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Arcanum: of Steamworks and Magick Obscura

Original title: Arcanum: of Steamworks and Magick Obscura - August 21, 2001
Arcanum: of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
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Studio:Sierra Entertainment
Stars:Kay E. Kuter, Barry Dennen, Jeff Coopwood - Full View
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Game Details
DeveloperIGDB
Troika Games
PublisherIGDB
Sierra Entertainment
Studio
Sierra Entertainment
GenresIGDB
Role-playing (RPG)
Platforms
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Release DateIGDB
August 21, 2001
Metacritic ScoreMetacritic
81
Game Engine
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Imagine a place of wonder,where magic and technology hold equal sway, and an adventurer might just as easily wield a flintlock pistol as a flaming sword. A place where great industrial cities house castle keeps and factories, home to Dwarves, Humans, Orcs and Elves alike. A place of ancient runes and steamworks, of magic and machines, of sorcery and science. Arcanum is the first game to come from the development house Troika Games, LLC, started by former Fallout team members Tim Cain, Leonard Boyarsky, and Jason Anderson. This team takes the depth of gameplay and world-building in role-playing games to entirely new levels of realism and excitement. Arcanum creates a compelling new world where magic and technology coexist in an uneasy balance. As Arcanum opens, the mechanical age has only recently arrived in this ancient land where Humans, Elves, Dwarves, Orcs and other races have learned to survive in the new sprawling industrialized cities. But this radical shift from magic to technology has created a potentially explosive situation. As the townspeople and other thinkers begin mass production of light bulbs, batteries, eyeglasses and guns, the Mages grow leery. This tightly wound setting is the starting point from which the character must set out on his quest.

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An Industrial Revolution in a World of Magick

Imagine a place of wonder, where magick and technology coexist in an uneasy balance, and an adventurer might just as easily wield a flintlock pistol as a flaming sword. A place where great industrial cities house castle keeps and factories, home to Dwarves, Humans, Orcs and Elves alike. A place of Ancient runes and steamworks, of magick and machines, of sorcery and science. Welcome to the land of Arcanum.

Character Design allows you to customize your character any way you choose
  • Whether you choose magick or technology, the Arcanum world adapts and responds to your character's development
  • Classless, point-based attribute system allows for limitless creativity in guiding your character's development
  • 8 basic stats, such as Strength and Charisma
  • More than a dozen derived stats, from Poison Resistance to Character Speed
  • 16 Primary skills, including Gambling and Healing
  • 80 Spells with 16 Colleges of Magick
  • 56 technological degrees within 8 disciplines
Extraordinary Adventure Features
  • Explore a world as vast as it is mysterious-it would take over 30 real-time hours to traverse the land of Arcanum
  • Meet more than 300 unique characters and monster types across this huge land
  • Many means exist to solve the myriad quests, from dueling to discourse to thievery
  • Take on a band of ogres in real-time, or plan your strategy through turn-based combat - you decide
  • Accurate day and night cycles affect the gameplay, from combat to thieving skills
  • Automatic character management lets action-oriented players delve into the quest at hand
  • Create your own worlds or play the included multiplayer scenario online cooperatively or competively

Source: Steam

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Last updated: 27.08.2026
Language Support
Language
AudioSubUI
French
German
English

Source: IGDB + Steam, store.steampowered.com

Content Rating
Mature Sexual Themes
Violence
Blood
USK 12
ESRB M
PEGI 12
ESRB: M
Game Features
Single-player
Family Sharing
System Requirements
Minimum
OS:Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8
CPU:1.0 GHz
RAM:256 MB RAM
GPU:DirectX 7 Compatible 3D Card
DirectX:Version 7.0
Storage:1200 MB available space
Sound Card:DirectX Compatible

Source: Steam

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Data aggregated from 3 sources: IGDB, Steam, Metacritic
Last updated: 27.08.2026