Winds Of Arcana: Ruination

Platformer· Metroidvania· Side Scroller· Difficult

Released Nov 2025

Discover the secrets of a sundered world as you help Aryn save his comrades in this story-rich, fully-voiced, 2.5D action-platformer. Fight terrible dangers and explore ancient mysteries as Aryn uncovers the forces that forge his destiny.

75% positive · 132 reviews

Done

All announced content has been released

Medium confidence

Done

All announced content has been released

Medium confidence

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Steam Updated 12 Oct 2026 $12.99

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Evaluation

Winds of Arcana: Ruination launched on November 14, 2025 as a fully complete 1.0 release. This was a deliberate, long-in-development launch — the developer spent years building the game and ran multiple public demos leading up to release, culminating in a Steam Next Fest October 2025 demo just weeks before launch. Since release, Brewed Games has shipped several patches focused on polish, balance, and bug fixing: a Day One Patch on November 16, 2025, the "Speed Force" combat overhaul patch on November 19, 2025, a dash and collision fix patch on November 22, 2025, and a map and difficulty balancing patch on December 13, 2025. The most recent developer communication was December 13, 2025. The developer has not announced any DLC, expansions, season passes, or post-launch content plans. There are no unreleased DLC items listed on the store. The post-launch patches are all quality-of-life and bug-fixing in nature — the "Speed Force" update, while substantial in scope, was described as combat polish for the existing launch build rather than new content. The developer's messaging has been focused entirely on refining the shipped game, not expanding it. There is no evidence of any planned future content, and the game launched as a complete, story-rich, fully-voiced single-player metroidvania. The game is complete as shipped on November 14, 2025.

Evidence

Developer announced the game launched on November 14, 2025, describing years of development and community involvement leading to release.

news post · Nov 15, 2025 source content shipped

high

Major combat and boss-rebalancing patch ('Speed Force Update') shipped. Developer notes player improvement work is ongoing but framed this as polish on the existing launch build, not new content.

news post · Nov 19, 2025 source development ongoing

medium

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Details

Developer

Brewed Games

Publisher

1312 Interactive

Achievements

Platform

Windows

Controller

full support

Steam Deck

Playable

Players

Single-player

Metroidvania Platformer Side Scroller Difficult Story Rich Action Souls-like Hack and Slash 2.5D Lore-Rich Controller Dark Fantasy Action-Adventure Fantasy Magic

About this game

Become the Ultimate Warrior Mage.

Wield mighty weapons and unleash devastating magic as you grapple, glide, fight, and explore across a mysterious world.

Discover Legendary Weapons

The Master Sword. The Lich Hammer. There are whispers of many more. Find them and their powers are yours: each with unique traits suiting a variety of different playstyles.

Unlock Ancient Magic

Soul Crests are ancient magic items that hold the essence of long-forgotten warriors. Collect them to learn their power: and live your wildest battlemage fantasies.

A Lovingly Crafted Metroidvania World

Grapple, Glide, Summon Platforms and more! Find Artifices to unlock the world and discover its deepest secrets. Experience the thrill of exploration with the challenge of platforming.

MORE FEATURES

Fully-voiced story. Every line of dialogue is performed by a talented cast of voice actors.
A living world, where each biome has its own theme, lore, dangers, and challenges.
Interconnected map. Explore as you wish. Gain abilities to unlock areas. Find shortcuts, hidden passages, and more.
Quests, quests everywhere! Find characters to help and mysteries to solve throughout the world. But beware: your choices have consequences.
Memorable boss fights. Bosses will test you to your limits. Beating them will require skill, tactical-thinking, and unlocking the full potential of your weapons and powers
Choose your build. Mix and match various weapons and different powers to create a build that reflects your playstyle. Each unique weapon has stats that can be unlocked by defeating enemies and upgrading at the vendor.