American Arcadia

American Arcadia features two playable protagonists, Trevor Hills and Angela Solano. Throughout, it switches between the two characters, changing how it is played: as Trevor, it is presented as a side-scrolling 2.5D platformer, whereas as Angela, the game is a 3D first-person puzzle-solver.

While playing in Trevor's perspective, the player can use Angela's abilities to remotely interact with electric equipment, such as lights and elevators; during these sections, a CCTV camera overlay is shown. At one point, the player is simultaneously in control of both characters, and has to coordinate to avoid being seen by enemies as Trevor while choosing the correct answers to questions as Angela.

Before the events of American Arcadia, six Arcadia-born citizens escaped from the city in January 1992, known as The Arcadia Six Breakout.

The game presents the plot as a documentary, focusing on the experiences of Trevor Hills, a 28-year-old man who lives a normal life, and Angela Solano, a Walton Media stage technician.

American Arcadia is developed by Spanish indie studio Out of the Blue, which previously developed Call of the Sea.

Out of the Blue released a trailer in April 2022, and a demo was presented at the Tribeca Festival Games Spotlight. On November 15, 2023, American Arcadia was released.

American Arcadia received "generally favorable" reviews from critics, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. On OpenCritic, the game has a "strong" approval rating of 94%.