Arcade 2018 for PlayStation 4 — top best games in the Arcade genre

Unravel Two - a game in the Arcade genre

Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Online

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 9 June 2018

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Unravel Two is the second part of an exciting side-scrolling adventure puzzle game. Now Yarny will travel in company with a similar creature woven from blue yarn...

Beat Saber

Arcade, Action, Music game, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Virtual Reality (VR), Online

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 20 November 2018

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 90/100

Beat Saber is a unique arcade action game with elements of a musical rhythm game and a first-person view for virtual reality devices HTC Vive, Windows Mixed...

The Crew 2

Arcade, Online, Simulation, Racing, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Motorcycle racing, Open world

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 29 June 2018

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 66/100

The Crew 2 is a sequel to the racing simulator with an open world and various types of transport. You will be able to roam the open world in the USA. The game...

LEGO DC Super-Villains

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Comics, Cooperative (co-op), Open world

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 16 October 2018

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 74/100

LEGO DC Super-Villains is an arcade action-adventure game with a third-person view in the DC comics universe. The story begins with the disappearance of the Justice...

Road Redemption

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Motorcycle racing, Racing

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 6 November 2018

Players: 7/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Road Redemption is the spiritual successor to the Road Rush series of racing and brutal motorcycle chases. The game takes you on a brutal journey across the United...

SoulCalibur 6

Arcade, Fighting, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Action, Online

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 19 October 2018

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 83/100

SoulCalibur 6 is a continuation of the popular series of arcade fighting games in Japanese style. The game features a new defensive mechanic that allows you to use...

Spyro Reignited Trilogy

Arcade, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Remake, Action

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 13 November 2018

Players: 9/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Spyro Reignited Trilogy is a re-release of the popular arcade platformer with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. Re-release includes Spyro the Dragon...

Horizon Chase Turbo

Arcade, Racing, Third-person view, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 15 May 2018

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Horizon Chase Turbo is an exciting third-person racing arcade game from the creators of the original Horizon Chase. The game features 73 tracks in 32 different...

Slime Rancher

Arcade, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Exploration, Adventure, Open world

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 21 August 2018

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 98/100

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...

Metal Slug 3

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Arcade, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 26 February 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A 2D arcade run-and-gun shooter in which a soldier fights through stages filled with enemies and giant bosses. Metal Slug 3 features five large stages with...

Owlboy

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 10 April 2018

Players: 9/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Owlboy is a side-scrolling arcade platformer with a pixel art style. The main character is an owl boy, capable of both running around locations and flying. In the...

Death's Gambit

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Platformer, Indie, Metroidvania

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 14 August 2018

Players: 9/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Death's Gambit is an arcade side-scrolling action platformer with RPG elements. You have to act as an agent of death, whose goal is to rid the world of “immortals...

Super Night Riders

Arcade, Racing, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 14 August 2018

Steam: 89/100

This arcade racing game, inspired by retro classics, follows Alice, a motorcyclist known as the Red Rider. In Super Night Riders, race position is unimportant: the...

Mooseman

Arcade, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Adventure, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 18 July 2018

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Mooseman is a side-scrolling arcade platformer set in a fantasy setting. Long ago, the world was created from the shell of a duck egg by a god named Yen. In the dim...

Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker

Arcade, Online, Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Anime / Manga

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 30 August 2018

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 62/100

Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker is a multiplayer fighting game with a third-person view, where the most famous characters in the universe await all Naruto fans...

Burnout Paradise Remastered

Arcade, Simulation, Action, Racing, Third-person view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 16 March 2018

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 61/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Burnout Paradise Remastered is a remaster of the famous 2008 open-world arcade racer Burnout Paradise. The game contains many graphical improvements and will be...

Construction Simulator 2

Arcade, Simulation, Third-person view, Construction, Online

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 12 September 2018

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 75/100

Construction Simulator 2 is an arcade builder simulator with a third-person view for mobile platforms. You will be able to take control of more than 10 construction...

Chasm

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike, Metroidvania

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 31 July 2018

Players: 5.9/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Chasm is a side-scrolling adventure RPG action platformer in a fantasy setting. You have to try on the role of a young recruit performing his first mission...

Dragon Ball FighterZ

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 26 January 2018

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 86/100

The game takes you into the spectacular world of cult manga and anime, turning each fight into a dynamic battle on a grand scale. The game is created in the style...

LEGO The Incredibles

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Comics, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 15 June 2018

Players: 8/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 69/100

LEGO The Incredibles is an arcade action adventure game with a third-person view, based on the cartoons "The Incredibles" and "Incredibles 2". You can go on amazing...

My Memory of Us

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 9 October 2018

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 71/100

My Memory of US is an adventure arcade platform with a side view. The game will tell the story of two friends - a girl and a boy who found themselves in different...

Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st]

Arcade, Fighting

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 9 February 2018

Metacritic: 78/100

Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st] is a 2D fighting game about the conflict between In-Births and Voids. Chronicle Mode presents the conflict through a story...

Arcade Archives Ninja-Kid

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view, Casual game

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 5 April 2018

Arcade Archives Ninja-Kid is a re-release of the arcade platformer Ninja-Kid for modern platforms. In the game you can try on the role of Ninja-kun and fight your...

Out of The Box

Arcade, Strategy, Adventure, Adult game, Indie, Simulation, Replayability

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 22 August 2018

Players: 1/10

Steam: 88/100

Out of The Box is an adventure arcade game with strategy elements. The events of the game will tell the story of Warren Baker, a simple bouncer who works in the...

Iconoclasts

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 23 January 2018

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Iconoclasts is a side-scrolling arcade action-platformer adventure game. You have to get used to the role of the brave girl Robin, who is engaged in the destruction...

Way of the Passive Fist

Arcade, Fighting, Side view, Futurism (Future), Action, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 6 March 2018

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 66/100

Way of the Passive Fist is a side-scrolling 2D arcade fighting game. As a mysterious traveler, you will go on a dangerous adventure around the world in search of...

Injustice 2: Legendary Edition

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Comics, Side view, Online

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 27 March 2018

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Injustice 2: Legendary Edition is a complete edition of the side-scrolling arcade fighting game set in the DC Comics universe, containing all previously released...

Turok 2: Seeds of Evil

Arcade, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Adventure, Online

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 2 March 2018

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Turok 2: Seeds of Evil is a classic dynamic first-person shooter where the brave hero Turok fights a huge number of dangerous enemies using all kinds of weapons...

NBA 2K Playgrounds 2

Arcade, Basketball, Sports game

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 16 October 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 68/100

NBA 2K Playgrounds 2 is a continuation of the arcade 2 on 2 basketball simulator. New single and multiplayer modes and basketball team compositions have been added...

Smash Hit Plunder

Arcade

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 11 December 2018

Metacritic: 65/100

A fantasy game about a young mage who returns to the family castle after magic school and sets out to recover his family’s lost fortune. Using his newfound powers...

Tennis World Tour

Arcade, Simulation, Tennis, Sports game

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 12 June 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 49/100

Metacritic: 44/100

Tennis World Tour is a realistic third-person tennis simulator that is the spiritual successor to the Top Spin series. Expect an honest simulation of real tennis...

Hotel Transylvania 3: Monsters Overboard

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Gothic

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 10 July 2018

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 66/100

Hotel Transylvania 3: Monsters Overboard is an action-adventure RPG with a third-person view, based on the cartoon "Monsters on Vacation." Dracula, Mavis and their...

Creed: Rise to Glory

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Boxing, First-person view, Sports game, Virtual Reality (VR)

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 25 September 2018

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Creed: Rise to Glory is a sports fighting game dedicated to boxing with a first-person view for virtual reality devices HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and PlayStation VR...

Blade Strangers

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 28 August 2018

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Blade Strangers is a Japanese-style side-scrolling arcade fighting game. Expect characters from popular games such as Cave Story, Code of Princess and Umihara...

Tetris Effect

Arcade, First-person view, Puzzle, Logic, Side view, Virtual Reality (VR), Online, Music game

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 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...

Dead Ahead: Zombie Warfare

Arcade, Shooter, Strategy, Post-apocalyptic, Free game, Side view, Action

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 6 April 2018

Players: 7.5/10

Dead Ahead: Zombie Warfare is a free-to-play arcade shooter with strategy elements in the tower defense genre for mobile platforms. You will go to the pixelated and...

Yoku's Island Express

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 29 May 2018

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Yoku's Island Express is an arcade action-platformer adventure with side-scrolling pinball mechanics. You will try on the role of a beetle named Yoku, who landed on...

Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 11 December 2018

Players: 5.7/10

Steam: 76/100

Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms is a shareware arcade clicker with role-playing elements and a side view in a fantasy setting. In the game you have to...

Trailblazers

Arcade, Action, Racing, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Sports game

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 8 May 2018

Steam: 53/100

Metacritic: 65/100

Trailblazers is an arcade co-op racer with a third-person view, in which the tracks are created completely randomly. The game features mechanics reminiscent of...

PixelJunk Monsters 2

Arcade, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Action, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 18 May 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 65/100

Metacritic: 72/100

PixelJunk Monsters 2 is a continuation of the dynamic action game with a third-person view in the tower defense genre. As the whimsical creature Tikiman, you have...

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Best Games in the Arcade genre of 2018 for PlayStation 4