Arcade 2012 — top best games in the Arcade genre / Page 4

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Mario Game

November 18, 2012

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 84/100

New Super Mario Bros. U is a fast-paced side-scrolling action platformer set in the Mario universe. Classic, exciting gameplay awaits you, where the main task is to...

Sky Gamblers: Storm Raiders

Arcade, Action, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Simulation, Indie

November 29, 2012

Steam: 79/100

This arcade flight simulator centers on aerial combat during World War II, with battles set at Pearl Harbor, the Coast of Dover, Midway and other historical...

Chickens Can't Fly

Arcade, Platformer, Futurism (Future)

February 9, 2012

Chickens Can't Fly is an arcade game with platformer elements from developers from the Amused Sloth studio. The game is published by Amused Sloth and Microsoft...

LEGO Hero Factory

Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Platformer, Third-person view, Cyberpunk

February 27, 2012

Players: 8.4/10

LEGO Hero Factory is a third-person arcade game with action, beat 'em up and platforming elements from the masters at The LEGO Group. The game is published by The...

Toki Tori

Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Arcade, Side view, Indie, Casual game

May 20, 2008

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Toki Tori is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer where the goal of each level is to collect all the scattered eggs. And to achieve this goal, the player will...

Containment: The Zombie Puzzler

Arcade, Action, Puzzle, Casual game, Indie

December 12, 2011

Players: 5/10

Steam: 89/100

An action puzzle game about containing a zombie outbreak in Franklin County. To defeat the undead, the player surrounds them with survivors of the same color, while...

Shinobi (1991)

Arcade, Action, Fighting

April 26, 1991

Shinobi (1991) is an action/fighting arcade game from SEGA Enterprises Ltd.. The game's main publisher is SEGA of America, Inc.. The GG Shinobi is an alternate...

Ice Age Village

Arcade, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Free game

April 5, 2012

Ice Age Village is an isometric arcade game with a mixture of strategy, business simulator and shareware game from the masters from the Gameloft studio. The game is...

Marvel Pinball 3D

Arcade, Sports game, Pinball

December 8, 2010

Metacritic: 74/100

An arcade pinball game featuring Marvel heroes, it tasks players with helping Iron Man, Spider-Man, Wolverine, and Blade stop notorious supervillains. The action...

New Super Mario Bros. 2

Arcade, Mario Game

July 28, 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 78/100

New Super Mario Bros. 2 — The game's plot is similar to previous games, focusing on Mario and Luigi's efforts to rescue Princess Peach from the captivity of...

Joe Danger 2: The Movie

Arcade, Racing, Indie, Action

September 14, 2012

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 80/100

This arcade stunt game follows Joe Danger as he performs daredevil feats on the set of a blockbuster movie. Across 100 levels, he pursues crooks on a police bike...

NiGHTS into Dreams

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Adventure

July 5, 1996

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 74/100

NiGHTS into Dreams is an arcade adventure action-platformer with a side view, set in the World of Dreams. This world is divided into Nightopia and Nightmare. It is...

Vector (2012)

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Stunts, Parkour, Indie

October 11, 2012

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 90/100

This arcade platformer follows a freerunner escaping a totalitarian society while pursued by Big Brother. The character crosses rooftops using parkour moves...

Nyan Cat: Lost In Space

Arcade, Indie, Side view, Platformer, Adventure, Casual game

May 12, 2011

Players: 10/10

Steam: 93/100

An arcade platformer about Nyan Cat flying through endless space. The player collects coins and food, jumps across cake platforms, and dodges enemies such as dogs...

Cho Aniki Zero

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Beat them all

September 19, 2009

Cho Aniki Zero is an arcade game with a mixture of action, shooter and "beat 'em all" game from developers from the studios extreme Co., Ltd. and G-Gee. The main...

Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack

Arcade, Platformer, Top-down view, Puzzle, Logic, Side view, Indie, Action

February 21, 2012

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack is a side-scrolling arcade puzzle platformer in which you become an alien bubble and try to destroy all of humanity. The game...

Jane's Advanced Strike Fighters

Arcade, Simulation

October 18, 2011

Steam: 36/100

Jane's Advanced Strike Fighters is an arcade game from the masters from the Trickstar Games studio. The game is published by Evolved Games and Koch...

Big Win Slots

Arcade, Card game

November 12, 2011

Players: 1.7/10

Big Win Slots is an arcade game with card game elements from the Mobile Deluxe studio. The main publisher of the game is Mobile Deluxe. But Big Win Slots have not...

Spy Fox in "Dry Cereal"

Arcade, Adventure, Educational game (Education), Third-person view, Puzzle, Point & Click, Casual game

November 22, 2006

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 96/100

This children’s point-and-click adventure follows the secret agent SPY Fox as he searches for Mr. Udderly, rescues the cows, and tries to stop William the Kid from...

Virus Named Tom

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie

August 1, 2012

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 65/100

This action-puzzle platformer follows TOM, a virus created for revenge after a corporation fires its creator, Dr. X. Players rewire circuits to spread the virus...

Home Tycoon

Arcade, Simulation, Business / Management

September 12, 2012

Home Tycoon is an arcade game with simulation and business simulator elements from developers from the Hellfire Games studio. The main publisher of the game is Sony...

Cars: Race-O-Rama

Arcade, Action, Racing, Third-person view

October 12, 2009

Players: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 56/100

This arcade racing game follows Lightning McQueen and Chick Hicks as they prepare student racers in Radiator Springs for the Race-O-Rama Exhibition. The academy’s...

Project X Zone

Arcade, Role-playing game, Strategy, Fighting

October 11, 2012

Metacritic: 70/100

This tactical role-playing game with fighting elements brings together more than 50 characters from 29 game franchises created by three Japanese companies. In...

A-men

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie

October 17, 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 52/100

A-men is an arcade game with elements of action, adventure, platformer and indie game from developers from the Bloober Team studio. The game is published by Bloober...

ToeJam & Earl (2006)

Arcade, Puzzle, Indie

December 25, 2006

ToeJam & Earl (2006) is an arcade puzzle and indie game from the developers of Johnson-Voorsanger Productions. The game is published by...

Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion

Arcade, Beat them all, Platformer

November 18, 2012

Metacritic: 63/100

An arcade platformer with beat ’em up elements, inspired by the classic Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse. Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion builds on that...

Space Ark

Arcade, Action, Pinball, Indie, Casual game

June 16, 2010

Steam: 50/100

Metacritic: 67/100

This arcade game with puzzle elements follows a team of animal astronauts who flee their home solar system after it is shattered by a wandering black hole. Aboard...

Gundam Seed: Battle Destiny

Arcade, Fighting, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Cyberpunk, Action, Role-playing game, Casual game

June 7, 2012

Steam: 77/100

Gundam Seed: Battle Destiny is an arcade with fighting and anime or manga elements from the studio Artdink Corporation. The game is published by Namco Bandai Games...

Waiting for Godot

Arcade, Platformer, Indie, Free game, Side view

June 11, 2012

Players: 10/10

Waiting for Godot is a side view arcade game with a mixture of platformer, indie game and shareware game from the masters from the VectorBelly studio. The main...

Brave: The Video Game

Adventure, Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Arcade

June 19, 2012

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Brave: The Video Game is an action-adventure game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting, based on the full-length cartoon “Brave.” In the game you will try...

Check vs. Mate

Arcade, Action, Isometric, Board / Group Game, Fantasy / Medieval, Strategy, Casual game

May 11, 2011

Players: 7/10

Steam: 73/100

Marvel vs. Capcom: Origins

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Collection

September 25, 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Marvel vs. Capcom: Origins — is a compilation game that includes two Capcom games from the 1990s, Marvel Super Heroes (1995) and Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of...

Retro City Rampage

Arcade, Action, Top-down view

October 9, 2012

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 73/100

This top-down arcade action game takes place in the open city of Theftropolis, where the protagonist’s crime spree is interrupted by “evil” do-gooders protecting...

Gameglobe

Arcade, Online, Strategy, MMO, In real time, Business / Management, Third-person view, Mini-game / browser-based, Free game

October 20, 2012

Gameglobe is a third-person arcade game with a mixture of online game, strategy, massively multiplayer game, business simulator, browser or mini-game and shareware...

League of Evil

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie

February 3, 2011

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 75/100

This futuristic action platformer follows a bionic super agent on a mission to stop the League of Evil, an alliance of evil scientists. The agent fights through...

Transformers Prime

Arcade, Beat them all

October 30, 2012

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 56/100

This beat ’em up action adventure follows a fight to save Earth from Megatron and his new secret weapon. The player steers Bumblebee through a collapsing canyon by...

Anger of Stick 2

Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Platformer

December 18, 2010

Players: 8.8/10

Anger of Stick 2 is an arcade game with action, beat 'em up and platformer elements from the developers of the J-Park studio. The main publisher of the game is...

Saint Seiya Omega: Ultimate Cosmo

Arcade, Fighting

November 29, 2012

Saint Seiya Omega: Ultimate Cosmo is an arcade game with fighting game elements from Namco Bandai Games. The game is published by Namco Bandai Games. The PC version...

Galactic Attack (1995)

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic

September 14, 1995

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 63/100

This futuristic arcade shooter centers on continuous combat across a series of stages. Also known as RAYFORCE, Galactic Attack is distinguished by cinematic...

Michael Jackson: The Experience

Arcade, Educational game (Education), Music game

November 23, 2010

Metacritic: 60/100

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Best Games in the Arcade genre of 2012