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The Coin Game
A collection of ticket redemption arcades with realistic physics, a carnival, goofy robots, open world design, a global ranking system and silly prizes. Featuring 50+ modern inspired arcade machines and a pawn shop to keep money in your pocket. The Coin Game is made by a solo developer.
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 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
65 of the 85 reviews raise this.
“One of the coolest Arcade Simulators with survival and money management. It's so much fun to play. Every arcade game is well programmed and feels fair. The jobs are fun to complete, the bike controls well. This game is…”
“While the underlying game is quite janky, the arcade game simulation is responsive and the core game loop of acquiring prizes to cash in to revitalize the businesses around town is shockingly engaging. Unparalleled…”
“I adore Coin Game, but recommending it is tricky. Every machine I've tested this on, that being 2 separate PCs and a Steam Deck, the game runs kinda choppy even on the lowest settings. Its far from unplayable, and I…”
8 of the 85 reviews raise this.
“While the underlying game is quite janky, the arcade game simulation is responsive and the core game loop of acquiring prizes to cash in to revitalize the businesses around town is shockingly engaging. Unparalleled…”
“---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☑ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just…”
“This game is an amazing labor of love. It's janky for sure, when it comes to the UI and first-person movement, but the arcade machines themselves are pretty top-notch. If you can look past some of the rough game design…”
8 of the 85 reviews raise this.
7 of the 85 reviews raise this.
“One of the coolest Arcade Simulators with survival and money management. It's so much fun to play. Every arcade game is well programmed and feels fair. The jobs are fun to complete, the bike controls well. This game is…”
“The Good: Lots of games and activities Amazing redemption game physics Relatively low barrier to entry in Survival Mode Fun gameplay loop in Survival Mode Incredible arcade sound effects Faithful "simulation" of…”
“good fun game saves you going to the amusements and losing all your money my niece loves this game and it gets updates too only bad point it should have multiplayer with friends online”
5 of the 85 reviews raise this.
“The Good: Lots of games and activities Amazing redemption game physics Relatively low barrier to entry in Survival Mode Fun gameplay loop in Survival Mode Incredible arcade sound effects Faithful "simulation" of…”
“This game is one of the best Indie games ever released its fun and has alot of differnt ways to make cash. The Coin game requires a microwave to run I myself have below minimum specs and run this game with fast speeds.…”
10 of the 85 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“[h1]For the love of god, play this on the pre-1.0 version[/h1] You can switch to pre-1.0 "legacy" version by right clicking the game -> properties -> game versions and betas. [h1]What the hell happened?[/h1] This game's…”
“What are this new terms and service? "Kwalee does not have to provide maintenance or support." and class action waivers?! Data collection? Can't even launch the game without accepting the terms and service! There's been…”
“I won't lie, this game's 1.0 launch is not great, with lots of glitches and it running worse than usual on my PC. That being said, this game truly does have a lot of potential, and I have faith that it'll get the fixes…”
8 of the 85 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“[h1]For the love of god, play this on the pre-1.0 version[/h1] You can switch to pre-1.0 "legacy" version by right clicking the game -> properties -> game versions and betas. [h1]What the hell happened?[/h1] This game's…”
“While the underlying game is quite janky, the arcade game simulation is responsive and the core game loop of acquiring prizes to cash in to revitalize the businesses around town is shockingly engaging. Unparalleled…”
“This game is an amazing labor of love. It's janky for sure, when it comes to the UI and first-person movement, but the arcade machines themselves are pretty top-notch. If you can look past some of the rough game design…”
5 of the 85 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“I adore Coin Game, but recommending it is tricky. Every machine I've tested this on, that being 2 separate PCs and a Steam Deck, the game runs kinda choppy even on the lowest settings. Its far from unplayable, and I…”
“I won't lie, this game's 1.0 launch is not great, with lots of glitches and it running worse than usual on my PC. That being said, this game truly does have a lot of potential, and I have faith that it'll get the fixes…”
4 of the 85 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“While the underlying game is quite janky, the arcade game simulation is responsive and the core game loop of acquiring prizes to cash in to revitalize the businesses around town is shockingly engaging. Unparalleled…”
4 of the 85 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“good fun game saves you going to the amusements and losing all your money my niece loves this game and it gets updates too only bad point it should have multiplayer with friends online”
Counted across 85 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 92.4% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“its like dave and busters without the actual money or the intoxicated fathers”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“God I love this game so much. Fell in love with the game back when brutalmoose dropped his first video on this game. I've always been an arcade enthusiast and finally seeing the game leave early access soon is getting me very excited! Fun and chill gameplay experience, with more…”
— a player, Steam review · 39 hrs played“This is the worst 1.0 release I've ever seen. I don't know what happened here. The publisher locked their Discord before release, too, which makes it look even worse. There is literally nothing in this game that works correctly now. Including stuff that was fine in Early Access.…”
— a player, Steam review · 12 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 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 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Developer News.
Hello Islandvillers... Sorry for the lapse in contact but I simply needed a break. Im cooked. I honestly dont know what I am going to do except to keep fixing the problems one by one. I feel EVERY ONE
MOAR Fixes!!! The Coin Game
Hello Islandvillers! devotid here with another Hot Fix for you! I'll keep sitting in this chair until they are ALL gone. Thank you for giving me a chance and supporting this crazy project "reaching" f
The Coin Game Major Fixes!
Hello Islandvillers! I am thankful to say that I have finished a patch that I believe will fix many of the problems players are facing with the new 1.0 update! I also brought back the old physics on t
The Coin Game Hot Fixes
Hello Islandvillers! First off just wanted to say that I am sorry for the rough launch and the failure of many key systems in the game. It was unacceptable and Its no ones fault but mine. I had a new
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Adventure, Casual, Indie, Simulation |
| Player tags | Life Sim · Arcade · Open World · Casual · Physics · First-Person · Simulation · Survival · Funny · Character Customization · Realistic · Family Friendly (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Stats · Steam Leaderboards · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 27 |
| Official site | http://www.devotid.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 11 Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K or Equivalent Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 or Equivalent DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 8 GB available space