- Aris Arcanum: 25% Off in the Steam Summer Sale! - 25 June 2026
Aris Arcanum is 25% off in the Steam Summer Sale, June 25 to July 9. Grab your copy and check out other great indie games on sale during the Summer Sale to add to your collection. https://store.steampowered.com/app/3006080/
- The Forgotten Halls Update - 19 March 2026
Thank you so much for playing Aris Arcanum! We hope you've been having a great time. We have some news: our first big update is now out! We tried to add as many cool things to the The Forgotten Halls Update as we could. HighlightsThe biggest change: we did a full visual overhaul of our environments. They are now more colourful, more polished, and there are more rooms!We tweaked the gameplay, too. Now you'll have critical strikes and damage numbers.We also added new spell elements and runes.Pavlo has his happy ending back! (If you can save him, of course)We refined our UI and updated the icons.Main Menu and Pause Menu got a full rework.We purged all remains of the AI placeholder assets!Readability for small devices has improved. All text on the Steam Deck now looks better.All users can now use Steam Cloud Sync.A bunch of bugs got fixed.Check out our new content and let us know what you t…
- Aris Arcanum is out NOW! - 27 October 2025
The Doors of Aris Are OpenWe're excited to announce that Aris Arcanum is now available! After 2 years of development, we're ready to invite you to the enchanting halls of Aris. Now it's your time to embark on the journey to save Aris or to submerge it into darkness. Watch our Launch Trailer on YouTube. Magic-Bound LibraryGuide Clyde, a determined scholar, through the cursed Victorian-era-inspired Library, where reality crumbles and endless rows of shelves give way to the all-consuming void.Mighty SpellsSpellcraft Ink magic and scribe thousands of your own unique spells to battle against corrupted foes in a fair, but challenging combat system.Breathtaking ViewsEnjoy the handcrafted beauty of environments and inhabitants of the Library of Aris, together with the remarkable musical score.Thank YouOne more time, we want to thank you, our players, who inspired and supported us throughout our…
- Aris Arcanum is coming October 27! - 9 October 2025
We’re so excited to announce that Aris Arcanum will be out very soon, on October 27! We’re stoked to release our debut game, and we’re happy to have you, our players, join us in this journey! Check out our new Release Date Trailer to get a glimpse into the world of Aris Arcanum.Join Clyde on his adventure to save his beloved library and return to his calm and peaceful arcane research. See even more enemies, bosses, and spells! Delve into spellcrafting, fighting, and help out your fellow researchers. The Library awaits! Check out our demo right now for just a taste of what the world has to offer, and don't forget to Wishlist the game so you can be notified when it launches! Cheers,Bardia, Birk, Ali, Ossi, Karolina and Lera from Broken Cane
- Aris Arcanum at PAX West - 29 August 2025
Aris Arcanum is at PAX West! Try our demo at Indie.io booth #1115 or here on Steam! If you like it, don't forget to add Aris Arcanum to your wishlists.
- Thanks for supporting us at Gamescom! - 25 August 2025
Now, when the Gamescom is wrapped up, we want to say a huge THANK YOU to all the people who tried out Aris Arcanum, gave us feedback and supported our game. We appreciate it immensely! Thanks to you, Gamescom was a blast for us. It wasn't pitch perfect. The PC couldn't handle Aris with the smoothness we hoped for. But despite everything, it was magical for us to see you enjoying Aris Arcanum. We hope to meet you soon again!And special thanks to Gamescom and Indie.io for making it happen for us!
- Gamescom is here! - 20 August 2025
We brought Aris Arcanum to Gamescom for you to try out! Find our booth #F-011 in Hall 10.2 and try out our freshest demo until August 24th. We’re thrilled to hear your thoughts about our game. If you’re not in Germany, don’t worry, we’ve updated our demo here on Steam so you still get a chance to try out new version!
- We're bringing Aris Arcanum to PAX West! - 18 August 2025
Aris Arcanum is going to PAX West! We're happy to be celebrating video and tabletop games with you all.If you’re visiting, check out our game at indie.io's booth, Booth #316, and try our demo on the show floor from August 29 to September 1. But worry not, a demo is also available on Steam for you to try at home!We’re excited to receive all your feedback on Steam or our Discord. See you at PAX West!
- Aris Arcanum goes to Gamescom! - 8 August 2025
Exciting news: our game is making it to Gamescom, the largest video games convention in Europe! In honour of this adventure, we’re releasing a new update for our demo:New reworked UI of literally everything: spellcrafting, shop, dialogues and HUD;Improved and polished environment;New music and improved sound design;More quality of life improvements, like graphics settings.If you’re coming to Cologne August 20-24, we encourage you to visit our booth and try the game yourself! If you’re not visiting Gamescom, worry not, the updated demo is already on Steam for you to try! We’re excited to receive all your feedback and see you at Gamescom!
- Feedback Forum - 9 June 2025
We want to hear your opinion!We want to hear your opinion on Aris Arcanum! Let us know what you think about our spellcrafting, walking cycle, characters or anything memorable to you in our new Feedback Forum. We want all criticism (or praise) you have! After years of working on Aris, we are no longer surprised by our twists or challenged by our enemies. Now we need your, our players’, feedback more than ever before!Feedback Forum
- Aris Arcanum at Steam Next Fest - 9 June 2025
Aris Arcanum at Steam Next FestBig news from us: Aris Arcanum is a part of the upcoming Steam Next Fest! You can already try out our demo and tell us what you think! In this demo, we wanted to give you a glimpse of what the beginning of the game feels like: you will meet your first enemies, try to help new friends, and get a glimpse into what happened in the Aris Library. The most skilful of you can also try to defeat our first boss!Of course, we have much more to come: more spells, enemies, quests and bosses will await you in the full game. Now you have the chance to influence how the game turns out. Tell us what you liked about it and what you hated. We want to hear it all!
- Welcome to Aris & meet our publisher - 5 December 2024
Hey there! We are so thrilled to share the game we’ve been working on for a long while. Aris Arcanum is born from our love of the gloomy vibes of Yharnam and the beauty of Elysium. Get ready to be lost in the grotesque halls of the endless ever-changing library to find death and beyond in there. Publisher Announcement We are happy to announce that we teamed up with indie.io to let Aris Arcanum reach even more players. These guys helped lots of indie games to shine so we are lucky to have them on board. For those of you who may not know, working with a game publishing platform like indie.io greatly helps indie developers focus on game development while they handle all the behind-the-scenes magic. From helping manage store pages to crafting marketing campaigns and even helping the game shine at both digital and live events, indie.io helps in all the aspects that indie developers often str…
