Arcade Paradise

Set in 1993, the player controls Ashley Goldman, whose father, Gerald, is the owner of King Wash laundromat. Ashley is left to run the laundromat while Gerald is away. They discover arcade games in the back room, and realizes these machines could bring in more money than the laundromat itself. As Gerald does not approve or believe in this potential, Ashley sets out to prove him wrong by building out the arcade space in secret with the help of their sister Lesley and others. As the popularity of King Wash increases, Ashley purchases additional arcade machines, eventually converting the laundromat into a full arcade.

Arcade Paradise is an adventure game that combines elements of business simulation with occasional quick time events. The player character is controlled from a first-person perspective. Players collect money by completing tasks such as doing laundry, taking out the garbage, cleaning chewing gum from surfaces, cleaning the toilet, and emptying the coin hoppers from the various machines. The player must also balance their health and work life.

Arcade Paradise was unveiled at Electronic Entertainment Experience 2021 (E3 2021). It was first released August 11, 2022, for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S, followed by Amazon Luna and Google Stadia on October 13, 2022, Newcastle upon Tyne-based developer Nosebleed Interactive purposely chose a boring job for the player character to further the draw to arcade games. Their initial idea was for the game to be set in a video rental store, but found that it was too idealistic for the situation. They also considered a pizzeria, but finally settled on a laundromat when they found the King Wash Laundromat asset pack for the Unreal Engine.

While the laundromat assets were developed for Unreal Engine, the game itself uses the Unity game engine. Doug Cockle, known for his voice acting as Geralt of Rivia from The Witcher video game series, provides the voice of the player character's father, Gerald.

Arcade Paradise received mixed to generally favorable reviews from critics. Metacritic aggregate scores range from 72 out of 100 on Microsoft Windows to 83 out of 100 on Nintendo Switch. Fellow review aggregator OpenCritic assessed that the game received strong approval, being recommended by 73% of critics. It was featured as part of GameSpot's Best of 2022 feature.

Digital Trends' Giovanni Colantino called it "2022's most underrated game. Matt Gardner of Forbes' said that Arcade Paradise was the "love letter it promised to be." The Escapist's Jesse Galena called it a hidden gem.