Steam app 2901550 · updated 12 Sep 2026, 21:03 UTC
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.
718 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.
27 months, July 2024 to September 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.
The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.
31 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.
31 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 435 hourly samples from 13 Aug, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.
12 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 283 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.
Arcanists was released on 15 Jul, 2024.
| Language | Full audio |
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| English | ● |
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100 achievements in total.
33 developer announcements, Jul 2024 to Aug 2026 · times in UTC
- 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 placements - Fixed Shooting Stars arma…
Patch notes- 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 additional logging to hopefully reveal…
Patch notes- 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 cooldown when it hits an entity is now…
Patch notes- 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 - Sounds effects for your game starting…
Patch notesImrovements & 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 matching is a little more forgiving and…
Patch notesBalance Updates:- Only 1 turn-ending spell can be cast in a single turn (NTE spells are NOT affected)- Dynamic Spell Changes a) Start with an empty book b) Non-turn-ending spells do not consume that turns spell choice c) Minions get access…
pur3 extremeHello everyone! Welcome to the first ever Arcanists dev diary, where we will be going over much of the content of our largest update in the game’s history: The Rated Seasons Update (v9.0), coming July 1st. At the heart of this update is, as…
pur3 extremeAdditions: (NOTE: crystals are free on the test server)- Spell Selection/Character Creation remember which tab you had open- Reworked Controls Menu- Emotes (Purchasable in the store - Default hotkey 'G')- Pets a) Each book has its own pet…
pur3 extremeAdditions:- 3 cosmetic outfit piecesBalance Updates:- Consume Soul gets reduced per dispelable active on the caster and its now a ball spell instead of targeted- Catacombs of the Dead is rechargeable- Passages Ways can only be cast while in…
Patch notesAdditions:- 16 New Spell Skins- 66 New outfit pieces- Ping commands can be rebound- In-game statue for the costume contest winner (will be rotated out as new winners are selected in future select contests - has a chance to appear instead of…
Patch notesBug Fixes: - Monolith & Pyramid properly turn into sand - Sacrificial Altar will not give multiple uses back when things like dwarf mine into it - Summon Titan shows the correct summoning range when using full Druidism - Teammates can cast…
Patch notes- Can dynamically add spells on your opponents turn - Adding gate dynamically will properly cause it to prevent sinking damage - Random Spells + Dynamic spellbooks gives you 10 random spells and 6 open slots
Patch notesBalance Updates: - Sand Mite maxes out at 25 damage per turn - Pyramid (strike) will damage friendly entities other then itself - Pyramid and Monolith turn into sand and fall (dealing 0 damage) when they die - Wyrm can walk and jump while…
Patch notesAdditions: (Same as 8.3) - Can click achievement chat messages - Alt Grassy map generation (Grassy Meadows) 150% x 75% of Grassy Hills - Can queue alt map generations & no Armageddon (all ladders) Bug Fixes: - Monolith & Pyramid have aura…
Patch notesAdditions: - Can click achievment chat messages - Alt Grassy map generation (Grassy Meadows) 150% x 75% of Grassy Hills - Can queue alt map generations & no Armageddon (all ladders) Bug Fixes: - Monolith & Pyramid have aura stacking that…
Patch notes- Fixed Sand Mite - Fixed Sands + Monolith
Patch notesBalance Updates: - Pyramid (strike) will not damage friendly units/entities - Erosion will not damage the caster for the first 5 frames of its lifetime - Arcane Enerigzer gives Arcane Bomb +20 damage potential instead of +15 (Arrow damage…
Patch notesBalance Updates: - Conductor Rod creates the chain lightning offshoots against non-flying units and raw 25 dmg against flying units - Boar is unstunned after its charge is finished if its stunned while charging - Passage Ways is now 4 uses…
Patch notes~ Changes ~ - Infectious bite properly turns applicable minions it kills undead - Zombie sound effects - Apparition description - Heard Mentality description & no longer ends turn with the druid familiar - Boars have 50hp and cut out a…
Patch notesBalance Updates: - Fusion is dispelled in Sanctuary - Duplicated Apparition's do not retain phasing indefinitely - Pacted trolls/zombies when hydrated will take the maximum of its normal increased health and its current health - Vampire is…
Patch notesBug Fixes: - Monolith and Pyramid desync issues - Prickly Barrier Description - Bear Form Description - Unrated game creation issues - Liches will not take unexpected additional damage when mounted on an undead minion and hit by a light…
Patch notesBalance Updates: - Duplication armageddon does not count towards your controlled minion count (they will also disappear after 5 turns) - Structures can now be past if you already have one. However it will move the existing one and increase…
Patch notesBalance Updates: - Dark Matter Bomb: Radius reduced from 160px to 100px (same as its cutout radius) but will always hit max damage within that radius - Gravity Pulse: Will not damage the caster (will still apply gravity if hit) - Wormhole…
Patch notesBalance Updates: - Duplication Armageddon does not count towards dark defenses Bug Fixes: - Desync introduced in the last patch (Tomatoes/Spectators) - Glide/Illusion Familiar health bonus does not activate when taking over a replay
Patch notesBalance Updates: Stalk (Tiger) will not target effectors (Tree/Thorns etc) Stalk/Pounce Have a larger explosion area (was 75px now 90px) After Stalking, if the tiger leaps but misses its target, Stalk's cooldown will be reset Sandy Shores…
Patch notesBalance Updates: - Stalk (Tiger) will not target effectors (Tree/Thorns etc) - Stalk/Pounce Have a larger explosion area (was 75px now 90px) - After Stalking, if the tiger leaps but misses its target, Stalk's cooldown will be reset - Sandy…
Patch notesBalance Updates: - 1v1 Elementals is level 5 Bug Fixes: - Burning Sands crashing the game - Sandbag causing desync (Tower health) - Actually removed the tower health change from the previous patch - Minions are added to your minion count…
Patch notesAdditions: - Book of Sands - New Map: Desert (Has an alternate generation setting of just pyramid blocks) - Can change any map to have Water, Solid Ground or nothing as the bottom - Rated Queue can have preset settings for each ladder that…
pur3 extremeYou can once again take control of replays (It was broken)
Patch notes- Camera won't follow tomatoes - The Clan/Friends list will how which server they are on (However the servers have been consolidated into one...)
Patch notesBug Fixes: - Clans tab (Changing clan roles) - Lots of Spelling/Grammar mistakes - Default Server is no longer the one that is offline - Pegasus Tutorial freezing under certain circumstances
Patch notesTemporary Rollback until the correct files get uploaded
Patch notesBug Fixes: - Clans tab (Changing clan roles) - Lots of Spelling/Grammar mistakes - Default Server is no longer the one that is offline - Pegasus Tutorial freezing under certain circumstances
Patch notesWhat Steam runs, and with what. Straight from the app configuration.
| Description | Executable | Arguments | Platform | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launch | Arcanists.exe | windows 64 | ||
| Launch | Arcanists.app/Contents/MacOS/Arcanists | macos | ||
| Launch | Arcanists.x86_64 | linux |
The folders Steam Cloud syncs. The root is a token Steam uses for a location on your own machine, not a path this page can know.
| Root | Folder | Files |
|---|---|---|
gameinstall | SavedData/SavedReplays | *.arcreplay and below |
gameinstall | SavedData/SavedOutfits | *.outfit and below |
gameinstall | SavedData/SavedSpells | *.spellBook and below |
gameinstall | SavedData/Schemes | *.arcscheme and below |
gameinstall | SavedData/Tutorials | *.arcTutorial2 and below |
gameinstall | SavedData/SpellOverrides | *.spellOverrides and below |
It runs on public data and somebody's spare time.
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