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Actraiser Renaissance

Side-scrolling action and settlement building with real-time defense battles

Square Enix, Sonic Powered · Published by Square Enix · Released Sep 23, 2021

ActionSimulationStrategy

Reviews
Mostly Positive
74% of 781
Recent reviews
Not enough recent
Players
1
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Unsupported
Last update on Steam
1 year ago
Oct 9, 2025
Minimum PC
R7 240
8 GB RAM · 5 GB disk
Full requirements

What is Actraiser Renaissance?

In this single-player action and city-building game, you play as the Lord of Light, helping people rebuild in a world threatened by monsters. You fight through 2D side-scrolling stages with attacks and magic, then guide settlement growth through the Lord's angel, clearing obstacles and defending against raids with forts and miracles.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy alternating platform combat with settlement management
  • +you like using magic and forts to defend towns
  • +you appreciate expanded character stories in remakes

Not for you if...

  • −you want action stages without settlement management
  • −you prefer freeform building over guided objectives

What players say

74% of 781 reviews are positive

Players praise the music, added character stories, and action stages. Many complain that frequent dialogue and repeated defense battles make settlement management tedious; some also find the platforming controls clumsy.

How many players finish Actraiser Renaissance?

30% of Steam players have unlocked «Abyssal Dark, Overcome», the achievement for finishing the main story.

Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.

Screenshots and trailer

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Actraiser Renaissance system requirements

Minimum: R7 240, 8 GB RAM, 5 GB of disk space.

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Minimum

OS
Windows® 8.1 64-bit / Windows® 10 64-bit
Processor
AMD A8-7600, Intel® Core™ i3-3210
Graphics
AMD Radeon™ R7 240,NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 730
Memory
8 GB RAM
Storage
5 GB available space
DirectX
Version 11
Notes
keyboard, gamepad

Recommended

OS
Windows® 8.1 64-bit / Windows® 10 64-bit
Processor
AMD Ryzen™ 3 1200、Intel® Core™ i5-3330
Graphics
AMD Radeon™ R7 260X,NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 750
Memory
8 GB RAM
Storage
5 GB available space
DirectX
Version 11
Notes
keyboard, gamepad

Does Actraiser Renaissance have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Does Actraiser Renaissance run on Steam Deck?

Unsupported No: Valve rates it Unsupported on Steam Deck.

  • Not supported on SteamOS

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows
Achievements
41
Steam features
Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Languages
Text only: English, French, German, Japanese.

Does Actraiser Renaissance use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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