FAQ

Ara: History Untold is a historical grand strategy game that offers unique innovations in the genre, allowing players to shape human history through different leaders and strategic decisions.

Yes, Ara supports both single-player and multiplayer modes, with multiplayer options for 1-36 players.

Ara is available on PC Game Pass, Steam, and the Windows Store.

No, Ara: History Untold doesn’t have microtransactions.

We define leadership in Ara as the ability to inspire change, drive history forward, and influence societies in various ways. We chose leaders that represent different playstyles and perspectives, providing diversity in gameplay.

No, Ara will not have a physical edition. It is available digitally on the Windows Store, Steam, and PC Game Pass from day one.

Ara: History Untold has been rated:

• ESRB: E10+
• PEGI: 12
• USK: 12

While we evaluate each game individually for potential platform releases, there are no current plans for Ara to release on other platforms or stores beyond PC Game Pass, Steam, and the Windows Store.

Ara is available on these cloud gaming platforms:  GeForce NOW, Boosteroid, airgpu, CloudDeck, and Shadow PC.

Modding is a central part of PC gaming, and we’ve built Ara with mod-ability in mind from the start.

Here are the minimum and recommended specs:

Minimum:

• OS: Windows 10 (20H1) or later
• Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 2400G / Intel i5-5300U
• Memory: 8 GB RAM
• Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 480 / Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
• GPU Memory: 4 GB RAM
• DirectX: Version 12
• Storage: 50 GB available space

Recommended:

• OS: Windows 10 (20H1) or later
• Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 / Intel i5-6400
• Memory: 16 GB RAM
• Graphics: AMD RX Vega 64 / Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080Ti
• GPU Memory: 6 GB RAM
• DirectX: Version 12
• Storage: 50 GB available space

Multiplayer requires a Microsoft Account, and players on all release platforms are able to play multiplayer together.

Ara has a presence in a number of online forums including our social media accounts, our Steam discussion forums, and the Ara: History Untold subreddit.

Yes, Ara features numerous options designed to make the game more accessible. Some significant options are presented upon first launch of the game, but all of these can be found on the Accessibility menu of the Settings screen.

The game supports both Text and UI Scaling as well as an option for High Contrast Text.

Ara is also compatible with the Windows Accessibility Color Filter feature, as well as Narration. If you have the Screen Narration option selected in game but do not hear any narration, please ensure that Narration is enabled in Windows.

Yes, these can be rebound as needed – but here are the default settings.