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About American Arcadia💡

Steam Tags: Singleplayer, Point & Click, Third Person, 2D

System: Steam (PC)

Developer | Publisher: Out of the Blue Games | Raw Fury

Age Rating: E

Price: US $19.99

Release Date: Nov 15, 2023

Time to Play: ~4-6 hours

Steam Description: American Arcadia is a cinematic puzzle game that combines a 2.5D platformer and first-person game to tell the tale of a thrilling escape. Experience the extraordinary story of Trevor, an average man escaping from the world's most popular reality tv show.

You may especially enjoy this if you like:

• Exploring themes of reality TV, media empires (a la Disney) and social media
• Cinematic, narrative games with voice acting
• Puzzle platformers (with a bit more emphasis on the puzzle elements)

Why American Arcadia? ✨

• American Arcadia explores a topic we’re all — for better or worse — pretty intimately acquainted with: social media, popularity algorithms, and the use of ‘reality’ as entertainment.
• The dual narrative between Trevor and Angela also poses an interesting juxtaposition mechanically (moving between third and first person perspectives).
• We’ll get to reflect on our own relationship with consuming ‘reality’ entertainment, what it means for our identities to post online and broadcast ourselves, and what resistance looks like in the face of an increasingly commodified and branded world.