Arcane Beyond — Online Fantasy RPG

Enter the Beyond

Arcane Beyond is an online fantasy role-playing game set in one persistent world shared with every other player. You arrive as a new adventurer, choose who you are, and step out into a land of open plains, mountains, paved towns, deep dungeons and fortresses floating in the sky.

Magic is at the heart of the game. Learn spells from your arcane tome across the schools of Light, Dark, Necromancy, Acid, Shock and Poison. Loose glowing bolts that hunt down their target, wield staves that sharpen everything you cast, and spend the spell points you earn from every foe you defeat.

Nothing you do goes unnoticed. Every deed moves your alignment. Light magic draws you toward the good; dark magic, necromancy, picking locks and breaking into homes draw you toward evil. Bandits strike down the righteous on sight and deal only with the wicked, and a criminal who is caught is arrested and sent to jail.

The world turns whether or not you are watching. Days and nights follow a calendar of moons and named phases, rain and snow sweep across the land, and in some regions the sky itself turns violent. Pray to the gods Jinne and Poragom, bind yourself to an obelisk so death returns you home, and walk into a town where there is someone in every building worth talking to.

A world that remembers

A few of the systems waiting for you in Arcane Beyond.

A shared online world

Everyone plays on the same global server. Chat in the open or send private whispers, join a fellowship, and double-click another player to see their alignment, health, level and biography.

Arcane magic

Cast Fire Bolt, Heal, Recall, Portal, Summon Undead and more from the page-flipping arcane tome. Spells stalk their targets, and equipped staves — wooden or metal — add power to your damage and healing.

Alignment & consequence

Light casting nudges your alignment up; Dark and Necromancy casting pull it down. Break the law and you may be arrested and held in a real, networked jail cell until your sentence ends.

Gods & obelisks

Bind yourself to a worship pillar and pray to the gods Jinne and Poragom for their blessings. Bind to an obelisk and, when you fall, you wake there instead of losing your way.

Bosses, beasts & taming

Face rats, goblins, slimes, minotaurs and powerful boss enemies. Not every creature has to be an enemy — tame a kobold and watch it follow you across the land.

Dungeons & sky fortresses

Descend through sewers, haunted castles and caverns built into the mountains, or ride an arcane lift pad up to a Flying Fortress. Check the world map and travel between places you have found.

Towns with real life

Shopkeepers, innkeepers, healers, guards and scholars staff the buildings of Aliven and the villages. Knock on a door and, if luck is with you, you are let in — or pick the lock and live with the consequences.

Craft, brew & create

Gather herbs for alchemy, tailor armor from sixteen fabrics, and find Manuals of Creation, each hiding its own recipe for staves and fires. Light a campfire to slowly restore your health and mana.

Skills, gear & glory

Train skills such as lockpicking, acrobatics and neighboring, dress your character in clothing, hats and accessories, and chase achievements that track your progress.

Trailer: Choose Your Path

Sixty-three seconds of the latest build. Every beat is the real game running — the systems that make your choices matter.

0:03 Face the boss — fire, ice and shock in the fight
0:10 Arrested and jailed — the law has consequences
0:17 Form your fellowship — group up and share the adventure
0:23 Global chat and private whispers
0:28 Wear your own style — clothing, gear and equipment
0:34 Enemy to companion — tame a kobold
0:41 Open the door and step inside a house
0:46 Locked? Try your skill — pick locks and pay the alignment cost
0:51 Dark magic lowers your alignment; Light magic raises it

Captured from the game with staged demo states and placeholder chat and party names. The jail sentence is shortened in the edit; in the game it lasts three minutes.

Screenshots

Real in-game captures. Select one to enlarge it.

The latest build

A minotaur boss looming over a staff-wielding caster on open grass — Face a boss. A minotaur bears down on a caster, its health bar running across the top of the screen.

A character standing in a brick jail cell after being arrested — Caught breaking the law? You are arrested and serve a three-minute sentence in a brick cell.

A small tamed kobold standing beside a caster on a grassy field — A tamed kobold follows its master. The action log reads “Kobold tamed! It will follow you.”

The Social panel open on its Group tab — The Social panel: friends, groups, inbox and private whispers. Kills near a party member share XP.

The character sheet showing equipment slots — The character sheet, with slots for hat, weapon, shirt, pants, boots, gloves and jewelry.

A character standing inside a house with a wooden floor — Step through the door and explore the inside of a house.

A character casting a Dark Bolt with a staff — Casting Dark Bolt. Each Dark cast lowers your alignment by one.

A character casting a Light Bolt with a staff — Casting Light Bolt. Each Light cast raises your alignment by one.

Out in the world

A character exploring the overworld at night with the full game HUD — The overworld at night, with the compass, health, mana and alignment meters, hotbar and the icon dock for your pack, tome, map and more.

A tall standing boulder in front of ruined stone walls — A standing boulder watches over crumbling stone walls on the plain.

Wildflowers and trees scattered across open ground — Wildflowers and trees scatter across open ground — ingredients for the alchemist.

A long stone building with a wooden roof on the plain — A stone building with a wooden roof. Knock at the door, or find another way in.

A prompt to press E to pick a hibiscus flower — Press E to pick a hibiscus and carry it home for your next brew.

System requirements

Arcane Beyond is online-only and needs a stable internet connection. All multiplayer traffic uses port 443 (HTTPS/WSS), so most networks need no firewall changes.

	Minimum	Recommended
OS	Windows 10 64-bit	Windows 10 / 11 64-bit
CPU	Intel Core i3 (2.0 GHz dual-core) or AMD equivalent	Intel Core i5 (2.5 GHz quad-core) or AMD Ryzen 5
Memory	4 GB RAM	8 GB RAM
Graphics	OpenGL 3.3 compatible (Intel HD 4000, GeForce 600, Radeon HD 7000)	GeForce GTX 1050 / Radeon RX 560 or better
Storage	4 GB available	6 GB available
Display	1280 × 720	1920 × 1080
Network	Broadband connection	10 Mbps or faster