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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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Skiing Yeti Mountain
Skiing Yeti Mountain

Arcade 20 May 2015

An arcade game by Featherweight Games. The gameplay consists of skiing down the eponymous mountain. Regardless of your chosen track, to succeed you have to avoid trees and slalom between colorful flagpoles (you move right by the blue ones and left by the red ones). There are various types of terrain — apart from the standard white snow, you can also encounter deep snow, which slows you down, and ice, which makes you go faster.

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Sword Of Xolan
Sword Of Xolan

Arcade 21 May 2015

Sword of Xolan is a 2D platformer created by a Turkish indie developer Alper Sarikaya. The game takes us to the fantasy land invaded by the dark forces. Xolan, the titular protagonist, has no other choice but to take his sword and face the powerful enemy. The game is presented from a side-scrolling perspective. Gameplay focuses on exploring new levels, avoiding traps, and fighting. We will face over thirty different opponents and three powerful bosses.

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Disney Infinity 3.0
Disney Infinity 3.0

Arcade 28 August 2015

The third installment in a popular action-adventure game series for kids, set in an expansive universe of films and cartoons of The Walt Disney Company. As many as five game developers worked on this title: Avalanche Software, Ninja Theory, Sumo Digital, Studio Gobo, and United Front Games. In accordance with the tradition of the series, Disney Infinity 3.0 lets you synchronize collectible figurines with the game in order to unlock virtual characters.

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Looney Tunes Galactic Sports
Looney Tunes Galactic Sports

Arcade 22 May 2015

An arcade game by Virtual Toys, based on the popular Looney Tunes cartoon series by Warner Bros. As the title suggests, the game focuses on a sport contest organized by Marvin the Martian. The legendary characters, such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Taz the Tasmanian Devil participate in wacky competitions like galactic archery, space racing, and star boxing. Winning helps you unlock helpful gadgets and new participants with unique abilities.

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Rayman Adventures
Rayman Adventures

Arcade 03 December 2015

A colorful 2D platformer that continues the long-standing game series developed by the Ubisoft company. At the same time, it is the third installment designed with mobile platforms in mind. The story of Rayman Adventures revolves around a sacred tree growing in the middle of a magic forest. When the ancient eggs that sustain the tree are stolen, the task of bringing them back falls on no one else than the brave Rayman.

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Sonic Dash
Sonic Dash

Arcade 07 March 2013

Inspired by the popular Temple Run, an arcade endless runner with one of the most popular heroes of computer games - the title hedgehog Sonik. The game boils down to running as long as possible, avoiding collision with walls and obstacles and contact with various enemies.

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Risky Rescue
Risky Rescue

Arcade 19 May 2015

A simple arcade game from the independent Polish studio Digital Melody. Player takes control of a helicopter and is involved in dangerous rescue missions, helping people who got stuck e.g. on mountain peaks, lighthouses and roofs of railway carriages. Each task must be performed without damaging the machine, avoiding collisions with one of many obstacles, which isn’t easy because of simple controls, preventing any precisions when flying.

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Rigs: Mechanized Combat League
Rigs: Mechanized Combat League

Arcade 13 October 2016

A first-person shooter by Guerllia Games, developed for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation VR. The action of Rigs: Mechanized Combat League takes place in the future, and the players take part in the eponymous futuristic sport tournament, sitting in the cockpits of armored mechs and fighting one another on special arenas. Generally, the gameplay combines elements of arena FPS with basketball.

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The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes
The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes

Arcade 22 October 2015

One of the numerous installments of the popular The Legend of Zelda series that dates back to the end of the 80s. The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes was developed solely with Nintendo 3DS in mind. The characteristic feature of the game is the three-player cooperation mode where we can join forces with our friends to defeat bosses, solve complicated puzzles, and complete subsequent levels.

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Sonic Runners
Sonic Runners

Arcade 28 January 2015

A mobile game and a part of one of the most popular franchises in history. The production is a blend of a platformer and a typical runner game, set in the universe of Sonic the Hedgehog. You can not only play as the main character, but also as his friends, including Tails the Fox and Knuckles. The levels, called “episodes” in-game, are endless, although you can progress to the next one after earning a certain amount of points.

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Mega Man Legacy Collection
Mega Man Legacy Collection

Arcade 25 August 2015

A bundle of six installments of the popular series of two-dimensional platformer games, Mega Man. The collection includes the major entries in the franchise that were initially published in years 1987-1993 on 8-bit consoles. The action of these titles takes place in an undefined future. While playing, we assume the role of the eponymous Mega Man who is a sentient humanoid robot who fights various mechanical enemies created by a mad scientist and inventor, Dr. Wily.

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Unbox: Newbie's Adventure
Unbox: Newbie's Adventure

Arcade 05 September 2016

An unusual 3D platformer game based on physics. It was developed by Prospect Games, studio whose employees co-created such games as GRID 2, DiRT Rally, and LEGO Jurassic World. In Unbox, we assume the role of self-delivering cardboard boxes, and our task is to test this revolutionary courier technology in all possible ways. The traditional mechanics of 3D platformer titles are complemented by elements of several other genres, including logic, action, racing, and even fighting games.

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Ginger: Beyond The Crystal
Ginger: Beyond The Crystal

Arcade 25 October 2016

A 3D platform game by the creators of Frantic Flight and Kamby in Mistery Island for mobile devices. Ginger: Beyond the Crystal follows the adventures of an inconspicuous critter, which finds itself burdened with a task to save a fallen civilization. The protagonist has to travel to different planets to release his companions trapped there. Mechanics-wise, Ginger: Beyond The Crystal is a classic 3D platform game, which focuses on exploring the available locations.

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Bound
Bound

Arcade 16 August 2016

An experimental, three-dimensional platformer offering an abstract, alluring game world. Bound is the third project developed by Plastic - a Polish team popular for a dark adventure game Datura and an artistic logic game Linger in Shadows. Similar to these titles, Bound was created exclusively for PlayStation 4 and it was developed in cooperation with Sony Santa Monica (the God of War series).

PS4

Last Horizon
Last Horizon

Arcade 18 November 2015

Developed by the PixelJam Games studio, Last Horizon is an sci-fi arcade game that focuses on exploration. The players step into the shoes of a pilot and take control of the last ship of a nearly extinct civilization; it is their task to find a new home for the last members of the species.

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Kero Blaster
Kero Blaster

Arcade 11 May 2014

Kero Blaster is a two-dimensional platformer available for PCs. The player takes on the role of a hominoid frog that explores open-structure maps, avoids traps, collects valuable items and fights enemies with a laser rifle.

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Pumped BMX +
Pumped BMX +

Arcade 18 September 2015

An arcade game of the popular mobile franchise developed by the independent studio Yeah Us!. The action is observed from a side view, and our task is to complete subsequent bike trails of increasingly higher difficulty level, filled with various jumping hills, ramps and terrain obstacles, while performing spectacular stunts and chaining them into highly-scored combinations. In total, we have to tackle over 500 challenges that test our skills.

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Laserlife
Laserlife

Arcade 22 September 2015

A hybrid of arcade and rhythmic game developed by the independent studio Choice Provisions. The plot is filled with philosophical questions and issues concerning the nature of humanity. The story is focused on a deceased astronaut whose drifting body was found in space by aliens. They decided to examine the unusual finding and recreate the memories of the hero. The gameplay of Laserlife is based on exploring levels and obtaining fragments of the astronaut’s memories with two independent lasers.

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Invector
Invector

Arcade 06 December 2017

Arcade racing and music game created in cooperation with DJ and producer Tim Bergling, more widely known as Avicii. During the game, the music and environment change dynamically depending on our actions.

PS4

Venture Kid
Venture Kid

Arcade 13 January 2016

A 2D platformer game developed by FDG Entertainment, inspired by the classics of the 8-bit era. The story of Venture Kid revolves around a crazy scientist called Teklov who wishes to take over the control of our planet by means of a grand space fortress. A small boy by the name of Andy, who tries to thwart Teklov’s evil plans, turns out to be humanity’s last hope.

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TorqueL
TorqueL

Arcade 22 January 2015

An unusual 2D platform game inspired by the popular indie game Thomas Was Alone. In the game created by Japanese developers under the aegis of FullPowerAttack.com, the player gets to control a gentleman locked in a colorful box. The trap, in which the main protagonist is locked, has a certain interesting feature – each wall has a different color and can be expanded on the outside.

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Cosmophony
Cosmophony

Arcade 25 September 2014

An arcade music game in which players control a small vehicle rushing at a constant speed through an obstructed tunnel. The title is characterized by a high degree of difficulty and a soundtrack composed entirely of songs from the genre of Drum & Bass.

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Burger Island 2: The Missing Ingredient
Burger Island 2: The Missing Ingredient

Arcade 17 December 2008

Continuation of a simple arcade game from 2007. Players take on the role of Patty Melton again, who, together with her assistant, Pierrem, has to face competition from Edie Cole Iverson, who steals Beach Burger customers.

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Hob
Hob

Arcade 26 September 2017

An arcade adventure game developed by Runic Games, an American studio behind the Torchlight series. In Hob, we assume the role of a hero who wakes up in a beautiful but dangerous world on the verge of annihilation. The protagonist does not remember how he came to be in that place, and he will learn the answers for his questions only as the story progresses. What’s interesting, the production does not feature any text or dialogues, which gives a lot of room for interpretation.

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