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American Arcadia

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

SteamPlayStation Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Bird view / Isometric, Side view

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.

American Arcadia is a 2023 Adventure, Indie game priced at $19.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 4258 reviews).

8
playing now
94%
positive of 4.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (16 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (85 downloads)
4.56★
PlayStation Store rating (232 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

8 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 04:00 UTC (census sample)

American Arcadia is a 2023 puzzle-platformer game developed by Out of the Blue and published by Raw Fury. The game follows Trevor Hills as he tries to escape his simulated hometown, Arcadia, with the help of stage technician Angela Solano.

Trailer

American Arcadia trailer thumbnail

American Arcadia - Official Launch Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 8 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 6% of 29,019 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 85k–192k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,258 total reviews — how this is computed.

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

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 62 of 90 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

1722026-09-15 14:00 — 7 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 11 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 13 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 10 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 6 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 8 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 8 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 8 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 10 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 13 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 6 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 12 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 13 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 7 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 7 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 6 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 14 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 16 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 12 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 14 players2026-10-15 04:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1247Nov 2023Aug 2026Nov 2023 — avg 124 · peak 258Dec 2023 — avg 56 · peak 128Jan 2024 — avg 42 · peak 122Feb 2024 — avg 20 · peak 54Mar 2024 — avg 29 · peak 82Apr 2024 — avg 13 · peak 33May 2024 — avg 20 · peak 53Jun 2024 — avg 29 · peak 79Jul 2024 — avg 28 · peak 79Aug 2024 — avg 16 · peak 40Sep 2024 — avg 15 · peak 48Oct 2024 — avg 8 · peak 35Nov 2024 — avg 14 · peak 40Dec 2024 — avg 17 · peak 44Jan 2025 — avg 14 · peak 42Feb 2025 — avg 15 · peak 42Mar 2025 — avg 12 · peak 35Apr 2025 — avg 24 · peak 64May 2025 — avg 11 · peak 42Jun 2025 — avg 15 · peak 43Jul 2025 — avg 16 · peak 47Aug 2025 — avg 13 · peak 35Sep 2025 — avg 7 · peak 24Oct 2025 — avg 11 · peak 30Nov 2025 — avg 10 · peak 30Dec 2025 — avg 16 · peak 40Jan 2026 — avg 14 · peak 37Feb 2026 — avg 9 · peak 28Mar 2026 — avg 12 · peak 30Apr 2026 — avg 15 · peak 50May 2026 — avg 11 · peak 41Jun 2026 — avg 13 · peak 35Jul 2026 — avg 15 · peak 37Aug 2026 — avg 12 · peak 42
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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).

Attention

124212026-06-03 — 41 pageviews2026-06-07 — 59 pageviews2026-06-11 — 41 pageviews2026-06-15 — 48 pageviews2026-06-19 — 34 pageviews2026-06-23 — 29 pageviews2026-06-27 — 32 pageviews2026-07-01 — 124 pageviews2026-07-05 — 41 pageviews2026-07-09 — 39 pageviews2026-07-13 — 32 pageviews2026-07-17 — 37 pageviews2026-07-21 — 35 pageviews2026-07-25 — 35 pageviews2026-07-29 — 33 pageviews2026-08-02 — 33 pageviews2026-08-06 — 45 pageviews2026-08-10 — 38 pageviews2026-08-14 — 31 pageviews2026-08-18 — 30 pageviews2026-08-22 — 29 pageviews2026-08-26 — 47 pageviews2026-08-30 — 44 pageviews2026-09-03 — 24 pageviews2026-09-07 — 46 pageviews2026-09-11 — 30 pageviews2026-09-15 — 26 pageviews2026-09-19 — 24 pageviews2026-09-23 — 23 pageviews2026-09-27 — 26 pageviews2026-10-01 — 33 pageviews2026-10-05 — 36 pageviews2026-10-09 — 43 pageviews2026-10-12 — 43 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

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

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2023-11-15 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DIndieHorrorSatireThrillerAdventureEmotionalSimulationStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

Recent updates

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