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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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Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze

Arcade 04 May 2018

Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze is the next installment of the popular series of gorillas in the lead role. This time our hero has to cope with the invasion of his native island of stylized on the Vikings animals.

Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Super Mario Bros. Wonder

Arcade 20 October 2023

A side-scrolling 2.5D platformer. Super Mario Bros. Wonder introduces the Wonder Flowers, power-ups that affect gameplay in various unpredictable ways.

The Watchmaker
The Watchmaker

Arcade April 2025

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.

Cuphead
Cuphead

Arcade 18 April 2019

A two-dimensional action game with designs resembling old cartoon movies, which is a debut production of StudioMDHR, an independent developer. In Cuphead, we assume the role of a gambling addict that loses his soul to the devil during one of his sessions. To retrieve it, he needs to work off its equivalent. When it comes to mechanics, the game is a 2D fighting game with a degree of platforming elements – we participate in continuous 1v1 fights, taking place on special 2D arenas.

Senran Kagura Peach Ball
Senran Kagura Peach Ball

Arcade 09 July 2019

Senran Kagura Peach Ball is another part of the adventures of ninja girls who see themselves as animals in an accident. The player's task is to restore their normal form by playing pinball.

Kao the Kangaroo
Kao the Kangaroo

Arcade 27 May 2022

The next installment of a series of 3D platformers telling about the adventures of Kao the kangaroo. During the adventure, the player goes in search of the main character's sister. In order to find her, the protagonist has to face the warriors scattered around the world.

Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe
Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe

Arcade 24 February 2023

A remastered and enhanced with new content version of the 2011 platform game. In Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe, we play as Kirby, who, along with his friends, travels the planet Popstar in search of parts from a crashed spaceship.

Romancelvania
Romancelvania

Arcade January 2025

Romancelvania is a hybrid of a platform game and a dating sim. The player, as a vampire, explores maps full of enemies and traps, while developing romances with NPCs, which helps him increase his skills.

Mario vs. Donkey Kong
Mario vs. Donkey Kong

Arcade 16 February 2024

A remake of a 2004 puzzle platformer. Mario vs. Donkey Kong stars the titular plumber, facing off against Donkey Kong to reclaim the Mini-Mario toys he stole.

Princess Peach: Showtime!
Princess Peach: Showtime!

Arcade 22 March 2024

Princess Peach: Showtime! is an action adventure Mario spin-off starring Princess Peach. She must face villains in a magical theater, using many different outfits that grant her various abilities.

Croc: Legend of the Gobbos Remaster
Croc: Legend of the Gobbos Remaster

Arcade December 2024

A remaster of the popular 3D platforming game from 1997. Croc: Legend of the Gobbos Remaster allows us to play as a small crocodile trying to rescue his friends. We can fight enemies, explore levels, solve puzzles and collect crystals to unlock new content.

Sonic Mania
Sonic Mania

Arcade 15 August 2017

A 3D platformer that came out as a reboot of one of the most popular adventure game series, featuring the titular Sonic the Hedgehog. This production was created by a SEGA’s subsidiary, Sonic Team, employing people who helped create the series and its most important iterations.

Super Mario Odyssey
Super Mario Odyssey

Arcade 27 October 2017

Super Mario Odyssey is a 3D platform game developed for Nintendo Switch and another installment of the Mario video game franchise. In Super Mario Odyssey, the titular plumber has to saved his beloved Princess Peach, who this time faces a forced marriage with the game's main antagonist, Bowser. The game takes place not only in the typical for the series fairy-tale land, but also in the alternative version of the real world.

Rain World
Rain World

Arcade 13 December 2018

A hybrid of a platform and a survival game. The title was developed by two people – Joar Lisberg Jakobsson was the lead programmer and the author of the idea of the game while the music was composed by James Primate. The game takes place in a hostile post-industrial realm filled with complicated machinery. The environment is constantly plagued by downpours and the animals that live in it are forced to hide from the rain in a hibernated state.

WarioWare: Move It!
WarioWare: Move It!

Arcade 03 November 2023

An arcade party compilation of over 200 micro-games, supporting singleplayer and multiplayer. WarioWare: Move It! consists of extremely brief micro-games, which gradually increase in pace and difficulty.

The Gecko Gods
The Gecko Gods

Arcade January 2025

A 3D adventure platformer. The Gecko Gods has us playing as a gecko on a journey to save its friend, traversing ancient ruins, facing challenges and solving clever puzzles.

Moorhuhn X
Moorhuhn X

Arcade 25 August 2022

One of the most popular game series of the end of the 20th century in Germany. The phenomenon and great popularity of the program should be explained by the great playability, simplicity and funny subject matter of the game. The whole entertainment consists in taking part in a chicken hunt, in which for each accurate shot we receive a certain amount of points.

River Tails: Stronger Together
River Tails: Stronger Together

Arcade January 2025

River Tails: Stronger Together is a 3D platform game about a wild cat and fish's journey up a river. The game was designed for co-op mdoe, but it also offers a singleplayer mode where one player controls both characters.

Luigi's Mansion 2 HD
Luigi's Mansion 2 HD

Arcade 27 June 2024

The remastered version of Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon. Luigi's Mansion 2 HD stars Luigi, traversing haunted mansions in search of pieces of the shattered Dark Moon.

Symphonia
Symphonia

Arcade 05 December 2024

A music-themed platformer. Symphonia stars Philemon, a violinist traversing a musical world, assembling an orchestra to stop the silence the land is falling into.

Little Nightmares III
Little Nightmares III

Arcade 2025

Little Nightmares III is the third installment in a series of horror platformers with adventure and stealth elements. The game features two playable characters, supporting singleplayer and two player co-op.

GEX Trilogy
GEX Trilogy

Arcade 2025

A remastered compliation of three first GEX Games: GEX, GEX: Enter the Gecko and GEX 3: Deep Cover Gecko; it was created by Limited Run Games and Square Enix.

Luigi's Mansion 3
Luigi's Mansion 3

Arcade 31 October 2019

Luigi's Mansion 3 is a fun arcade game where, as the title brother of the famous Mario, we explore the haunted residence. The game is mainly about fighting ghosts, which first have to be weakened with light, and then pulled in with a vacuum cleaner.

Rocket League
Rocket League

Arcade 14 November 2017

A futuristic sports game created by Psyonix Studios. This is a sequel to Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars released in 2008 on PS3. The game features an extraordinary version of soccer, in which players drive uniquely customized rocket-powered cars, trying to get the ball into the opponent’s goal. Cars possess an array of special powers, which can be modified as you progress with over a hundred different gadgets.