Games Like Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers

Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers

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!

★ WHEN THE NIGHT COMES ★ ASPHYXIA ★ TROUBLE COMES TWICE ★ A LITTLE LILY PRINCESS ★ DEMONHEART ★ LIFE AFTER MAGIC ★ BACKSTAGE PASS ★ THE COSMIC WHEEL SISTERHOOD ★ A NEW LIFE. ★ SEABED ★ SAIHATE STATION ★ THIS GAME WILL END IN 205 CLICKS. ★ WE ♥ IT 
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When The Night Comes

93% 👍 OF 332
About This Game

When The Night Comes is a queer, narrative-driven, supernatural visual novel.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …choose a completely platonic route and turn romantic moments into a simple hug instead.
  • …date two people at once in a full poly route where the three of you grow together.
  • …rewind dialogue line by line to re-read and catch details you skipped.
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A Little Lily Princess

93% 👍 OF 333
About This Game

Newly arrived at a boarding school in Victorian England, Sara Crewe uses her love of books and storytelling to build new relationships. But what happens to a fairy-tale princess when she loses everything?

Player reviews say you can…

  • …hit a midgame shift where your status collapses and the same daily-activity system becomes about surviving after you lose everything.
  • …pursue several girls in Act I, then get forced in Act II to commit to one route while the others lock out.
  • …follow a ballerina's route that includes the game's only kiss scene with another girl.
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Demonheart

90% 👍 OF 759
About This Game

Discover the secrets of the witches and demons in this dark fantasy romance game, featuring a female protagonist whose personality is completely up to the player thanks to extensive dialog choices.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Shape Bright's Morality
  • …Choose Tact or Defiance
  • …Answer the Mind Demon
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Life After Magic

98% 👍 OF 287
About This Game

Can you save magic before the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve? Life After Magic is a queer, retro visual novel that follows jaded ex-magical girls as they reconnect, deal with young adulthood, and face off against one last threat before Y2K hits.

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The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood

93% 👍 OF 6.4K
About This Game

Immerse yourself in an enchanting narrative experience as Fortuna, a fortune-teller Witch condemned to exile on her asteroid home. Craft your own Tarot deck, regain your freedom, and shape the fate of the cosmic Witch society.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Design Tarot Cards
  • …Read Visitors’ Fates
  • …Shape Coven Politics
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SeaBed

97% 👍 OF 1.1K
About This Game

SeaBed is a yuri-themed psychological mystery visual novel told through the perspectives of three separate characters: Sachiko, Takako and Narasaki.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Trace Fragmented Memories
  • …Question Reality and Illusion
  • …Follow Three Perspectives
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Saihate Station

95% 👍 OF 10K
About This Game

An exploration/horror/adventure game about the codependent, love-hate relationship between two men.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …push Haru's dependency up or down with your choices and branch the story into different endings.
  • …revisit earlier locations after big plot beats and keep interacting with objects to reveal hidden layers that reframe past scenes.
  • …get warned before a chase, get told where to run, and still have to make it out of the pursuit.
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this game will end in 205 clicks.

97% 👍 OF 1.4K
About This Game

What does a SUPERVILLAIN do, when he is forbidden from doing anything evil for the day? WARNING: This is not the type of game where you can make meaningful choices.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Spend a Villain's Day Off
  • …Do Everyday Side Quests
  • …Hover Over Pink Words