Arcade
Arcade is a genre of video games that uses simple gameplay mechanics. Often, little attention is paid to the plot and character development. Arcades are designed for easy entertainment without delving into the essence of what is happening. The main focus is on the gameplay and its simplicity. Games of various genres can be classified as arcades. For example, in arcade racing, there is no realistic physics, weapons are often used, and even more frequently, bonuses can be collected on the tracks, with controls reduced to three buttons: left, right, and acceleration. Similarly, the gameplay is simplified in other arcade genres.
Years
Platforms
PlayStation 3PlayStation 2Xbox 360XboxPSPWiiNintendo DSMobileSNESGame Boy AdvanceCommodore 64BREWAtari 7800MSXGameCubeExEnGenesisJ2MEOdyssey 2SymbianColecoVisionPalm OSWindows MobileVIC-20Atari 2600Arcade
Statuses
Best Games in the Arcade genre of 2006 (Game released)
Game released: PC, Mac, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation, Xbox, GameCube, PlayStation 2, Game Boy Color → 31 January 2006
Players:
8.6/10
Metacritic:
76/100
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets — summer holidays. After 1 year of study at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry is once again forced to...
Game released: PC, J2ME, Mac, Palm OS, PlayStation 3, Windows Mobile, Xbox, Xbox 360 → 8 December 2003
Players:
7.2/10
Steam:
95/100
Metacritic:
77/100
Zuma Deluxe is a fun logic puzzle game with match-3 elements and a top-down view. Simple and interesting gameplay awaits you. While controlling the frog, you need...
Arcade, Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Science fiction
Game released: Linux, Mac, PC → 16 September 2009
Players:
8.8/10
Steam:
82/100
Metacritic:
74/100
This top-down science-fiction action game follows a fight against an alien threat in the colony of New Atlantis. The protagonist battles monsters and large bosses...
Game released: Atari 2600, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari 7800, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, ColecoVision, Game Boy Advance, Intellivision, MSX, NES, PC Booter, TI-99/4A, TRS-80 CoCo, VIC-20, Wii, ZX Spectrum → 1982
Players:
7/10
Steam:
49/100
Metacritic:
67/100
An arcade platformer in which Mario sets out to rescue a girl kidnapped by Donkey Kong. To reach her, he navigates obstacles and dodges barrels, fireballs, and...
Game released: Android, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, BREW, Commodore 64, ColecoVision, Dragon 32/64, Game.Com, Game Boy Color, Genesis, Intellivision, J2ME, Mac, MSX, Odyssey 2, PC Booter, SNES, TI-99/4A, TRS-80, TRS-80 CoCo, VIC-20, Windows Phone, Xbox 360, ZX81 → 16 December 2010
Metacritic:
61/100
Frogger (2010) is a top-down arcade game with action elements from the developers of Konami Industry Co. Ltd.. The game's primary publisher is Misosys, Inc.. In...
Game released: Browser, Mac, PC, PlayStation 3, PSP, PS Vita, PlayStation 4 → 14 April 2006
Players:
4.3/10
Steam:
51/100
Metacritic:
71/100
Flow is an atmospheric top-down adventure in which you can live the life of a microorganism. Making its way through the water surface in search of living creatures...
Game released: Mac, PlayStation 2, Wii, PC, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS, Game Boy Advance → 1 December 2008
Players:
8.6/10
Steam:
84/100
Metacritic:
69/100
This arcade adventure follows Rayman as a wild rabbit invasion threatens his world. He must fight the intruders and foil their plans, relying on his combat...
Simulation, Action, Flight Simulator, In real time, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Arcade, Adventure
Game released: PC → 3 April 2014
Players:
7.1/10
Steam:
52/100
The Tomorrow War is a space simulator based on the books of the famous Russian writer Alexander Zorich. Heroes in colorful cloaks and pointy-eared masks are good...
Game released: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, Genesis, iPhone, PlayStation 3, SEGA Master System, TurboGrafx CD, Wii, PC, WonderSwan Color, Xbox 360, ZX Spectrum → 1991
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
84/100
Metacritic:
68/100
Golden Axe is a fantasy action game about three heroes who set out against the evil Death Adder. Players choose a mighty fighter, an Amazon, or a dwarf and battle...
Game released: Amstrad CPC, BREW, Commodore 64, FM-7, Game Boy Color, J2ME, MSX, NES, PC-88, Wii, PC, Windows Mobile, ZX Spectrum → 1986
Players:
7.1/10
1942 is a dynamic top-down shooter with the ability to play together with a friend on the same screen. The year is 1942, you have to try on the role of a fighter...
Game released: BlackBerry, iPhone, Palm OS, PSP, Symbian, PC, Windows Mobile, Xbox 360 → 24 September 2008
Steam:
93/100
Metacritic:
59/100
Platypus is a fun side-scrolling arcade shooter. The events of the game will take you to an amazing plasticine world, where the peaceful country of Mungola is...
Game released: Atari 7800, MSX, NES, Palm OS, Wii, Windows Mobile, Xbox 360, PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 1987
Players:
7.5/10
Steam:
91/100
Metacritic:
66/100
This arcade space shooter and sequel to GALAXIAN pits a fighter craft against waves of invading aliens. The player moves the ship left and right, shoots down...
Game released: Atari 2600, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari 7800, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MSX, NES, PC Booter, PlayStation 3, PSP, PC, ZX Spectrum → 1989
This run-and-gun arcade game follows soldiers Ralf and Clark as they fight their way toward the village of Ikari. Enemy soldiers, tanks and helicopters stand in...
