Theory of Magic (Arcanum)
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rated 4.6 stars, 223 ratings.
Posted May 22, 2023. Updated May 22, 2023. Played 26049 times for a total of 76478 hours.
description
From a lowly Stable hand, rise to the pinnacle of Arcane Power. Outfit a lair. Learn spells. Explore dungeons and find new classes. Try separate schools of magic and focus on different intricacies of magic along the way.
NOTE: The main developer is lerpinglemur. I am one of the maintainers, who got his permission to post the game here.
This game is open source and found on: gitlab
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newest comments
;( It did it again, bro I give up
Gunna, redo everything. A tad sad when I lost so much progress but I'm going to start again
One of the best idle incremental games I've played on this website, but holy lag when you're fast forwarding while adventuring. It can vary anywhere from a minor delay in switching tabs to lagging out my entire computer. I have no idea if this is something that affects anybody else or if this is an isolated thing for me, but it felt worth bringing up.
8/10 game currently, here's hoping to more getting added over time. Would love to know more lore about the history of the world you're creating somehow.
;( W game but I had a good 24hrs in this and it deleted my save
Heaven has a special place for devs of good ol incremental browser RPGs, bravo!
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This was one of the better ones I've played, just wish it went a little further in depth. Albeit, it does take a while to get to the "end" of the game. You essentially get to a point where there's no more progress and gain resources forever to no end. The part I liked most was that you get to replay the game due to a mechanic and it can be vastly different depending on your choices.
Arcanum has always been one of my favorite RPG focused incremental games. There's really nothing out there that offers anything quite like it in the genre, things come close but ultimately have different appeals from Arcanum. So I'd like to thank Lemur, Mathias, Mindedness, and the others that have worked on and maintained this game. 5/5
Heaven has a special place for devs of good ol incremental browser RPGs, bravo!
I've loved this game for a long time; arcanum / ToM is a rare type of RPG that I wish there was more of. It's really great to see that it's coming to a more accessible location for new players to find. It's a bit of a shame that it isn't being actively developed anymore, because it has so much potential, but the game as it exists today is still a very fun way to spend a few days so it'll always be something that I recommend to others.
i love this game so damn much <3