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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.

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Best Games in the Arcade genre of 2013 (Game released)

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Terraria

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Roguelike

Game released: PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Amazon Fire TV, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PS Vita, Android, Wii U, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, Stadia, iOS → 16 May 2011

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Terraria is an adventure sandbox game with platformer elements and a side view. You will embark on a colorful journey where you can create various items, build...

Mortal Kombat (2011)

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PS Vita, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC → 11 May 2012

VGTimes: 10.0/10

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Mortal Kombat (2011) is the ninth fighting game in the Mortal Kombat series. The game is both a continuation and a restart of the franchise. The game's plot begins...

Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012)

Arcade, Racing, First-person view, Third-person view

Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PS Vita, iOS, Android, Wii U → 2 November 2012

VGTimes: 7.6/10

Players: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012) — arcade racing with third and first person views. In this part of the series you will find a huge city of Fairhaven, which...

Rayman Legends

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Wii U, PS Vita, PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Switch → 18 February 2014

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 90/100

Rayman Legends is a continuation of the exciting side-scrolling arcade platformer Rayman Origins. Rayman and his friends find a mysterious tent in the magical...

Need for Speed: Rivals

Arcade, Simulation, Action, Racing, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC → 15 November 2013

VGTimes: 5.8/10

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Need for Speed: Rivals is a third-person arcade game with simulation, action and racing elements from the masters of Criterion Games, EA Vancouver and Ghost Games...

Geometry Dash

Arcade, Platformer, Sandbox, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac, Android, iOS → 22 December 2014

Players: 7.4/10

Geometry Dash is a fast-paced arcade platformer where you have to jump and dodge over various obstacles. The game has many levels that will bring many challenges...

Sandbox

Arcade, God Simulator, Puzzle, Logic

Game released: PC, Mac, iOS, Android, Amazon Fire TV → 23 November 2022

Players: 8.1/10

Sandbox is an arcade god simulator with puzzle elements. Imagine creating your own 8-bit pixel world, playing with humans, ninjas, robots or zombies, composing your...

Papers, Please

Arcade, Adventure, Simulation, Indie

Game released: PC, Mac, iPad, iOS, Android, PS Vita → 8 August 2013

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Papers, Please is an unusual simulator of an immigration officer. You will have to sit in a small booth and check the documents of visiting residents, identify...

DuckTales Remastered

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 3, Wii U, PC, Xbox 360, iOS, Android → 14 August 2013

Players: 8.5/10

DuckTales Remastered is an HD remake of the cult game based on the animated series DuckTales. The game contains many restored levels from the original, as well as...

Skullgirls: 2nd Encore

Arcade, Fighting, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Nintendo Switch, PC → 10 May 2016

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Skullgirls: 2nd Encore is an expanded version of a dynamic arcade fighting game with a side view in an anime style. The game features many interesting female...

Plants vs. Zombies 2

Arcade, Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Post-apocalyptic, Free game

Game released: Android, iOS → 23 October 2013

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Plants vs. Zombies 2 is a continuation of a fun arcade strategy game in the tower defense genre. The game continues the epic confrontation between plants that...

Hotline Miami

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Top-down view

Game released: PC, Mac, PlayStation 3, PS Vita, Android, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 23 October 2012

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Hotline Miami is a brutal and bloody top-down action game. You have to step into the shoes of a serial killer who kills hundreds of various bandits and simply not...

BattleBlock Theater

Arcade, Online, Action, Platformer, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Xbox 360, PC, Mac, Linux → 3 April 2013

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 85/100

BattleBlock Theater is a side-scrolling multiplayer action platformer. There are a total of eight different modes available in the game. In Soul, the player will...

LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Comics

Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS, PS Vita, Mac, Wii U → 19 June 2012

VGTimes: 7.0/10

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 75/100

LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes is a continuation of the arcade adventure with a first-person view based on the Batman comics in the style of LEGO toys. The game...

SteamWorld Dig

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: Nintendo 3DS, PC, Linux, Mac, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Wii U, PS Vita, Nintendo Switch → 20 November 2013

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 80/100

SteamWorld Dig is a charming side-scrolling arcade action-platformer about a robotic miner named Rusty, who arrives in a small town with the goal of finding...

Knock-knock

Arcade, Horror, Logic, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, iOS, Android, Windows Phone, PS Vita, Xbox One → 4 October 2013

VGTimes: 7.0/10

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 57/100

Knock-knock is an adventure puzzle game with horror elements and a side view. In the depths of a dense forest there is a wooden house. A man lives in this house...

Cookie Clicker

Arcade, Action, Indie, Clicker

Game released: Android, iOS, PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Mac, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 24 September 2013

Players: 7.9/10

An arcade clicker game where everything revolves around baking endless amounts of cookies. Every click brings a tasty reward, and the more cookies you bake, the...

Mercenary Kings

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie

Game released: PC, Mac, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Xbox One → 22 July 2013

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Mercenary Kings is a side-scrolling run-and-gun platformer similar to games like SNK's Metal Slug series. Players can jump, crouch, roll, shoot in four directions...

Risk of Rain

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Roguelike

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Xbox One → 8 November 2013

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Risk of Rain is an action-adventure RPG with a third-person view and roguelike elements in a sci-fi setting. The events of the game will take you to a distant...

Zombie Driver

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

Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 → 17 February 2010

Players: 6.7/10

Metacritic: 64/100

Zombie Driver is a whirlwind racing action game with a top-down view in the dangerous world of the zombie apocalypse. You have to travel around a city inhabited by...

Contrast

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android → 22 November 2013

Players: 6.7/10

Contrast is a third-person arcade game with action, adventure, platformer, puzzle and indie elements from the developers of Compulsion Games. The publisher of the...

LEGO City Undercover

Arcade, Action, Third-person view

Game released: Wii U, PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 25 July 2013

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 78/100

LEGO City Undercover is an arcade action game with a third-person view in an open world. Playing as the legendary police officer Chase McCain, a master of disguise...

Mortal Kombat: Komplete Edition

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Collection

Game released: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC → 28 February 2012

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Mortal Kombat: Komplete Edition is a complete side-scrolling edition of the arcade fighting game, which includes all the released add-ons. The game takes place 25...

Surgeon Simulator

Arcade, Simulation, Action, First-person view, Logic, Indie

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Android, iOS → 19 April 2013

Players: 6.5/10

Surgeon Simulator is a logic action game with simulator elements and a first-person view. You take on the role of Nigel Burke, a would-be surgeon with a penchant...

The Swapper

Arcade, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Wii U, Xbox One → 30 May 2013

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Side-scrolling arcade puzzle platformer in a sci-fi setting. In this game, a lone astronaut will explore a cave created by aliens. In order to get to its secrets...

Rogue Legacy

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS → 27 June 2013

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Anomaly 2

Arcade, Strategy, In real time, Indie, Action, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Science fiction, Isometric, Online, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, PlayStation 4 → 15 May 2013

Players: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Anomaly 2 is a fantastic arcade action game with elements of tower defense and real-time strategy. Years after the 2018 invasion of Earth, the planet is overrun by...

LEGO The Lord of the Rings

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, The Lord of the Rings

Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS, PS Vita, Mac, iOS → 27 November 2012

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 74/100

LEGO The Lord of the Rings is an arcade action adventure game with a third-person view in the Lord of the Rings universe. The game is based on the film adaptations...

Wormix

Arcade, Strategy, Turn-based, Tactics, Side view

Game released: iOS, Android, PC → 10 August 2013

Players: 8.1/10

Wormix is a side-scrolling arcade turn-based strategy game based on the popular Worms series. As in the original game, you have to assemble a team of cute and...

Lilly Looking Through

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux → 1 November 2013

Metacritic: 71/100

Lilly Looking Through is an arcade game with adventure and platform elements from the Geeta Games studio. The game is published by Geeta Games. It seems that Lilly...

The Cave

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer

Game released: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC, Wii U, Mac, Linux, iOS, Amazon Fire TV → 23 January 2013

VGTimes: 6.0/10

Players: 9.1/10

The Cave is a new creation by Ron Gilbert, the father of the cult games Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion, as well as Double Fine Productions, the studio responsible...

Halo: Spartan Assault

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Isometric, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Xbox 360, Xbox One, PC, iOS → 31 January 2014

Players: 6.7/10

Metacritic: 62/100

A dynamic shooter set in the year 2554, between Halo 3 and Halo 4. Some 30 missions against the Covenant reveal the early operations of Sarah Palmer and Edward...

Gas Guzzlers Extreme

Arcade, Action, Racing, Third-person view

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 8 October 2013

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Gas Guzzlers Extreme is a third-person arcade game with a dash of action and racing from the Gamepires studio. The game is published by Iceberg Interactive. It...

Angry Birds: Star Wars

Arcade, Futurism (Future), Star Wars, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac, iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U, Wii, PS Vita, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 8 November 2012

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Angry Birds: Star Wars is a fantastic arcade game in the style of Star Wars with a side view. Levels take place both on standard terrain and in outer space. The...

Earn to Die HD

Arcade, Action, Post-apocalyptic, Side view

Game released: iOS, Android → 20 September 2012

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Earn to Die HD is an arcade racing action game in the style of a post-apocalypse with a side view. You find yourself in the desert surrounded by zombies. With only...

Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view

Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 25 July 2013

Players: 5.4/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams is a fast-paced side-scrolling action platformer that is the spiritual successor to 1987's Great Giana Sisters for the Commodore 64...

Disney Infinity

Arcade, Beat them all, Third-person view, Adventure

Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U, Wii, iOS, Nintendo 3DS, PS Vita, Android → 20 August 2013

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Disney Infinity is a third-person arcade game in the style of defeating them all. In this game you will go through a large number of exciting adventures together...

Badland

Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view

Game released: iOS, Android, Amazon Fire TV, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, PS Vita, Wii U, Xbox One → 4 April 2013

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Badland is an adventure, arcade puzzle platformer with a view. As a bizarre creature, you have to fly through colorful locations, avoiding various obstacles...

Sinking Simulator

Free game, Indie, Simulation, Side view, Arcade

Game released: PC → 10 May 2013

Players: 5.5/10

Sinking Simulator is an unusual arcade simulator with a side view, in which you can arrange a variety of shipwrecks and then watch how they happen. Realistic...

Primal Fears

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Top-down view

Game released: PC → 8 January 2013

Primal Fears is a third-person arcade game with action and shooter elements from developers from the DnS Development studio. The game is published by DnS...

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