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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. more

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Little Nightmares: Secrets of The Maw
Little Nightmares: Secrets of The Maw

Arcade 07 July 2017

An expansion for Little Nightmares, a platform game released in spring 2017 by Tarsier Studios. Secrets Of The Maw is divided into three episodes, in which we follow a completely new hero, a boy named The Runaway Kid who tries to escape an underwater facility, the eponymous Maw. While playing, we discover dark secrets of this place and learn answers to a number of questions that remained unanswered after the adventures of Six from the basic game have ended.

Arrow Heads
Arrow Heads

Arcade 21 September 2017

An arcade game developed by Oddbird - a Toronto-based studio. The players assume the roles of large birds armed with bows and take part in incredibly dynamic shootouts on maps filled with traps. The game is played from an isometric view. A multiplayer mode for up to 4 players is the core element of the experience - the players can meet online or share one screen. The game also features a complex arcade mode, which gives an opportunity to eliminate AI-controlled enemies solo or in cooperation.

Light Fall
Light Fall

Arcade 26 April 2018

A two-dimensional platform game. It is the debut title of the Canadian studio Bishop Games. In Light Fall the player is taken to the fantasy realm of Numbra, where the darkness won the battle with the light. The player assumes the role of a mysterious boy. The player must reveal the enigmatic past of the boy and save the citizens of Numbra from the incoming danger.

Aegis Defenders
Aegis Defenders

Arcade 08 February 2018

A game developed by an indie studio, GUTS Department, that combines elements of metroidvania and tower defense. The game is set in a fantasy world where the only things left by a technologically advanced civilizations are ruins and powerful artifacts. The main characters, a mechanic called Bart and his granddaughter Clu, declare a war on the Empire – in order to end its hegemony they embark on a journey to find a legendary weapon called the Aegis.

Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!!
Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!!

Arcade 13 September 2017

The second installment in the series of arcade games with economical aspects, developed by the independent studio Vertigo Gaming. The player assumes the role of the chief manager and the owner of the titular restaurant, who has landed out on the streets due to the corrupt board of the SherriSoda complex. One's main objective is to rebuild a prosperous enterprise - the player starts at a small bistro on the 50th floor of Teragon Supertower.

PixelJunk VR Dead Hungry
PixelJunk VR Dead Hungry

Arcade 06 December 2016

A dynamic arcade game by Q-Games. You play as a food truck employee and your task is to prepare meals for a horde of zombie attacking him; after being fed, the zombies turn back into humans. The game utilizes a first person's view. When the meal is ready, you throw it at a zombie, which then turns into an ordinary person and runs away. The gameplay involves a kind of a race against time, as the meals have to be ready before the zombies reach you.

Super ComboMan: Smash Edition
Super ComboMan: Smash Edition

Arcade 22 August 2017

An independent arcade game, which is an improved version of 2014 Super ComboMan; similar to that original edition, it was developed by Interabang Entertainment - a company located in San Francisco and founded by a few friends that had met during their studies.

Caveman Warriors
Caveman Warriors

Arcade 22 September 2017

Caveman Warriors is a colorful platform game developed by independent Spanish studio JanduSoft. The title enables the player to play alone or with three other people – locally or via Internet. The gameplay focuses on completing levels and fighting monsters. The latter can sometimes be very large. Each of 4 protagonists can use unique skills.

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.

Stern Pinball Arcade
Stern Pinball Arcade

Arcade 24 December 2016

An arcade pinball that attempts to reintroduce the spirit of classic coin-operated flippers manufactured by Stern, a North American pinball manufacturer with over 40 years of development history. The game was developed by FarSight Studios – the authors managed to introduce classic tables and legacy ROMs based on the original code, as well as detailed walkthroughs for each device.

Viking Rage
Viking Rage

Arcade 28 April 2017

Viking Rage is a VR tower defense game developed by the German studio N-Gon Entertainment. Players take the role of a Viking whose job is to fend off the enemies who attack his base. Unlike in other tower defense games, we do not build towers, but fight on our own. The game offers a wide array of weaponry for our hero, such as axes, bombs, bows, crossbows, or fancy and elaborate traps.

Aaero
Aaero

Arcade 11 April 2017

A science-fiction rhythm game developed Mad Fellows. Aaero does not offer an elaborate narrative layer, focusing on allowing the player to control a small ship hovering above ground and fight the enemies that appear on the screen. The ship’s movements can be controlled with the analog sticks. The player is tasked with following the precise track and sticking to a white ribbon, which boosts the score multiplier.

Lethal VR
Lethal VR

Arcade 08 November 2016

Lethal VR is a virtual reality first-person arcade game developed by the founders of Criterion Software. We play as an FBI agent who has to take part in various tests checking his combat abilities with firearms and cold steel weapons.

Danger Zone
Danger Zone

Arcade 30 May 2017

Danger Zone is an arcade driving game developed by Three Fields Entertainment - a studio established by the creators of the legendary Criterion Software. Gameplay mechanics are purely arcade and the player is tasked with causing spectacular crashes and smashes on the jammed roads. To inflict additional crash damage, for which the player is awarded points, they can use the SmashBreaker ability.

Lethal League
Lethal League

Arcade 27 August 2014

Unique dexterity game, in which we take control over the players reflecting the antigravitational ball. It gains speed after each impact, and the task ahead is to eliminate the opponent by hitting him or her in the face. The title allows you to play in the company of up to three other players, as well as struggling with enemies controlled by artificial intelligence. The whole thing can be pleasing to the eye due to its pleasant graphic design and catchy soundtrack.

Blaster Master Zero
Blaster Master Zero

Arcade 14 June 2019

A blend of a 2D platformer and a simple shoot'em-up game by Inti Creates. The production is another installment in the series, which started in 1988. The protagonists are skilled scientist Jason Frudnick and Fred, a mysterious creature he discovered. When the latter escapes the laboratory, Jason pursues him. He ends up in a cave, where he finds an advanced, battle-ready vehicle called Sophia-III. Blaster Master Zero features two game modes.

TumbleSeed
TumbleSeed

Arcade 03 May 2017

An arcade roguelike game developed by a team of independent developers: Benedict Fritz, Greg Wohlwend, Joel Corelitz, David Laskey and Jenna Blazevich. Players are taken to a fantastic, fairy-tale like world as a titular seed. Their task is to climb to the peak of a high mountain to save the hero’s house from incoming threat. TumbleSeed’ gameplay revolves around traversing five varied, procedurally generated environments, like jungle, desert and ancient temples.

Bullet Soul
Bullet Soul

Arcade 07 April 2017

Two-dimensional shoot up originally released on the Xbox 360, and later also released on PCs. While playing, we steer one of the several available combat ships and fight countless enemies.

Oh My Godheads
Oh My Godheads

Arcade 05 December 2017

An arcade game focused on multiplayer matches. The players must take talking explosive heads to certain locations while competing with each other.

Lost Words: Beyond the Page
Lost Words: Beyond the Page

Arcade 27 March 2020

Lost Words is an unusual 2D platform game. It's set inside a young girl's diary and you explore both the text written on the pages and the fantastical lands it describes. An important aspect of the game is solving logic puzzles, done by manipulating words to change the in-game world.

The Gentleman
The Gentleman

Arcade canceled

A narrative musical game with arcade elements. Developed by Danish Cape Copenhagen, The Gentleman is set during the Great Depression (1928–1933) and tells a story about a great love of the titular gentleman, a street performer named Fred, and a young girl Lisa. The feeling they share is not approved by her father – wealthy entrepreneur Johnathan Joseph Price the Third. The powerful magnate has devoted his life to accumulating a fortune.

Shift Happens
Shift Happens

Arcade 22 February 2017

A hybrid of a platformer and a logic game, developed by the independent studio Klonk Games. The player takes control of Bismo and Plom – jelly-like humanoid creatures. By some accident, the heroes get literally bound together, which enables them to exchange their masses. Gameplay of Shift Happens consists in traveling through colorful locations, collecting valuable coins, and solving more and less demanding puzzles which require close cooperation between the two heroes.

iO
iO

Arcade 05 December 2014

Unusual logical platformer. While playing, we control the movement of the disk on two-dimensional maps and manipulate its size, affecting not only the size but also the weight of the object. Thanks to the physical motor, this solution plays a key role, for example, in accelerating and covering distances in flight.

Gear Gauntlet
Gear Gauntlet

Arcade 01 November 2016

A dynamic action-arcade game developed by the debuting studio Drop Dead Interactive. Gear Gauntlet is a game with no plot per se, concentrating entirely on original gameplay mechanics in which the key role is played by the system of color change that resembles mechanics in music games, such as the Guitar Hero series.