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Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers is the follow-up to 2019's Arcade Spirits, a visual novel of love and pixels, in which you seek friendship and romance while working in an arcade. Now the tables are turned, as you seek friendship and romance while PLAYING in an arcade!

Developer  Publisher:  Genres:  Translations:  Features:  Tags:  
Release DateMay 26, 2022
Price$ 19.99  Top 10%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)93% (very positive) Top 15% / 91.5%  Top 20%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)82.7% Top 15% / 81.9%  Top 20%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)114  / 129
Curators24 reviews  Top 25%
Median Play Time16.9 hours  Top 10%
Play Time per Dollar50 minutes  Top 30%
Followers939 
Owners± 4.3K 
Copies Sold± 3.8K 
Gross Revenue ($)± 52.2K  Top 30%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

Here you can see Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers's Steam rating and reviews between May 2022 and December 2023. Steam's rating is varying from 96.5% (May 2022) to 91.4% (October 2023).

The 129 reviews suggest that Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers might be a reasonable indie success. The chart suggests a long tail distribution, which could mean that the game was promoted at laucnch but that there were no more marketing, update or major discounts after that point.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut graph displays the languages of Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers's Steam reviews. The most popular language is English (88%), followed by Portuguese - Brazil (5%). The player's languages are diversified, with 8 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game has been translated in only one language (English), it's always good to have more translations to access other markets.

Time Played

Chart displaying Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time played in Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers, showing a comparison between positive and negative reviews. The time in game is not bad at all, with 29 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is 2.1 times less than the median for positive reviews. The negative review time is high (median is 8 hours), it can be a sign that Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers crashes after a while or becomes too repetitive or difficult towards the end. The Players' feedback section might help understanding the issue.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Inclusive character creation
  • Engaging romance options
  • Excellent writing
  • Funny characters
  • Good representation of disabled character
  • Good representation of marginalized groups
  • Multiple pronoun options
  • Platonic options
  • Racially diverse characters
  • Unique character designs
  • Awkward character art
  • Dialogue repetition
  • Few afro-textured hairstyles
  • Forced problematic choices
  • Political preaching
  • Rushed beginning
  • Sloppy thicc body types
  • Some questionable undertones
  • Telling instead of showing
  • Too few resource links for depression/suicide

These advantages and disadvantages are not meant to provide a fair assessment of the game, but to help developers identify potential improvements. The game's rating of 93%  Top 15% should be taken into account when assessing them.

Take into account that list was generated using AI on a small sample of Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers's Steam review data, it is not meant to be exhaustive. Moreover, be aware that problems aren't always meant to be solved. Communicating clearly and managing the player's expectations is important too!

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