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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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Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows
Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows

Arcade 17 September 2015

A free expansion to Shovel Knight, a well-received platform title developed by Yacht Club Games. This time, the players received a completely new hero – Plague Knight, who is known for being one of the antagonists in the base game. After his defeat at the hands of Shovel Knight, the fledging protagonist decides to leave his former allies and embark on a journey in search of ingredients necessary for creation of a mysterious, powerful potion.

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Tembo the Badass Elephant
Tembo the Badass Elephant

Arcade 21 July 2015

A fast-paced platformer from Game Freak studio, in which the players control the titular war elephant, a nod to John Rambo, and must protect Free Shell city from the mysterious organization known as Phantom, led by a masked villain. Tembo the Badass Elephant offers seventeen different stages, with a few puzzles to solve and many more enemies to eliminate. Those include more powerful foes we meet from time to time that require coming up with appropriate tactic.

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FutureGrind
FutureGrind

Arcade 22 January 2019

Developed by a two-man studio Milkbag Games, FutureGrind is a futuristic arcade game, in which the player controls a peculiar single-track vehicle called the grinder. It can ride on a regular bed, as well as attached to rails above the ground. The gameplay builds on beating tracks comprising three kinds of rails - blue, pink, and white. The difficulty lies in matching the wheel to the right rail.

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Spelunker Z
Spelunker Z

Arcade 19 March 2015

Spelunker Z is a free-to-play 2D platform game developed by Tozai Games. It is a part of the Spelunker game series that began in 1983. We play as a brave adventurer who explores dangerous dungeons in order to find valuable treasures. We will have to be cautious and agile during our adventures. The locations we explore are filled with traps and, from time to time, we will have to face a powerful boss. Luckily for us, our hero is not completely defenseless.

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Alto's Adventure
Alto's Adventure

Arcade 19 February 2015

A simple arcade endless runner game by indie studio Snowman. The protagonist is a llama shepherd. When the animals scatter across the area, he has to catch them all. During the game you ride a snowboard on procedurally generated hills — the character move forward automatically and your task is to avoid obstacles on the snowy route, perform acrobatics (which give you additional points), and escape the angry enemies, whose sleep you interrupt.

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Tap Heroes
Tap Heroes

Arcade 22 February 2015

A clicker and role-playing game hybrid by Daniel Hjelm from VaragtP. The game is set in a fantasy world and you play as a warrior. The gameplay in Tap Heroes focuses on combat, in which you participating by quickly clicking on the enemies (to attack them), the members of your team (to heal them), and golden coins, which are the in-game currency. As the game progresses, the skill level of your characters (including e.g.

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Dragon Hills
Dragon Hills

Arcade 09 April 2015

Dragon Hills is a mobile 2D platformer. It was developed by Rebel Twins, creators of Aliens Drive Me Crazy and Daddy Was A Thief. We play as a princess who seeks revenge on the people who hurt her. Riding a friendly dragon, we embarks on a journey of destruction. Instead of flying, however, the dragon digs underground tunnels. Our enemies are mostly located on the surface, so we will have to jump out frequently to destroy them.

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Devious Dungeon 2
Devious Dungeon 2

Arcade 09 April 2015

Devious Dungeon 2 is a platform game released on mobile platforms. It takes place in the same fantasy land as the first game from the series and, like previously, game's world is presented as 2D retro-stylized maps. To finish each level, we have to find a key that unlocks a portal. Many traps and enemies will try to stop us from doing so. The RPG elements allow us to spend the experience points we gained on leveling up our character.

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8bit Doves
8bit Doves

Arcade 27 August 2014

Old-school, two-dimensional arcade game by Nitrome studio, in which we play the role of a man fluttering in a dream. The aim of the game is to reach the end of each stage and gather all the pigeons scattered on the board along the way.

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Lucky's Tale
Lucky's Tale

Arcade 28 March 2016

A colorful three-dimensional platformer with virtual reality goggle support. It was developed by Playful Corporation. The player takes control of a likable fox called Lucky, traveling across a colorful world full of different challenges to complete and enemies to defeat. When it comes to gameplay mechanics, the game is a typical platformer. Apart from the protagonist being able to run, jump, climb, and fight, he can also engage in a variety of additional activities and arcade mini-games.

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Metroid Prime: Blast Ball
Metroid Prime: Blast Ball

Arcade 21 July 2016

A multiplayer first-person perspective shooter. As Nintendo shuns extreme violence, the title does not feature brutal gameplay like the Doom or Call of Duty series. Instead, you play a futuristic football variation designed for two teams of three. The players control robots which shoot at a giant ball and by doing so, try to put it in the back of the opponent’s net.

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PixWing
PixWing

Arcade 10 September 2015

An arcade flying simulator for mobile devices by a three-man team at RymPow, a side project by employees of the Warsaw-based 11 Bit Studios. We take control of various flying machines, like biplanes, jets or anti-gravity vehicles from the future, and pass tracks with rings located in hard to reach places that we must fly through. There are also many obstacles and enemies that make our task even more difficult. PixWing offers two game modes: Free Roam and classic Time Trial.

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Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam
Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam

Arcade 03 December 2015

A unique arcade game with RPG features, created by Nintendo by combining two, so far, separate franchises: Mario & Luigi and Paper Mario. The gameplay concentrates on exploration and completing various missions, while solving puzzles and fighting enemies. In Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam, players can take control of several different characters (including Mario, Luigi, and Paper Mario among others) and use their unique skills to overcome various obstacles.

3DS

Taiko no Tatsujin: V Version
Taiko no Tatsujin: V Version

Arcade 09 July 2015

A rhythm-oriented music game for PS Vita developed by Bandai Namco. Similarly to the previous installments of the series, the gameplay is focused around an uncomplicated premise – we have to beat out a rhythm on taiko drums, using a few buttons that correspond with the symbols appearing on the screen. The difficulty level, chosen before starting the game, determines the frequency of their appearance and the type of additional challenges.

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Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice
Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice

Arcade 27 September 2016

One of the side installments of the popular series of action games in which the protagonist is the famous blue hedgehog named Sonic. Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice is a companion game for the Sonic Boom television series. The title was created by Sanzaru Games, the studio also responsible for the video game Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal. Similarly as that game, Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice is a colorful, two-dimensional platform game divided into levels and filled with action sequences and puzzles.

3DS

Icycle: On Thin Ice
Icycle: On Thin Ice

Arcade 27 November 2013

Original surreal platformer, set in the postapocalyptic realities of Earth after the ice apocalypse. We play the role of a naked man in a bowler who travels the world on an old-fashioned two-wheeled bicycle. In an unusual world, the hero is faced with a whole host of imaginative traps, which will require dexterity and the ability to think in an instant.

iOS

Pac-Man 256
Pac-Man 256

Arcade 19 August 2015

This arcade, endless-runner game brings a continuation to the long-standing, iconic Pac-Man series. Pac-Man 256 is a free-to-play title with microtransactions. The game was created by Hipster Whale - an external developer standing behind production of the popular game Crossy Road, based on similar mechanics.

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Retry
Retry

Arcade 20 October 2014

Two-dimensional handicraft, maintained in a retro style. In production, we take control of a small aircraft and cross complex routes, full of obstacles and narrow passages. The production is distinguished by the mechanic - the monoplane moves very unstable, and the player changes its position by spinning loops in the air.

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Subway Surfers
Subway Surfers

Arcade 22 May 2012

Colorful arcade game, belonging to the casual genre of endless runners. We play the role of graphic artists caught in the hot deed, who are forced to flee from a police inspector and his dog. During the game, we move around the roofs of wagons and railway tracks, avoiding any obstacles with the help of a special skateboard.

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Zombie Highway 2
Zombie Highway 2

Arcade 09 October 2014

Zombie Highway 2 is an arcade game in which we drive a car passing through the postapocalyptic areas of the United States on an endless highway. Our task is to kill living corpses branching on the road and roadsides and to reach as far as possible.

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Pandemonium 2
Pandemonium 2

Arcade 22 September 1997

Pandemonium 2 is a continuation of the popular platformer from 1996. The plot of the game is based on the mystery of the "comet of unlimited possibilities", flying over the land of Lyr once in 300 years. Known in the first installment, Nikii and Fergus have to face a bad queen who wants to use the comet for their evil purposes.

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Smash Land
Smash Land

Arcade canceled

Smash Land is a production combining elements of arcade and logic games. The game is about eliminating enemies by firing out heroes so that they slip around the boards, bypass traps and accurately hit enemies.

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Pokemon Rumble World
Pokemon Rumble World

Arcade 08 April 2015

A free-to-play game in the Pokemon Rumble series, released for Nintendo 3DS handheld. Pokemon Rumble World is set in a realm of toys, where the players are invited to catch as many Pokemon as they can. The game world is divided into various locations which you visit one by one. After getting to a new region you must first challenge a wild Pokemon and then you are taken to a special arena, where you have a chance of making the Pokemon your ally.

3DS

Goat Simulator: GoatZ
Goat Simulator: GoatZ

Arcade 06 May 2015

The second large expansion to Goat Simulator – the crazy action game with a goat protagonist which parodies the wave of various virtual simulators. This time the developers from Coffee Stain Studios decided to ridicule sandbox survival zombie apocalypse games. The title of the DLC references to MMO game DayZ which for a long time remained in Steam Early Access. Goat Simulator: GoatZ is a purchasable expansion which requires the core version of the game to work.

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