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Arcade Paradise makes everything a game, including your boring choresSnag a high score in its new demo

Snag a high score in its new demo

Arcade Paradise - An arcade cabinet on a street explodes out of a shipping bow with blue and red lightning.

When your dad runs off on vacation and leaves you in charge of his junker old laundromat, what else would you do aside from flipping the thing into a booming arcade? Of course, Ashley’s dad just expects her to clean and manage the laundry, but she has “half a business degree” so she hasideas.Arcade Paradisehas just dropped a demo for you to try so you can pick up trash and plunge toilets or whittle away at the work day playing on the arcade cabinets in the back room.

For Ashley, everything is a game. Tossing trash bags in the dumpster is a game. Ripping gross gum off the seats is a game. So is “defeating” the clogged toilet. Also there are the actual arcade games. Oh, and her PDA has an infinite runner called Llama on it. Say what you will about arcade machines but it’s the PDA that really takes me back. Catch a bit of it all down here in the new Arcade Paradise trailer.

Arcade Paradise - Rags to Riches (Gameplay Trailer)Watch on YouTube

Arcade Paradise - Rags to Riches (Gameplay Trailer)

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You can also play some of those games, like a Streets Of Rage-alike, in split screen co-op or through Steam’s Remote Play Together.

I may be absolute trash at most arcade games, but I sure do feel the appeal of renovating the laundro with snazzy lights and new carpet and all tha machines I like. I didn’t get that far in the demo, but you can see some of the eventual arcade glory in the new trailer up there.

I just spotted a machine that looks like DDR in there too. That also really takes me back.

Arcade Paradise is now planning to launch in spring 2022 overon Steam. You can hop into the demo from now until next Friday, October 15.