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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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A Hat in Time
A Hat in Time

Arcade 18 October 2019

A three-dimensional platformer inspired by classics like Banjo-Kazooie, Conker’s Bad Fur Day and Donkey Kong 64, developed by the independent studio Mecha the Slag. A Hat in Time lets us play as Hat Kid, a girl who travels in time, fights villains and solves numerous puzzles. During the campaign, we visit five varied worlds and try to foil the plan of Mustache Girl. Hat Kid uses a special umbrella that acts as e.g. parachute, weapon and even propeller.

Trine 4: Melody of Mystery
Trine 4: Melody of Mystery

Arcade canceled

Melody of Mystery is an expansion to Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince - an adventure platformer with puzzle elements set in a fantastic world. The game was created by the Finnish studio Frozenbyte.

Evergate
Evergate

Arcade 18 August 2020

A platform game with adventure elements, in which we get to the beyond worlds. Playing as a young soul named Ki, we travel through a fairy-tale land full of dangers, trying to regain the lost memories of the heroine.

Aeon Drive
Aeon Drive

Arcade 30 September 2021

An action platformer that is a continuation of Dimension Drive. In Aeon Drive, we play the role of Jackelyne, who travels through stages full of traps, teleporting through obstacles and constantly fighting against time, trying to find the faulty elements of a machine for flexing dimensions.

Badland: Game of the Year Edition
Badland: Game of the Year Edition

Arcade 06 August 2021

Original, two-dimensional side-scrolling arcade game, which is a debut production of independent Finnish studio Frogmind. In Badland we take control over unspecified creature and our task is to lead it through levels filled with various obstacles and traps. However, the game is complicated by the fact that we are gradually joined by more of our hero's brethren, so as the game progresses we are forced to control more and more creatures.

Get Packed: Couch Chaos
Get Packed: Couch Chaos

Arcade 28 April 2022

Arcade game in which we play the role of members of the team helping people to move. The production has a sense of humour and has a local cooperation mode. The Moonshine Studios company is responsible for its creation.

Tinykin
Tinykin

Arcade 30 August 2022

Tinykin is a 3D platform game in which we play as a young astronaut visiting Earth. The problem is that the planet is abandoned and the hero has been reduced to the size of an ant. Fortunately, our protégé is not alone - he can count on the help of the titular tinykin.

Koa and the Five Pirates of Mara
Koa and the Five Pirates of Mara

Arcade 27 July 2023

A 3D platformer set in the same world as Summer in Mara. Koa and the Five Pirates of Mara has us traversing diverse, dangerous levels and facing bosses to reclaim stolen pirate loot.

One Last Breath
One Last Breath

Arcade 28 March 2024

One Last Breath is an action adventure game in 2.5D platform game convention set in the world after the destruction of humanity. As Gaia, endowed with powers of nature, tries to bring back to life the Earth devastated by human civilization.

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.

Sonic Origins
Sonic Origins

Arcade 23 June 2022

Sonic Origins is a remaster of four classic platform games starring the super-fast blue hedgehog facing off against the evil Dr. Eggman. The publisher and producer of the game is SEGA as usual.

River Tails: Stronger Together
River Tails: Stronger Together

Arcade 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.

Freedom Planet 2
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.

Montezuma's Revenge
Montezuma's Revenge

Arcade 16 February 2023

Montezuma's Revenge is an arcade game from 1984, which is considered to be one of the first platform games in the history of electronic entertainment.

Omega Strikers
Omega Strikers

Arcade 27 April 2023

A hockey variation, realized as a multiplayer game with sports games and arcade action games elements. In Omega Strikers, two teams of three players hit the field, trying to place the hockey puck into the opponents' goal.

We Love Katamari Reroll+ Royal Reverie
We Love Katamari Reroll+ Royal Reverie

Arcade 02 June 2023

A remastered version of an unusual arcade-puzzle game from 2005. We Love Katamari REROLL + Royal Reverie tasks us with rolling a ball through various locations, sticking progressively larger objects to it.

Spin Rhythm XD
Spin Rhythm XD

Arcade 26 October 2023

A rhythm game inspired by the genre's greats, such as Guitar Hero and Dance Dance Revolution. In Spin Rhythm we lead a wheel through tracks filled with colorful beats, moving it to the rhythm of the music.

Overloop
Overloop

Arcade 24 March 2023

Overloop is a 2D science fiction platform game - its action takes place in a universe where technology allows you to copy everything, including people. The game was developed by independent Charge Games studio.

Disney Illusion Island
Disney Illusion Island

Arcade 28 July 2023

A platformer letting us play as Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy. In Disney Illusion Island the player traverses the island of Monoth in search of lost books, trying to restore peace and order.

Pizza Possum
Pizza Possum

Arcade 28 September 2023

An action arcade game with stealth elements, starring a possum roaming a beautiful seaside town. Pizza Possum is on a search for food, opposed by the guards protecting it.

Dr. Fetus' Mean Meat Machine
Dr. Fetus' Mean Meat Machine

Arcade 22 June 2023

An arcade game with puzzle game elements and a spin-off of Super Meat Boy. In Dr. Fetus’ Mean Meat Machine we must control numerous clones of the series' protagonist while completing challenges reminiscent of Tetris and Puyo Puyo. The player must also avoid traps and face numerous bosses.

Nuclear Blaze
Nuclear Blaze

Arcade 28 April 2023

Nuclear Blaze is a 2D platform game in which we control a firefighter exploring a burning secret military facility. The main threat is fire, which we fight with a fire hose using water from the backpack and activating fire sprinklers.

Pid
Pid

Arcade 18 November 2022

An arcade independent game combining classic two-dimensional platform mechanisms with strong logical elements. As a young student, we are imprisoned on a robot-occupied planet and we have to find a way back to Earth. We can do it ourselves, or in cooperation with one colleague.

Wizorb
Wizorb

Arcade 06 October 2022

Wizorb is an independent studio game by Tribute Games, combining the features of an arcade and RPG. We play the role of Cyrus, whose task is to save the kingdom of Gorudo from the forces of evil. Jonathan Lavigne, creator of such titles as Ninja Seneca and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game, is responsible for Wizorb.