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Arise: A Simple Story
Embark on an emotional journey of losing the love of one's life. Manipulate time, solve puzzles, reshape surroundings as you push forward into the bittersweet recollections of a past life. This is a story about happiness and hardship, joy and sorrow. A story that all of us will one day experience.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“Arise: A Simple Story is one of those rare games that proves you don’t need dialogue or complex mechanics to tell a powerful story. The entire experience is a quiet, emotional journey through the memories of a man’s life, and it’s told in such a beautiful and thoughtful way that…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“I hadn’t heard much about Arise before playing, so I didn’t really know what to expect from the game. However, it only took a few opening shots and the first notes of the soundtrack for me to realize that I was dealing with something special. The game aims for the same emotional…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“Lovely game. Simple, but beautiful, sad and touching story about life, pain, love and death. I cried.”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:03 UTC · history 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 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Emotional · 3D Platformer · Time Manipulation · Exploration · Cute · Relaxing · Puzzle-Platformer · Local Co-Op · Story Rich · Platformer · Drama · Surreal (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Turkish, Polish * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 34 |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://arise-game.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 / 8.1 / 10 (64 bit) Processor: Intel Core i3 4340 3.6 GHz or AMD equivalent Memory: 6 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 2 GB or AMD Radeon equivalent DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 6 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c Compliant Additional Notes: Recommended input: Controller