Choose Mission: It's Complicated
Choose Mission: It's Complicated if you want a Casual experience. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 93.6% positive across 187 reviews.
Mission: It's Complicated vs Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers
Mission: It's Complicated and Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers both land in Indie, Adventure on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Indie, Adventure on Steam. Mission: It's Complicated (2020) is 2 years older than Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers (2022). Mission: It's Complicated scores higher on Steam reviews (93.6% positive) than Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers (89.6% positive). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers
Choose Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers if you want the Custom Volume Controls, Stereo Sound, and Narrated Game Menus side of the pairing. Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers launched in 2022.
Both Mission: It's Complicated and Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers sit in Indie and Adventure on Steam, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 Mission: It's Complicated |  Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2020 | 2022 |
| Genres | Indie, Adventure, Casual | Indie, Adventure |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Unrated |
| Price | Free to play | 4.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 93.6% positive (187 reviews) | 89.6% positive (144 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | Schell Games | Fiction Factory Games |
Side by side
- Both share Indie, Adventure on Steam.
- Mission: It's Complicated (2020) is 2 years older than Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers (2022).
- Mission: It's Complicated scores higher on Steam reviews (93.6% positive) than Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers (89.6% positive).
- Mission: It's Complicated is free; Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers is paid (4.99 USD).
Mission: It's Complicated vs Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers — FAQ
- Which is better, Mission: It's Complicated or Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers?
- On Steam reviews Mission: It's Complicated scores higher (93.6% positive) than Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers (89.6% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, Mission: It's Complicated is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Should I play Mission: It's Complicated or Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers first?
- If you want chronology, Mission: It's Complicated (2020) came out before Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers (2022). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Mission: It's Complicated and Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers similar?
- They overlap on Indie, Adventure on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.
- Is Mission: It's Complicated free?
- Yes — Mission: It's Complicated is a free-to-play Steam title. Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers is paid (4.99 USD).