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Ara History Untold: Anniversary Edition

Historical 4X strategy with production chains and simultaneous turns

Oxide Games · Published by Xbox Game Studios · Released Sep 24, 2024

Strategy

Reviews
Mixed
67% of 2,210
Recent reviews
Mostly Negative
33% of 12 in 30 days
Players
19
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
4 months ago
Jun 11, 2026
Minimum PC
RX 480
8 GB RAM · 50 GB disk
Full requirements

What is Ara History Untold: Anniversary Edition ?

In this historical 4X strategy game, you lead a nation through successive eras, exploring territory, developing cities, and researching technology. You manage production chains to supply citizens and armies while dealing with rival nations through diplomacy or war. Turns resolve simultaneously in single-player and multiplayer games.

For you if...

  • +you like guiding a nation through historical eras
  • +you prefer simultaneous turns and city-level planning

Not for you if...

  • −you prefer brief games with little economic planning
  • −you want military combat to dominate empire management

What players say

67% of 2,210 reviews are positive · 33% of 12 in the last 30 days

Players praise the production-chain economy and visuals, and many say updates since launch have made the interface easier to use. Players still complain about tedious crafting as empires grow, unclear explanations, and combat they find slow or confusing.

Players over time

▲ +2% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 33 players on Oct 25, 2026.

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How many players finish Ara History Untold: Anniversary Edition ?

12% of Steam players have unlocked «History Now Told», 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

Ara History Untold: Anniversary Edition screenshot 1

Ara History Untold: Anniversary Edition system requirements

Minimum: RX 480, 8 GB RAM, 50 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

OS
Windows 10 (20H1) or later
Processor
AMD Ryzen 5 2400G – Intel i5-5300U
Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 480 – Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
Memory
8 GB RAM
Storage
50 GB available space
DirectX
Version 12

Recommended

OS
Windows 10 (20H1) or later
Processor
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 – Intel i5-6400
Graphics
AMD RX Vega 64 – Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080Ti
Memory
16 GB RAM
Storage
50 GB available space
DirectX
Version 12

Does Ara History Untold: Anniversary Edition have co-op or multiplayer?

Yes: PvP online. It also has a single-player mode.

Does Ara History Untold: Anniversary Edition run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

  • Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
  • Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
  • Default configuration is not performant
  • All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows
Achievements
45
Steam features
Family Sharing
Languages
Full audio: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese. Text only: Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese, Malay.

Does Ara History Untold: Anniversary Edition 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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Recent updates

4 DLC available.

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