Arcade 2021 — top best games in the Arcade genre / Page 2

Gearshifters - a game in the Arcade genre

Arcade, Racing, Top-down view, Action, Shooter, Roguelike, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 1 October 2021

Players: 10/10

Gearshifters is a whirlwind racing action arcade game with bagel elements and a top-down view in a post-apocalyptic setting. In the game you will set out to conquer...

The Longing

Adventure, Side view, Puzzle, Arcade, Platformer

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android → 5 March 2020

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 79/100

The Longing is an unusual game, the main feature of which lies in its length. The fact is that it will take 400 days to complete the game. Even if a player enters...

Olympic Games Tokyo 2020: The Official Video Game

Arcade, Simulation, Basketball, Boxing, Tennis, Volleyball, Sports game, Olympics, Bicycles

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Stadia → 22 June 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 67/100

Olympic Games Tokyo 2020: The Official Video Game is the official sports game for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. A full range of classic competitions awaits you...

Cooking Simulator

Simulation, Arcade, First-person view, Indie, Business / Management

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, iOS, Android → 6 June 2019

Players: 7.5/10

Cooking Simulator is a realistic simulator with management elements and a first-person view. In the game you have to become an unsurpassed chef. You will find...

Huntdown

Arcade, Shooter, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android → 12 May 2020

Players: 8.9/10

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...

Crab Game

Free game, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Arcade, Online, Platformer

Game released: PC → 29 October 2021

Players: 6.2/10

Crab Game is a free-to-play competitive action game with a first-person view, based on the popular Netflix series "The Squid Game". Expect a collection of...

Car Constructor

Arcade, Simulation, Third-person view, Indie, Business / Management

Game released: PC → 8 May 2021

Players: 7.1/10

Car Constructor is a fun car designer with management elements and a third-person view. In the game, you will have a large garage where you can build and paint your...

Slime Rancher

Arcade, Action, Shooter, First-person view

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android → 1 August 2017

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 81/100

A bright first-person adventure that combines elements of farming, exploration, and arcade shooting. The action takes place on a distant planet where humanity has...

Psychonauts 2

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S → 25 August 2021

Players: 8.9/10

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...

Archvale

Arcade, Top-down view, Action, Adventure, Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: PC, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 2 December 2021

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Archvale is a fun top-down arcade shooter with roguelike elements in a fantasy setting. Once upon a time, the fairy lands were ruled by an evil king who destroyed...

Hot Wheels Unleashed

Arcade, Racing, Third-person view

Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S → 30 September 2021

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Hot Wheels Unleashed is a fun racing arcade game with a third-person view, where you can get behind the wheel of a variety of cars from the Hot Wheels universe. In...

Nier Re[in]carnation

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Arcade, Fantasy / Medieval, Futurism (Future), Free game

Game released: Android, iOS → 27 July 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 58/100

Nier Re[in]carnation is a free-to-play mobile spin-off of the Nier role-playing series. It is being developed by Applibot studio together with Saito, Okabe and...

There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension

Adventure, Indie, Arcade, Isometric, Simulation, Puzzle, Role-playing game, Action

Game released: PC, Android, iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch → 6 August 2020

Players: 9.9/10

Metacritic: 88/100

There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension is an indie action-adventure game in the point and click genre with an isometric view and puzzle elements. This is a fun adventure...

Blue Archive

Anime / Manga, Tactics, Isometric, Arcade, Role-playing game, Action

Game released: iOS, Android → 7 November 2021

Players: 8/10

Blue Archive is a tactical anime action RPG with an isometric view and arcade elements. You have been appointed as an advisor to the Chalet Federal Investigation...

Unpacking

Arcade, Simulation, Business / Management, Isometric, Puzzle

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 → 2 November 2021

Players: 9.4/10

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...

Gerand - bent barrels

Arcade, Action, Side view, Tanks, Online

Game released: iOS, Android → 10 July 2021

Players: 7.4/10

Gerand — bent barrels — arcade action game about tanks with a side view. There are two game modes — single-player and 1x1 battle. In single player...

Final Gear

Action, Role-playing game, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Steampunk, Arcade, Side view, Combat robots

Game released: iOS, Android → 30 September 2021

Final Gear is a side-scrolling action-adventure RPG with futuristic style and arcade elements. In this game you will be able to modify your mechs as you wish, train...

Gang Beasts

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Fighting, Platformer, Indie

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One → 12 December 2017

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Gang Beasts is a multiplayer game with gelatinous characters, comical fights and absurd...

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 10 August 2010

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game is a fun side-scrolling action game based on the original Scott Pilgrim vs. the World movie. Following the story of the...

Spelunky

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Roguelike

Game released: Xbox 360, PC, PlayStation 3, PS Vita, Nintendo Switch → 4 July 2012

Players: 8.4/10

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...

Paint the Town Red

Arcade, Action, First-person view

Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S → 29 July 2021

Players: 7.2/10

Paint the Town Red is an arcade action game with a first-person view in a pixel style. The action takes place in a bar, where your task is to deal with opponents in...

Golf Peaks

Arcade, Golf, Top-down view, Puzzle, Sports game

Game released: PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Android → 13 November 2018

Metacritic: 78/100

Golf Peaks is a sports arcade puzzle game dedicated to golf. In the game you have to use various cards to control the ball. More than 100 different levels, exciting...

Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl

Arcade, Fighting, Side view, Action, Online

Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S → 5 October 2021

Metacritic: 67/100

Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl is a fast-paced side-scrolling action fighting game that puts you in the shoes of popular Nickelodeon cartoon characters. You will have...

Cell to Singularity - Evolution Never Ends

Free game, Arcade, Simulation, Historical

Game released: PC, Mac, iOS, Android → 3 November 2021

Players: 8.8/10

Cell to Singularity — Evolution Never Ends is a shareware original clicker game where you have to go through all the stages of the evolution of life on Earth...

Speed Limit

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

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 17 February 2021

Speed Limit is a fast-paced side-scrolling arcade shooter where your daily train ride goes wrong. As you progress, you will run, steer, fly and die many, many...

Oddworld: Soulstorm

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

Game released: PlayStation 4, PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 6 April 2021

Players: 9.7/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Oddworld: Soulstorm is a continuation of the arcade platformer with a side view, where we will once again play as Abe the Mudokon. The events of the game will...

Melon Playground

Arcade, Simulation, Side view

Game released: Android → 27 August 2021

Players: 7.6/10

Melon Playground is a side-scrolling arcade simulator. In this game you have to test different types of weapons on a person who supports the physics of movements...

Super Animal Royale

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

Game released: PC, Mac, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Stadia → 26 August 2021

Players: 7.1/10

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...

I Am Fish

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Third-person view

Game released: PC, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One → 16 September 2021

Players: 8.2/10

I Am Fish is an adventure arcade action game with a third-person view from the creators of I Am Bread and Surgeon Simulator. You will take on the role of a...

Of Bird and Cage

Arcade, First-person view, Interactive movie, Mysticism / Supernatural, Action, Indie

Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 20 May 2021

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 43/100

Of Bird and Cage is an interactive adventure with a first-person view. The game tells the dark story of Gitta Barbot, a 25-year-old drug addict who is trying to...

Granny 3

Action, Horror, Arcade, First-person view, Stealth

Game released: Android, PC → 3 June 2021

Players: 7/10

Granny 3 is an arcade action game with horror elements and a first-person view. Grandma and Grandpa have a new house. As usual, they do nothing important except...

7 Billion Humans

Arcade, Top-down view, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android → 23 August 2018

Players: 8.8/10

7 Billion Humans is the sequel to the fun indie puzzle game Human Resource Machine. This time you have to automate a swarm of employees so that they become part of...

Islanders

Arcade, Strategy, Isometric, Turn-based, Indie

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S → 4 April 2019

Players: 7.7/10

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...

Grow: Song of the Evertree

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

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 16 November 2021

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Grow: Song of the Evertree is a sandbox adventure game with a third-person view and life management elements in a fantasy setting. The game will tell you about the...

Super Sus

Arcade, Action, Online, Top-down view, Free game, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC, Android, iOS → 31 July 2024

Players: 10/10

Multiplayer game in the social deduction genre, where participants must figure out who is trying to sabotage the spaceship's mission. Each game turns into a...

Red Bounce Ball Heroes

Side view, Arcade, Action

Game released: Android, iOS → 28 June 2021

Players: 7.3/10

Red Bounce Ball Heroes is a side-scrolling arcade action game. You have to roll, jump and push the ball. It is necessary to ensure that the moving ball does not...

Embr

Arcade, Online, First-person view, Action, Cooperative (co-op), Indie

Game released: PC, Stadia, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 23 September 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Embr is a first-person co-op action game where you become the best firefighter you can hire. Alone or together with your comrades, you will go to conquer burning...

Growing Up

Adventure, Interactive movie, Simulation, Visual novel, Business / Management, Arcade

Game released: PC, Mac → 14 October 2021

Players: 8.9/10

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...

Summer Catchers

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie

Game released: PC, Mac, Android, Nintendo Switch → 16 July 2019

Players: 9.5/10

Summer Catchers is a cute racing arcade game with a side view, made in pixel style. The game tells the story of a young girl from the north who has never seen...

Fearmonium

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC, Mac → 20 May 2021

Players: 6.8/10

Fearmonium is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer with Metroidvania elements. The game takes place in the mind of a boy named Max, who once saw several clowns...

Arcade

Best Games in the Arcade genre of 2021 (Game released)