Arcade 2021 — top best games in the Arcade genre / Page 5

Axiom Verge 2 - a game in the Arcade genre

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Adventure, Metroidvania

Game released: Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Linux → 11 August 2021

Players: 9/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Axiom Verge 2 is a continuation of the side-scrolling pixel action platformer in a sci-fi setting. In the sequel you will find new characters, skills and game...

Hidden Shapes Black Skull - Jigsaw Puzzle Game

Puzzle, Board / Group Game, Arcade, Indie, Logic, Hidden Objects, Casual game

Game released: PC → 12 August 2021

Steam: 100/100

Hidden Shapes Black Skull — Jigsaw Puzzle Game is a board arcade puzzle game. In this game you can disconnect yourself from the world with its beautiful...

Operation DogFight

Free game, Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Flight Simulator, Casual game, Indie

Game released: PC → 13 October 2021

Steam: 83/100

Operation DogFight is a free-to-play multiplayer action game for up to four players (in local mode), in which players must fly small airplanes and fight each other...

Gear.Club Unlimited 2

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

Game released: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PC → 4 December 2018

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 57/100

Gear.Club Unlimited 2 is a continuation of an exciting racing simulator with a third-person and first-person view. You will be able to get behind the wheel of the...

Survival Z

Adventure, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Action, Casual game, Zombies, Indie, Shooter, Arcade

Game released: iOS, Mac, PC → 19 February 2021

Players: 7/10

Steam: 83/100

Adventure action, whose events unfold in a world where zombies captured the planet after a global catastrophe. The main character, one of the few survivors, goes in...

Bang-On Balls: Chronicles

Third-person view, Arcade, Action, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Sandbox, Open world

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 3 March 2021

Players: 5.7/10

Steam: 95/100

A vibrant cooperative game in which gamers travel through worlds inspired by different settings. At locations you can fight with opponents and destroy environmental...

Super Car Simulator

Arcade, Racing, Third-person view, Stunts

Game released: Android → 7 March 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Super Car Simulator is a shareware, dynamic racing arcade game with a third-person view for mobile platforms, which is the spiritual successor to the legendary Need...

Pac-Man 99

Arcade, Online, Top-down view, Action, Free game

Game released: Nintendo Switch → 7 April 2021

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Pac-Man 99 is a free-to-play battle royale game in the legendary Pac-Man series. Up to 99 players compete in the game, where the main goal is to remain the only...

R-Type Final 2

Action, Arcade, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Side view

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

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 71/100

R-Type Final 2 is an arcade side-scroller with shooter elements and a space theme. It has been almost twenty years since the release of the last game in the...

Revelation

Strategy, Top-down view, Puzzle, Casual game, Arcade

Game released: Acorn 32-bit, Amiga, Atari ST, DOS, PC → 1992

Steam: 100/100

Revelation — is an abstract puzzle game based on cracking safe codes. Each of the 80-plus levels presents a top-down view of the arrangement of locks and...

Timothy vs the Aliens

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Open world

Game released: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC → 21 July 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 73/100

Timothy vs the Aliens is an arcade action platformer with a third-person view in which you take on the role of gangster Timothy, who lives in a black and white city...

Rings of Hell

Free game, Adventure, Arcade, Fighting, Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Action, Casual game

Game released: PC → 4 August 2021

Steam: 87/100

Rings of Hell is a free action RPG with a wrestling theme in a fantasy setting where you will become the champions of Hell. In the game you can not only fight with...

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...

Sonic Colors: Ultimate

Arcade, Third-person view, Action, Casual game, Platformer

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Wii, Nintendo DS → 6 February 2023

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Re-release of Sonic Colors (2010) from 2010, which was originally released only on Wii and NDS. The developers improved the graphics, increased the frame rate...

Melty Blood: Type Lumina

Anime / Manga, Fighting, Side view, Arcade, Online

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

Steam: 91/100

Melty Blood: Type Lumina is an arcade fighting game with a side view in the anime genre and online elements. This game is set in the fantasy world of the...

Tunche

Arcade, Side view, Action, Adventure, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Role-playing game, Slasher

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

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Tunche is a side-scrolling action-RPG slasher game with co-op for up to four people. The game is based on an ancient legend of Peruvian folklore and will delight...

Archvale

Arcade, Top-down view, Action, Adventure, Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op)

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

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 91/100

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...

Helheim Hassle

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Indie

Game released: PC, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 → 18 August 2020

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Helheim Hassle is an adventure game with puzzle elements. The player controls a pacifist Viking named Bjorn, who has a unique ability — he can detach and...

Miska's Cave

Free game, Arcade, Runner, Side view, Fighting, Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Casual game

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux → 28 January 2021

Steam: 88/100

Miska's Cave is a free-to-play side-scrolling arcade action runner where you take control of a fighting rabbit named Miska who wants to conquer the cave. The only...

League of Maidens

Role-playing game, Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Adult game, Free game, Casual game

Game released: PC → 25 February 2021

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 56/100

An action RPG centered around heroines with incredible strength and looks. Freedom of action is at the core of the game: explore open futuristic locations, complete...

PAW Patrol Rescue World

Action, Arcade, Third-person view

Game released: iOS, Android → 11 June 2021

Players: 5.5/10

PAW Patrol Rescue World is an arcade action game with a third-person view. Fun games designed for boys and girls in preschool and kindergarten. No job is too...

Smash Legends

Free game, Arcade, Action, Isometric, Top-down view, Online, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Anime / Manga, MOBA

Game released: iOS, Android, PC → 16 March 2021

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 66/100

Smash Legends is a fast-paced action fighting game where you fight against live opponents in a 3v3 arena or battle royale mode. The game offers customization...

Aerial_Knight's Never Yield

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Runner, Music game

Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Android, Nintendo Switch, iOS → 19 May 2021

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 65/100

Aerial_Knight's Never Yield is an adventure arcade platformer in the world of the future with a side view and runner elements. You have to play on behalf of the...

7 Billion Humans

Arcade, Top-down view, Puzzle, Indie, Simulation

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

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 93/100

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...

Find Love or Die Trying

Arcade, Adventure, Simulation, Anime / Manga, Visual novel, Free game

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 16 September 2021

Steam: 93/100

Find Love or Die Trying — a romantic visual novel with anime girls about dating, featuring seven endings and the option to play as a man, a woman, or a non-binary...

K-Games Challenge

Action, Arcade, Third-person view, First-person view

Game released: Android, Steam Deck → 12 October 2021

K-Games Challenge is an arcade action game with first and third person views. You will play the most famous traditional Korean games. You can play multiple levels...

Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town

Business / Management, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Simulation, Arcade, Anime / Manga, Farm Simulator, Casual game

Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 14 July 2020

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town is an arcade management simulator with an isometric camera view in the Story of Seasons series. Your farming adventure...

Jet Kave Adventure

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Sports game

Game released: Nintendo Switch, PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4 → 17 September 2019

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 65/100

Jet Kave Adventure is a side-scrolling arcade action-platformer. You will meet Cave, a caveman with a jet engine. When the chief is driven out by his own tribe, he...

Blue Fire

Adventure, Arcade, Platformer, Third-person view, Metroidvania, Exploration, Slasher

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

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Blue Fire is a 3D arcade platformer with a third-person perspective, set in a place called The Nether. As you progress, you'll explore ancient temples, meet...

Cotton Reboot!

Anime / Manga, Arcade, Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PC → 20 July 2021

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Cotton Reboot! — a remaster of the classic arcade shooter Fantastic Night Dreams: Cotton with a side view and cute graphics. It tells the story of the...

Lost Ruins

Arcade, Side view, Anime / Manga, Action, Shooter, Platformer, Slasher, Adventure, Metroidvania

Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5 → 13 May 2021

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 59/100

Lost Ruins is a hardcore side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with a retro theme. The girl wakes up in the twilight of the dungeon. She doesn't remember...

The TakeOver

Action, Indie, Beat them all, Side view, Arcade, Fighting, Casual game

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 10 November 2019

Players: 10/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 73/100

The TakeOver is a classic arcade action game with fighting game elements and a side view. In the game you have to choose one of four available characters and fight...

Heliborne: Enhanced Edition

Action, Shooter, Online, Third-person view, Helicopters, Cooperative (co-op), Arcade

Game released: Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PC, Mac, Linux → 16 June 2021

Steam: 74/100

Heliborne: Enhanced Edition is an improved edition of the military action game about helicopter aviation for modern consoles. At your disposal will be dozens of...

Disturbing Forest: Demon's Path

Free game, Adventure, Action, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Arcade, Indie, Casual game, Comedy

Game released: PC → 22 July 2021

Steam: 68/100

Disturbing Forest: Demon's Path is a free first-person adventure game set in a fantasy setting. The game's plot tells the story of a former warrior who was unjustly...

Omno

Arcade, Third-person view, Adventure, Exploration, Logic, Indie, Platformer, Casual game, Puzzle

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

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Omno is a third-person, open-world puzzle-platformer adventure game. In the game you will go to conquer the ancient world of wonders with many interesting riddles...

Seed of Life

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

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4 → 11 August 2021

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 58/100

Seed of Life is an adventure puzzle platformer with a third-person view in a sci-fi setting. The events of the game take place on the amazing planet Lumia, whose...

SUPER CHICKEN JUMPER

Arcade, Anime / Manga, Indie

Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S → 24 September 2021

Steam: 92/100

SUPER CHICKEN JUMPER is an arcade runner with shooting elements in which a spy chicken is tasked by the president with saving the world from evil forces of the...

Gearshifters

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

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

Players: 10/10

Steam: 81/100

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...

Habroxia 2

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

Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 → 3 February 2021

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Habroxia 2 is an old-school space shooter with pixel graphics and a top-down view. After a brutal attack in the free space zone, humanity sends reconnaissance ships...

Brave Arena

Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Arcade, Third-person view, Tactics, Online, MMO

Game released: Android → 26 April 2021

Brave Arena is a role-playing tactical online arcade game with a third-person view in the fantasy genre. Automatic battle with teams to obtain resources and...

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