Arcanium: Rise of Akhan
Fair · Roguelike · 2022
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $19.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 3.1h 102h to 100%
- Value
- $6.45/hr
- Reviews
- 82% of 816 positive
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What drives the score
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About the game
Arcanium is an Open-world, Strategy Card Adventure that merges Roguelite and Deckbuilding genres like never before. Control your party of three heroes, craft your deck, unlock a vast amount of cards and items and save the world of Arzu from corruption!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, 512mb Video Memory, capable of OpenGL 2.0+ support, 3 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
The lowest price on record is $16.99, set in December 2020. In 6 years of price history it has never once been discounted.
Value puts it in the top 45 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 84 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Aces & Adventures ($19.99, scores 70) beats it on value, while it beats Nowhere Prophet ($24.99, scores 26).
More about Arcanium: Rise of Akhan
Of the 425 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 2 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written December 2020 to July 2026.
HowLongToBeat players log 3.1 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 102, 33 times as much.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, and at 3.1 hours it is short enough to finish on one.
The drop-off
64% start to <1% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
When I try out a new deckbuilding roguelike, I'm always hoping for a long-term challenge. The great games in this genre will always keep surprising you and forcing you to try out new builds because circumstances demand it. And well, Arcanium isn't of them. But it's still a fine game, and I had a decent time with it, although the grind for achievements was a little much. My main disappointment with this game is the...
1 more review
A really underrated card battler. It's the only other card game besides STS and Monster Train that I find myself enjoying. Hopefully more content can be added as well as maybe stuff like Daily Runs.
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Cite this score
Arcanium: Rise of Akhan scores 53/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1056840/arcanium-rise-of-akhanReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 28, price as of Oct 3. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.