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Arcade games. Titles from this category require particularly good manual skills. Main purpose of the gameplay is to reach a specific point or defeat enemies while controlling a character or a vehicle. Arcade games usually don’t have any story or have it in a very simple form. This category contains e.g. popular platformers.

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River Tails: Stronger Together
River Tails: Stronger Together

Arcade 14 December 2023

River Tails: Stronger Together is a 3D platform game about a wild cat and fish's journey up a river. The game was designed for co-op mdoe, but it also offers a singleplayer mode where one player controls both characters.

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Overboard! (1997)
Overboard! (1997)

Arcade 28 October 1997

Arcade game in which we take control over a pirate ship. We observe the action from the bird's eye view, and our task is to reach a designated point on the map. Along the way we fight enemies with a variety of weapons, solve simple environmental riddles, conquer ports and avoid dangers. In addition to an extensive single player campaign, the title offers a multiplayer mode where up to five players can face each other. Overboard!

PS1

Firegirl: Hack 'n Splash Rescue
Firegirl: Hack 'n Splash Rescue

Arcade 14 December 2021

Firegirl: Hack 'n Splash Rescue is a 2.5D platform game with roguelike elements. We control a firefighter who has to extinguish fires and save people on randomly generated maps. Game was developed by Dejima studio.

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Grand Mountain Adventure: Wonderlands
Grand Mountain Adventure: Wonderlands

Arcade 27 March 2019

Sports arcade game dedicated to skiing and snowboarding. In Grand Mountain Adventure we get to various mountains and face specially prepared challenges or discover them on our own.

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Hextech Mayhem: A League of Legends Story
Hextech Mayhem: A League of Legends Story

Arcade 16 November 2021

An auto runner with explicit rhythm game elements. In Hextech Mayhem: A League of Legends Story we take on the role of Ziggs, who traverses Piltover, jumping and bombing enemies to the beat of the music.

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Rift of the NecroDancer
Rift of the NecroDancer

Arcade 2025

The second part of a series of roguelike RPG and rhythm games. Rift of the NecroDancer was developed by Brace Yourself Games studio, which created the first installment of the series and its add-ons.

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Dorfs: Hammers for Hire
Dorfs: Hammers for Hire

Arcade 21 June 2022

Dorfs: Hammers for Hire is a 2.5D platform game focused on crafting. Players control dwarves who must produce weapons and armor at a fast pace and deliver them to the fighting army.

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Kirby's Dream Buffet
Kirby's Dream Buffet

Arcade 17 August 2022

A party party game and spin-off of the popular platform game series. In Kirby's Dream Buffet, two to four players are tasked with navigating obstacle courses and collecting the food they encounter along the way in preparation for confronting their fellow players.

Switch

One Last Breath
One Last Breath

Arcade 28 March 2024

One Last Breath is an action adventure game in 2.5D platform game convention set in the world after the destruction of humanity. As Gaia, endowed with powers of nature, tries to bring back to life the Earth devastated by human civilization.

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The Plucky Squire
The Plucky Squire

Arcade 17 September 2024

The Plucky Squire is an action adventure game based on an unusual idea - while playing we explore both 2D levels stylized as illustrated children's books and 3D maps located in the child's room.

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Pizza Possum
Pizza Possum

Arcade 28 September 2023

An action arcade game with stealth elements, starring a possum roaming a beautiful seaside town. Pizza Possum is on a search for food, opposed by the guards protecting it.

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Koa and the Five Pirates of Mara
Koa and the Five Pirates of Mara

Arcade 27 July 2023

A 3D platformer set in the same world as Summer in Mara. Koa and the Five Pirates of Mara has us traversing diverse, dangerous levels and facing bosses to reclaim stolen pirate loot.

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Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series
Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series

Arcade 08 July 2022

Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series is a set including refreshed versions of the first two installments of the popular 2.5D platform game series. Player explores maps, avoids traps, fights with enemies and solves puzzles.

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Dr. Fetus' Mean Meat Machine
Dr. Fetus' Mean Meat Machine

Arcade 22 June 2023

An arcade game with puzzle game elements and a spin-off of Super Meat Boy. In Dr. Fetus’ Mean Meat Machine we must control numerous clones of the series' protagonist while completing challenges reminiscent of Tetris and Puyo Puyo. The player must also avoid traps and face numerous bosses.

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Headbangers: Rhythm Royale
Headbangers: Rhythm Royale

Arcade 31 October 2023

Headbangers: Rhythm Royale is a light-hearted rhythm battle royale. Playing as a pigeon, players compete against each other in various mini-games, competing for the title of the Headbanger Master.

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It's a Wrap!
It's a Wrap!

Arcade 23 August 2023

A game with platform action game and puzzle game elements. In It's a Wrap we play the role of a director, whose task is to take care of every detail on the set, as well as an actor acting out successive action scenes.

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Cricket Through the Ages
Cricket Through the Ages

Arcade 19 September 2019

A crazy arcade game published by Devolver Digital, featuring a highly distorted history of the cricket - from ancient times to the future. Cricket Through the Ages is about participating in crazy, cricket-inspired matches. They can be played solo or with the second player.

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Hello Kitty and Friends: Happiness Parade
Hello Kitty and Friends: Happiness Parade

Arcade 29 November 2022

A rhythm game, where the titular character and her friends hold musical parades in the world of Sanrio. Hello Kitty and Friends: Happiness Parade tasks us with traversing colorful tracks to the rhythm of the music and avoiding traps set up by the jealous Kuromi.

SwitchANDiOS

Always in Mind
Always in Mind

Arcade 2025

A 3D adventure platformer. Always in Mind stars Teddy, a twelve-year old comatose boy traversing the world of his subconscious to find a way to wake up.

PC

Gift
Gift

Arcade 08 May 2024

A platformer with adventure game elements. Gift tasks us with escaping a sinking ship by jumping onto platforms, avoiding traps and solving environmental puzzles.

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Wheel World
Wheel World

Arcade March 2025

An indie TPP sports game by Messhof. Ghost Bike has us playing as a kid from Freehub City, planning to revive the last Ghost Bike capable of travel to the afterlife.

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Spyro the Dragon
Spyro the Dragon

Arcade 09 September 1998

The first installment of the famous 3D platformer series, in which the main character is the comforting purple dragon Spyro. The production was exclusively released on PlayStation 1.

PS1

Rad Rodgers
Rad Rodgers

Arcade 01 December 2016

A classic platform game by indie studio Slipgate. The game was funded via a Kickstarter campaign, and the studio's cooperation with THQ Nordic allowed for releasing it also for consoles. You play as the eponymous twelve-years-old boy, who finds himself in an alternative reality and becomes the protagonist of his own game. He's accompanied by an old living console called Dusty.

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Kirby's Blowout Blast
Kirby's Blowout Blast

Arcade 06 July 2017

An expanded version of the Kirby 3D Rumble minigame from Kirby: Planet Robobot. The gameplay is focused on traveling through 3D levels in which we must eliminate many enemies and collect coins in the shortest possible amount of time. Kirby's Blowout Blast is based on the same rules, but the levels are now more complex with additional enemies and bosses. The main character, a pink creature called Kirby, can swallow enemies and then spit them out at other enemies.

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