

Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers 2022
Developed by Fiction Factory Games
- Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure, Indie
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! In the distant future year 20XX, an alternate timeline where arcades never went away... you're an aspiring gamer searching for esports glory on the Fist of Discomfort 2 Pro Tour. Seeking a partner to play with, you join a team of players who hang out at Good Clean Fun, a combination pizzeria / laundromat / arcade. It's up to you to rally the team, learning more about who they are and how best to support their dreams along the way. Defeat rivals, conquer tournaments, build relationships, and uncover a strange arcade conspiracy as your team walks the road to victory!
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Warm, unpretentious, classical in form and nostalgic.
- warmbleak
- unpretentiousprestige
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- cooloverwhelming
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About the game
- Platforms
- Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
- Developer
- Fiction Factory Games
- Publisher
- PQube
- Released
- May 27, 2022
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Third person, Side view
- Engine
- renpy
IGDB rating 10.0/10 from 1 ratings.
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