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ActionRPGAnimeSingleplayerJRPGAction RPGSouls-like

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Game description

Step into Aincrad, a world of beauty and danger where every battle could be your last. Create your hero, choose your gear, and master combat by building synergy with your partner, leveling up, and unlocking special abilities to expand your horizons.

Basic info

DeveloperGame Studio Inc.
PublisherBandai Namco Entertainment Inc.
PlatformsWindows
Steam DeckUnsupported
Release dateJul 9, 2026
Price

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Minimum specs

OSWindows 11
ProcessorIntel Core i7-9700K / AMD Ryzen 3 3300X
Memory8 GB
GraphicsNvidia GeForce RTX 2060 [6GB] / AMD Radeon RX 5700 [8GB] / Intel Arc B580 [12GB]
Storage30 GB
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 446 reviews from the past 1 year

45.6/ 100
Bottom 5%

Steam rating: Mixed (48%)

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 22, 2026)

Players praise the scenery but say the rest falls short, and this action RPG scores 45.6 from 446 analyzed reviews.

👍 Strengths

64 reviews praise the visuals, saying the environments look great and the character design is well done. 27 like the combat feel, describing a solid base with satisfying mechanics when animations do not lock players in place. 23 say the world captures the feeling of the source setting, and some fans enjoy exploring it despite its flaws. Visuals & Sound ranks 1088th of 1249, and Multiplayer ranks 615th of 642.

👎 Where it falls short

Gameplay appears in 80% of analyzed reviews and ranks 1354th of 1396. 90 reviews say there is little freedom to explore, describing linear maps with invisible walls and players pulled back when they leave a quest area. 86 find it repetitive, saying bosses and enemies are the same few creatures in different elements and the world feels empty. 42 call the price too high for what it offers, objecting that a hardcore mode sits behind a deluxe edition. Content Volume ranks 1345th of 1351, Pricing & Fairness ranks 1330th of 1399, and Story & World ranks 1062nd of 1096. Others find the plot easy to forget.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“pseudo-linear maps with invisible walls, zero freedom to explore” · 90 reviews
“variety of bosses is sarcastic, all are same enemy with element variants” · 86 reviews
“overpriced with hardcore mode locked behind deluxe edition” · 42 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 80% of reviews · Bottom 5% of the games we've analyzed

Freedom -2.87 · Room to explore, build, and play your own way
Negative “pseudo-linear maps with invisible walls, zero freedom to explore” · 90 reviews
Positive “finally can create own character, exploration with secret passages and progressive unlocks” · 4 reviews

Progression 24% · Difficulty 30% · Onboarding 26% · Strategy 33% · Controls & feel 38%

Plot, characters and the world
Mentioned in 68% of reviews · Bottom 5% of the games we've analyzed

Story -0.84 · Plot, quests, writing, and the ending
Negative “incomplete story with unresolved plot holes and poor narrative structure” · 33 reviews
Positive “great story foundation with substance in combat” · 14 reviews

Characters 33% · World 43%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value
Mentioned in 67% of reviews · Bottom 1% of the games we've analyzed

Variety -3.46 · Fresh content and situations versus repetition
Negative “variety of bosses is sarcastic, all are same enemy with element variants” · 86 reviews

Volume 53% · Replayability 8%

Graphics, art style, music and sound
Mentioned in 43% of reviews · Bottom 20% of the games we've analyzed

Visuals +1.50 · Graphics, art style, and animation
Positive “environments look great, artists carried the project” · 64 reviews
Negative “excessive AI-generated animations with wooden movements and poor lip-sync” · 9 reviews

Audio 16%

Playing with others, the community and servers
Mentioned in 16% of reviews · Bottom 5% of the games we've analyzed

Playing together -1.83 · Fun of playing with friends, teammates, or rivals
Negative “player blocked from boss fight by barrier while NPCs defeat it” · 1 review

Community 4% · Servers & Connection 0%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 52% of reviews · Bottom 10% of the games we've analyzed

Pricing -1.11 · Whether the price, DLC and microtransactions are reasonable, and how much paying gives you an edge
Negative “overpriced with hardcore mode locked behind deluxe edition” · 42 reviews

Anti-cheat 0% · Balance 20% · Matchmaking 0%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 32% of reviews · Bottom 20% of the games we've analyzed

Stability -0.41 · Crashes, freezes, save loss, and game-breaking bugs
Negative “crashes at quest start, tutorial is excessively long linear corridor” · 18 reviews

Performance 12% · Developer support 17%

Grey means too few reviews mention it to trust. — means almost no reviews mention it.

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