Welcome to The Arcana, wonderer. You’re about to enter the world of Vesuvia, the most captivating visual novel full of mystery & romance.
In merely seconds, you’ll enter your own immersive & inclusive love story. Be wary of who you’ll condemn, but most importantly, follow your heart to find your true lover.
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.
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
All LGBTQ+ friendly.
HOW TO PLAY
Once inside The Arcana, you can play up to 21 unique episodes 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.
If you love traditional yuri, yaoi, bl and otome games, you won’t want to leave The Arcana.
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Please note that The Arcana is currently only available in English.
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The Arcana
This is honestly the best choice-based game I have ever come across. I was absolutely shocked to find that coins are easily collectible (through ads, daily rewards, or by spinning a wheel) and premium choices are accessible without spending a dime. I’ve never found a game like that and it made me so happy.But let’s talk about the actual gameplay. The overall plot is truly amazing, it draws you in and makes you want to keep playing to see what happens. I really love how you can go down every path with each character and experience the story in different ways. You don’t know absolutely everything until all the stories are finished, and that is so refreshing and keeps me coming back.Oh, and these CHARACTERS! They’re so magnetic, unforgettable, and so easy to fall for. Even the background characters are unique and enjoyable. The premium choices are so worth saving up a few coins for, as well.I really appreciate the side stories, too. After you finish the main plot, you’d think the game is over and you’ve done everything, but then you find a lovely collection of side stories where you can see more of the characters you love. To top it all off, there’s a cute little mini game you can play every day to collect a variety of postcards from your characters.This is more than a game. It’s an entire universe, a dream you only wake up from when you finally close the app (if you can!). I constantly recommend this app to my friends, and I recommend it to you, curious reader, as well. Trust me, you will not be disappointed.
Developer Response
Thank you for taking the time to write such a descriptive review! We are so happy that you are enjoying The Arcana.
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Matt Flanagan
Once you start playing this story, it’s addicting and immersive. For the next month or so, at least, it’s all you’ll think about. “Oh have my keys regenerated?” “Time for heart hunter!” and “I can’t wait for the next book to come out!” will be frequent thoughts. The diversity of the characters, their dialogue, and personalities are amazing. Even though they’re fictional, it’s easy to fall in love with one or more of them. The inclusivity of everything is to die for. The plot is really good at incorporating romance as well as developing an adventure. I absolutely adore the soundtrack. There’s only a few complaints that I have, and seemingly enough others as well. The paid scenes- way too expensive. The price either needs to be knocked down or coins need to be able to be acquired easier in game. The time needed for keys to regenerate should be less. Waiting three hours for one key??? It’s a bit infuriating to be honest. My last “complaint” is more of a concern. I hope the devs aren’t rushing or overworking themselves to release new books, most of the fan base would rather wait a little longer than having a thrown together chapter. :) Personally, those are the only areas I feel that need improvement. The art style is gorgeous and I really enjoy learning about Tarot cards as well as magic. I’d definitely recommend playing this, I don’t normally play games such as these but I really enjoy The Arcana.
Developer Response
Thank you for your honest feedback and we are trying to offer more ways to earn coins. We recently added a daily login bonus for everyone to have the option to watch video ads to earn more coins.
my absolute favorite.
Taco bout awesome
i usually have a hard time putting my feelings into words but i could talk about this game forever. the plot is so so good and interesting aswell as the character interactions. i love that its not the exact same story for each character, but instead different stories catered to your choice. the interactions we have with the love interest of choice always makes me smile, it doesnt falter your relationship if you dont pay to kiss them or things like that, in fact it doesnt ruin anything. AND the game has 2 endings for each character!!!! the writing is magnificent and the characters are so unique and truly are written so so well. ive gotten attached to all of them so so quickly and im excited to see the endings of my favorite two after they are released. lucio and muriel are characters that i connected with immediately. lucio seems like a jerk in everyone elses route but you see how good of a guy he is and that hes trying to change once you play his route. you can really feel like they care about us as they speak, the nicknames, the detailed responses, its amazing. i feel like characters who dont know who i actually am care about me and thats a comfort for me. muriels route has to be my favorite though, im so excited for the next update of his. muriel is a big comfort for me because i understand how he feels. sorry for going so into detail about this, i just genuinely love this game and its writing is perfect. i 100% recommend to anyone contemplating.
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I Love this game. It is endlessly amazing, very fun, well made, and well directed. The story is captivating, the writing is outstanding, and despite how much reading is involved, I never find myself bored when going through routes. I absolutely adore how open the game is, since most romance-themed visual novels tend to lean more towards females and females alone. Generally heterosexual ones. It’s really nice to see the female routes, and the intwining relationships between the different characters. Along with how carefully you made it to where your Mc can be anything and anyone you want. You can pick pronouns, and decide their personality, and that’s probably one of the best parts. However, as thousands of people have said, the coins are an issue. You get thirty per week, I’m sure nobody wants to wait for over a month to do one singular option. I wonkt ask for you to make anything cheaper, I know it costs a lot to run something like this, and that you all need to eat. My suggestion is simple. Make the daily coins go up in intervals of five. Day one should have 5 coins. Day two should have 10. etc. Day six could end wit 30. This way, not only will you cut down on all the complaints about money and improve play, but people will feel rewarded for keeping up a streak through an entire week. It also, hopefully, won’t hinder your money-making. It doesn’t have to be five, it could be two. Just increase the amount of coins you get per day.
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Version 2.52
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