Arcade Spirits on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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 cute, dating sim and lgbtq+ game developed by Fiction Factory Games and published by PQube.
Released on February 12th 2019 is available in English on Windows, MacOS and Linux.

It has received 595 reviews of which 550 were positive and 45 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.6 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Arcade Spirits into these genres:

Cute Dating Sim LGBTQ+ Visual Novel Romance Story Rich Choices Matter Choose Your Own Adventure Retro Futuristic Character Customization Singleplayer Casual Simulation Funny Otome Female Protagonist

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System requirements

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Windows

OS *: Windows XP
Processor: 1 GHz Intel or AMD Processor
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: DirectX or OpenGL compatible card
DirectX: Version 9.0c
Storage: 100 MB available space

MacOS

OS: Mac OS X 10.6 or later
Processor: 1 GhzCore 2 Duo
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: DirectX or OpenGL compatible card
Storage: 100 MB available space

Linux

Processor: 1 GHz Intel or AMD Processor
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: DirectX or OpenGL compatible card
Storage: 100 MB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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March 2025

Oh man, I found this game via an interview by DarkTeaTime's interview with Stefan Gagne about games that offer features and options for Asexual gamers and honestly don't tend to do a ton of graphic novel like games, but decided on a whim to give this one a try and it was exactly what I needed. Despite not playing many text/choice based games like this, the ones that I have tried in the past often felt a bit isolating because I couldn't relate to the narration whatsoever, so I constantly would have to imagine everything I did from the perspective of someone who thought more like the narration to get any direction I wanted to go but this game felt like it might've been reading my mind half the time to the point where I actually had to stop a few times and laugh in surprise at being able to say exactly what I would've wanted to in real life. It was incredibly refreshing and helped immensely with immersion for me and so I had the most fun I think I've ever had playing one of these games. It even managed to squeeze a few tears out of me, which I need to be quite focused and immersed in something to do. My critiques? At most they're just my own biases, like how I found Naomi's voice offputting and her lipstick color just felt super out of character and jarring (but she still won me over as a character and still considered her as a romance option for a good portion of the game. irl we'd definitely be close friends.) but that's about it really. Great game. Refreshing characters with very real feeling takes on the situations in the game. I might just have to play another round.

March 2025

Step on me QueenBee Will eventually replay this with Gavin or Percy, but the game kinda long and I hope to have forgotten the narrative in the sea of time before I pick this back up again. Hopefully the romances are different enough--I'll keep you updated.

Oct. 2024

I had played an insanely slow and boring 2.5 hours of this at first, then cast it aside for weeks with no intentions of ever picking it up again. As soon as I did though the story *finally* had something interesting happen and I was able to start making advances to date someone. The story moves through about the time frame of a year, broken up in 8 chapters, so each chapter is like months after the last one. This isn't like you meet someone and right away start dating- the game wants you to build friendships first. Which is fine, just be prepared to be in the friendzone with light flirting til maybe 5 hrs in when I finally got to go on my first date with Teo. The story had some twists, your choices do truly matter! And it was awesome I was allowed the option to choose to physically punch the bad guy when he deserved it. Didn't expect to finish this, definitely will not be going back and playing again a bunch just to get the rest of the romancing achievements. it's a 7/10 and I'm *mildly* glad I did come back to it and finish the story line. FYI there's no nudity, but there are bathing suits on a beach for one chapter. In my play through of successfully romancing someone, you experience nothing more than kissing, hand holding, "i love yous" and nice flirting and emotional support. Small complaint about your character design: I'm all for androgyny, but my character was so gender-neutral it was a little immersion breaking for me. There should have been 3 body types/looks to choose from, not 3 hair styles. The baggy hoodie ensemble your character wears the whole time kinda sucks too. It always makes you look out of place compared to the rest of the characters. It makes you look sloppy despite being at an interview, at work, or going to an important business meeting about the future of the arcade. These are silly cosmetic things, yes, I know, but they can make the difference between me really feeling like I was part of the game or just going through it. If you're a fan of slow burn VN's where your choices matter and you can PG level date someone while trying to become a better person- this might be worth your while.

Oct. 2024

The game aesthetic is cute, the art is beautiful and the story is fun. I enjoyed the IRIS and the way it tracks your personality and your relationships with all the characters. The music was cool and the voice acting excellent. I had fun playing it but I felt like the romance aspect was too small. You barely get a chance to flirt with the characters, most interactions are purely platonic until you make a choice and focus on one person only. It's a good visual novel but it lacks in the dating sim aspect. I would probably get it on sale.

April 2024

Arcade Spirits is a visual novel dating sim with all the neon colors and gaming references you'd expect from a game that takes place in an arcade. It's got a bit of a slow start, but I adored this game for its characters, diversity, and realistic depictions of mental illness. The main character is really going through it, and the game doesn't sugarcoat that. The characters all feel well-developed and their romance lines were wholesome while dealing with issues in a believable and mature way. I also loved that there was an aroace option. The art was bright and poppy, though I was disappointed that some character models had more polish than others, as it made it easy to tell which characters were related to the plot in ways that were spoilery. This was a really fun game though with strong and lovable characters, and I hope to check out its sequel soon.

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19.99€

8.6

550

Online players

Developer

Fiction Factory Games

Publisher

PQube

Release 12 Feb 2019

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