Arc Apellago

Arc Apellago

Handshake Firm · November 9, 2020 · Action, 2D Platformer, Assassins, Platformer, 2D

Arc Apellago is free to play — no purchase needed. We track it so you know if that ever changes.

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Arc Apellago price

Arc Apellago is free to play — there is no purchase price, on Steam or anywhere else we track. We keep watching it, so if it ever stops being free the price history on this page will show when that happened and what it changed to.

About Arc Apellago


The great guardian statue is attacked! Its spirit energy released and its protective powers broken, the ground shatters across the land: mountainous chunks of earth begin rising up into the atmosphere.

Traverse the sky in this open-air platformer featuring elegant, fluid movement and swift combat. Play as a mysterious assassin-like wielder of spirit energy to strike down enemies, restore the great guardian statue and return the land to the earth.
  • Fluid, open-air combat with a satisfying slash
  • Beautifully hand-crafted environments and animations
  • Fight sword-wielding Frogs, spell-casting Sorcerers, and earth-crushing Golems on your path to restoring the Great Guardian Statue

This game was developed as a student project at DigiPen Institute of Technology and was created for educational purposes only. Please check out our publisher page for more information.

Arc Apellago — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player
Controller
Full controller support
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended May 31, 2026
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Not recommended Mar 24, 2026
Needless to say if an educational institution taught me incorrectly on purpose, I'd ask for my money back. "Arc Apellago" is a student project from DigiPen that ignores that 3D graphics became mainstream in the mid 1990's... there's no such thing as a gaming PC without 3D graphics. The faculty at DigiPen apparently didn't feel it necessary to tell students about that. It's going to be tough for any student to go find work in the industry if they can't even show they know about 3D video games. The students were instructed that PC gamers in 2020 expect 2D retro platformers and therefore AAA game companies will only consider applications who don't know how to make any games other than 2D retro platformers. Needless to say if I went to DigiPen and that's what they told me I'd demand my money back... the students were clearly ripped off. So the students made a very low effort 2D side scrolling platformer brawler with some nonsense plot about being a sky spirit and attacking things with sky stuff. Whatever. Nobody is going to get interested in the plot if the game itself isn't any good. We also have to question what value there is for gamers on Steam when institutions flood the s…
Recommended Feb 21, 2026
a bit short but it's fun and intuitive
Recommended Nov 12, 2025
Игра 'Arc Apellago' - это захватывающая помесь градостроительного симулятора и стратегии с элементами выживания. Визуально игра очень приятная, с ярким и детализированным миром, который меняется от ваших решений. Геймплей увлекает с первых минут: планирование поселений на летающих островах, управление ресурсами, борьба с пиратами и исследование новых технологий - все это держит в напряжении и требует стратегического мышления. Особенно радует система развития, позволяющая создавать уникальные и эффективные поселения. Каждое решение имеет последствия, и нужно тщательно взвешивать все "за" и "против". Несмотря на некоторые сложности в освоении механик в начале, игра быстро затягивает. Однозначно рекомендую поклонникам жанра!
Recommended Jul 16, 2025
short as hell, but you can enjoy the fluidity of movement
Recommended Jul 11, 2025
i enjoyed this game more then i thought i was going to. Thank you for taking the time to make this little art of work.

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