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Heroes of Arca

Heroes of Arca

Heroes of Arca is a unique blend of a turn-based strategy and RPG with an unorthodox combat system that presents a wide choice of battle tactics for the turn-based games' fans.

Released Feb 16, 2017 Developer IMPIRESOFT Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux StrategyRPGIndieFree to Play
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-05-14)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.

66.7%positive84 reviews
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Major fault is with the levelling system, to get more xp you have to die, then you get to fight your own duplication. If you are successful you get xp, otherwise another duplicate spawns. Normally no issue, but when your own character starts getting stronger than the map mobs, I…”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-28.

20achievements
21.0%median completion
17.9%rarest: The Glancing One
60.2% of players 42.7% of players 32.3% of players 29.2% of players 26.9% of players 26.5% of players 25.7% of players 23.8% of players 21.2% of players 21.1% of players 21.0% of players 20.6% of players 19.9% of players 19.7% of players 19.5% of players 19.1% of players 19.1% of players 18.3% of players 18.3% of players 17.9% of players 60.2% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
60.2%The Hero — Pass all parts of the tutorial
42.7%The Quick Executor — Win a battle in 4 turns.
32.3%The Flawless Victory — Win 3 battles taking no damage.
Rarest badges of honor
17.9%The Glancing One — Lose 50 fights.
18.3%Freeze Now! — Stun 100 enemies.
18.3%The Liberator — Destroy all Faceless.

Latest official news

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

Dec 31, 2017
Important announcement!

Dear Users, We are happy to announce that from January 2018, we will start the development of the second part of Heroes of Arca. In this regard, the current version of the game becomes absolutely free

Dec 31, 2017
Important announcement!

Dear Users, We are happy to announce that from January 2018, we will start the development of the second part of Heroes of Arca. In this regard, the current version of the game becomes absolutely free

Jun 22, 2017
2017 Steam Summer Sale and third update!

The summer sale in Steam starts today. In this regard, you'll be able to buy Heroes of Arca with 50% discount for two weeks. Besides, today we've released the third update of Heroes of Arca , in which

Jun 22, 2017
2017 Steam Summer Sale and third update!

The summer sale in Steam starts today. In this regard, you'll be able to buy Heroes of Arca with 50% discount for two weeks. Besides, today we've released the third update of Heroes of Arca , in which

May 12, 2017
The second update of Heroes of Arca is available

New features in this update: Added a Mac OS client; User interface was slightly improved. Balance improvements: Ordinary Faceless on the first island and in the sea became slightly weaker. Protector S

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.

GenresIndie, RPG, Strategy
Player tagsStrategy · RPG · Indie · Free to Play (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , Russian *
Achievements20
Official sitehttp://hoa.impiresoft.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 or newer Processor: 2.0GHz Dual Core or equivalent Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: DX9 compatible, 512 MB VRAM DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 1 GB available space