Ark of Charon

Side-scrolling colony sim and tower defense atop a traveling tree

Angoo Inc., SUNSOFT · Published by SUNSOFT · Released Nov 6, 2024

Reviews: Mostly Positive; 76% of 414
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Playing now: 7; right now
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: 1 year ago; Dec 20, 2024

Free demo available, 0 playing it now: get the demo.

What is Ark of Charon?

In this side-scrolling colony sim and tower defense game, you guide a living World Tree sapling to its nursery after the old tree withers. Direct golems to gather resources, build storage and defenses on the sapling, produce ammunition, and choose which area to visit next while fending off monsters.

For you if...

+you like balancing resource production against defense needs
+you enjoy building within tight space limits
+you prefer planning before moving between areas

Not for you if...

−you want detailed guidance before managing workers and production
−you dislike time pressure while gathering resources and building

What players say

76% of 414 reviews are positive

Players praise the traveling-tree concept and its mix of resource management and tower defense. They complain about unclear tutorials, cumbersome management controls, and harsh resource and time constraints; some also report bugs and late-game performance drops.

Screenshots and trailer

Ark of Charon system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 10 or later (64-Bit)
Processor: Intel Core i7-4790
Graphics: GeForce GTX 1060 (3GB)
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Storage: 2 GB available space
DirectX: Version 11

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows
Steam features: Family Sharing

Steam Deck: Playable

Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

Multiplayer and co-op

Single-player

Languages

Text only: English, Japanese, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Spanish - Latin America.