ARENA an Age of Barbarians story

Wait61%

Mixed · 229 player reviews · Low confidence

It depends on what you're after.

Steam Deck Unrated
  • Windows

Crian Soft · Action · Sep 15, 2017

Player review score
61%
Mixed
Price
$9.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
20
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
3
Full audio1 of 3
Subtitles3 of 3

Should I buy ARENA an Age of Barbarians story?

Buy it if you like
  • Combat: 18 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 10 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 9 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Gameplay: 24 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 19 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 8 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 229 player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 114 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
27% of themes are praise27% are divided46% are complaints
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
18 of 114 sampled reviews raised it
Arena's attention to detail will display the incoming enemy attacks as an upward red sigil or a lower red sigil, telegraphing your opponent's attacks so you can muster the correct parry stance.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
10 of 114 sampled reviews raised it
That said, as a game 'in general,' aside from the very well-crafted setting, it's languishing, although it's better than it might initially seem, with well-designed combat, attractive graphics, and the aforementioned refreshing minigames.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
9 of 114 sampled reviews raised it
The soundtrack consists of suitably up-tempo rock music, with the title screen and credits featuring two fully vocalized rock tracks.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Combat18 reviews
Graphics10 reviews
Audio9 reviews
Divided opinion
Story
50% still recommend
Characters
63% still recommend
Interface
67% still recommend
Players complain
Gameplay
54% still recommend
Crashes
21% still recommend
Difficulty
63% still recommend
Bugs
63% still recommend
Controls
80% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Multi-player
  • PvP
  • Shared/Split Screen
  • Shared/Split Screen PvP
  • Single-player

Controller

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Remote Play Together
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$9.99

The lowest we've tracked is $4.99.

9 points recordedtoday · $9.99

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