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Super Treasure Arena

Super Treasure Arena

Deal overview

Super Treasure Arena is currently 92% off on Fanatical — down to $0.63 from $7.99.

At 92% off, this is one of the deepest discounts Super Treasure Arena reaches on Fanatical — near its typical floor.

That works out to $7.36 off the Fanatical list price of $7.99.

This deal is for the PC version. Click View Deal to open the official Fanatical page — prices and regional availability are confirmed at checkout, not by GamesCreed.

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About this game

How it plays

Super Treasure Arena drops up to four players onto tight, top-down maps and gives everyone the same simple job: grab coins, hold onto them, and take them from whoever else is holding them. You pick from five characters (Warrior, Rogue, Mage, Mystic, Ninja), each with a special ability that changes how you’d rather approach a fight, and then you’re loose on one of six maps dealing with monsters and rival players at the same time. Weapons like bows, staffs, bombs, and rockets spawn around the arena, so a lot of the tension comes from deciding whether to detour for a better gun or just rush the guy who’s currently rich. There are two modes to work through: Classic, which is straightforward coin collecting and coin stealing, and Treasure Run, where you’re hauling a loot-filled chest back to base while everyone else tries to stop you. It supports split-screen locally, online play, AI bots, or any combination of those, so a full match doesn’t require four separate people with four separate copies.

Who it’s for

This is a couch multiplayer game first and an online game second. If you’ve got friends or family around and you’re nostalgic for the era of local split-screen brawlers, chest-grabbing chaos with a bow to the face is exactly the kind of thing that fills an evening without anyone needing to read a manual. The character abilities and two-mode structure give it a bit more shape than a pure free-for-all, which helps it hold up over repeat sessions. If you’re mainly a solo player, or you’re looking for deep single-player content, this isn’t really built for you. It leans hard on having other people in the room or on the other end of a connection, and the AI bots are there to fill gaps, not to be the main event.

Is it worth it?

For what it is, an indie arena game meant to be played in short, chaotic bursts with other people, it doesn’t need to be judged against big-budget multiplayer shooters. The question is really whether you have people to play it with. If you do, and you’ve got a soft spot for that old-school top-down arcade feel, it’s a fun pickup, especially since local split-screen support means one purchase covers a couch full of players. Grabbing it during a sale is the smart move here: it’s a niche, casual-multiplayer title rather than something with hours of solo content to chew through, so you want to pay in proportion to how much couch time you’ll actually get out of it. Keep an eye on it going on sale and jump when the price matches how often you think you’ll actually round people up to play.

Quick facts

Genre: Action, Indie. Developer and publisher: Vennril. Platform: PC (Steam). Released: December 24, 2018.

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