Arknights: Endfield Reviews
Arknights: Endfield is a fresh take on a gacha game that tries to divert expectations with factory-building, but never quite breaks the wheel.
I can’t help but be a little disappointed with Arknights: Endfield. On paper, it has the makings of an excellent gacha game, and with some updates in the future, it potentially might become one. But for now, it’s a slow and often tedious experience. I can’t see myself jumping in on launch day like I had originally intended, because I’ve burned out on the experience much quicker than I thought I would.
Arknights: Endfield is easily one of the best examples of gacha gaming, thanks to feeling like the gaming comes before the gacha.
Familiar yet different, Arknights: Endfield's introduction of automation takes this open world gacha in an unusually compelling direction. While its eye-rolling reliance on proper nouns and lore make its sci-fi plot less compelling than it could be, a strong battle system and outstanding PS5 optimisation give this live service the best possible start.
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What lies in store for us? Lots of base setup, automating, and exploring. I'm very interested in seeing where the story goes after what I've experienced so far. The character from Arknights that I hope shows up, my fav and first 6-star pull from Arknights, Hoshiguma. At the same time, I hope that it's not a complete rehashing of operators from Arknights. I would like for new people to make an entrance since it's a different celestial body.
Arknights: Endfield is unlike anything else in the market, even if the sweeping premise feels admittedly low-key due to the writing, and combat desperately needs more depth.
Arknights: Endfield is a fantastic free-to-play game. It is still beholden to some of the hangups of a gacha game, with progress gates and luck of the draw dictating your main team.
Arknights: Endfield combines fluid combat, elaborate factory simulation, and Death Stranding-esque building to create a gacha RPG like no other.
Arknights: Endfield confidently showcases its strengths in art direction, character design, and world-building, while also making a bold move by introducing automation-focused construction systems. This experimentation inevitably brings along some rough edges and shortcomings, but that very sense of dissatisfaction reflects the game's willingness and sincerity in trying to offer something new.
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One of the most beautiful gacha games, and a surprisingly successful attempt to mimic games like Satisfactory. It's a shame the slow start and unfair gacha system might put some players off.
Review in Russian | Read full review
A mish-mash of genres that blend well and give you a lot to do for the price of free.
Arknights: Endfield feels more like a modern JRPG than a usual mobile-first gacha game, especially on PC, where the resolutions are higher. and the frame pacing is smoother. Sound design is another important part.
Arknights: Endfield is a very good game, but unfortunately, the initial pace is quite slow. If you can get through the tedious first two hours, you'll find yourself playing a great RPG with an automation theme. At times, you might even forget that this is a gacha game, because it's so enjoyable in this regard that it doesn't push these elements to the forefront.
Review in Polish | Read full review
Arknights: Endfield undeniably is a visual masterclass with an easy to learn but fun to master combat system and world to explore. However, it struggles with pacing by throwing tutorial after tutorial at you with its overly complicated base-building and factory mechanics.
Arknights: Endfield has the makings to be one of 2026's standout titles—a decent story that has potential, multiple engaging gameplay mechanics, a vibrant world to explore, and solid audio and visual design. Aside from the gacha system that not many people may be used to, it deserves high marks everywhere else. Its future is bright, and they can only keep going up from here.
Arknights: Endfield is a methodical, system-driven evolution that rewards strategic thinking and long-term planning. Its ambition, cohesion, and restraint position it as one of the most compelling tactical action hybrids in modern design.
Arknights: Endfield is an anime-style RPG that skillfully blends adventure, action, and factory simulation into a cohesive whole. Its distinctive art direction balances realistic textures with stylized characters, while strategic combat, well-structured building and production systems, and solid optimization come together without any obvious weak points.
Review in Korean | Read full review
Arknights: Endfield stands out as one of the most visually stunning RPGs with gacha elements, which also adds several features to freshen up the formula.