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 2015 (Game released)
Action, Adventure, Online, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Sandbox, Indie, Survival, Crafting, Arcade
Game released: Xbox 360, Mac, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PS Vita, Wii U, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 5 → 9 May 2012
Players:
7.6/10
Metacritic:
83/100
An exciting sandbox game focused on freedom of action and exploration of a virtually endless open world. Created through procedural generation, it is filled with...
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, Mac, Linux → 16 May 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...
Game released: PC, Mac, iOS, Android, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Ouya, Xbox One, Linux → 28 April 2015
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...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PS Vita, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 10 March 2015
Players:
9/10
Steam:
91/100
Metacritic:
75/100
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number is a continuation of the dynamic top-down action game. The main action takes place parallel to the events of the original Hotline...
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Amazon Fire TV, Wii U, PlayStation 3, Mac, Linux → 18 November 2014
Players:
6.8/10
Steam:
78/100
Metacritic:
70/100
Never Alone is an arcade side-scrolling indie adventure platformer. You play as the girl Nunu and her arctic fox companion. You have to solve the mystery of an...
Game released: PC, Mac, PlayStation 3, PS Vita, Android, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Linux, PlayStation 4 → 23 October 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...
Game released: PC, Wii U, Nintendo 3DS, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 26 June 2014
Players:
8/10
Steam:
95/100
Metacritic:
88/100
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is an old-school pixelated platformer about Shovel Knight, who must destroy his enemies to save his beloved and defeat the evil...
Game released: PC, Mac, Wii U, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Linux → 13 December 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...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 11 December 2014
Players:
9.3/10
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...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS → 27 June 2013
Players:
8.3/10
Steam:
91/100
Metacritic:
84/100
Rogue Legacy is a fantasy platforming roguelite in which a hero explores procedurally generated castles and battles enemies. When a character dies, an heir takes...
Game released: Nintendo 3DS, PC, Linux, Mac, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Wii U, PS Vita, Nintendo Switch → 20 November 2013
Players:
9.2/10
Steam:
93/100
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...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Mac, Linux, Xbox 360, iOS, Android, Nintendo Switch → 13 February 2015
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...
Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android → 22 November 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...
Game released: Genesis, Game Boy Advance, Wii, Xbox 360, iPhone, PC, iOS, PlayStation 3, Mac, Android, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch → 24 November 1992
Players:
6.5/10
Metacritic:
78/100
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is an old-school platformer about a blue hedgehog, released by Sonic Team in 1992. In the story, Sonic and Tails decide to fight back against...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android, Xbox One → 23 April 2015
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
95/100
Metacritic:
86/100
Crypt of the NecroDancer is a unique indie game where everything moves to the rhythm of the music of Danny Baranowski, the composer of Super Meat Boy and the...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Android → 29 July 2015
Players:
7.6/10
Steam:
89/100
Metacritic:
70/100
Absolute Drift is a racing arcade game that will make you a true drifting master. On each track, you must get the maximum score by smashing various objects, doing...
Game released: PC, Mac, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Wii U, Xbox One → 30 May 2013
Players:
10/10
Steam:
93/100
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...
Game released: Game Gear, Genesis, iOS, PlayStation 3, SEGA Master System, Wii, PC, Xbox 360, Nintendo 3DS → 1993
Players:
10/10
Steam:
92/100
Metacritic:
83/100
This arcade action fighting game follows the struggle against the Syndicate after Mr. X kidnaps Adam. Players choose Axel, Blaze, Skate, or Max, each with distinct...
Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Fighting, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Platformer, Metroidvania
Game released: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, Mac, iOS, Nintendo Switch, Linux → 24 May 2013
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...
Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Arcade, Strategy, Fantasy / Medieval, Top-down view, Casual game, Indie
Game released: PC, Mac, iOS, PS Vita, PlayStation 4, Android → 10 November 2014
Steam:
70/100
Royal Defense is a top-down arcade strategy game in a fantasy setting, made in the tower defense genre. In the game you have to defend yourself from the attacks of...
Game released: PC, Linux, Mac, Nintendo 3DS, iOS, Android, PS Vita, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 → 11 January 2010
Players:
7.3/10
Steam:
96/100
Metacritic:
85/100
VVVVVV is an arcade indie platformer with a side view. You play as the fearless leader of a team of dimension explorers who have crashed and lost contact with each...