Games Like Arcfate

Arcfate is a tile-based action roguelike simulation where you can improvise: throw tables and chairs, swing swords, block doors, shoot guns, ignite carpets, cast spells, or sneak past enemies, all while exploring a dark, immersive world.

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Arcfate simulates the little things.

Pop the cork on a wine bottle and pour it on the carpet, in your mouth or into a glass. Throw the glass at a wall, and clean up the stain with your own shirt -- or that of a fallen enemy.

The game tries to respond believably to what you do. Striking a wall with your sword will chip the blade, while slashing a defenseless enemy might incapacitate on the spot.

Arcfate is inspired by games like Dishonored, Thief, Dwarf Fortress and Space Station 13, and is being developed by only two people.

The engine

This game comes packaged with (and is built on) Arcfate Engine, our moddable, multiplayer game engine for top-down, tile-based, simulated games. It's the work of a single programmer called Penter (hiya!) and initially started development in late 2022.

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