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Arcade Classics Anniversary Collection

KONAMI · 2019-04-18

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionCasual

Franchise: Gradius, Castlevania, TwinBee · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Apr 18, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 18, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Apr 18, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 18, 2019 (Xbox One)

8 KONAMI arcade classics of the 80s, from Nemesis to TwinBee. Including bonus eBook packed with new information never before revealed to the public.

Arcade Classics Anniversary Collection is an Action and Casual game released in 2019, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and Mixed (64% of 402 reviews).

1
playing now
64%
positive of 402 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
69/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
4.40★
PlayStation Store rating (752 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$19.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 23 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 23% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 22% of 27,744 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 10k–24k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 402 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$7.99-60%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.00 at GreenManGaming (2023-02-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 26 of 46 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
202020192026Week of 2019-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
102Apr 2019Aug 2026Apr 2019 — avg 10 · peak 46Jun 2019 — avg 3 · peak 10Aug 2019 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2019 — avg 2 · peak 11Dec 2019 — avg 3 · peak 11Feb 2020 — avg 3 · peak 12Apr 2020 — avg 3 · peak 8Jun 2020 — avg 3 · peak 14Aug 2020 — avg 2 · peak 6Oct 2020 — avg 2 · peak 9Dec 2020 — avg 3 · peak 14Feb 2021 — avg 3 · peak 14Apr 2021 — avg 2 · peak 15Jun 2021 — avg 3 · peak 12Aug 2021 — avg 2 · peak 11Oct 2021 — avg 3 · peak 15Dec 2021 — avg 3 · peak 12Feb 2022 — avg 3 · peak 13Apr 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Jun 2022 — avg 5 · peak 20Aug 2022 — avg 3 · peak 11Oct 2022 — avg 2 · peak 9Dec 2022 — avg 3 · peak 13Feb 2023 — avg 2 · peak 10Apr 2023 — avg 3 · peak 11Jun 2023 — avg 2 · peak 11Sep 2023 — avg 5 · peak 24Nov 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9Jan 2024 — avg 3 · peak 10Mar 2024 — avg 3 · peak 10May 2024 — avg 3 · peak 10Jul 2024 — avg 4 · peak 16Sep 2024 — avg 4 · peak 16Nov 2024 — avg 2 · peak 9Jan 2025 — avg 3 · peak 13Mar 2025 — avg 4 · peak 12May 2025 — avg 3 · peak 11Aug 2025 — avg 2 · peak 10Aug 2026 — avg 2 · peak 6
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$21.99$2.722019-04-182026-10-102019-04-18 — best price $17.992019-08-05 — best price $13.552019-10-30 — best price $9.992019-12-13 — best price $19.292020-01-27 — best price $7.992020-02-16 — best price $18.402020-04-30 — best price $5.782020-07-10 — best price $17.992020-11-23 — best price $4.602021-02-15 — best price $19.992021-05-02 — best price $20.452021-08-06 — best price $19.992021-11-24 — best price $4.992022-01-05 — best price $19.992022-03-12 — best price $18.762022-06-13 — best price $3.122022-09-15 — best price $3.992023-01-16 — best price $3.592023-04-17 — best price $19.992023-06-29 — best price $3.122023-08-28 — best price $3.592023-10-30 — best price $3.502024-01-04 — best price $17.992024-03-21 — best price $19.992024-05-09 — best price $19.992024-08-12 — best price $14.392024-11-27 — best price $3.992025-02-08 — best price $3.992025-04-04 — best price $5.192025-06-16 — best price $19.992025-09-15 — best price $19.992025-12-08 — best price $19.992026-04-21 — best price $7.992026-07-12 — best price $17.992026-10-10 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

17
achievements tracked
21.2%
earned "Showdown with the Salamander elite forces"
6.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)1,87528%17
PS4 (PlayStation)1,81049%17
Steam (Steam)37819%17
Switch (Nintendo)1170%0

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

Player tags

2D1980sRetroSpaceActionArcadeCasualClassicShooterShoot 'Em Up

Census log

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

Recent updates

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