Play Aris Arcanum Demo

About This Demo

Once a scholar bound for greatness, Clyde now walks the threshold of ruin. This demo reveals the earliest fragments of his descent into Aris. Players will wield the foundations of spellcraft through a base spell, shaped by shifting modifiers to test different builds, each hinting at the vast power and danger still to be uncovered.

Face twisted echoes of fallen scholars, carve a path through rooms stained by the occult, and encounter the first threads of a narrative steeped in loss, ambition, and corruption.

This early build offers a taste of the gameplay and narrative structure at the heart of Aris Arcanum, including a final boss encounter and an early side quest. For those who look deeper, it holds secrets worth revisiting — and experimenting with — beyond a single run.

The grand library of Aris has fallen, but Clyde’s descent has only just begun.

Once destined to lead the grand library of Aris, scholar Clyde now faces its ruin. Appointed overseer of Atramancy, the art of manipulating the occult Ink, he must confront the very force that promised knowledge but delivered madness.

The Ink, an alien entity sealed deep within the arcane library called Aris, was studied for its power to enhance magical abilities. But its price was steep. Those who embraced it became consumed, their minds twisted, their bodies marked with wounds of dark sludge.

With his mentor Mira lost to the curse, Clyde must descend into the corrupted halls of Aris, battling warped scholars and unraveling layers of cosmic horror. Clyde must overcome the scourge of the Ink and its collections of twisted reality to preserve the order and the reason of Aris.

• A unique Victorian-era, magic-infused roguelike, where you guide a determined scholar through the cursed Library, balancing the frailty of his body with the limitless potential of the Magic of Ink.

• Spellcraft unique magic, using Ink to combine abilities and scribe your own unique spells to see you through the complexities of the Archives and the challenges they pose, using a fair, but challenging combat system.

• Experiment with thousands upon thousands of builds to find your favorite, as death is but a setback. Every death is a reset - but his magical talents ensure he is no worse for the wear. 

• Descend into otherworldly stacks, where reality crumbles and endless rows of shelves and books give way to the endless, all-consuming void...

• Overcome corrupted staff and monsters, and collect Knowledge to maintain your progress as Clyde dives deeper and deeper into the Library to carve the path towards his salvation, growing wiser and more powerful with each death he suffers...

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

Aris Arcanum has a couple of placeholder textures and background elements for our marketing materials generated with AI. These parts are painted over as well.

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

The game contains cartoon/stylized non-realistic-looking violence against human-like characters. The majority of the violence is inflicted with magic or melee weapons. There is no red blood.