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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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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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Mini Ninjas Mobile
Mini Ninjas Mobile

Arcade 06 March 2013

Mobile version of Mini Ninjas from 2009, realized in the form of a dexterity endless runner. In the game we play four miniature ninja warriors with different skills and go through stages, bypassing obstacles and fighting with encountered enemies. The aim of the game is to retrieve the stolen artifact from the hands of a sinister sorcerer.

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Timberman
Timberman

Arcade 08 May 2014

Timberman is a simple arcade game developed by our native Digital Melody team. While playing, the player controls a lumberjack cutting off segments of an endless tree, who must avoid contact with branches growing out of the trunk.

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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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Down the Mountain
Down the Mountain

Arcade 09 July 2015

An arcade game from the endless runner genre, developed by the independent studio Umbrella. The protagonist runs down a crumbling, randomly generated hill and he must stay alive by performing as many moves as possible. However, this is hindered not only by various traps, but also animals and drivers that cross our way. Our actions are constantly rated with points, and the stars that we collect throughout the game can be used to unlock more than 60 additional characters.

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Mega Run: Redford's Adventure
Mega Run: Redford's Adventure

Arcade 21 May 2012

Colourful 2D platformer, classified in the category of endless runners. We play the role of a nice red creature, who sets out to rescue his siblings, kidnapped by a mysterious monster. The game boils down to jumping over obstacles as well as the chasm and neutralizing creatures circulating on the platforms. During the game we also collect coins and precious stones.

PCANDiOS

Shadow Blade
Shadow Blade

Arcade 16 January 2014

Shadow Blade is a two-dimensional platformer by Dead Mage. It allows you to take on the role of a Ninja warrior who carries out dangerous missions on maps full of enemies and deadly traps. Production offers an extensive combat system, but also allows for the use of the sneaking approach.

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Guitar Hero Live
Guitar Hero Live

Arcade 20 October 2015

The next major installment in a bestselling music game series launched in 2005 by Harmonix studio, who are currently developing a similar series, Rock Band. Returning after a several-year long hiatus, this new installment was developed by FreeStyle Games, who previously created two DJ Hero games.

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FOTONICA
FOTONICA

Arcade 11 September 2014

FOTONICA is one of the most original runner skill games. In production we play the role of a runner who rushes through unrealistic levels, trying to cover as much distance as possible. The game was shown in an unusual for this genre first-person perspective.

PCANDiOS

Mr Jump
Mr Jump

Arcade 19 March 2015

An inconspicuous but quite difficult 2D mobile arcade game by 1Button. Mechanics-wise, Mr Jump is an endless runner platformer. The protagonist constantly runs forwards and your task is to jump from platform to platform (the longer you hold the button, the higher the jump). Your goal is to reach the end of a level, which is made more difficult by various dangers, such as precipices and traps.

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Extreme Exorcism
Extreme Exorcism

Arcade 23 September 2015

A two-dimensional platformer game which casts the player in the role of Mae Barrons - an exorcist who specializes in ghosts. In contrast to other exorcists, Mae uses rocket launchers, machetes, spells and various gadgets to fight the beings from another dimension. Gameplay in Extreme Exorcism is based on an innovative pattern - each defeated ghost is replaced by another that recreates movements the protagonist performed in the previous fight.

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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.

PCXONEPS4SwitchANDiOSPSV

Astebreed
Astebreed

Arcade 30 May 2014

Asterbreed is an arcade shooter in which we control a powerful mecha. With several different attacks, we break through the battlefield and annihilate hordes of enemies. The game combines the characteristics of classic shooters and shoot'em up titles.

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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.

PCXONEPS4

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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Antipole DX
Antipole DX

Arcade canceled

A remastered version of Antipole, a futuristic platform game released in 2011, created by Saturnine Games. You play as Johnny Hurricane, an agent wielding extraordinary abilities, whose task is to stop an invasion of dangerous robots. The game is set on the invaders' ship, and you move around it using a gravity manipulator, which allows you to walk on walls and ceilings, as well as to change your opponents' location.

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Adventures of Pip
Adventures of Pip

Arcade 04 June 2015

An old-school 2D platform game which comes with an unusual plot and an unconventional character development system. Adventures of Pip was funded on Kickstarter, which made it possible for the game to reach owners of different gaming systems. The player is taken to the Pixel Kingdom, where life as such is driven by the never ending flow of bits. The world is endangered by the evil Queen however, who has kidnapped the beautiful princess and conquered the lands with the help of her warriors.

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Mutant Mudds Super Challenge
Mutant Mudds Super Challenge

Arcade 17 March 2016

Mutant Mudds Super Challenge is a follow-up to the 2012 platform game developed by Renegade Kids. The game is directed mostly to the players who finished the first installment of the series and works as a bridge to its upcoming sequel. We play as a regular kid named Max who has to save his planet from the invasion of the aliens known as the Mudd creatures. Max is equipped only with a water pistol and a special backpack that allows him to jump higher and farther.

WiiU3DS

Paparazzi
Paparazzi

Arcade 27 February 2015

Paparazzi is a humorous indie 2D arcade game funded on Kickstarter. A rivalry between a famous celebrity and a snappish paparazzo is the main theme of the game that takes place in a fictional city of Follywood. In terms of mechanics, Paparazzi is a typical cat-and-mouse game where our reflexes and concentration matter the most. Gameplay focuses on rivalry of two players in local multiplayer mode.

PCPS4WiiU

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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SpongeBob: HeroPants
SpongeBob: HeroPants

Arcade 03 February 2015

An action-filled platform game with logic puzzle elements. The title is based on the license of a popular animated TV series - SpongeBob SquarePants - and continues the story shown in The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water. In the game, developed by Behaviour Interactive, one assumes the role of the titular sponge and his bizarre friends to restore the former glory of their underwater metropolis - Bikini Bottom.

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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.

PCXONEPS4SwitchANDiOS

SpongeBob: Sponge on the Run
SpongeBob: Sponge on the Run

Arcade 22 January 2015

An arcade endless runner game based on the popular animated TV series titled SpongeBob SquarePants. The game is one of the popular productions accompanying the full-length movie about SpongeBob. The gameplay mechanics revolve around controlling the continuously running SpongeBob in an attempt to cover the longest distance possible on the procedurally generated map comprising three tracks filled with diverse obstacles and numerous collectibles.

ANDiOS

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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