The Arcana: A Mystic Romance
June 25, 2024
More About The Arcana: A Mystic Romance
In merely seconds, you’ll enter your own immersive, inclusive, otome inspired love story and visual novel.
In this captivating romance story you won’t be able to put down, you’re the main character and love interest. Choose your preferred pronouns, make your own choices and romance to your heart’s desire! The Arcana is LGBTQ+ friendly.
THE ARCANA STORY
You’re a young prodigy tarot card reader. You wake up in a magic shop confused with no memory.
A mysterious figure appears that wishes to speak to your mentor but you offer them a tarot card reading instead.
They’re intrigued by your reading. They offer you an invitation to the Palace, but for a price: You must uncover the mystery of their murdered partner.
You’ll immediately be thrown into the thick mystic interactive story and dating sim, where you’ll rendezvous with many sultry people on your path to uncover the mystery.
Each character has many hidden secrets that you discover through your choices. Be careful, your choices and who you decide to romance impact more than just yourself!
MEET THE CHARACTERS
Intertwine paths with enthralling & stunning characters you won’t be able to take your eyes off of.
Win over their hearts, flirt, or stir up drama! In The Arcana, you can play multiple character paths simultaneously or one at a time - the choice is yours.
Julian: An exciting and dangerous doctor accused of a vile crime
Asra: Your magical mentor with a wealth of secrets
Muriel: A mysterious outsider you encounter in Vesuvia
Nadia: The powerful and intriguing countess of the city
Lucio: The dead husband of Nadia who once ruled Vesuvia
Portia: Nadia’s favorite and most trustworthy handmaiden
If you love interactive story games, LGBTQ games, or play otome, anime, romance, or dating sim games you’ll love who you’re about to meet in Vesuvia.
Are you ready to find true love in your very own romance story?
HOW TO PLAY
Once inside The Arcana, you can roleplay in up to 21 unique otome-inspired stories taken from the 21 Major Arcana tarot cards.
First, you must choose your pronouns. Each episode has endless amounts of options for you to role play. Unlike other dating sims, The Arcana story lets you be who you want and love who you desire.
As you interact with characters on your chosen path, you must make decisions quickly or face the consequences!
CREATED FOR ALL
The Arcana is the ultimate inclusive visual novel & love game developed by and for players of all sexual orientations & genders.
Whether you’re gay, lesbian, bisexual, queer, pansexual, or any other orientation, your romance awaits.
The Arcana is the ultimate inclusive love story game. A new twist for fans of traditional yuri, yaoi, bl and otome games.
We can’t wait to welcome you into our community.
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Minimum Specification Requirements
* Android 5.1.1 or above
* 2 GB RAM
* Games has to be played with an online connection (no offline game play supported)
NOTE: Arcana is currently only available in English and this game will not work on Chromebooks.
See you soon,
The Arcana
Latest Version
2.51
June 25, 2024
Dorian.live
Simulation
Android
3,533,696
Free
com.nixhydragames.thearcana
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User Reviews
A Google user
6 years ago
It's a beautiful, well written game with a fun cast of characters. It's also ad free. However, the prices per book are just irrational. You can play the books without paying, but at a severe cost to the narrative. You miss out on fun parts, more story-heavy parts. But at nearly $10 PER chapter...? There's lots of ways one could improve on this! Change the price per chapter. Have a base price per character to unlock their entire story. Make it easier to gain coins for free.
A Google user
6 years ago
The story, charas, & art are amazing! I normally get bored quickly but this game kept me hooked UNTIL it became apparent that I'd have to pay for the good choices! (And in some cases, ANY choice!) Getting coins outside of physically paying for them takes forever! Even if you pay out of pocket, the lowest amount you can spend won't even get you ONE choice! I never pay for apps but I'd actually pay to have the full version of this! But this freemium bs is crazy! Just let me buy the whole game!
A Google user
5 years ago
A fine game, with good characters and a lot to recommend it... But like many others, I find the expense appalling. It's just too much. And mind you, I put real money into it. I don't mind doing that when I feel the app has earned it despite my being on fixed income. However, I cannot justify the coin costs the game requires. I've gotten the good endings for the three main characters, but skipped almost all the coin content, and I find myself unmotivated now, which sincerely makes me sad. Fix it.
A Google user
5 years ago
The story and characters are fantastic and very well written. There's character growth the further into the story one goes, and there's a lot of varied stories to explore with multiple endings. The biggest problem (why I put 4 stars) is one needs in-game "coins" to unlock certain plot progression to reach better endings, but these plot points cost way too many coins. There's no way to get enough coins without spending way too much money. I'd rather pay for a full game then this coin gimmick.
greenie jacks
1 year ago
I've been playing for years lol. since i was 15 or 16, im 21 now. over the years, the developers have been smart about how they format their app. the minigames, storyline selection screen, and shop, were changed minimally in order to suit their modern designs. this new update is ridiculous though. you have to scroll past 3 different ads/promos to get to the minigames. the app itself has become less stable, being susceptible to freezing/crashing. there is no excuse.
A Google user
7 years ago
The game, overall, is appealing, with an interesting plot and characters that seem stunning at first glance. However, there are a lot of drawbacks I've experienced with the game that make it impossible to consider it "a good sim." Pros: gender and pronoun selection Cons: high cost, problematic devs, zero replayability, rarely any supplementation for your purchases, lack of flexibility, lack of activities, and lack of depth in the world.
Dakota Wilson
1 year ago
Let me start with: from the two characters I did finish playthroughts for, I loved the storyline and seeing the story from different perspectives - that's one of my favorite tropes from games like this || Onto the bad: It's not just that the premium choices cost money, but the fact to get all those options in say, [JUST] Asra's route, would come out to be over 100USD is ridiculous. Why not just make it a one-time purchase for the core/main story options? It's a super slimy practice to me, tbh
Hexagonce
1 year ago
Tried to redownload because I figured there would be more content after a couple years. Whatever company took over make the app unplayable, expensive and trash! Their other app is ridiculous "pay to play", the ads and banners get in the way of every storyline here and it feels very predatory compared to when I first played. I hope this new company goes out of business so we can have the original game back 😅
A Google user
7 years ago
Beautiful art, great music, interesting story. I originally loved this, but then they introduced the option to buy things like the "best" choice dialogs in romance situations. From my understanding, it doesnt lock you out from the route or a happy end even if you dont pick any of them, which is nice, and I can understand using the extra scenes as incentive for money, but as other reviewers have pointed out - if you actually go through and buy everything, it comes up to a ridiculous number. It feels like an insult! If they release the option to just buy a route I might come back to it, but after all my progress was recently wiped somehow, I'm not going through it again.
Ixxy
1 year ago
Game is visually beautiful and breathtaking, currently on the Julian storyline. The mini games are fun, but it sucks that every good option costs coins, which if you don't buy em, are hard to rack up, imo. Why I couldnt give 5 stars? During the game, many times, Ive had to close the whole app because it would freeze. Annoying but it does save my story line. Frozen during heart heroes or whatever it's called, and lost a game. All in all I recommend this beautiful, LGBTQ friendly game!!!
Literal Trash
1 year ago
it probably was then, i appreciate you taking the time to clear everything up about the previous company and the way characters are portrayed. the game itself is very nice, i really like the art in it. kinda wish there was more about the crow headed character since that one is my favorite, but regardless, the game runs pretty smooth and the UI is easy to understand after a little bit. there are some gripes i have, but overall the game is well made imo and run nicely even on some older devices.
Nico
1 year ago
Game was incredible, definitely Asra's biggest fan. I love the story as well as the mini games you can play to get post cards. My favorite part would have to be the music, I love the sounds. I think the only thing that needs is better ads because the ads make the game seem cringe. I think it would be better to focus less on the "omg their so hot" and more on the story aspect and the mystery/magic element of it with some of the romance peeking through instead of making that the whole premise.
Kait
1 year ago
My original review was 5 stars and I adored this game when it came out, then few years later bumped it down to 4 stars for the mobile game pop ups. Now, it's down to 2 stars. When I log in, I have to click three different X's, in different spots, promoting their own games and merch. When I go to the dailies tab, I have to scroll down past more promotions to get to the actual dailies. Click any other tab and you'll get taken to an extern page for more of their own content! Insanity!!!
AR Flurer
1 year ago
I've only fully played through once so far but I love this! The art and storytelling are engrossing. I will definitely play through every ending and find all the details uncovered from each different choice. I'm thoroughly invested in every detail of this world, story, and characters. I've even started sewing a cosplay for how I have envisioned my character. My only tiny critique is that on replay, it doesn't seem to bookmark your progress, but it's not a dealbreaker.
Katie Trusnik
1 year ago
I'm in love with this game currently. I've yet to have an ad just trigger, which is a next change for a mobile game. The art is beautiful and just how I like it for this kind of game. The story is so intriguing as well that I find myself putting way to much time into this game! 😅 My one complaint is that it takes forever to get the coins I need to do the options I want. Edit- Recently they changed how the ads for coins system works in the game and I no longer have any complaints 😁
Brie Ubie
1 year ago
Started my adventure since freshman year of highschool. This game is astonishing, there isn't anything like it. I loved it so much I couldn't bare deleting it from phone even after completing all routes. Love the work put into it🌸✨ it will always be my favorite. It's got a delightful sound track, expressive characters, beautiful backgrounds, and an immersive plot. Give it shot🍀
CK Kelley
1 year ago
One of the best games I've ever gotten. It has amazing visuals, an amazing story, great art and music, and some lovely diverse characters to romance with. Each character is unique in their own way, and gives you a lovely selection of happiness. Oh, and some absolutely lovely side characters *cough cough Selasi.* Not only that, but getting coins is pretty easy (especially if you spend them wisely). Once again, one of the best games I've ever downloaded.
Maya Prabhakar
1 year ago
I like the characters and the art a lot and am always sad when I've finished a pathway. There are some that I like more than others. However the IAPs are really overpriced. $20 worth of coins only got you about 5 scenes and the scenes are often not worth it which leaves you frustrated. This is definitely not really a set of stories with much choice but it's a very cute visual novel. Asra's story is the best developed imo. I feel $20 should have unlocked multiple books...
Dyl Dev
1 year ago
The story is fantastic, but I really miss the old app. There are a lot of ads now, and even if they're all ads for the owners arcana related stuff, pop-ups are still annoying :/ Edit: no amount of positive spin makes closing multiple pop-ups in a row to get to my dailies less annoying. I like that the Dorian app stuff exists, I'd just like it a lot more if it didn't get in the way of enjoying the game it's based off of. Maybe make a Dorian tab, or let people pay to get rid of the Dorian ads
Stacy G
1 year ago
This app is super enjoyable, awesome stories, interesting and addictive. I love that you can choose non-binary pronouns. Only being able to read 3 chapters at a time and the wait time for more keys seem pretty harsh, though. And the paid options cost a lot more for what you get than I can spend on a mobile game. More ad-watching opportunities to get coins and keys, for us players who can't afford to pay, would be really great. Or some less expensive paid options.
