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Ark of Charon
Build a mobile fortress on the back of a giant and mysterious walking Tree and embark on a journey in this merge of tower defense and colony simulation.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-14.
“It's really hard to find a good tower defense game but although this was i did enjoy quite a bit it does have its flaws the devs really had something with this game but dropped it as soon as they finished it its still good but its like one of those things that could easily be…”
— a player, Steam review · 203 hrs played“Ark of Charon is a hybrid strategy and management game developed by Angoo Inc. in collaboration with SUNSOFT and published by SUNSOFT. The game combines elements of colony simulation, base building, and tower defense while presenting an unusual premise: instead of constructing a…”
— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played“The tutorial in this game only tells people what to do, but not how to do it.”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-08-02 19:59 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Winter Sale and Language Update!
We are participating in the Winter Sale with a 50% discount! Additionally, a language update has been released, and the following languages are now supported: Brazilian Portuguese French German Mexica
v1.0.2 Hot Fix
Fixed a bug where summoned enemies of a certain boss fight stayed overlapped with the boss and kept attacking.
v1.0.1 Important Bug Fix Update
Update v1.0.1 which includes an important bug fix for a critical bug has been uploaded. Please update your game if it hasn't already! The version shown in the right bottom corner of the main menu shou
V1.0.0 Update! We've officially launched!
V1.0.0 has just now been released! With this, Ark of Charon has now left Early Access, and has officially launched. Thank you again to everyone who played during Early Access and helped us shape the g
Official Launch on Thursday, November 7 (JST)!
Ark of Charon is officially launching this Thursday on November 7 (JST)! We're planning a major v1.0.0 update and a launch sale. While we’ll reveal full details of the update on the day, here are a fe
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-14.
| Genres | Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Simulation · Strategy · Colony Sim · Tower Defense · Sandbox · Farming Sim · Exploration · Time Management · Side Scroller · 2.5D · Cute · Anime (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Japanese, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Spanish - Latin America |
| Estimated owners | 20,000 – 50,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 or later (64-Bit) Processor: Intel Core i7-4790 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 1060 (3GB) DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 2 GB available space