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Ars Notoria

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69%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay
Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics
69% User Score Based on 131 reviews

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Ars Notoria is a single player and multiplayer open world role playing game with horror, fantasy and dark fantasy themes. It was developed by XRON Software and was released on November 27, 2025. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Ars Notoria is an open-world survival crafting game set in a rich fantasy world. Blending classic gameplay elements like building, crafting, and survival, it invites you on a journey filled with wonder, mystery, and discovery. Venture out alone or team up with friends to explore a land full of secrets and danger. Build your base, gather resources, expand your influence, and stand against the ever-…

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69%Audience ScoreBased on 131 reviews
gameplay4 positive mentions
stability9 negative mentions
  • The game offers deep and complex systems including magic crafting, skill trees, building, and automation that appeal to players who enjoy in-depth RPG and survival crafting experiences.
  • A large, living open world with diverse biomes, dungeons, faction management, and multiplayer co-op that provides varied gameplay and exploration opportunities.
  • The developers are actively updating the game, engaging with the community, and fixing bugs steadily, showing commitment to improving the game over time.
  • The game suffers from numerous bugs and jank including disappearing items, quest progression issues, unstable NPC interaction, and game-breaking glitches that hinder gameplay.
  • The visuals and UI need significant improvements; complaints include overly saturated colors, rough animations, poor texture quality, unintuitive and cluttered UI, and graphical artifacts.
  • Clunky and sluggish controls, unpolished combat mechanics, stamina management problems, and performance optimization issues detract from the overall experience.

  • story

    28 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    11% positive mentions, 78% neutral mentions, 11% negative mentions

    The story features an initially interesting main quest and some side quests that provide a sense of progression uncommon in survival games, but is hindered by numerous bugs, quest-breaking glitches, and a lack of engaging NPCs. Players frequently encounter quest-related frustrations such as incomplete objectives, unclear instructions, and progression blockers, which diminish the overall narrative experience. More quests and improved NPC interactions are needed to fully realize the potential of the game's story as a true RPG.

    • “There is a story that I haven't progressed too much, but it relies heavily on the systems in the game and gives you a sense of progression that is lacking in a lot of other survival games.”
    • “The quests make sense, so much so that for a survival game, it's really refreshing to still feel like you have a progression of things, such as what to build and why, which many in the genre don't have.”
    • “At the start of the game, you have a quest for basic training, featuring a gauntlet you must complete to progress; while it's simple and easy enough to do, the main advantage is being able to continue the story.”
    • “Horribly buggy quests that either do not complete properly or simply do not progress.”
    • “That was frustrating as there is no way to abandon a quest and then accept it again to properly finish objectives without random fails due to the environment and game bugs.”
    • “I have a quest to talk to 'the commander', that guy tells me to go talk to a table, that table has no options. This quest is quite literally just a permanent mark on my map that cannot be resolved based on any information I have at all.”

  • graphics

    20 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    15% positive mentions, 70% neutral mentions, 15% negative mentions

    The graphics exhibit a dated, retro art style with noticeable visual and performance issues such as graphical bugs, poor shader effects, and robotic animations that hinder immersion. While some users appreciate the design and options provided, many criticize low visual clarity, inconsistent lighting, and subpar frame rates even on lower settings. Overall, the graphics are considered rough and in need of significant polish, fitting for an early access game but not meeting expectations for a visually refined experience.

    • “In spite of some graphical bugs, I really like the graphics.”
    • “The overall retro art style combined with golden highlights—oh my goodness, it really breaks immersion.”
    • “I love the fact that this is a generated world you are on your own at the beginning, you start out fresh in the forest naked just like in Kenshi. This game has a lot of choice for build, class, exploration is very fun, there are a lot of dungeons you can do on the map with your friends. It's clunky but still good, like a remix between Runescape for graphics and the combat is like an old school RPG.”
    • “It has tons of graphical issues, shaders, rips, plants shining like it's daytime but it's night.”
    • “Graphics look like ass, polished up in the trailer.”
    • “It doesn't need amazing hyper realistic graphics but the visual clarity is very bad, with heavy blurring and unclear textures even without any upscaling or frame generation on.”

  • gameplay

    15 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    27% positive mentions, 53% neutral mentions, 20% negative mentions

    The gameplay offers depth and creativity with its automated resource gathering and crafting systems, blending farming and combat mechanics in a rewarding way. However, players report clunky controls, confusing crafting ingredients, slow bug fixes, and rough execution that detract from the experience. While the core systems show promise, the overall gameplay feels unpolished and in need of improvement.

    • “It adds a layer of depth and creativity that keeps the gameplay feeling fresh.”
    • “I love the resource gathering mechanic that automates many of the basic materials acquisition as well as the ability to automatically create more advanced materials without input.”
    • “Good fun, the crafting ladder is rewarding, battle mechanics are pretty good.”
    • “Cons: Developers seem slow to fix bugs and instead prioritize things that do not fix gameplay or add content.”
    • “Crafting can be confusing because I don't know where or how to get certain ingredients, even in the early gameplay.”
    • “Clunky mechanics; combat and movement feel awful.”

  • stability

    9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game currently suffers from numerous bugs and glitches, particularly with quest progression and animations, leading to a lack of polish and occasional instability. While some players find it fun despite these issues, frequent saving and restarting are often needed to smooth out performance. Overall, stability is a significant concern, with improvements expected in future updates.

    • “Horribly buggy quests that either do not complete properly or simply do not progress.”
    • “I need to save and quit about every other hour so the game smooths out and glitches stop.”
    • “It’s buggy, the animations feel strange, and overall it just lacks the polish you’d expect after this long in development.”

  • grinding

    9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    Grinding in the game is extensive, especially with the high material requirements for crafting and construction, which some find excessive and janky. However, the blend of farming, crafting, and automation allows players to grind at their own pace and explore various activities beyond combat. While some aspects feel repetitive, the game's non-grindy mechanics and potential improvements make it enjoyable for casual play.

    • “Don't get me wrong, I like grindy games but the amount of materials you need for simple construction is insane.”
    • “You breeze through basic combat skills... then the rest is grinding to improve those.”
    • “It's janky and grindy, and the world generation doesn't seem to actually do anything but randomly place harvesting nodes.”

  • optimization

    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    33% positive mentions, 17% neutral mentions, 50% negative mentions

    The game's optimization is currently poor, resulting in low frame rates even on the lowest graphics settings and with performance modes enabled. Significant improvements are needed to enhance overall performance.

    • “Optimization is a runaway train.”
    • “Probably some optimizations need to be worked on to improve overall performance.”
    • “Can we get an early access game that actually has performance?”
    • “But god, this game is so unoptimized.”
    • “Even if I put it on the lowest graphics setting and on ultra performance, the framerates are still bad.”

  • music

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 100% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    Users appreciate varied music that shifts in intensity, recommending that the soundtrack tone down immediately after battles to avoid constant intensity.

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Play Times

26h Median play time
24h Average play time
14-48h Spent by most gamers
*Based on 4 analyzed playthroughs
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Ars Notoria is a open world role playing game with horror, fantasy and dark fantasy themes. Common tags for Ars Notoria include magic, exploration, crafting, third person, early access and others.

Ars Notoria is available on PC and Windows.

On average players spend around 24 hours playing Ars Notoria.

Ars Notoria was released on November 27, 2025.

Ars Notoria was developed by XRON Software.

Ars Notoria has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Ars Notoria for its gameplay but disliked it for its story.

Ars Notoria is a single player game with multiplayer and local co-op support.

Similar games include Towers of Aghasba, RuneScape: Dragonwilds, Frozen Flame, Craftopia, Solace Crafting and others.