Hand-picked, never ranked
There is no algorithm deciding what floats to the top, because there is no top. A rotating floor of nine cabinets, each one played end to end by our curators before it goes live. You browse a room, not a feed.
A curated indie arcade
Push start on games the algorithm buried.
Arcade9 is a hand-picked storefront for indie games. Nine cabinets light up the floor each week, every one played from title screen to credits by a human before it earns a spot. Developers keep 92 percent of every sale. No pay-to-rank, no infinite scroll, no sponsored slots. Just games worth a coin.
Nine cabinets, refreshed weekly
92% to developers
Playable browser demos
cabinet 07 of 09 Neon Drift now on the floor
Why Arcade9
An arcade, not a slot machine.
Every rule of the storefront was rewritten around one idea: a small, curated floor beats an infinite one.
Developers keep 92 percent
A flat 8 percent platform fee, no ad buys, no featured-slot auctions, no fine print. Payouts land every two weeks. The people who make the games keep what the games earn.
Every game is playable first
Each cabinet ships a real demo that runs in your browser: no download, no account, no wallet. Play the first level, then decide if it is worth your coin. The first demo is always on the house.
How the floor works
Three steps from submission to spotlight.
Placement is never for sale. A cabinet is earned by being played, not bought with an ad spend.
Step 01
We play the whole thing
Every submission is played end to end by a curator, not scanned by a bot. If it does not hold up, it does not ship.
Step 02
It earns a cabinet
Nine games make the floor each week. A cabinet is a spot in the room, not a slot you can buy. Placement is never for sale.
Step 03
You try before you pay
Pull the joystick on the in-browser demo. Like it, drop a coin, and 92 percent goes straight to the developer.
// house rule
Storefronts turned games into a slot machine and called it discovery. We built an arcade instead: nine cabinets, lit up, waiting for a quarter.
The floor is lit. Grab a coin.
Nine new cabinets go live every Friday. Wander in, play the demos, and back the developers directly. It is free to look, and the first demo is always on the house.