The Forbidden Arts

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App ID	735060
App Type	Game
Developer	Stingbot Games
Publisher	Stingbot Games
Supported Systems	Windows macOS
Technologies	Unity Engine
Last Changenumber	29219883
Last Record Update	27 May 2025 – 19:02:40 UTC ()
Release Date	7 August 2019 – 13:52:30 UTC ()

❓ 66.83%

40 reviews

In-Game

The Forbidden Arts is an old-school action adventure platformer with a focus on discovery and exploration. You play as Phoenix, a young boy who seeks to master the element of fire in a grand adventure of ancient magic.

Additional Information

Developer	Stingbot Games
metacritic_name	The Forbidden Arts
controller_support	full
community_visible_stats	Yes
ReleaseState	released
Publisher	Stingbot Games
Store Release Date	7 August 2019 – 13:52:49 UTC ()
osarch	empty string
community_hub_visible	Yes
Social Media	https://www.facebook.com/forbiddenartsgame/ https://www.twitch.tv/stingbotgames https://x.com/StingbotGames https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyTpJiG-DrtYWJylMg-ZVFQ/
Primary Genre	Action (1)
Store Genres	Action (1), Adventure (25), Indie (23)
Steam Release Date	7 August 2019 – 13:52:30 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time	24 July 2019 – 03:13:32 UTC () (1563938012)
review_score	6
review_percentage	75
Detected Technologies (?)	Unity Engine, UnityIL2CPP SDK
store_screenshot	ss_b949c1c195cc69aa726ddbcdd1705dc0c4d6389b.jpg
First seen on SteamDB	13 October 2017 – 05:38:12 UTC (), in changelist #3529131

Supported Languages

11 Languages	Interface	Subtitles
English	Yes	Yes
Spanish - Spain	Yes	Yes
Hungarian	Yes	Yes
Korean	Yes	Yes
Portuguese - Brazil	Yes	Yes
Russian	Yes	Yes
French	Yes	Yes
German	Yes	Yes
Simplified Chinese	Yes	Yes
Japanese	Yes	Yes
Italian	Yes	Yes

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Full Controller Support

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timestamp	3 April 2020 – 00:11:40 UTC

Trailers

256758132 ↴
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trailer_name	Full Release Announcement Trailer
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timestamp	1563457834

Depots

ID	Configuration	Size	DL.
735061	Windows 64-bitThe Forbidden Arts 64	2.72 GiB	1.04 GiB
735062	Windows 32-bitThe Forbidden Arts 32	2.71 GiB	1.03 GiB
735063	macOS 64-bitThe Forbidden Arts Mac	3.06 GiB	1.11 GiB

Total size on disk is 8.49 GiB and total download size is 3.18 GiB.

Total size on disk is 5.43 GiB and total download size is 2.07 GiB, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

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Name	Description	Build ID	Time Updated
public		4180987	10 September 2019 – 01:37:15 UTC

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