Arcade Paradise VR

Arcade Paradise VR is a management game set in 1993. You play as Ashley, a rebellious teenager in the rundown town of Grindstone, who turns the family’s derelict King Wash laundromat into an arcade while her father, Gerald, is away in the Riviera. You handle the shop’s chores and finances, then spend the money you earn on arcade machines.

Run the laundromat

You pick up gum, do the laundry, scrub the toilet and take out the trash in a basketball-style minigame. These hands-on tasks are part of the shop’s day-to-day management, and their earnings help fund the arcade. The game combines these chores with the games on the machines you buy.

Play the cabinets

The game has 39 purchasable cabinets: 12 fully realized VR cabinets and 27 traditionally controlled games from the original release. Six cabinets are exclusive to VR, spanning genres that include basketball and games focused on strength, dexterity and endurance; six classic cabinets, including UFO Assault and Smoke ‘Em, have also been enhanced for VR.

Each cabinet has its own gameplay, stories, missions and high scores, with online leaderboards. The games include RPG campaigns, beat ’em ups and physical sports games inspired by three decades of gaming. A jukebox lets you choose songs, including 10 tracks exclusive to VR, inspired by records from the early 1990s.