# Arcanium: Rise of Akhan — Open-world strategy cards

> Open-world roguelike strategy card game with deckbuilding and hero party mechanics. (iPhone/iPad app by Netflix, Inc..)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/arcanium-rise-of-akhan/id1589157123 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Netflix, Inc.](https://appshunter.io/developer/363590054)
- Category: Games, Card
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 3.65/5 from 167 App Store ratings · 108 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 9+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 1.4 GB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2022-01-18
- Data updated: 2026-06-10
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/arcanium-rise-of-akhan/id1589157123/reviews.md

## What is Arcanium?

Available exclusively for Netflix members. 

Choose your heroes and embark upon an epic quest to save the world of Arzu in this open-world, roguelike strategy card game.

Arcanium is a tale of fellowship and bravery, and is set in a fantasy world of anthropomorphic animals in which good, evil, magic and technology collide. This ambitious open-world, single-player strategy card game merges the roguelike and deckbuilding genres in exciting new ways. 

Form a party of three heroes and embark on a dangerous journey to defeat Akhan the Calamity and save the world of Arzu from destruction. But beware; should one of your party members succumb to corruption, your quest will come to its end.

## Key features

- Open-world exploration
- Roguelike gameplay
- Strategy card battles
- Deckbuilding mechanics
- Hero party formation
- Fantasy narrative

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Netflix Standard Plan | $17.99 | per month |


## What do users think of Arcanium?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 🚀 Great mechanics, items, cards, abilities
- 👍 Charming, engaging, and satisfying gameplay
- 👍 Unique approach to card games
- 👍 Good progression, good fights require strategy
- 👍 Balanced and beatable on every difficulty level
- 👍 Vibrant comic book inspired artwork
- 👍 Good variety of heroes, bosses, powers, and modifiers
- 👍 Intensive planning, brainstorming, and RPG elements

**Cons**

- 🐛 Frequent crashes, especially at later stages
- 🐛 Buggy mechanics like transmuting artifacts, equipping legendaries
- 🐛 User interface issues like clunky card scrolling
- 🐛 Saving/loading issues, progress not syncing across devices
- 🔋 High battery consumption
- 🤔 Easier than other roguelikes, some strategies feel too dominant

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Crashes at boss battles, loot screens, or after elite battles
- Bugs with minion mechanics, card descriptions, and quest tracking
- Incompatibility issues on older devices

**Most requested features**

- Infinite mode for more replayability
- Improved sorting/filtering for cards and artifacts
- Better save/load functionality and progress syncing

## Recent user reviews (10 of 108)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/arcanium-rise-of-akhan/id1589157123/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Please read

*2025-10-06*

First off, ignore the lower review score. If you’re into card/rpgs, this game is an absolute hidden gem. I have bought or played most of the card games on the App Store. I subscribed to Netflix to try this and some other games out. I gotta say, after many hours of Arcanium, I am just having a fantastic time. Awesome mechanics, items, cards, abilities, and heroes, this game has it all. I wish there was a store on here because i would support this dev. I hope you try it out! It’s so worth it!

### 4/5 — Wonderful (except bugs and length)

*2025-09-03*

What a charming, engaging, and satisfying game! A rouge-like deck builder with card combat reminiscent of Hearthstone, but PvE (which I prefer). I’d love to see more modes or campaigns as this is a good deal of fun! Needs some non-game-breaking bugs fixed: one of the Rhino’s enchantments that lets you take damage instead of spending AP doesn’t seem to work. Also, transmuting artifacts doesn’t consume the old artifact. The Arena will sometimes show the wrong wound icon when choosing a perk that has a wound as the cost. In Arena, sometimes selecting the quartermaster will bug out and send you to the loot-box screen and/or essence upgrade screen before returning you to a different shop screen. Etc.

### 3/5 — Decent

*2025-07-04*

Good production values, decent gameplay (nothing groundbreaking, but it does combine mechanics from a couple different game types, making it more unique). However, it's horrible at saving game state. First game (the tutorial run), I left the game just before the boss battle, and when I returned, game restarted and all run progress was gone (not even a "Continue" option). Second game (normal run), I was almost done with an elite battle when I had to leave the game. When I returned, game restarted - this time there was a Continue option, but the elite battle was reset (I was back at the tile before the elite battle).  Really not into having to repeat gameplay over and over.

### 2/5 — Battery Killer

*2025-06-21, version 0.56*

Killed 30% of my battery in an hour; its a card game! Shouldn't be a cpu draining app by any stretch. Lazy coding.

### 5/5 — Very underrated

*2025-04-03*

Excellent strategic and tactical card game. As often seems to be the case here in the App Store, great games with significant depth get poor reviews because they aren’t a F2P match-3 or tower defense. If you enjoy thoughtful games like Slay the Spire, Monster Train or Wildfrost, you’ll likely have a great time with Arcanium.

No crashing issues as of April 2025 on an iPad Mini (7th gen).

### 5/5 — Amazing depth

*2025-03-20*

Unique approach to these card type games.  Unlike anything I have ever played.  Very difficult, especially in the beginning.  Very refreshing and interesting gameplay with zero micro transactions.   Highly recommended and I’ve played just about every game of this type!   Play it, stick with it, and you will love this.

### 4/5 — Fun Overall

*2025-02-12*

One of the better card game available on iOS. Significantly better than any f2p garbage. This is a real game in which strategy and tactics matter not your wallet or time. Only criticism is at the highest difficulty it seems to me only a small amount of the characters and strategies are viable, but overall it’s still fun to try different characters and builds.

### 5/5 — Great Game

*2025-02-01*

I think this game is great.  I think the balance is good and I was able to beat it on normal in my second run.  Haven’t experienced any crashes referred to in other reviews.  I love Slay the Spire and this game adds somewhat more complexity with improved graphics and story.   You now have three heroes instead of one to play and upgrade, the map is more open, and you have more selections of artifacts to apply to your heroes.  Recommend for all Slay the Spire fans.

### 1/5 — Cant even play

*2024-12-23, version 0.56*

Game crashes immediately, cant even get past the profile selection screen

### 4/5 — A fun deck builder

*2024-12-13, version 0.56*

I like the combination of a hex based map and deck building.

## Frequently asked questions about Arcanium

### What kind of game is Arcanium: Rise of Akhan?

Arcanium: Rise of Akhan is an open-world, roguelike strategy card game. It blends deckbuilding mechanics with a narrative-driven adventure where players form a party of heroes to save a fantasy world.

### What are the main gameplay mechanics?

The game features open-world exploration, strategic card battles, and roguelike elements. Players build decks for their heroes and must manage their party carefully, as the loss of a member can end the quest.

### Is this game free to play?

The game is available exclusively for Netflix members. While the base game is free to play for subscribers, it does feature in-app purchases and advertisements.

### What platforms is Arcanium: Rise of Akhan available on?

This application is available exclusively for Netflix members, implying it is playable on devices that support the Netflix app, such as mobile phones and tablets.

### What is the setting and story of the game?

The game is set in the fantasy world of Arzu, populated by anthropomorphic animals where magic and technology collide. Players embark on an epic quest to defeat Akhan the Calamity and save the world from destruction.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 0.56 — 2022-12-06

We're always working to bring you the best Netflix Games experience. In this release, we've made some bug fixes and performance improvements.

### 0.53 — 2022-11-01

We're always working to bring you the best Netflix Games experience. In this release, we've added new content updates for more exciting gameplay.

### 0.3.5 — 2022-05-31

We're always working to bring you the best Netflix Games experience. In this release, we've added new content updates for more exciting gameplay.

### 0.2.9 — 2022-03-15

Get the best experience by updating to this game’s latest version

### 0.2.1 — 2022-01-18

No release notes.

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