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American Arcadia

Out of the Blue Games · Raw Fury · 2023-11-15

SteamPlayStation Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 15, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 15, 2025 (PlayStation 5), May 15, 2025 (PlayStation 4), May 15, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S), May 15, 2025 (Xbox One), May 15, 2025 (Nintendo Switch)

American Arcadia is a cinematic puzzle game that combines a 2.5D platformer and first-person game to tell the tale of a thrilling escape. Experience the extraordinary story of Trevor, an average man escaping from the world's most popular reality tv show.

21
playing now
94%
positive of 4.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (16 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

21 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

The gripping story will be presented as a documentary with interviews and police interrogations of the characters as you progress through the game. American Arcadia gives you control over two characters in completely different environments and unique play-styles: A 2.5D action side-scroller including challenging platform action, breath-taking chases, stealth and puzzles. As well as a full 3D first-person game, with hacking, exploration, stealth elements, and puzzles to solve.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 21 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 388 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~49/week).
  • · Review velocity down 7% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 11,404 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 84k–189k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,205 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$6.69-67%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.68 at GameBillet (2026-05-22) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 68 of 98 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
52952920232026Week of 2023-11-01: 529 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 314 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 241 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2122026-08-07 00:00 — 6 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 10 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 7 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 5 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 12 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 10 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 14 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 17 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 11 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 9 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 15 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 5 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 11 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 7 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 13 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 7 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 5 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 8 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 7 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 4 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 12 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 12 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 11 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 20 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 21 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 21 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$6.162023-11-082026-08-212023-11-08 — best price $17.772023-11-24 — best price $19.992023-12-24 — best price $19.992024-02-21 — best price $15.992024-04-29 — best price $15.072024-06-14 — best price $15.992024-07-11 — best price $19.992024-08-01 — best price $13.992024-08-21 — best price $10.852024-08-29 — best price $13.192024-09-25 — best price $13.602024-10-03 — best price $15.072024-11-10 — best price $10.752024-11-26 — best price $10.962024-12-04 — best price $10.742024-12-21 — best price $8.992024-12-29 — best price $9.682025-01-06 — best price $18.992025-02-28 — best price $17.882025-03-17 — best price $10.642025-04-07 — best price $9.992025-05-23 — best price $9.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-07-28 — best price $19.992025-09-11 — best price $10.002025-10-28 — best price $9.492025-12-03 — best price $8.992026-01-07 — best price $17.882026-02-11 — best price $7.992026-03-10 — best price $19.992026-04-08 — best price $17.882026-04-23 — best price $7.952026-05-23 — best price $8.002026-06-19 — best price $6.992026-07-18 — best price $17.882026-07-31 — best price $6.162026-08-21 — best price $6.69
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

29
achievements tracked
91.3%
earned "The Arcadian Way of Life"
58.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,30220%29
PS5 (PlayStation)18559%30
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)8228%29
PS4 (PlayStation)2181%30
Switch (Nintendo)60%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DIndieHorrorSatireThrillerAdventureEmotionalSimulationStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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