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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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Marsupilami: Hoobadventure
Marsupilami: Hoobadventure

Arcade 16 November 2021

A platform game based on the license of André Franquin's comic series. In Marsupilami: Hoobadventure we play as the title characters, who dash through a variety of levels, trying to deal with a terrible curse that has befallen almost all animals.

Bee Simulator
Bee Simulator

Arcade 14 November 2019

An original arcade and adventure game, allowing us to control a bee living in a large metropolis. While having fun, we carry out missions in which we help our swarm to survive in the city park. The title contains educational elements and also has several game modes, including a cooperative game.

Planet Alpha
Planet Alpha

Arcade 04 September 2018

A science fiction platformer, in which we play the role of a space castaway. While playing, we run, jump, and control the planet by manipulating the time of the day. The game boasts high-quality graphics.

Pizza Tower
Pizza Tower

Arcade 27 August 2024

A platforming game developed by Tour De Pizza, inspired by Wario Land and 1990s cartoons. The main protagonist of Pizza Tower is Peppino Spaghetti, a balding Italian chef on a quest to save his restaurant from destruction. There is only one thing to be done: destroy the titular tower.

Surmount
Surmount

Arcade 02 May 2024

A platformer with adventure elements, in which we must climb the world's tallest mountain. Surmount has us making our way through numerous stages, getting past environmental obstacles, trying to use the law of physics to our advantage.

World of Goo
World of Goo

Arcade 16 March 2017

World of Goo is a logic-arcade game produced and published by Kyle Gabler and Ron Carmel, a two-person development team from the 2D Boy studio. The game, designed exclusively for one player, consists in building various constructions of gelatinous slurry balls, i.e. the title Goo, which is permanently disturbed by gravity and other laws of physics. The title, characterized by specific visual setting and original situational humour, was considered one of the most original games of 2008.

The LEGO Movie 2 Videogame
The LEGO Movie 2 Videogame

Arcade 26 February 2019

Platform action game based on the license of The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part, which is also a continuation of The LEGO Movie Videogame. To save friends and rebuild the city of Bricksburg, the heroes have to embark on a cosmic journey to the Systar system. Standard production allows you to play alone or to cooperate with another player.

It Takes Two
It Takes Two

Arcade 04 November 2022

It Takes Two is a co-op action adventure game from the authors of A Way Out. In terms of gameplay, the game resembles platformers, offering logical and arcade challenges that require the cooperation of two players.

Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury
Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury

Arcade 12 February 2021

A remastered version of the 2013 3D platformer titled Super Mario 3D World. Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury introduced a new game mode, improved mechanics, and slightly tweaked graphics and interface.

Super Mario Maker 2
Super Mario Maker 2

Arcade 28 June 2019

Editor allowing you to create your own levels from Super Mario games and share them with the whole community. Steps created from scratch in Super Mario Maker 2 can be checked in several graphical versions.

Heavenly Bodies
Heavenly Bodies

Arcade 29 February 2024

Heavenly Bodies is a humorous game for one or two players, in which even the simplest of tasks posed on our way are challenged (and laughed at) by the physics of objects, due to the settling of action in space.

SteamWorld Dig 2
SteamWorld Dig 2

Arcade 21 September 2017

A sequel to the 2013 metroidvania title, developed by Image & Form. Once again, the players are taken to a unique world that combines steampunk with western setting, this time as a female robot looking for her missing friend. The gameplay of SteamWorld Dig 2 doesn’t depart from the groundwork of its predecessor, focusing on digging underground tunnels to reach places of interest and find treasures we can spend to upgrade our equipment.

Air Conflicts: Pacific Carriers
Air Conflicts: Pacific Carriers

Arcade 22 March 2019

Air Conflicts: Pacific Carriers is a secondary airborne shooting game depicting the Pacific conflict between the United States and the Empire of Japan. We sit at the helm of realistically reproduced planes and command powerful aircraft carriers. The gameplay is complemented by an extensive multiplayer mode.

Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution
Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution

Arcade 2025

The sixth installment of the platforming series Shantae. Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution is set between the first game and Shantae: Risky's Revenge.

The Missing: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories
The Missing: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories

Arcade 11 October 2018

The Missing: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories is a Japanese 2.5D platformer featuring an unusual climate that combines humor with macabre. The player controls a woman exploring an island full of traps and threats.

Steredenn: Binary Stars
Steredenn: Binary Stars

Arcade 08 March 2018

A side-scrolling shooter developed by the independent Pixelnest Studio. The player sits at the helm of a spaceship, their task is to eliminate subsequent waves of incoming enemies. We encounter both ordinary, numerous opponents that aren’t too difficult to defeat as well as more rare bosses that require devising a special tactic to beat them. In Steredenn, we are not defenseless and the ship we pilot can be equipped with 35 kinds of weapons and 25 enhancements that we unlock with progress.

Dungeons & Aliens
Dungeons & Aliens

Arcade 15 March 2019

A tower defence game, created by the Polish studio Kool2Play, in which three dwarven mages repel the invasion of cosmic invaders. The title offers a total of 60 levels of an increasing difficulty, as well as colourful two-dimensional graphics.

Stikbold! A Dodgeball Adventure Deluxe Edition
Stikbold! A Dodgeball Adventure Deluxe Edition

Arcade 29 December 2017

An arcade sports game developed by Curve Digital in which we assume control of a professional dodgeball duo. We are taken to the 1970s and introduced to Bjorn and Jerome, a dodgeball duo supported by a demanding coach. When it turns out that their rivals have been abducted in the eve of the final match, the heroes, unwilling to accept a walkover, embark on a journey to free their opponents from the hands of the devil himself.

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.

Clive 'N' Wrench
Clive 'N' Wrench

Arcade 24 February 2023

A 3D platform game from Dinosaur Bytes Studio, inspired by such titles as Spyro the Dragon or Jak and Daxter. In Clive 'N' Wrench we play the duo of rabbit and monkey. The characters set off on a time travel to stop the evil Dr. Daucus.

Raiden V: Director's Cut
Raiden V: Director's Cut

Arcade 25 July 2019

The fifth official installment in a series of classic, scrolling top-down shooters. Raiden V was created by MOSS - a Japanese developer in possession of the rights to the franchise since 2005. Similar to the previous installments, the plot presents a great war between humans and Cranassian - an alien civilization that has attacked the Earth. The player has to face the invaders, assuming the role of a pilot.

Trine: Enchanted Edition
Trine: Enchanted Edition

Arcade 09 November 2018

An adventure-platformer featuring puzzle elements. It was developed by the Finnish Frozenbyte studio, known for Shadowgrounds - a series of isometric shooters. The story is set in a colorful fantasy world, where the player gets to lead a team of three characters: a wizard, a knight and a thief. Using a mysterious device called Trine, they must save the kingdom from the undead. The gameplay mechanics were inspired by classic platformers.

Asterix & Obelix XXL 3: The Crystal Menhir
Asterix & Obelix XXL 3: The Crystal Menhir

Arcade 21 November 2019

Asterix & Obelix XXL 3 is a three-dimensional platform game based on the iconic comic-book series. During the game, the players are traveling through large locations, avoiding traps and obstacles, and fighting legions of enemies and enemy legions. It is possible to switch between the two characters during the game.

Arkanoid: Eternal Battle
Arkanoid: Eternal Battle

Arcade 27 October 2022

New version of the cult arcade game in which we control a spaceship that bounces a ball to destroy blocks standing in our way. The game is a result of cooperation between Pastagames studio, Microids and Taito.