Arcade Spirits on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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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 599 reviews of which 555 were positive and 44 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.6 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for less on Gamivo.

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

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

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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Jan. 2026

Leaving a review for an indie game I liked, and you should too. Reviews help small indies massively.

Jan. 2026

I enjoyed this game and recommend it with two caveats: 1) you are forced into choosing who to spend time with, without being allowed to explore all possibilities before deciding if you want to date someone. Two people I was interested in were mutually exclusive. I didn't want to date everyone, but I at least wanted the option to get to know them before choosing. 2) The "good ending" achievement is the bad ending. The game forces you into a binary without giving you the option of real-life decisions. You either go with the ending where everyone abandons you without any options to turn things around, or you abandon everything mid-game. It's a false dichotomy that should allow you the option to change your mind later or fix things at the end, but the game just says "nope, you made your choice, no going back."

Dec. 2025

After playing FFG's previous VN, Penny Larceny, and really enjoying that, I basically knew what I was in for. A nice, wholesome, well-written VN with cosy romance. Very much enjoyed my time playing through all the routes. Will definitely be moving on to The New Challengers!

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Arcade Spirits is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam.

Arcade Spirits is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 19.99€ on Steam.

Arcade Spirits received 555 positive votes out of a total of 599 achieving a rating of 8.64.

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Arcade Spirits was developed by Fiction Factory Games and published by PQube.

Arcade Spirits is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Arcade Spirits is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Arcade Spirits is playable and fully supported on Linux.

Arcade Spirits is a single-player game.

There are 2 DLCs available for Arcade Spirits. Explore additional content available for Arcade Spirits on Steam.

Arcade Spirits does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Arcade Spirits does not support Steam Remote Play.

Arcade Spirits is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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