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Arcade Spirits

Fiction Factory Games · PQube · 2019-02-12

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Indie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: May 01, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), May 01, 2020 (Xbox One), Feb 12, 2019 (Linux), Feb 12, 2019 (Mac), Feb 12, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 01, 2020 (PlayStation 4)

Arcade Spirits is a romantic visual novel that follows an alternative timeline where the 1983 video game crash never occurred. It's 20XX and you've just started a new job at the Funplex game arcade. Who will you meet along the way? Will you find the romance you're seeking?

Arcade Spirits is a 2019 Indie game priced at $19.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 632 reviews).

2
playing now
91%
positive of 632 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
72/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
4.31★
PlayStation Store rating (97 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

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

Arcade Spirits is a dating sim visual novel video game released in 2019 for Microsoft Windows and in 2020 for PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox One. It was developed by Fiction Factory Games and published by PQube. Set in an alternate history where the video game crash of 1983 never happened, arcades remain popular. Players control a customizable character who can be female, male, or non-binary, and can choose whether they want to approach the seven romance candidates romantically or platonically.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 27% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (58 reviews).
  • · Top 14% of 49,602 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 16k–38k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 632 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GreenManGaming$2.00-90%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2024-09-12) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 70 of 97 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
585820192026Week of 2019-02-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 4 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 5 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$1.662019-01-082026-10-082019-01-08 — best price $16.192019-05-16 — best price $17.992019-08-19 — best price $11.842019-10-26 — best price $14.992019-12-23 — best price $19.992020-02-10 — best price $19.992020-04-14 — best price $19.992020-06-04 — best price $19.992020-07-27 — best price $11.992020-10-23 — best price $14.232020-12-31 — best price $19.992021-03-19 — best price $9.992021-06-24 — best price $8.002021-09-23 — best price $7.992021-12-04 — best price $16.792022-04-06 — best price $4.992022-07-12 — best price $5.002022-10-10 — best price $16.972022-12-30 — best price $19.992023-04-01 — best price $19.992023-07-25 — best price $14.792023-12-11 — best price $4.992024-03-17 — best price $19.992024-06-20 — best price $4.992024-10-25 — best price $2.002025-03-10 — best price $19.992025-07-25 — best price $1.662025-12-12 — best price $2.002026-03-27 — best price $19.992026-07-23 — best price $1.992026-09-01 — best price $2.002026-09-26 — best price $1.992026-10-08 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2422026-05-29 — 10 pageviews2026-06-02 — 8 pageviews2026-06-06 — 6 pageviews2026-06-10 — 8 pageviews2026-06-14 — 8 pageviews2026-06-18 — 4 pageviews2026-06-22 — 2 pageviews2026-06-26 — 8 pageviews2026-06-30 — 5 pageviews2026-07-04 — 3 pageviews2026-07-08 — 4 pageviews2026-07-12 — 7 pageviews2026-07-16 — 5 pageviews2026-07-20 — 8 pageviews2026-07-24 — 6 pageviews2026-07-28 — 9 pageviews2026-08-01 — 5 pageviews2026-08-05 — 4 pageviews2026-08-09 — 9 pageviews2026-08-13 — 9 pageviews2026-08-17 — 10 pageviews2026-08-21 — 8 pageviews2026-08-25 — 8 pageviews2026-08-29 — 7 pageviews2026-09-02 — 3 pageviews2026-09-06 — 9 pageviews2026-09-10 — 7 pageviews2026-09-14 — 9 pageviews2026-09-18 — 6 pageviews2026-09-22 — 10 pageviews2026-09-26 — 14 pageviews2026-09-30 — 5 pageviews2026-10-04 — 6 pageviews2026-10-08 — 7 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

21
achievements tracked
46.8%
earned "01: Put Your Quarter Up"
14.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCustom Volume ControlsKeyboard Only OptionMouse Only OptionNarrated Game MenusPlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller Support2 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2019-02-12 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)53120%21
PS4 (PlayStation)49872%22
Xbox One (Xbox)34257%21
Switch (Nintendo)160%0

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

Player tags

CuteFunnyRetroCasualLGBTQ+RomanceDating SimFuturisticSimulationStory Rich

Census log

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

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