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ACE Academy
ACE Academy is a slice-of-life, story-centric comedy game with elements of dating-sim; fully voiced and extensively interactive!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“+Fun, decently well written story. It's nothing special, but competent enough for a good play through or two. +Characters are typical archetypes but are written well enough to feel some level of attachment +I love how the love interests actually get into their own separate…”
— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs played“Good fun; too bad there's no sequel. And that PixelFade closed. Wish I had heard of them before that.”
— a player, Steam review · 25 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:26 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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Developer Stream (October 8th - 2:00PM EDT)
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Developer Stream (October 8th - 2:00PM EDT)
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation, Sports |
| Player tags | Choose Your Own Adventure · Visual Novel · Dating Sim · JRPG · Romance · Sports · Mechs · Character Customization · 2D · Funny · Cute · Story Rich (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Estimated owners | 100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://pixelfade.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10 Processor: 1.4 GHz Memory: 2 GB RAM Storage: 1500 MB available space