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Arcade Paradise

Nosebleed Interactive · Wired Productions · 2022-08-11

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AdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Aug 11, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), TBD (Google Stadia), Aug 11, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), Aug 11, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 11, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Aug 11, 2022 (PlayStation 4)

Turn a rundown laundromat into a radical ’90s arcade. Manage your business, expand your neon empire, and balance dirty laundry with over 35 playable arcade games. Build the ultimate arcade! From the team behind Vampire Crawlers.

12
playing now
81%
positive of 2.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (22 ratings)
7
Nexus mods (352 downloads)
3.78★
PlayStation Store rating (2,750 ratings)
40h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

12 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Arcade Paradise is a business simulation video game developed by Nosebleed Interactive and published by Wired Productions. It was released August 11, 2022, for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S and October 13, 2022, for Amazon Luna and Google Stadia. The player character grows a struggling laundromat business into a thriving arcade. It received mixed to generally favorable reviews from critics. Metacritic aggregate scores range from 72 out of 100 for Windows, and 83 out of 100 for Switch.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 12 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 134 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~17/week).
  • · Review velocity up 61% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 42k–93k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,076 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$5.19-74%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.49 at Fanatical (2025-05-02) · bundled 10×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 81 of 104 observed days · $2.70 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
27827820222026Week of 2022-08-01: 278 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3022026-09-15 02:00 — 18 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 7 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 12 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 12 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 9 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 14 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 7 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 6 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 8 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 14 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 5 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 6 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 11 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 13 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 15 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 30 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 18 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 9 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 14 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 16 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 8 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 16 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 14 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 12 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
24512Aug 2022Aug 2026Aug 2022 — avg 245 · peak 508Oct 2022 — avg 50 · peak 139Dec 2022 — avg 30 · peak 67Feb 2023 — avg 27 · peak 138Apr 2023 — avg 12 · peak 31Jun 2023 — avg 13 · peak 33Aug 2023 — avg 100 · peak 250Oct 2023 — avg 37 · peak 76Dec 2023 — avg 31 · peak 65Feb 2024 — avg 30 · peak 64Apr 2024 — avg 27 · peak 70Jun 2024 — avg 21 · peak 56Aug 2024 — avg 39 · peak 110Oct 2024 — avg 24 · peak 67Dec 2024 — avg 19 · peak 58Feb 2025 — avg 22 · peak 46Apr 2025 — avg 14 · peak 40Jun 2025 — avg 17 · peak 41Aug 2025 — avg 16 · peak 35Oct 2025 — avg 17 · peak 47Dec 2025 — avg 17 · peak 44Feb 2026 — avg 13 · peak 28Apr 2026 — avg 25 · peak 79Jun 2026 — avg 19 · peak 45Aug 2026 — avg 13 · peak 31
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$2.492022-07-152026-10-142022-07-15 — best price $16.062022-08-19 — best price $19.392022-11-22 — best price $15.992023-01-05 — best price $19.992023-02-24 — best price $10.492023-04-28 — best price $13.982023-05-19 — best price $19.992023-06-30 — best price $9.742023-07-28 — best price $12.992023-08-22 — best price $11.992023-11-01 — best price $9.992023-12-15 — best price $9.352024-01-23 — best price $11.992024-02-22 — best price $19.992024-04-11 — best price $19.992024-05-09 — best price $19.992024-06-21 — best price $10.002024-08-08 — best price $7.992024-08-26 — best price $9.592024-10-14 — best price $6.992024-11-14 — best price $7.992025-01-03 — best price $19.992025-02-13 — best price $6.992025-04-03 — best price $19.992025-05-09 — best price $5.992025-07-10 — best price $5.992025-09-05 — best price $14.692025-11-05 — best price $19.992026-01-11 — best price $19.992026-03-08 — best price $19.992026-04-24 — best price $19.992026-07-10 — best price $19.992026-09-03 — best price $5.192026-09-15 — best price $19.992026-09-27 — best price $5.192026-10-09 — best price $5.192026-10-14 — best price $5.19
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

59112026-05-26 — 23 pageviews2026-05-30 — 34 pageviews2026-06-03 — 31 pageviews2026-06-07 — 36 pageviews2026-06-11 — 35 pageviews2026-06-15 — 25 pageviews2026-06-19 — 21 pageviews2026-06-23 — 28 pageviews2026-06-27 — 22 pageviews2026-07-01 — 26 pageviews2026-07-05 — 33 pageviews2026-07-09 — 28 pageviews2026-07-13 — 22 pageviews2026-07-17 — 39 pageviews2026-07-21 — 26 pageviews2026-07-25 — 29 pageviews2026-07-29 — 30 pageviews2026-08-02 — 37 pageviews2026-08-06 — 33 pageviews2026-08-10 — 30 pageviews2026-08-14 — 31 pageviews2026-08-18 — 27 pageviews2026-08-22 — 24 pageviews2026-08-26 — 31 pageviews2026-08-30 — 27 pageviews2026-09-03 — 23 pageviews2026-09-07 — 30 pageviews2026-09-11 — 17 pageviews2026-09-15 — 21 pageviews2026-09-19 — 33 pageviews2026-09-23 — 18 pageviews2026-09-27 — 24 pageviews2026-10-01 — 13 pageviews2026-10-05 — 23 pageviews2026-10-09 — 17 pageviews2026-10-12 — 29 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

54
achievements tracked
85.1%
earned "Pushing a pull door"
6.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading Cards11 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 11 DLC released, first 2022-08-11, latest 2023-05-18 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)21,1222%54
PS5 (PlayStation)9,6508%55
Steam (Steam)5,6493%54
PS4 (PlayStation)2,5629%55
Switch (Nintendo)540%0
Switch (Nintendo)10%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

3DFunnyRetro1990'sArcadeComedyAdventureRealisticManagementOld School

Census log

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

Recent updates

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