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Arcade Spirits

Fiction Factory Games · PQube · 2019-02-12

SteamPlayStation StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

Indie

Modes: Single player

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?

1
playing now
91%
positive of 631 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
72/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 08:00 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

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 32% of 18,104 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 16k–38k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 631 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Humble Store$1.99-90%
GreenManGaming$2.00-90%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$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 45 of 73 observed days · $1.01 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

402026-08-11 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 20:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 18:00 — 4 players2026-08-24 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$1.592019-01-082026-08-302019-01-08 — best price $16.192019-04-26 — best price $19.992019-07-12 — best price $19.992019-10-08 — best price $12.992019-11-29 — best price $19.992020-01-15 — best price $15.992020-03-03 — best price $13.992020-04-29 — best price $14.692020-06-08 — best price $16.682020-08-04 — best price $19.992020-10-23 — best price $14.232020-12-22 — best price $9.992021-03-02 — best price $19.992021-05-30 — best price $6.392021-08-19 — best price $19.992021-11-18 — best price $6.602022-01-06 — best price $19.992022-05-09 — best price $4.992022-08-02 — best price $19.992022-10-24 — best price $2.992022-12-30 — best price $19.992023-03-24 — best price $19.992023-07-13 — best price $19.992023-11-16 — best price $19.992024-02-07 — best price $3.502024-05-03 — best price $4.992024-08-19 — best price $5.002024-12-02 — best price $19.992025-03-27 — best price $4.992025-08-09 — best price $19.992025-12-12 — best price $2.002026-03-19 — best price $4.992026-06-25 — best price $4.992026-08-26 — best price $2.002026-08-30 — best price $2.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

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

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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