Arcana of Paradise —The Tower—
Released Apr 2023
Choose from 20 children and perfect your deck as you battle against The Tower's bizarre inhabitants in real time! Time your guards, combo your attacks, charge up powerful magic, and collect legendary relics in your search for food, as you guide the children to the bottom!
74% positive · 102 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
Where to buy
Steam $19.99
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Evaluation
Arcana of Paradise —The Tower— launched on April 19, 2023 and received a wave of bug fix and quality-of-life patches in its first weeks (patches 1.0.1 through 1.0.4, April–May 2023). The game then received its one and only major post-launch content update — Patch 1.2.0 "The Path of Purgatory" — on June 23, 2023, which added a new difficulty mode, a double-speed option, and several gameplay improvements. After that single major update, developer communications dropped off sharply. The most recent news post of any kind is a Spring Sale promotion from March 19, 2024, which is a storefront event rather than a content or development update. There have been no developer posts since March 19, 2024 — over 15 months of silence as of June 21, 2026. The only DLC listed is the official soundtrack, which released alongside the game on launch day and has no unreleased content. The store description makes no mention of future content, seasons, or ongoing development plans. With a single major content release that established no sustained update cadence, no announced future content, no unreleased DLC, and an extended period of developer silence, the game appears to have shipped as a largely complete product with one post-launch content drop that rounded out the experience.
Evidence
Patch 1.2.0 'The Path of Purgatory' launched, adding a new difficulty mode, double-speed feature, card collection alerts, and resolution options — the game's only major post-launch content update.
Patch 1.0.4 released with gameplay fixes; post notes the team 'will continue to update Arcana of Paradise for the foreseeable future' and to 'look forward to an announcement soon' — a forward-looking statement that was plausibly fulfilled by the 1.2.0 update one month later.
Content
1 of 1 released · no outstanding content
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
SHUEISHA GAMES
Achievements
58
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Verified
Players
Single-player
About this game
Choose from 20 children and perfect your deck as you battle against The Tower's bizarre inhabitants in real time! Time your guards, combo your attacks, charge up powerful magic, and collect legendary relics in your search for food, as you guide the children to the bottom!
Features
- Real-Time Card Battles: Think fast! The Tower’s inhabitants won’t wait, so you’ll need to think on your feet and react to what they throw at you in real-time! Turn your cards (and some enemies!) on their heads, or deal a new hand if you don’t have what you need.
- The Tower’s Endless Mystery: The Tower itself is endless, and each floor has new challenges waiting for you on every adventure. Choose your path, face different enemies, collect different cards and relics, and make the tough choice between gathering bread and pushing deeper toward the bottom!
- Distinct Characters: Each of the children living in The Tower belong to one of three distinct combat classes, and has their own passive traits and starting cards. Venture into The Tower, increase your affinity with them and unlock more traits and starting cards!
- An Enthralling Story and Epic Soundtrack: Guide the children through The Tower, and uncover more of its secrets with each run. Unlock new events, new cards, rescue new friends, solve puzzles, and more, all set to a melancholic and at times wacky soundtrack.
Arcana of Paradise -The Tower- is releasing on April 20th, 2023 and will include:
- 20 playable characters, each with their own starting cards and passive traits.
- 3 unique classes with their own battle mechanics.
- 70+ powerful tarot-inspired cards.
- 20+ melancholic and striking songs in our soundtrack.
- 20 of bizarre, tarot-inspired enemies.
- A tonne of unlockable upgrades for your home, the commune.
- A tonne of puzzling trials waiting to be overcome.
- Ranked Leader boards to compete against players from around the world.
Are these done yet?
Last evaluated Jun 21, 2026
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