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Archons
Archons is a Roguelite/Survivor game where you control two characters, the Archons- simultaneously! Customize your build and abilities to fit your own unique playstyle and blast your way through enemy parasites and bosses!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-04 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-15.
“Very fun. Controlling two characters separately worked well as a gameplay mechanic but it was a challenge. The length of the game was good for what it offered, and there is an endless mode for when I wanted longer runs. The hard mode was a nice difficulty increase without being…”
— a player, Steam review · 24 hrs played“A humble, solid, and lovingly crafted entry to the genre. (Note: I played in single player. Co-op is probably fun, but might defeat the purpose of the gameplay. Also, I agree with the devs that you should REALLY play with a controller.) I can tell this game was designed with the…”
— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played“Great concept, but lacking in execution. The Bad: - There are no synergies between abilities, ability evolutions are lackluster, only 3 stages for the "story / campaign", and the most disappointing part is the Archon Ultimate. The Archon should have synergies with the abilities…”
— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
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.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-08-12. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Small patch
* Visual tweaks to ice level * Fixed russian language not showing correctly * Fixed 'Retry', not resetting some values correctly * Fixed 'Unstoppable' achievement not unlocking for some players * Fixe
Check out our new free update and ICE Level!
Hi folks, We just launched our latest free update including a new endless level! Endless Ice Level: The level includes the regular waves of enemies, but also adds bulky special enemies generating pers
Something COOL coming next week! 🥶
Hi folks! We have some good news for you. Next week we’ll have a completely free new update coming out with a new challenge for you! We’ll tell you more about it next week, but we thought we should gi
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-15.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG |
| Player tags | Action · Action Roguelike · Bullet Hell · Rogue-lite · Action-Adventure · Controller · Rogue-like · Adventure · RPG · Atmospheric · Local Co-Op · Hack and Slash (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Camera Comfort |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Norwegian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Swedish, Hungarian, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 18 |
| Official site | https://bullethellstudios.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 (64 bit) Processor: Intel Core i3-3210 Memory: 4 GB RAM DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 2 GB available space