Capcom Arcade Stadium

Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.

Very Positive · 83%Very Positive · 83%2021

The verdict

A smooth, feature-rich collection of classic Capcom arcade games, but the free base holds one game and the rest are paid DLC. Skip it if you hate DLC models or clunky menus.

Great for

Retro fans and shmup or beat 'em up players wanting an easy, legal way to play Capcom arcade classics on sale

Main risk

You get a launcher with one free game and must pay for every other game as DLC.

What players love

Rewind, save states and modern tools

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews

“Online leaderboards, savestates and rewind buttons, optional challenges, built-in autofire, multiple screen settings.”
Steam review · 7.8 h played ↗

“There is also a really cool real time rewind feature.”
Steam review · 65.2 h played ↗

Smooth, faithful emulation

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews

“What you pay for is basically a wrapper for an emulator which runs these games flawlessly.”
Steam review · 7.6 h played ↗

“Runs perfect on steam deck.”
Steam review · 15.1 h played ↗

Great classic Capcom game lineup

Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews

“Some of Capcoms best arcade games. Ghouls and Ghost, Strider are Classics.”
Steam review · 17.9 h played ↗

“Some real classics on here for bargain prices. Progear is a real highlight”
Steam review · 5 h played ↗

Cheap and convenient legal alternative to MAME

Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews

“So happy to be able to play these games w/o the BS of emulators.”
Steam review · 15.6 h played ↗

“it's much more convenient to buy this collection on sale than do emulators.”
Steam review · 7.8 h played ↗

Authentic arcade atmosphere and filters

Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews

“i even like the arcade cabinets lined up like the old smoky arcades of my childhood.”
Steam review · 25.4 h played ↗

“The main feature is the filter system that makes the picture look like an old CRT TV.”
Steam review · translated · 13.6 h played ↗

What players complain about

Only one free game, rest is paid DLC

Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews

“your offering a free game and then telling us to buy DLC for literally every other game? Might as well just make the game paid.”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗

“this is not a collection. This is 1943. If you want the rest of the games, you have to pay up.”
Steam review · 1.7 h played ↗

“I feel cheated... you want nostalgia, but they give you just one mini-game.”
Steam review · translated · 0.8 h played ↗

Confusing, clunky interface and menus

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews

“Is this the single-worst interface of all time?”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗

“I couldn't figure out how to exit the entire game because they didn't make it simple to just exit the game.”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗

“those ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ tutorial pop-ups in menus are just basically mucho texto and are ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ annoying.”
Steam review · 0.3 h played ↗

Censored ROMs and awkward controls

Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews

“I detest censorship and the fact they have censored the original SF2 (ehonda stage) without the option of playing "Original" is a disgrace.”
Steam review · 1.3 h played ↗

“the controls feel super unresponsive, so that even a simple Hadouken sometimes didn''t work”
Steam review · 0.3 h played ↗

Poor performance and crashes

Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews

“Frame drops everywhere, horrid UI takes several button presses (with UI animations in between) just to save/load state”
Steam review · 72.1 h played ↗

“FPS drops to 1-3, the picture freezes (only sound plays).”
Steam review · translated · 5 h played ↗

Enigma DRM and privacy concerns

Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews

“Bait and switch. This game did not have Enigma DRM malware when I purchased it.”
Steam review · 0.3 h played ↗

“This DRM decreases game performance by 15 fps, causes frequent stuttering and blocks modding.”
Steam review · 22.9 h played ↗

High scores and saves not kept

Mentioned in ~1 in 38 negative reviews

“Exit the cabinet but still view it in the arcade. High score is gone.”
Steam review · 11.8 h played ↗

“Doesn't save high scores. Which is just odd for a platform like this.”
Steam review · 1.1 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Verified

Minimum

OSWINDOWS® 10 (64-BIT Required)

ProcessorIntel® Core™ i5-4460 or AMD FX™-6300 or better

Memory4 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 760 or AMD Radeon™ R7 260x with 2GB Video RAM

Storage4 GB available space

Recommended

OSWINDOWS® 10 (64-BIT Required)

ProcessorIntel® Core™ i7-3770 or AMD FX™-9590 or better

Memory8 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon™ RX 480 with 3GB VRAM

Storage4 GB available space

OSWINDOWS® 10 (64-BIT Required)

ProcessorIntel® Core™ i5-4460 or AMD FX™-6300 or better

Memory4 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 760 or AMD Radeon™ R7 260x with 2GB Video RAM

Storage4 GB available space

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