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Pocket Arcade Story

Create the gaming paradise of your dreams!Reach 5-stars and host tournaments! Here comes a new challenger: it's the arcade simulation game you've been waiting for! Build your very own gaming paradise packed…

19 March 2016

Pocket Arcade Story is an arcade developed by Kairosoft, released 19 March 2016 on Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

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What Pocket Arcade Story is

Pocket Arcade Story is an arcade game developed by Kairosoft and released in 2016. It is available on Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Create the gaming paradise of your dreams!Reach 5-stars and host tournaments! Here comes a new challenger: it's the arcade simulation game you've been waiting for! Build your very own gaming paradise packed with heaps of game machines and more! If some of your customers become regulars, you can test their mettle in fighting game tournaments. Crush the competition with crazy combos and knock out your opponents with a flurry of fists! If you rise from the fray victorious, more and more customers will pile into your arcade! You can fine-tune and tweak your arcade as much as you want, with everything from racing games to dance games, photo booths and food stands! Even the strength of your crane…
Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Pocket Arcade Story launched on 19 March 2016, within three weeks of Tom Clancy's The Division, Dark Souls III, Hitman and Quantum Break. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Tom Clancy's The Division, Dark Souls III, Hitman, Quantum Break.

Official trailer

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When did Pocket Arcade Story come out?
Pocket Arcade Story was released on 19 March 2016 for Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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