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Arcanists

Arcanists

Players take turns in a race against the clock, utilising an array of spells to defeat their opponents in battle! Victory is accomplished by becoming the 'last man standing' (or last team) after all other players have been reduced to zero hitpoints.

Released Jul 15, 2024 Developer pur3 extreme Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux Free to PlayStrategyCasualMultiplayerPvP
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-09-25)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.

84.4%positive705 reviews
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Nice indie version of the classic multiplayer cannon strategy game!”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“takes you back to oldschool party games :D”

— a player, Steam review · 23 hrs played
Not recommended · 14 found this helpful

“They got the original IP from Jagex and decided to add their own systems and custom spell books which on its own wouldn't be so bad if they didn't also nerf and mess with the balancing of the original spell books compared to how slightly more OP the custom spell books are. Feels…”

— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.

497all-time peak
0 250 500 2025 2026 237 avg · Jul 2024

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

100achievements
0.4%median completion
0.0%rarest: Methodical Arch Mage
5.3% of players 3.8% of players 3.0% of players 2.8% of players 2.7% of players 2.7% of players 2.4% of players 2.3% of players 2.2% of players 1.8% of players 1.7% of players 1.6% of players 1.6% of players 1.4% of players 1.3% of players 1.3% of players 1.3% of players 1.2% of players 1.2% of players 1.2% of players 1.1% of players 1.1% of players 1.1% of players 1.1% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 0.5% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 0.3% of players 0.3% of players 0.3% of players 0.3% of players 0.3% of players 0.2% of players 0.2% of players 0.2% of players 5.3% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
5.3%Enchanter — Win a Rated game
3.8%Guardian of Souls — Destroy an enemy's Soul Jar
3.0%3rd Dimension — Kill a player using an arcane portal to circumnavigate their defences
Rarest badges of honor
0.0%Methodical Arch Mage — Win a game while achieving at least 2500 rating in the High Time Standard ladder
0.0%Master of Familiars — Prove mastery of your familiar in a six player game, in which all choose a different path
0.0%Master Diplomat — Win a Free-For-All Rated game, over 1500 rating, with 4+ players

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Aug 14, 2026
9.1.7

- Fixed a desync involving Sandbag in random spells - Fixed a desync that could occur in NTPS - Some backend changes to make the Server more performant - Adjusted some of the battlepass outfit placeme

Aug 09, 2026
## Patch 9.1.5

- Fixed a memory leak if the game was unable to connect to steam - A fast resync issue if burning sands had burned sand previously in the game - Adjusted some netcode regarding resyncs and added some

Jul 16, 2026
Patch 9.1.2

- Search bar in the achievements menu - Blood Bath and Magma Bomb fragments will not phase through their caster - Added/Fixed some logic when start games (causing games to not start correctly) - Stalk

Jul 09, 2026
Patch 9.1.1

- Murkey Swamp map generation now creates more terrain - Group Queues fully implemented - Fixed the Elemental ladder - Duplicated Apparition spells are properly restricted - Cannot tower while mounted

Jul 06, 2026
Patch 9.1

Imrovements & Bug Fixes - Team spawns are now visible to the entire team and you cannot spawn on a teammate - Team queues accept a choice between 4, 6, or 8 players - Flash Knockback fixed - Queue mat

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.

GenresAction, Casual, Strategy, Free To Play
Player tagsFree to Play · Strategy · Casual · Multiplayer · PvP · Turn-Based Strategy · eSports · Co-op · Character Customization · Retro · Modern · Magic (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesMulti-player · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Achievements · In-App Purchases
LanguagesEnglish * *
Achievements100
Official sitehttps://www.arcanists.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10, 11 (64 bit) Processor: Intel Core i5 or better Memory: 4 GB RAM DirectX: Version 10 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 4 GB available space