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Arco

Max Cahill, Franek, Bibiki, and Antonio Uribe · Aug 15, 2024

PC · PS5 · Series X|S · Switch

Teen

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Enter the breathtakingly beautiful world of Arco, a unique tactical action game where your decisions shape the story. Journey through lush forests, sweeping plains, and scorching deserts as you guide four unlikely heroes in their vendetta against the Red Company gang. Battle warriors of different nations, fend off greedy colonizers, and slay monstrous creatures as you voyage across this enchanted land. Change your fate, one move at a time.

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PC

Critic 8.3 (8 critics) · Gamer 9.6

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Critic reviews

  • Game Informer

    Charles Harte · Mar 24, 2025

    9.0
    Arco tells a story about consequence, sacrifice, colonialism, revenge, and grief. From small, funny exchanges between siblings to the dramatic, overarching plot connecting the main characters, the phenomenal writing is only elevated by how the player can affect it. The ending I got was a fitting conclusion you'd expect to see in any classic Western film, and I'm eager to return to see how dark it gets if I make different choices.
  • RPGFan

    Tim Rattray · Oct 22, 2024

    8.5
    Strategy RPG fans owe it to themselves to try out Arco for its unique gameplay and setting.
  • IGN Italy

    DIEGO CINELLI · Oct 10, 2024

    9.0
    Arco non ha bisogno di molte parole per raccontare una grande storia. Attraverso l’uso intelligente di una manciata di meccaniche – peraltro non completamente raffinate, ma sempre legate all’atmosfera che gli sviluppatori intendevano creare – il gioco riesce a costruire un mondo e a far percepire sulla pelle del giocatore il brivido di dover soppesare ogni singola interazione, di doversi tenere stretto ogni oggetto dell’inventario, di dover considerare ogni passo compiuto in battaglia. Il sistema di combattimento tattico a turni risulta essere punitivo senza scadere in una difficoltà eccessivamente e immotivatamente elevata, spingendo il giocatore a pensare bene a cosa fare senza mai generare frustrazione. Una perla che non dovreste lasciare passare inosservata.
  • TheSixthAxis

    Miguel Moran · Oct 03, 2024

    9.0
    Arco is an artistic achievement, blending the struggles of gameplay and narrative into each other seamlessly as it draws you into the depressing but important stories of Mesoamerican natives struggling to carve out a space for themselves, in a world that grows more and more hostile by the day.
  • Finger Guns

    Joshua Thompson · Sep 04, 2024

    9.0
    Despite some technical issues at launch, Arco is nothing short of a masterpiece. An epic on all fronts, from its captivating story and thrilling tactical style combat. This one is not to miss.
  • AnaitGames

    Juan Salas · Aug 27, 2024

    9.0
    En nuestras manos está el destino de los héroes de Arco, de nosotros depende qué suceda en este mundo mágico y cruel abocado a sucumbir, pero a su vez dispuesto a resistir los designios de una nueva era en pos de poner en valor aquello que nos hace humanos. Puede que lo más sensato sea desconfiar del desconocido que se aproxima a tu hoguera, pero si le permitimos compartir el amparo que ofrece el fuego, si confiamos en que todavía hay espacio para la colaboración, podemos hallar un auténtico tesoro.

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