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Arcade Tycoon ™ : Simulation Game
Build stunning Arcade Centre’s, purchase a range of arcades machines, manage troublesome staff in this colourful and humorous simulation management game. Inspired by Two Point Hospital, Let's Build A Zoo and Megaquarium.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
“Engaging management experience where designing arcade layouts, upgrading machines, and balancing finances feels strategic and enjoyable, offering steady progression and a satisfying sense of building success.”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“Fun and addictive tycoon sim where building creative arcades, managing staff, and keeping customers happy creates a rewarding gameplay loop with charming visuals and satisfying progression.”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“Simple and tedious in places but fun, you can research stuff to remove some of that tedious work later on. Staff can level up but some perks appear like they should have been part of the code like a perk for cleaning and fixing things closer to the npc, really. You can upgrade…”
— a player, Steam review · 25 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2025-01 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-19.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Arcade Tycoon - Minor Update - 2.0.3
~ Improved communication for displaying happiness generated by a machine. ~ Fixed an issue with the Prodigy perk not correctly awarding bonus XP. ~ Fixed an issue with the soundtrack interrupting if l
Arcade Tycoon - Minor Update - 2.0.2
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Management · Simulation · Strategy · Arcade · City Builder · Economy · Building · Comedy · Sandbox · Crafting · Family Friendly · Base-Building (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese * |
| Achievements | 16 |
| Official site | https://www.arcade-tycoon.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows XP Processor: 2 GHz dual core Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Hardware Accelerated Graphics with dedicated memory Storage: 1500 MB available space