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.
See you soon,
The Arcana
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In-Apps
Key Pack 1
$2.99
Key Pack 2
$6.99
Key Pack 3
$12.99
Coin Pack 1
$2.99
Coin Pack 2
$6.99
Coin Pack 5
$12.99
Coin Pack 7
$49.99
Coin Pack 9
$24.99
Coin Pack 10
$129.99
Key Refill 1
$0.99
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User Rating
4.41 out of 5
1,481 ratings
in Canada
5 star
987
4 star
297
3 star
88
2 star
39
1 star
70
Ratings History
Reviews
Honestly fantastic
The game is great, I want to make this quick so people can read this easily.
The game is diverse, the characters are actually well written with proper and distinct personalities, each character shows you their love differently. The story and plot is fun, engaging, and deep. You cannot get the whole story through one route, each route reveals new information about the plot. The (good) endings of the routes feel satisfying and fulfilling.
The creators are pretty fantastic who obviously have a passion for this, customer support is also great if anything goes wrong.
The downsides tho are:
- If you want story portraits (fully drawn images of certain scenes in the story) they require in game currency
- In game currency can be hard to collect quickly, so you may be waiting a bit to unlock a part of the story you want
- The game ends :( I wish I could have infinite content with these characters but… oh well
Love your game
I LOVE your game, but when I get to a good part I have 2 choices and it’s 150 for the one choice I get that, but can you make it so we watch a video and get 10 coins each day so 3 videos a day please?
sad
I love this game a lot but ever since new developers took over it’s just one big ad for they’re other app.
Beautiful Game - Pricing Exploitative
I am so taken with the art and the storytelling in this game. I fully believe that it deserves to be a paid title. The environments are gorgeous and the writing is well done. The character designs are lovely. However - over $150 for one character’s story? Over $1000 to play the entire game? Extra charges for romance scenes in chapters you have already paid for?That is ridiculous and the devs know it.
Game keeps freezing
Ever since The Arcana app’s most recent update on Oct. 28, the game freezes every time you get enough photos for a prize.
My Favourite Romance Game!!
This game is so beautifully made, and I feel like each character is created so beautifully and given so much personality. It all feels very unique, and honestly stands out so much from any of the other mobile romance games that I’ve played. You can tell the creators really put a lot of love into this game. I’ve played this game for the passed 4 years or so, and I always come back to it~ it’s easy to bank coins if you check in daily, and while keys do take a long time to “recharge,’ every now and again there are ‘infinite key’ events that last 24 hours or so, allowing you to read/play to your hearts content! There’s definitely a ton to love about this game, from the art and beautifully drawn environments, to the depth of each character, and the lore to the beautiful world within the game. I’m especially a fan of this game since I do read tarot cards, so a lot of the magical themes and archetypes within the story are very enjoyable for me! If you’re looking for a captivating and magical story experience, I’d definitely recommend giving the Arcana a try!! <3
Love the story, but
It's a good game. Good story, just wait a bit and you can play it all for free. However, I really can't stand the Dorian app, which also lead me to start to not like this game well as I used to… I don't see how a company that developed this game would be moving on to develop an app like Dorian and use this game as a hook so that more people can use that app….
I was going to buy the keys and coins. But after the experience with Dorian, I don't think it's worth it much to spoil myself on an app that the development team themselves don't care much about... It also is reminding me of SSUM, the company that developed mystic messenger also is pretty much just focusing on money grabbing too so the plot quality suffers a lot... It's so hard to find a good game to play these days.
yikes
First of all, this game should be rated a lot higher than 12+ as it is NOT appropriate for younger audiences. There's a lot of suggestive in-game content but the ads available to watch for coins are arguably even worse (MeChat for example-ew).
Also a couple of the original devs, including the main artist, have had some pretty heavy/disturbing allegations made against them and some of the people they associate with (often with literal visual proof).
Finally like everyone's stated already the prices are pretty ridiculous. It's possible to complete the routes and have all the paid choices without buying any keys or coins but it takes a lot, lot longer.
As someone who played this game for about 2 years I really don't recommend it.
I’m poor😔
I’m TOO poor to pay for coins and I NEED to do some spicy things 😢 I AM NOT GETTING ANYWHERE WITH JULIAN BECAUSE I CANT AFFORD THE STUPID MONEY. Could you please make it so people can somehow get coins without purchase? Like watching ads or games? Thanks a bunch 😘
Hyperfixation
Always loved this game and it’s characters, art is amazing, story is good, my only complaint would be having an easier way to get coins, but I do understand this is a smaller company and whatever money they can get is ideal! They also do host events, but they only give you about 20 coins. A suggestion would be maybe receiving a certain amount of coins for writing a review, or getting coins from completing someone’s route, or like a halfway point. I personally think the trinkets and stuff are a little unnecessary but I can see the idea. The extra stories are also nice, but cost about 250 coins to unlock. Which is unfortunate, especially since it’s difficult to get coins without paying. Otherwise! I love this game so much! Such creativity and a lot of care went into it I can tell.