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Best Games in the Arcade genre of 2021 (Game released)
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...
Cooperative (co-op), Online, Top-down view, Arcade, Survival, Dungeons, Action, Open world, Exploration, Sandbox
Game released: PC, Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac → 5 October 2023
Players:
7.9/10
Steam:
89/100
A vibrant co-op game in which gamers travel through nine mystical worlds. There you can hunt for treasures in caves, pass challenges and fight opponents. You can...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, Mac, Linux → 25 August 2021
Players:
8.9/10
Steam:
96/100
Metacritic:
89/100
Psychonauts 2 is a fantastic sequel to the third-person action platformer that takes players back to the world of psychonauts. The dream of the protagonist of the...
Adventure, Interactive movie, Simulation, Visual novel, Business / Management, Arcade, Role-playing game
Game released: PC, Mac → 14 October 2021
Players:
8.9/10
Steam:
87/100
Growing Up is an adventure visual novel with life simulation elements from the creators of Weedcraft Inc and Oh...Sir! The Hollywood Roast. In the game, you...
Game released: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch, Stadia, Xbox Series X/S, iOS, Android → 25 June 2019
Players:
9.4/10
Steam:
82/100
Metacritic:
77/100
The game's plot unfolds between Samurai Shodown 5 and the original Samurai Shodown (1993). New and familiar characters with their own goals come together to...
Game released: PC, iOS, Mac, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 11 December 2020
Players:
8.8/10
Steam:
97/100
Metacritic:
80/100
Alba: A Wildlife Adventure is a game about the adventures of a little girl who really loves nature. Alba, that’s our heroine’s name, goes to visit her grandparents...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch → 3 October 2023
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
88/100
Metacritic:
88/100
Remasters of the first two parts of the legendary skateboarding series Tony Hawk's Pro Skater. The game has completely new graphics, but retains the spirit of the...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, iOS, Android → 23 September 2020
Players:
8/10
Steam:
93/100
Metacritic:
77/100
Exciting rally arcade from the creators of Absolute Drift, where players can participate in the "Golden Era" rally. The game features a career mode with 72 tracks...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S → 30 July 2019
Players:
7.7/10
Steam:
99/100
Metacritic:
85/100
A Short Hike is an adventure arcade game with a top-down view. The game will take you to the expanses of the colorful mountains of Hawk Peak Provincial Park. You...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 → 2 November 2021
Players:
9.5/10
Steam:
93/100
Metacritic:
83/100
Unpacking is a meditative arcade puzzle game with an isometric camera view, where you can relive the familiar experience of taking items out of boxes and putting...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android → 12 May 2020
Players:
9/10
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
85/100
Huntdown is an arcade side-scrolling pixel shooter with platforming elements in a sci-fi setting. You will go to a dark world of the future, where the police have...
Arcade, Side view, Horror, Platformer, Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Collection, Metroidvania, Exploration
Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 24 September 2021
Steam:
91/100
Metacritic:
84/100
Castlevania Advance Collection is a classic collection of the Castlevania series, which includes the classic Castlevania: Circle of the Moon, Castlevania...
Futurism (Future), Action, Arcade, Logic, Top-down view, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Free game, Indie
Game released: PC, Mac, iOS, Android → 3 October 2021
Players:
8.1/10
Steam:
90/100
Goose Goose Duck is a free arcade multiplayer online social deduction game that clearly resembles Among Us, but with ducks and geese. Some control a spaceship...
Game released: PC, Mac, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5 → 31 August 2021
Players:
5.5/10
Steam:
78/100
Metacritic:
59/100
Rustler is a fun arcade action game with an isometric camera view, the developers of which are inspired by GTA 2. The game takes place in the Middle Ages. An open...
Game released: PlayStation 4, PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 → 18 August 2021
Players:
8.1/10
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
92/100
Tetris Effect — a classic arcade puzzle game for PlayStation VR virtual reality devices from the creators of Rez. The game is dedicated to the "Tetris syndrome...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 → 15 October 2020
Players:
7.5/10
Steam:
96/100
Metacritic:
76/100
The Jackbox Party Pack 7 is a new part of a collection of fun arcade games for a large company. The game has a lot of different mini-games that will not let you get...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Xbox One, PlayStation 5 → 21 February 2017
Players:
9.1/10
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
87/100
Night in the Woods is an arcade side-scrolling indie platformer. The game tells the story of a twenty-year-old cat who was expelled from college for truancy. After...
Free game, Arcade, Action, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Platformer, Shooter, Parkour
Game released: PC, Mac → 2 February 2021
Players:
6.6/10
Steam:
79/100
Krunker is a free-to-play arcade competitive first-person shooter that pits you against other players on 12 different maps. The main feature of the game is an...
Arcade, Simulation, Business / Management, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Construction, Casual game
Game released: PC → 26 May 2021
Players:
5.5/10
Steam:
64/100
Castle Flipper is an exciting sandbox with a first-person view in a medieval setting. The game will give you a unique chance to become a royal master. You'll be...
Free game, Arcade, Adventure, First-person view, Action, Roguelike, Fantasy / Medieval, Survival, Online, Crafting
Game released: PC → 5 June 2021
Players:
7.8/10
Steam:
93/100
Muck is a free adventure action game with roguelike elements and a first-person view in a fantasy setting. The hero finds himself on an island where he needs to...
Game released: PC, Mac, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Stadia → 26 August 2021
Players:
7.1/10
Steam:
92/100
Super Animal Royale is an unusual top-down battle royale where cute little animals try to stay alive. At the beginning of the game, you can choose one of the...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 → 9 September 2021
Steam:
91/100
Metacritic:
80/100
The Artful Escape is a side-scrolling arcade adventure platformer. The game tells about what goes on in a musician’s head while writing music. In our case, in the...
Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Mac → 4 April 2019
Players:
7.7/10
Steam:
95/100
Metacritic:
75/100
Islanders is a minimalistic turn-based strategy game with an isometric camera view. Do you want to build beautiful cities without spending long hours on resource...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S → 7 June 2019
Players:
6.6/10
Steam:
75/100
Metacritic:
64/100
The game world is filled with creatures from myths, scary fairy tales and classic books like Dracula and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The game features 12 characters...
Arcade, Simulation, Strategy, In real time, God Simulator, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Casual game, Construction, Procedural generation
Game released: PC → 26 April 2021
Players:
7.8/10
Steam:
70/100
Atlas Architect is a top-down city planning game that literally lets you create your own worlds. For this purpose, it provides several ready-made biomes. Each click...
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X/S → 31 October 2023
Players:
7.8/10
Steam:
85/100
Metacritic:
82/100
A racing arcade game in which a simple but realistic physical model is implemented, a bunch of historical cars of the past, and the essence of the gameplay is to...