Choose Arcade Spirits
Choose Arcade Spirits if you want the Custom Volume Controls, Stereo Sound, and Narrated Game Menus side of the pairing. Arcade Spirits launched in 2019.
Arcade Spirits vs Our Life: Beginnings & Always
Arcade Spirits and Our Life: Beginnings & Always both land in Indie 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 are Indie games on Steam. Arcade Spirits (2019) is 1 year older than Our Life: Beginnings & Always (2020). Our Life: Beginnings & Always scores higher on Steam reviews (99% positive) than Arcade Spirits (95.4% 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 Our Life: Beginnings & Always
Choose Our Life: Beginnings & Always if you want a Free To Play and Casual experience. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 99% positive across 11,334 reviews.
Both Arcade Spirits and Our Life: Beginnings & Always sit in Indie 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
 Arcade Spirits |  Our Life: Beginnings & Always | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2019 | 2020 |
| Genres | Indie | Indie, Free To Play, Casual |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux | Windows, Linux |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Deck Unsupported |
| Price | 19.99 USD | Free to play |
| Steam reviews | 95.4% positive (392 reviews) | 99% positive (11,334 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | Fiction Factory Games | GB Patch Games |
Side by side
- Both are Indie games on Steam.
- Arcade Spirits (2019) is 1 year older than Our Life: Beginnings & Always (2020).
- Our Life: Beginnings & Always scores higher on Steam reviews (99% positive) than Arcade Spirits (95.4% positive).
- Our Life: Beginnings & Always is free; Arcade Spirits is paid (19.99 USD).
- Steam Deck: Arcade Spirits is Deck Playable, Our Life: Beginnings & Always is Deck Unsupported.
Arcade Spirits vs Our Life: Beginnings & Always — FAQ
- Which is better, Arcade Spirits or Our Life: Beginnings & Always?
- On Steam reviews Our Life: Beginnings & Always scores higher (99% positive) than Arcade Spirits (95.4% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, Our Life: Beginnings & Always is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Should I play Arcade Spirits or Our Life: Beginnings & Always first?
- If you want chronology, Arcade Spirits (2019) came out before Our Life: Beginnings & Always (2020). 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 Arcade Spirits and Our Life: Beginnings & Always similar?
- They overlap on Indie 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 Our Life: Beginnings & Always free?
- Yes — Our Life: Beginnings & Always is a free-to-play Steam title. Arcade Spirits is paid (19.99 USD).