The Coin Game is a survival sandbox arcade simulator created by solo developer devotid and published by Kwalee. It released in early access in 2019 and has been steadily updated leading up to its 1.0 release. It's available on PC, Xbox, and PlayStation, and today I'll be reviewing the PC version.
Life Is Cheap. Tickets Are Cheaper.
As a young lad I spent many of my formative years at my local arcade, a joint called (and I'm not making this up) the "Fun Park". It had everything a child could ever want: a giant playplace that smelled like feet; comically cheesy pizza; a bizarre 1950s tiki-party aesthetic; and, of course, a dozen rigged arcade machines that spat out tickets, spent on penny sweets and cheap stuffed animals at an obscene markup. It was paradise. Some days, I wish I could g...