Arcade Spirits
Fair · Short indie · 2019
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $19.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 8.2h 17.7h to 100%
- Value
- $2.44/hr
- Reviews
- 91% of 636 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $12.52 or less.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
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?
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, DirectX or OpenGL compatible card, 102 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
It has been discounted 58 times in the 8 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 75 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
Value puts it in the top 8 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 98 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 94 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Super Lesbian Animal RPG ($14.99, scores 87) beats it on value, while it beats Lake ($19.99, scores 51).
More about Arcade Spirits
The press gave it 78; the people who bought it give it 91 percent. A 13-point gap in the buyer's favour.
This site sampled 277 of its Steam-purchase reviews; none were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to May 2026.
The main story runs 8.2 hours. Doing everything runs 18, 2.2 times as long.
The drop-off
47% start to 5% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
- Players online
- 6 when we last checked, on Oct 6, 02:56 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Enjoyed the character customization and overall aesthetic, but the dialogue felt excessively repetitive and corny, like Wattpad fanfiction, written by a twelve year old type corny. Dating sim should not be one of the primary tags when the only romantic interactions you get are essentially getting to choose who you want to vaguely flirt with at the end of every day. Although, I'd nitpick the dating aspect less if the...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
I played this years ago and never finished it, so I came back to give it another try. Honestly? I see why I didnt stick with it the first time. The game has some good ideas. I like the personality based questions and how the voice actors added depth to the dialogue. It can feel immersive at times, but that only lasts so long. I found myself getting bored really fast. Within the first 10-15 minutes, I was already...
Another very charming game, by a talented writer! I like the characters well enough, and the story does a few neat things which make it not super predictable. If you like charming little stories with social justice themes, friendship, and hope against the evil systems of the world, this is one for you!
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
Cite this score
Arcade Spirits scores 61/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/910630/arcade-spiritsReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.