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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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Worms Pinball
Arcade 21 May 2024
One of the many games that use the Worms brand. This time it is a spin-off allowing you to play pinball, which table refers to a well-known series. The title offers realistic ball behavior, as well as hidden mini games. Additionally, the action can be observed from different shots.
Type:Rider
Arcade 12 July 2016
An unconventional 2D platformer, resulting from the cooperation between Ex Nihilo development studio and Arte TV station. The heroes of the game are a pair of dots that travels through 10 historical epochs of typography development and techniques of handwriting distribution. The advantage of the game is an attractive audiovisual setting and educational elements.
Persona 4: Dancing All Night
Arcade 24 May 2018
A rhythm game developed by Atlus and Dingo. The story of Persona 4: Dancing All Night begins six months after the events of Persona 4 — Rise Kujikawa went back into show-business, but soon a rumor spreads, saying that there is a mysterious music video, which sweeps those, who watch it at midnight to the “other side.” The gameplay is based on dance battles, and the story is shown in the cutscenes between them.
Knack
Arcade 15 November 2013
The player assumes the role of the small robot named Knack who becomes larger and stronger by absorbing elements of the environment. The hero might just be the one of the most important human allies in the war against the Goblins.
TowerFall: Ascension
Arcade 11 March 2014
Old-school, two-dimensional arcade game, reminiscent of classic platformers from the early 90s. In this local rivalry-oriented production of up to 4 players, we play in one of the available archers, and our goal is to eliminate the remaining players by means of a bow, arrows and power-ups found in special boxes.
Skylanders Swap Force
Arcade 15 November 2013
Skylanders Swap Force is a three-dimensional platformer developed by the Vicarious Vision team. Production combines the real world with the virtual world and allows you to collect plastic figures, which enable you to unlock new characters in the game world. The introduction of two-part toys is a novelty in relation to previous editions.
Rogue Legacy
Arcade 29 July 2014
Old-school, two-dimensional arcade game with RPG elements, referring to the popular 8-bit roguelike games. We travel through randomly generated castle chambers, eliminating enemies and various traps lurking in wait for us. In case of death, we continue the game from scratch, choosing one of our three descendants.
Mighty No. 9
Arcade 21 June 2016
Mighty No. 9 is an arcade platformer developed in 2.5D by the experienced Japanese developer Comcept; the title draws inspiration from the renowned Mega Man series. The storyline is focused on the character of mighty Beck, the only robot who resisted an extremely dangerous virus, which arouses aggression among mechanical beings. It is the task of our protagonist to eliminate the danger and return the order to the world of the robots. The gameplay mechanics in Mighty No.
Velocity 2X
Arcade 02 September 2014
Another installment in the series of 2D scrolling shooters, in which we control a spaceship equipped with the ability to teleport to any location. The game once again takes us to the distant future, in which all forms of life in the Vilio star system faced a threat when it turned out that the great celestial body began to change into a red giant.
Shadwen
Arcade 17 May 2016
An unusual combination of fantasy adventure and stealth games, developed by Frozenbyte, the creators of such series as Trine and Shadowgrounds. In the title, we assume the role of a seasoned killer, Shadwen, who is given the task of murdering a king.
Skylar & Plux: Adventure on Clover Island
Arcade 19 May 2017
A colorful, classic 3D platformer. The action of Skylar & Plux: Adventure on Clover Island takes place on a group of tropical islands where a mad scientist has his base. He endeavors to create a weapon with which he could conquer the world. His most promising project – a humanoid cat named Skylar, equipped with cybernetic implants – rebels against her creator and escapes his laboratory. From that moment, Skylar's most important mission is to defeat the scientist.
Eagle Flight
Arcade 08 November 2016
A first-person perspective action game developed by Ubisoft’s first party studio. The title was designed to work with virtual reality sets. As the title of the game suggests, it allows the player to assume the role of an eagle and enjoy the freedom of flying. Eagle Flight takes place in undetermined future in Paris, which for some reason was completely abandoned by humans. The player is tasked not only with surviving, but also with discovering what really happened.
Freedom Planet
Arcade 21 March 2017
Reminiscent of titles published years ago on 16-bit consoles, a 2D platformer with anthropomorphic animals in the main roles. The production is strongly inspired by the old parts of the Sonic the Hedgehog series.
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.
Freedom Planet 2
Arcade 04 April 2024
A continuation of a two-dimensional platformer developed by GalaxyTrail. The plot tells a story of a dragon named Merga who begins to wreak havoc on the world after being awoken from a hundred-year-old slumber. The player assumes control of three powerful heroines that traverse the extensive two-dimensional levels and fight against various opponents in order to finally defeat the beast.
Funk of Titans
Arcade 21 June 2016
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.
Exile's End
Arcade 25 October 2016
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.
The Watchmaker
Arcade 25 March 2022
A steampunk action-adventure game with logic features. The title was developed by the independent studio Micropsia Games from Chile. The Watchmaker takes place inside a giant clock tower, and during the game the player assumes the role of a guard named Alexander. One day, a sabotage takes place in the tower, disrupting the flow of time and causing the protagonist to grow old extremely fast.
Hue
Arcade 30 August 2016
The debut production of the independent studio Fiddlesick, combining elements of platformer and logic game. While playing, we assume the role of the eponymous hero whose task is to find his lost mother. The path to his goal is a bumpy one because his mother, a lady scientist who deals with color research, got lost somewhere in a monochromatic world. In the game, we traverse vast, single-colored maps, avoiding various obstacles and solving puzzles based mostly on color manipulation.
Cast of the Seven Godsends: Redux
Arcade 19 July 2016
An independent 2D platform game, inspired by classic 8- and 16-bit console hits. Cast of the Seven Godsends: Redux takes the players to a traditional fantasy world, in which evil emperor Zaraaima kidnaps the newborn child of Darec, the king of the realm. To rescue his son, the king has to ask for the help of seven gods, and embark on a dangerous journey. During his travels, the monarch has to defeat hordes of monsters to finally stand face to face with the kidnapper.
Wonder Boy Returns
Arcade 30 March 2017
A remake of the two-dimensional platform game released in 1986. The new version was developed by Korean studio CFK. The player assumes the role of the titular Wonder Boy – a caveman whose girlfriend was kidnapped by the Dark King. The protagonist attempts to rescue Tina while trying to take care of the villain. The gameplay of Wonder Boy Returns features traveling through various levels, jumping between platforms and fighting enemies like bees, spiders and penguins.
El Hijo: A Wild West Tale
Arcade 25 March 2021
A stealth game set in a spaghetti western setting, developed by Honig studio. It takes place in an alternative version of The Wild West, based on Sergio Leone’s movies. The protagonist – the titular El Hijo – looks for his missing father, traversing places filled with dangers: from an orphanage he was raised in, through a desert full of monster, and up to a town ruled by merciless gunslingers.
Super Bomberman R
Arcade 12 June 2018
Super Bomberman R is another game in the popular Bomberman series and a launch title for the Nintendo Switch, developed by Konami. The game has 3D visuals, but we observe the action from the classic top-down perspective. We play as the titular Bomberman, and our job is to eliminate enemies we encounter on various maps with the bombs at our disposal. Even though the gameplay mechanics are not that complex, a more tactical approach is needed when entering new levels.
Splasher
Arcade 26 September 2017
An original platform game created by Splashteam - an independent studio founded by a former Ubisoft employee, who had co-created such games as Rayman Origins or Rayman Legends. Splasher takes the player to the headquarters of Inkorp, a company managed by Le Docteur. This ominous figure decides to break the daily routine at the company and bring the workers to their knees. One of the employees is the game's protagonist, who tries to stop the villain and save his co-workers.