When did Arx Fatalis come out?

Arx Fatalis was released on 28 June 2002 for Xbox and PC (Microsoft Windows).

Arx Fatalis (2002) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Arx Fatalis

This critically acclaimed first-person RPG takes the player on an incredible adventure in the fantastic world of Arx. The game mixes an intelligent story with immersive and real medieval environments. Arx…

78 28 June 2002

What Arx Fatalis is

Arx Fatalis is an adventure game developed by Arkane Studios and released in 2002. It is available on Xbox and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Arx Fatalis is a 2002 action role-playing game developed by Arkane Studios and released for Windows and Xbox. The game is played from a first-person perspective and is set on a world whose sun has failed, forcing the above-ground creatures to take refuge in caverns. The game's mechanics include the use of mouse gestures to cast spells. Arx Fatalis received mostly positive reviews from critics but was not commercially successful. In 2011, Arkane Studios released the game's source code under the GNU General Public License (GPL), though the game assets remain proprietary.

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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, horror and open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Arx Fatalis holds a critic score of 78 out of 100. That places it above 59% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2002 averaged 68, so it scored 10 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 78, across 70 votes.

What it launched against

Arx Fatalis launched on 28 June 2002, within three weeks of Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos, Super Mario Sunshine and SoulCalibur II. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos, Super Mario Sunshine, SoulCalibur II.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer