Arcana Academy

Arcana Academy is a magic-themed card simulation management game. You play as a mage headmaster, build and develop an academy, and summon students of different races to help rebuild the empire. You can shape the academy’s name, emblem and teaching philosophy, choosing between an all-around education and specialization.

Build the academy

Use over 300 collectible buildings or cards to construct your academy, from regular classrooms and mage spires to manual workshops and automated production facilities. Upgrade buildings and facilities, improve production lines and increase their efficiency. More than 120 researchable blueprints let you develop new knowledge, magic and technology, including ways to automate production. Expansion can also bring new crises, so you need to prepare for them.

Summon and teach students

Summon human, elf, vampire and werewolf students. Each apprentice has a combination of traits, randomly generated from over 200 possibilities; you choose whom to admit and teach according to their abilities. More than 100 magic books help students study the elements, while class paths and assessments shape their futures. There are over 100 wizard-class selection assessments, which can lead students to become geniuses or fall into mediocrity. You can also enforce discipline with over 40 academy rules.

Perform rituals

The academy has over 40 special summoning rituals. Choose materials for their offerings, which can include souls, money or living beings. Rituals usually require fixed offerings and produce consistent results, but breaking the rules can lead to unknown and potentially terrifying outcomes. One mystery involves a student-summoning ritual circle tainted with demon blood.

Manage threats and events

Monsters watch the academy with hostility as it grows. You can send people to deal with them or pay protection fees to ease the threat and gain more opportunities to develop. You also encounter sudden events and explore over 200 distinct mainline and random events.