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Arcade Tycoon ™ : Simulation Game cover art

Arcade Tycoon ™ : Simulation Game

Squidpunch Studios · Vincent Ltd · 2021-10-14

SteamGOG

CasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 25, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 12, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Build stunning Arcade Centre’s, purchase a range of arcades machines, manage troublesome staff in this colourful and humorous simulation management game. Inspired by Two Point Hospital, Let's Build A Zoo and Megaquarium.

Arcade Tycoon ™ : Simulation Game is a 2021 Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy priced at $14.99, with Very Positive (82% of 568 reviews) sentiment and an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000.

2
playing now
82%
positive of 568 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 65 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity up 117% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 29,098 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 11k–26k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 568 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at GOG (2026-05-14)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 55 of 72 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
343420192026Week of 2019-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
121Sep 2019Jan 2025Sep 2019 — avg 2 · peak 22Nov 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Mar 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7May 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2020 — avg 2 · peak 8Sep 2020 — avg 1 · peak 6Nov 2020 — avg 1 · peak 6Jan 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5Mar 2021 — avg 2 · peak 5May 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Jul 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5Sep 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Nov 2021 — avg 3 · peak 14Jan 2022 — avg 3 · peak 15Mar 2022 — avg 1 · peak 5May 2022 — avg 12 · peak 56Jul 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Sep 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Nov 2022 — avg 1 · peak 4Feb 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8Apr 2023 — avg 2 · peak 10Jun 2023 — avg 1 · peak 4Sep 2023 — avg 1 · peak 6Jan 2024 — avg 3 · peak 13Mar 2024 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2025 — avg 2 · peak 6

▼ −1 avg players (−35.0%) vs prior month — Jan 2025

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$18.99$2.992019-09-122026-10-142019-09-12 — best price $15.192019-11-01 — best price $15.992020-01-02 — best price $15.992020-01-27 — best price $15.992020-04-16 — best price $10.392020-06-25 — best price $7.792020-10-01 — best price $10.392020-11-25 — best price $10.392020-12-22 — best price $8.442021-02-15 — best price $9.992024-05-16 — best price $14.992024-11-14 — best price $4.492025-01-14 — best price $5.242025-02-21 — best price $14.992025-04-03 — best price $14.992025-09-11 — best price $14.992025-10-28 — best price $4.492026-01-13 — best price $4.492026-02-12 — best price $4.492026-04-03 — best price $14.992026-05-13 — best price $14.992026-07-09 — best price $14.992026-08-28 — best price $2.992026-09-01 — best price $2.992026-09-05 — best price $2.992026-09-09 — best price $2.992026-09-13 — best price $14.992026-09-17 — best price $2.992026-09-21 — best price $2.992026-09-25 — best price $2.992026-09-29 — best price $2.992026-10-03 — best price $2.992026-10-07 — best price $2.992026-10-11 — best price $2.992026-10-14 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
96.9%
earned "Arcade Now Open!"
29.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2019-09-19 (Steam store data)

Player tags

ArcadeComedyEconomySandboxBuildingCraftingStrategyManagementSimulationCity Builder

Census log

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

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