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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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Pac-Man Championship Edition 2
Pac-Man Championship Edition 2

Arcade 13 September 2016

One of many installments in the cult series of action games started in the 80s on arcade machines. The basic gameplay mechanics of Pac-Man Championship Edition 2 are similar to the ones offered by other titles in the series. In the game the player controls a hungry yellow ball, the titular Pac-Man, who travels through labyrinths and eats dots scattered there. Colorful ghosts are the greatest threat to the protagonist. They can be safely eaten only after player obtains a certain power-up.

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Laser Disco Defenders
Laser Disco Defenders

Arcade 26 July 2016

A two-dimensional arcade shoot'em up game. First serious commercial production created by the British studio Out of Bound Games. The plot of Laser Disco Defenders is set in a cartoonish sci-fi realm where the main characters defend the world against various threats. Our protagonists must retrieve a powerful artifact called Mirror Moon that had been stolen by evil Lord Monotone, who plans to use it for his (evil) purposes. The game is a classic 2D twin-stick shooter.

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Despicable Me: Minion Rush
Despicable Me: Minion Rush

Arcade 13 June 2013

An auto runner game based on the famous animated film Despicable Me, known in Poland under the title How to steal the Moon. During the game, we guide the minions, which we run on the beach, avoiding obstacles, collecting items, etc. We also run on the beach.

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Exile's End
Exile's End

Arcade 01 September 2015

A 2D action game inspired by the classic shooters for Commodore 64 and Amiga computers, such as Flashback or Another World. The hero of Exile’s End investigates a space colony to find out why it has lost contact with Earth. He soon finds out that his employers have been conducting some shady experiments. Gameplay wise, Exile’s End is a mix of platformer and action game. We explore the planet’s surface and fend off enemies with various weapons, with a boss waiting at the end of each level.

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Nyan Cat: Lost In Space
Nyan Cat: Lost In Space

Arcade 12 May 2011

Official game with the famous Nyan Catem in the lead role. Nyan Cat: Lost In Space is a production belonging to the genre of dexterity endless runners, in which we manage a cat known for its Internet memes. Our goal is to score as many points as possible by collecting food and milk and bypassing enemies.

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Funk of Titans
Funk of Titans

Arcade 09 January 2015

An endless runner game by A Crowd of Monsters, set in an alternative version of ancient Greece. As Perseus, you face the Titans of rap, pop, and rock music, who divert people's attention from the favorite genre of the Black Zeus, the Lord of Funk. Like in other endless runner games, you can't control the direction the protagonist is heading to or his speed — you can only react to obstacles by jumping or eliminating them.

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ReRunners: Race for the World
ReRunners: Race for the World

Arcade 29 June 2016

A mobile arcade racing game with platform game features. It is the first game developed by Klang Games. In ReRunners: Race for the World the player assumes the role of a runner who wants to become the best runner in the world. Other players have a similar goal and one must race against them during the game. Gameplay mechanics are rather simple and consist mostly of jumping and avoiding obstacles on a few dozen of varied levels such as jungle, floating island or a rainbow arc.

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MOP: Operation Cleanup
MOP: Operation Cleanup

Arcade 09 February 2016

A classic two-dimensional platformer by Mexican studio EnsenaSoft. The action takes place in the unspecified future in which Earth has fallen into ruin, covered with garbage. After the collapse of human civilization, new life forms emerged and, having underwent numerous mutations, eventually turned into hostile creatures. Designed to dispose of not only garbage but also mutants, the eponymous robot, called MOP, is here to save the day.

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Blade Ballet
Blade Ballet

Arcade 09 August 2016

An arcade game developed by the debuting DreamMail Games studio, designed mainly for playing in multiplayer mode for up to 4 people. Action of Blade Ballet takes place in the distant future where humanity went extinct, and the planet is inhabited by mechanical automatons. After completing their predefined life cycle machines are to fight for survival in a deadly competition, aimed at waste reprocessing and identification of the strongest units.

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RuneScape: Idle Adventures
RuneScape: Idle Adventures

Arcade canceled

A free-to-play clicker game by Hyper Hippo. The game is based on the original RuneScape franchise, so the fans should easily recognize the characters and locations, as well as events, which can be relived once again. This time you play as Needle, an artifact, whose task is to interact with its surroundings, which you do by clicking. As you play, you earn money, which you use to buy helpers, who can do things for you in your absence.

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No Thing
No Thing

Arcade 07 April 2016

A surrealistic arcade game from the Polish Evil Indie Games studio, set in an alternate version of the year 1994. It shows a grim, retrofuturistic vision of future, as imagined in the 70’s. In the age of a totalitarian regime that tries to break all opposition, we play as an ordinary clerk, who is given the task of delivering a message to someone known as the Ice Queen.

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The Playroom VR
The Playroom VR

Arcade 13 October 2016

A casual action game developed by Japanese division of Sony Computer Entertainment for virtual reality sets PlayStation VR. The gameplay is focused mostly on co-op modes for varying number of players and is in fact a combination of several minigames. In one of them the player with the VR helmet assumes the role of a giant creature that chases other participants who control their characters with gamepads.

PS4

TurnOn
TurnOn

Arcade 01 June 2016

An action-puzzle game inspired by the annual “Earth Hour” event organized by WWF foundation. The game was developed by the Russian studio Brainy. It shows how much the modern world depends on electricity. When an accident in the power plant causes the whole city to run out of electricity, the player assumes the role of the last “living” spark and is tasked with restoring the power and allowing the inhabitants of the city to function normally.

PCXONE

MagNets
MagNets

Arcade 30 January 2015

Developed by the industry veteran - Richard Weeks, MagNets is an arcade game in which the player is trying to contain an uprising of machines that has paralyzed Polarity City. One can do this by controlling Faraday - an android that uses an electromagnetic net to disable enemy robots and collect precious minerals from their scrapped bodies.

PCXONE

Square Heroes
Square Heroes

Arcade 09 April 2015

Square Heroes is an arcade game developed by the creators of Square Off. Cross-platform multiplayer is the game's main focus. We play as genetically modified creatures whose only goal is to kill and destroy. They were created to save mankind, but now they fight against characters similar to themselves in the Galactic Hero's Tournament. Gameplay is not that dynamic, which makes lags less troublesome. The game has rather simple rules to follow.

PCPS4

Assault Suit Leynos
Assault Suit Leynos

Arcade 12 July 2016

Remake of an 2D action shooter that was released in 1990 on Sega Mega Drive. The project was created by the Japanese studio Dracue Software under the watchful eye of Rising Star Games, the publisher of such games as Lumo and Deadly Premonition. Assault Suit Leynos offers a gloomy vision of the distant future in which humanity was forced to start colonizing the space to search for natural resources. However, the exploration of space led to a confrontation with a hostile race of aliens.

PCPS4

In the Shadows
In the Shadows

Arcade 20 October 2017

A two-dimensional platformer with logic game elements and the debut project from the independent developer Colorspace Studio. In the Shadows has us assume the role of a person who embarks on an emotional journey to the times of childhood where they have to face their fears, symbolized by various monsters. The gameplay mechanics combine arcade elements with logic puzzles that use light as their primary element.

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JumpJet Rex
JumpJet Rex

Arcade 22 April 2015

JumpJet Rex is a 2D platform game developed by Canadian indie devs from TreeFortress Games. We play as a likeable dinosaur who uses newest technologies to save his species from doom. Gampley in JumpJet Rex is inspired by the classic platformers. We travel through forty different levels, filled with various traps and enemies that want to see Rex dead. Rocket boots are our primary item and means of transport.

PCXONE

Disney Crossy Road
Disney Crossy Road

Arcade 04 April 2016

A free-to-play mobile arcade game developed by Hipster Whale - the creators of the original Crossy Road. The game offers mechanics identical to those present in the original. The player's task is to safely get the character across a street or a river. It is not easy however, for the streets are swarming with speeding vehicles and trains, as well as other obstacles. The controls are simplistic, requiring the player to jump forward and turn left or right only.

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Shadow Bug
Shadow Bug

Arcade 04 April 2016

A mobile platform game from an independent Finish studio Muro, which evolved from a simple but successful project initiated by a few Alto University students. In Shadow Bug, we assume the role of a militant worm armed with two swords. The protagonist's job is to clear the forest of the hostile bugs and other opponents. During the gameplay, we traverse successive levels, in which we meet a whole bunch of different enemies and a large number of traps, which often require some cleverness.

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Raiden V: Director's Cut
Raiden V: Director's Cut

Arcade 25 February 2016

The fifth official installment in a series of classic, scrolling top-down shooters. Raiden V was created by MOSS - a Japanese developer in possession of the rights to the franchise since 2005. Similar to the previous installments, the plot presents a great war between humans and Cranassian - an alien civilization that has attacked the Earth. The player has to face the invaders, assuming the role of a pilot.

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Crashing Season
Crashing Season

Arcade 25 May 2016

A crazed arcade game created for mobile devices. It was developed by Koukoi Games - a Finnish gamemaking studio. The story begins when ruthless hunters destroy a treasury belonging to the animals. In return, the little critters of nature have decided to take revenge. Retaliation turns out to be an exceptionally easy task, which encourages the animals to try and take over the entire world. In terms of mechanics, the game is an unusual auto-runner.

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Pang Adventures
Pang Adventures

Arcade 18 April 2016

Developed by DotEmu, an arcade game being another installment of the Pang series (also known as Buster Bros and Pomping World). The game presents adventures of two brothers who fight aliens invading the Earth. Gameplay comes down to destroying jumping balls that can attack the heroes and sometimes hide behind various obstacles. To eliminate the enemies you can use a wide arsenal of weapons, including machine guns, flamethrowers, lasers, shurikens, etc.

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TouchMaster 2
TouchMaster 2

Arcade 31 October 2008

A compilation of twenty simple mini-games to showcase the unique features of the Nintendo DS console, with particular emphasis on its touchscreen.

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