About Arise: A Simple Story
Arise: A Simple Story is an emotional adventure developed by Piccolo Studio and published by Untold Tales, released on 3 December 2020. It is about losing the love of your life. You play as an old man whose journey begins at the end, and from there you push forward into the bittersweet recollections of a past life. Each chapter is built around one memory, so the path through the game follows the path of a whole life, from childhood to old age.
This is a story about happiness and hardship, joy and sorrow, a story that all of us will one day experience. There is no spoken dialogue or written text guiding you through it. Instead, the music, the colours of each world and the way the old man moves carry the meaning, letting every scene speak for itself. Bright meadows sit beside harsh storms and quiet moments of grief, mirroring the ups and downs of a long shared life.
The central mechanic is the ability to manipulate time. With a simple input you move time forward and backward inside each memory, which changes the world around you: sunflowers turn to face the light, ice melts, rivers rise and fall, and new routes appear. You combine this with climbing, swinging and jumping to solve puzzles and reshape your surroundings. Levels range from snowy mountain ledges and golden autumn birch woods to dark pine forests and glowing dreamlike spaces.
You can play alone or share the screen with a second player, with one person guiding the old man and the other controlling time, and Remote Play Together is supported too. The game was designed with a controller in mind and offers full controller support, cloud saves, achievements and trading cards. English is available with full audio, along with a wide range of interface languages including Polish. Arise: A Simple Story is rated USK 12.
Key Features
- An emotional journey – Follow an old man through the bittersweet recollections of a past life and a love he has lost.
- Time manipulation – Move time forward and backward to change the world around you and open new routes.
- Environmental puzzles – Solve puzzles by reshaping your surroundings as each memory unfolds.
- Changing seasons – Travel through snowy peaks, golden autumn woods, dark forests and dreamlike spaces.
- Story without dialogue – Happiness and hardship, joy and sorrow are told through music, images and movement.
- Shared-screen mode – A second player can join on the same screen, and Remote Play Together is supported.
- Full controller support – Designed with a controller in mind, with cloud saves and achievements.
PC Version and Compatibility
The game runs on 64-bit Windows 7, 8.1 or 10. The minimum setup is an Intel Core i3 4340 or equivalent AMD processor, 6 GB of RAM, a GeForce GTX 670 2 GB or equivalent graphics card and 6 GB of free storage. Languages: English, Polish, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Turkish, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean and Simplified Chinese. A controller is recommended; the game offers full controller support, cloud saves, achievements and trading cards.
Global Activation & What You Receive
This Steam key unlocks the full game Arise: A Simple Story. It is a Global key that can be activated worldwide. Open the Steam client, choose Games → Activate a Product on Steam, enter the code and the game is added to your library, where you can download it at any time.
Why Buy This Game?
Why buy it? Arise: A Simple Story turns the memories of a lifetime into a moving puzzle adventure, with time manipulation, beautiful seasonal worlds and an optional shared-screen mode.
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