Arcaea

Arcaea
Arcaea app icon, before the song "Testify" is unlocked
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DeveloperLowiro
PublisherLowiro
ProducerAnton Prydatko (Guy)
DesignersAlexander J. Lin (Toaster), Vernon Tan (Nitro), Alice Prowse (Popo), Ken Tang (k//eternal)
Artistシエラ (cierra)
WriterTerrence Smith
Composersak+q, N² (ANTIREAL), Puru
EngineCocos2d-x
PlatformsiOS, Android, Nintendo Switch
Release
  • iOS, Android
  • 9 March 2017
  • Nintendo Switch
  • 18 May 2021
GenreRhythm
ModesSingle-player, multiplayer

Arcaea is a rhythm video game developed and published by the British company Lowiro (stylized in all lowercase), first released for iOS and Android devices in 2017, and ported to Nintendo Switch in 2021.

The game functions as a vertical scrolling rhythm game with an accompanying story displayed in visual novel format. The visual novel features illustrations covering the two main female heroines, Tairitsu lit. 'conflict' and Hikari lit. 'light'. It is also considered a three-dimensional music video game, whose mechanics allow for uniquely challenging gameplay.