Games Game Genres Arcade

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 2014

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Roblox

Arcade, Action, Online, MMO, Platformer, Third-person view, Cooperative (co-op)

May 26, 2011

Players: 6.9/10

Roblox is a huge online sandbox for creativity. Its toys are mini-games of all kinds of genres, with arcade-style gameplay and visuals that aren’t weighed down by...

Minecraft

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Online, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Sandbox, Indie, Survival, Crafting

August 15, 2011

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 83/100

An exciting sandbox that emphasizes freedom of action and exploration of a virtually endless open world. Created through procedural generation, it is filled with...

The Crew

Arcade, Simulation, Racing, First-person view, Third-person view, Open world, Online

December 1, 2014

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 56/100

Metacritic: 65/100

The Crew is a realistic racing simulator with first and third person views. The game features one of the largest maps, the length of roads in which is more than...

Terraria

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Roguelike, Sandbox, Survival, Online

May 16, 2011

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 97/100

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...

Hotline Miami

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Indie

October 23, 2012

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 96/100

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...

Rayman Legends

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

August 29, 2013

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 86/100

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...

Broforce

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Platformer, Isometric, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

April 6, 2014

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Broforce is a brutal 2D platformer full of pure, unadulterated fun that requires the player to destroy everything that moves in order to defeat the Satanic...

Geometry Dash

Arcade, Platformer, Music game, Sandbox, Indie, Side view

November 23, 2013

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 93/100

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...

Broken Age

Arcade, Adventure, Indie, Side view, Point & Click, Comedy

January 28, 2014

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Broken Age is an exciting point-and-click side-scrolling adventure from the author of Full Throttle and Grim Fandango. The game will tell two parallel developing...

Child of Light

Arcade, Role-playing game, Platformer, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Cooperative (co-op)

April 29, 2014

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Child of Light is a puzzle-platformer adventure with RPG elements and turn-based combat. The game is based on fairy tales. The events of the game tell the story of...

Home - A Unique Horror Adventure

Arcade, Adventure, Horror, Indie, Side view

June 1, 2012

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Home is a unique side-scrolling horror adventure in a pixelated style. The main character wakes up in a mysterious dark place and does not know how exactly he got...

Soccer Stars

Arcade, Football, Sports game, Free game

June 4, 2014

Players: 8.8/10

Soccer Stars is a modern take on classic cap soccer that pits you against players from all over the world in exciting games of up to two goals. Players are given...

Need for Speed: Rivals

Arcade, Simulation, Action, Racing, Third-person view, Open world, Online

November 15, 2013

VGTimes: 5.8/10

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Set in the open roads of Redview County, this arcade racing game centers on the rivalry between street racers and the police. Players can take either side: racers...

Metal Slug 3

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Arcade, Cooperative (co-op)

June 1, 2000

Players: 10/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A 2D arcade run-and-gun shooter in which a soldier fights through stages filled with enemies and giant bosses. Metal Slug 3 features five large stages with...

Candy Crush Saga

Arcade, Logic, Match-3 (Three in a row)

April 12, 2012

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Candy Crush Saga is a logic arcade game for mobile devices. You have to sort sweets in the workshop, earning points and using various bonuses. The more points you...

Craft The World

Arcade, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Platformer, Crafting, Sandbox, Construction

November 24, 2014

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 82/100

A sandbox strategy game with platforming elements about leading a tribe of dwarves in randomly generated worlds inhabited by dangerous creatures. The player orders...

Joe Danger Infinity

Arcade, Runner, Action

January 9, 2014

Metacritic: 80/100

Over the course of hundreds of levels, the stuntman tries to navigate obstacle courses using different vehicles. There are also boss...

Car Mechanic Simulator 2014

Arcade, Simulation, Educational game (Education), Puzzle

January 24, 2014

Players: 7/10

Steam: 79/100

Car Mechanic Simulator 2014 is an educational car simulator with elements of a racing arcade game with a first-person view. You have to take on the role of a car...

Zombie Driver

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

December 4, 2009

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 85/100

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...

LittleBigPlanet 3

Arcade, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic

November 18, 2014

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 79/100

This platform-puzzle game follows Sackboy on an adventure through the Imagisphere, as he explores the planet Bunkum and faces the villainous Newton. Sackboy can...

Trials Fusion

Arcade, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Stunts, Logic, Motorcycle racing, Racing

April 15, 2014

Players: 6.1/10

Steam: 64/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Trials Fusion is the long-awaited sequel to the popular game Trials Evolution. The game preserves and enhances the best qualities of the series. You'll be able to...

Knock-knock

Arcade, Horror, Logic, Indie, Side view, Puzzle

October 4, 2013

VGTimes: 7.0/10

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 88/100

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...

Papers, Please

Arcade, Adventure, Simulation, Indie, Point & Click

August 8, 2013

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 97/100

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...

Towerfall: Ascension

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Platformer, Online, Indie

June 25, 2013

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Towerfall: Ascension is a fun side-scrolling multiplayer action platformer where you take on the role of archers who hate each other very much and fight on a...

Spelunky

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Roguelike, Indie

July 4, 2012

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Spelunky is a fun adventure that takes you to explore dangerous but rich mines. You will control a rather big-nosed but cute gold digger who came to the mines for...

Talos Principle

Arcade, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Logic, Indie, Science fiction

December 11, 2014

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Talos Principle is a first-person adventure puzzle game in a sci-fi setting from the creators of Serious Sam. In an unknown place, deserted and seemingly divorced...

Contrast

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

November 14, 2013

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 61/100

Contrast is a puzzle platformer that combines a three-dimensional fantasy world with a mysterious two-dimensional shadowscape. Its central mechanic is shifting...

Mercenary Kings

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

July 22, 2013

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 74/100

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...

Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair

Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Detective

July 26, 2012

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 81/100

This detective visual novel follows a school trip to the abandoned Jabberwock Island, where Monokuma restarts a deadly game. Students from Hope’s Peak Academy must...

Strider

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Slasher, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Metroidvania

February 18, 2014

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Strider is a re-release of the legendary action-platformer with slasher elements and a side view, released in 1989. The game takes place in the future, where one of...

Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution

Arcade, Fighting, Anime / Manga, Action

September 11, 2014

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 68/100

A fighting game set in the NARUTO SHIPPUDEN universe, where ninjas battle in arenas using jutsu techniques. The roster features over 100 playable characters and...

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow — Mirror of Fate

Arcade, Action, Slasher, Platformer, Adventure, Metroidvania

March 5, 2013

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 72/100

This action-adventure platformer with metroidvania elements follows the Belmont family’s conflict with Dracula. Trevor Belmont, a knight of the Brotherhood of...

The Escapists

Arcade, Action, Strategy, Adventure, Simulation, Isometric, Crafting

July 9, 2014

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 72/100

The Escapists is a fun indie prison escape game. This can be done by any means. For example, organize a riot. Or dig a tunnel right under the prison. Or quietly...

Expendabros

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Adventure, DLC, Beat them all, Platformer, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Free game, Online

August 5, 2014

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 96/100

Expendabros is an action-adventure game with platformer elements. You'll fight through a barrage of bullets and non-stop action in ten fast-paced missions set among...

BattleBlock Theater

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

April 3, 2013

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 97/100

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...

Teslagrad

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie, Steampunk

December 13, 2013

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Teslagrad is an arcade quest with platformer elements and futurism style. In this game, you use the power of electromagnetism to solve puzzles and battle horrors as...

Star Wars Pinball: Heroes Within

Arcade, Pinball, Star Wars

April 25, 2014

Metacritic: 80/100

Star Wars Pinball: Heroes Within is an arcade pinball game in the Ride Wars series. You'll play on a table dedicated to Han Solo, filled with his most memorable...

Mad Bullets

Arcade, Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Action

July 16, 2014

Steam: 92/100

This first-person arcade shooter is set in the Wild West, where players take on enemies at high speed and climb the leaderboards. The cast includes desperados...

Dust: An Elysian Tail

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Fighting, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Platformer, Metroidvania

August 15, 2012

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Dust: An Elysian Tail is a 2D action-adventure platformer with role-playing elements and a side view in a fantasy setting. A colorful world awaits you, filled with...

Metal Slug X

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Cooperative (co-op)

May 27, 1999

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 85/100

This 2D run-and-gun shooter with pixel-art graphics follows a fight to stop General Morden’s new coup. In Metal Slug X, players battle through six missions...

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