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Arcana, Gas & Waterworks Inc.

Route magical energy through a fantasy realm as a mid-level utilities employee. Connect ley lines, manage complaints, and keep the mana flowing in this comedic puzzle-strategy game set in a mundane, magickal world. The benefits are not great, but neither is the pay! So there's that.

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Shawn Rider
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Shawn Rider
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About the Game

Welcome to Arcana, Gas & Waterworks Inc.

"Keeping the mana flowing since 643 A.O."

You've just been hired at AG&W Inc. — the municipal utility company responsible for delivering magical energy, gas, and water to every town, tower, dungeon, and dragon's lair in the region. Your job is to lay the ley lines, pipe the pipe networks, and route the resources to the right customers. Your job title is provisional. Your desk is shared.

Nobody thanks you when things work. Everyone blames you when they don't.

ROUTE MAGICAL INFRASTRUCTURE

  • Connect sources to consumers across hex-grid maps

  • Manage 5 energy types: Arcana, Fire, Water, Earth, and Gas

  • Build relay stations, splitters, transformers, batteries, and filters

  • Watch your network come alive with glowing neon energy flows (then watch a dragon submit a three-page grievance about delivery temperature)

SOLVE PUZZLES WITH CONSEQUENCES

  • Balance budgets while keeping customers satisfied

  • Handle escalating complaints from pixies, dragons, and dungeon lords

  • Discover energy interactions — some helpful, some explosive

  • Navigate 19 hand-crafted campaign scenarios across 6 career tiers

CLIMB THE CORPORATE LADDER

  • Start as a New Employee, rise to Chief of Reclamation

  • Unlock new components and abilities as you progress

  • Earn promotions by completing increasingly complex operations

  • Discover the dark secrets lurking in the company's past

EXPERIENCE RETRO-FUTURISTIC CHARM

  • CRT terminal aesthetic with phosphor glow and scanlines

  • Classic OS-inspired desktop hub with draggable windows

  • WynnAmp music player (yes, it's a WinAmp clone)

  • Satirical corporate newsfeed and mysterious meta-narrative

FEATURES

  • 19 campaign scenarios with hand-crafted puzzles

  • Procedurally generated freelance operations for endless replayability

  • 15 Steam achievements

  • Full keyboard rebinding

  • Supports accessible gaming settings

Arcana, Gas & Waterworks Inc. is a love letter to infrastructure games, 90s operating systems, and the absurdity of corporate bureaucracy.

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