Arcade 2013 for PlayStation 3 — top best games in the Arcade genre

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 14 May 2014

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...

Terraria

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 26 March 2013

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 25 June 2013

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)

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 29 August 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...

Need for Speed: Rivals

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 19 November 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...

Zombie Driver

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 23 January 2013

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...

Spelunky

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Roguelike, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 28 August 2013

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...

Contrast

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 13 March 2014

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...

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow — Mirror of Fate

Arcade, Action, Slasher, Platformer, Adventure, Metroidvania

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 29 October 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...

DuckTales Remastered

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view, Adventure, Remake

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 14 August 2013

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 74/100

DuckTales Remastered is an HD remake of the cult game based on the animated series DuckTales. The game contains many restored levels from the original, as well as...

Disney Infinity

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Sandbox, Beat them all

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 18 August 2013

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Disney Infinity is a third-person arcade game in the style of defeating them all. In this game you will go through a large number of exciting adventures together...

Urban Trial Freestyle

Arcade, Third-person view, Stunts, Motorcycle racing, Racing, Sports game, Action

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 20 February 2013

Players: 9/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 62/100

Urban Trial Freestyle is a racing arcade game with a side view, where you have to do various tricks on a motorcycle. You have to race along 20 different tracks...

Sacred Citadel

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Cooperative (co-op), Side view

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 17 April 2013

Players: 8/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 62/100

Sacred Citadel is a dynamic side-scrolling arcade action game set in the fantasy universe of Sacred. You will be able to fight with a variety of enemies together...

Pacific Rim

Arcade, Fighting, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 15 October 2013

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 44/100

Pacific Rim is an arcade fighting game in the style of fantasy. During battle, the player uses on-screen buttons to block or dodge kaiju attacks. Once a kaiju opens...

Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3

Arcade, Fighting, Anime / Manga, Action

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 18 April 2013

Players: 8/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 is the third part of the arcade fighting game dedicated to the adventures of the popular anime hero Naruto. The game...

Karateka (2012)

Arcade, Fighting, Indie, Action, Tactics, Side view, Strategy

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 18 December 2012

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 60/100

Karateka (2012) is an indie tactical fighting game with action and arcade elements. The game takes place in a feudal universe. Your mission is to save your beloved...

Stick it to the Man

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 19 November 2013

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Stick it to the Man is a side-scrolling adventure arcade platformer. The game's plot tells the story of a safety helmet tester named Rey. One day the hero wakes up...

Fast & Furious: Showdown

Arcade, Action, Racing, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 31 May 2013

Players: 4.8/10

Metacritic: 22/100

Fast & Furious: Showdown is a dynamic racing action game with a third-person view, the events of which are closely related to the film “Fast & Furious 6” and the...

LittleBigPlanet Karting

Arcade, Racing

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 6 November 2012

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 73/100

LittleBigPlanet Karting is a racing game in which players compete against each other on various themed tracks, the main goal of the race being to finish first. As...

The Cave

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 23 January 2013

VGTimes: 6.0/10

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 69/100

The Cave is a new creation by Ron Gilbert, the father of the cult games Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion, as well as Double Fine Productions, the studio responsible...

Guacamelee!

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Logic, Side view, Metroidvania

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 10 April 2013

Players: 7/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Guacamelee! is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer. The plot revolves around the brave Mexican Juan Agacata, who must save the daughter of the President of...

Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 31 October 2013

Players: 5.4/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams is a fast-paced side-scrolling action platformer that is the spiritual successor to 1987's Great Giana Sisters for the Commodore 64...

Rocksmith 2014

Arcade, Educational game (Education), Music game

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 7 November 2013

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 87/100

A music-learning game that lets players connect an electric guitar or bass to their system and learn to play using the Rocksmith Method. The instrument itself is...

Castlestorm

Arcade, Action, Strategy, In real time, Indie, Side view, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 6 November 2013

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Castlestorm is a fun side-view tower defense strategy game. Clouds are gathering in the sky... There is a war between knights and Vikings. The game features...

Ibb and Obb

Arcade, Platformer, Cooperative (co-op), Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 14 August 2013

Players: 10/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Ibb and Obb is a cooperative puzzle platformer for two players, set in a world where gravity works both upward and downward. Gameplay centers on solving puzzles...

Angry Birds: Star Wars

Arcade, Futurism (Future), Star Wars, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 1 November 2013

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Angry Birds: Star Wars is a fantastic arcade game in the style of Star Wars with a side view. Levels take place both on standard terrain and in outer space. The...

Double Dragon: Neon

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

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 12 December 2013

Players: 9/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 69/100

This arcade beat ’em up follows brothers Billy and Jimmy Lee as they set out to rescue Marian and fight the villain Skullmageddon. Trained in the martial art of...

Badland

Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 4 April 2013

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Badland is an adventure, arcade puzzle platformer with a view. As a bizarre creature, you have to fly through colorful locations, avoiding various obstacles...

TNT Racers

Arcade, Racing

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 22 January 2013

Metacritic: 64/100

An arcade racing game where winning takes more than simply driving fastest: racers collect pickups and use weapons to knock opponents off the track. TNT Racers...

Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle

Arcade, Fighting, Anime / Manga, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 25 April 2014

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle is an amazing side-scrolling fighting game based on the popular manga of the same name. The game features more than 30...

Air Conflicts: Vietnam

Arcade, Action, Flight Simulator, Helicopters, Simulation

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 18 October 2013

Players: 6/10

Steam: 35/100

Metacritic: 43/100

An arcade flight simulator with action elements, Air Conflicts: Vietnam is set during the Vietnam War. Its story follows US Navy pilot Joe Thompson, while the “Lost...

Proteus

Arcade, First-person view, Indie, Exploration, Walking Simulator

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 29 October 2013

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 76/100

This first-person exploration game takes place on dreamlike islands where the surroundings shape the soundtrack. The procedurally generated islands are home to...

Cloudberry Kingdom

Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Platformer, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 26 March 2014

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Cloudberry Kingdom is an arcade platformer about Bob, a hero who sets out to reclaim what he lost and save the princess. Players jump over obstacles and dodge them...

Turbo: Super Stunt Squad

Arcade, Action, Racing, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 9 October 2013

Players: 10/10

Turbo: Super Stunt Squad is a third-person arcade game with action and racing elements from the studios Monkey Bar Games and Torus Games. The main publishers of the...

Dragon's Crown

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Hack and slash, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 11 October 2013

Metacritic: 80/100

This fantasy medieval action RPG with beat ’em up elements follows heroes exploring a world threatened by an ancient dragon. Players venture through labyrinthine...

Adventure Time: Explore the Dungeon Because I DON’T KNOW!

Arcade, Adventure, Beat them all, Platformer, Top-down view, Action, Dungeons

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 19 November 2013

Steam: 41/100

Metacritic: 42/100

This action-adventure with beat ’em up combat follows Finn and Jake into the Secret Royal Dungeon, where Princess Bubblegum sends them to investigate thefts and...

Toki Tori

Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Arcade, Side view, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 17 December 2013

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Toki Tori is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer where the goal of each level is to collect all the scattered eggs. And to achieve this goal, the player will...

A-men

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 26 March 2013

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 52/100

A-men is an arcade game with elements of action, adventure, platformer and indie game from developers from the Bloober Team studio. The game is published by Bloober...

Chaos Code

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Anime / Manga

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 26 March 2014

Chaos Code is an arcade game with a mixture of action, fighting and games in the anime or manga genre from the masters from the FK Digital studio. The game is...

Just Dance 2014

Arcade, Music game, Board / Group Game

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 8 October 2013

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Just Dance 2014 is a continuation of the dance music arcade game for a fun company. The game will delight you with updated hits and compositions, to which you can...

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Best Games in the Arcade genre of 2013 for PlayStation 3