed about a toaster
Arco Minimum PC System Requirements
Minimum:- OS *: Windows 7
- Processor: i3 2GHz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: 1GB
- Storage: 1 GB available space
- VR Support: no
- Additional Notes: OpenGL 3.2
Arco Recommended PC System Requirements
Recommended:- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: i5 3GHz
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: 2GB
- Storage: 1 GB available space
- VR Support: no
- Additional Notes: OpenGL 3.2
Arco Minimum MAC System Requirements
Minimum:- OS: Windows 7
- Processor: i3 2GHz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: 1 GB
- Storage: 1 GB available space
- Additional Notes: OpenGL 3.2
Arco Recommended MAC System Requirements
Recommended:- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: i5 3GHz
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: 2 GB
- Storage: 1 GB available space
- Additional Notes: OpenGL 3.2
Arco Recommended Linux System Requirements
Recommended:- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: i5 3GHz
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: 2 GB
- Storage: 1 GB available space
- VR Support: no
- Additional Notes: OpenGL 3.2
Arco has specific system requirements to ensure smooth gameplay. The minimum settings provide basic performance, while the recommended settings are designed to deliver the best gaming experience. Check the detailed requirements to ensure your system is compatible before making a purchase.
Arco Latest News & Patches
This game has received a total of 5 updates to date, ensuring continuous improvements and added features to enhance player experience. These updates address a range of issues from bug fixes and gameplay enhancements to new content additions, demonstrating the developer's commitment to the game's longevity and player satisfaction.
Mac compatibility and Resolution fixes
Date: 2024-02-07 22:10:16
Demo should now work on Mac as well as on wider array of resolutions.
👍 : 23 |
👎 : 0
Bugfixes, Demo, Assist Mode, and What's Next
Date: 2024-08-24 00:40:48
Patch 1.01
👍 : 199 |
👎 : 1
More bugfixes, more save slots and in-game lyrics!
Date: 2024-09-26 02:34:11
Patch 2024.09.24-01
👍 : 119 |
👎 : 0
New languages have arrived to Arco! 📚
Date: 2024-10-24 20:27:17
New translations in so you can enjoy Arco in your language!
👍 : 235 |
👎 : 3
✨Translations - Ready for Primetime✨
Date: 2024-12-04 09:44:30
👍 : 80 |
👎 : 0
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