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Arcade Spirits

Also known as Arcade Spirits, arcade spirits, arcade-spirits

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?

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25 May 2026

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Patch notesPublished 17 Mar 2023

Introducing Penny Larceny: Gig Economy Supervillain!

Arcade Spirits fans, rejoice! Our next visual novel is on the way... It's a world of heroes and villains, masks and capes, and Penny Larceny -- grifter, con artist, catburglar -- is barely scraping by. Life's hard for a…

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May 2022
Welcome back retro romancers! In case you missed our last post, Fiction Factory Games has teamed up again with PQube to release an all-new Arcade Spirits adventure, Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers. Check out our lau…5 changesGameplayPatch notes27 May 2022
Welcome back challengers! As some of you will know, we've been hard at work on our standalone sequel, Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers, and we're excited to announce that we are now just 1 week away from launch! For…7 changesGameplayMapsPatch notes20 May 2022
March 2022
Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers Release Date is Finally Here!Hello gamers and retro romantics! We're super excited to be announcing that Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers will release on May 27, 2022! To celebrate we've got a brand new character trailer to share featuring the k…Announcement2 changesGameplay16 Mar 2022
February 2022
Happy 3rd Year Anniversary!Ah anniversaries, one of the greatest (and most romantic 😘) occasions to celebrate, especially this close to Valentine's Day! We'd just like to say how much we appreciate all those Arcade Spirits fans out there that pl…Announcement2 changesGameplay12 Feb 2022
January 2022
Hello fellow Arcade Spirits Enthusiasts, look out for some fun content coming to the Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers Steam page these upcoming weeks! As we near it’s release, we thought it was time to get you introd…4 changesGameplayStore28 Jan 2022
June 2021
Ah, summer. Sundresses, ice cream…and, of course, some crazy discounts on games! With everything from pixel platformers to furr-tastic RPGs, there is something for everyone in the PQube catalogue. Check out some of our…1 changeStore25 Jun 2021
March 2021
Hello, hello! We're thrilled to be bringing Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers demo to Steam. Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers is a follow-up to 2019's Arcade Spirits, a visual novel of love and pixels, in which you…6 changesGameplayStore30 Mar 2021
Arcade Spirits 2.0Arcade Spirits 2.0 contains a bucketful of polish to shine things up real nice. Nothing major, but you'll get a better experience overall. Fixed all reported typos. (If you spot any left, let us know.) Clarified a few u…Announcementv2.04 changesFixGameplay25 Mar 2021
June 2020
Summer of Pride Steam Sale!Hey, folks -- MidBoss let us into the cool kids club and now we're happily a part of the Summer of Pride steam sale! That means you get the same amount of arcade goodness at a low, low price. Save your quarters! But the…Event2 changesBalance12 Jun 2020
March 2020
Arcade Spirits v1.53A minor patch was issued today for Arcade Spirits, as we tune and tweak the game for its upcoming May 1st release on Switch, XBox, and PS4. This patch fixes several typos and small bugs. Thanks!Announcementv1.5310 Mar 2020
December 2019
Arcade Spirits v1.5This update provides general housekeeping for bugs and typos, and introduces an extensive new system to make the game more accessible to visually impaired players. Many, many typos fixed. Long time coming! A few obscure…Announcementv1.58 changesFixGameplay26 Dec 2019

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