Arcade 2011 for PC — top best games in the Arcade genre

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

Game released: PC → 18 November 2011

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: PC → 16 May 2011

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...

The Binding of Isaac

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Roguelike, Indie, Replayability

Game released: PC → 28 September 2011

Players: 9/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 84/100

The Binding of Isaac is a hardcore action game with roguelike elements and a top-down view. The plot is based on one of the biblical stories. She will tell the...

Driver: San Francisco

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

Game released: PC → 15 May 2012

VGTimes: 7.6/10

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Driver: San Francisco is a continuation of the legendary arcade racing game with a third-person view in the Driver series. The game tells the story of the events...

Alice: Madness Returns

Arcade, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Horror, Slasher, Gothic

Game released: PC → 14 June 2011

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Alice: Madness Returns is a continuation of the legendary third-person arcade platformer American McGee's Alice. Alice is a girl suffering from emotional trauma...

Air Conflicts: Secret Wars

Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, Historical, Simulation, Arcade

Game released: PC → 30 August 2011

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 56/100

This arcade flight simulator stages aerial combat during World War I and World War II. Its seven campaigns, based on resistance movements of the Second World War...

LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game

Arcade, Action, First-person view, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adventure, Online

Game released: PC → 10 May 2011

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 73/100

LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game is an arcade action adventure game with a third-person view in the Pirates of the Caribbean universe. You will go on...

Dungeon Defenders

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: PC → 18 October 2011

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Dungeon Defenders is a dynamic cooperative action role-playing game with a third-person view and elements of the tower defense genre in a fantasy setting. You have...

Shadowgrounds

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 3 March 2011

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 74/100

This top-down science-fiction action game follows a fight against an alien threat in the colony of New Atlantis. The protagonist battles monsters and large bosses...

Need for Speed: The Run

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

Game released: PC → 17 November 2011

VGTimes: 7.0/10

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 67/100

An arcade racing game about an illegal, high-stakes race from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Empire State Building. The route crosses borders and runs through dense...

Solar 2

Arcade, Space, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC → 17 June 2011

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 72/100

This open-world arcade sandbox takes place in an infinite abstract universe where the player controls a celestial body. In Solar 2, players can complete varied...

Cave Story+

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Exploration, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 22 November 2011

Players: 10/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Cave Story+ is a supplemented and improved version of the arcade action-platform with the side of the Cave Story. You have to go to a fascinating world where an...

Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Adventure, Stealth, Simulation, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 11 January 2011

Players: 7/10

Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy is a collection of legendary games from the GTA series, which includes Grand Theft Auto 3, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City , and Grand...

Crazy Taxi

Action, Racing, Third-person view, Arcade

Game released: PC → 4 March 2011

Players: 5.2/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Crazy Taxi is a racing action game with a third-person view. In this game you have to drive a crazy taxi. The main goal is to deliver the client, for this you will...

LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7

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

Game released: PC → 18 November 2011

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 73/100

LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 is an adventure arcade action platformer with a third-person view in the Harry Potter universe. The game is based on the last three...

Disney Universe

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

Game released: PC → 18 November 2011

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 66/100

Disney Universe is a multiplayer action-adventure game with a third-person view set in the Disney universe. You'll play through levels based on famous animated...

Renegade Ops

Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Tanks, Cooperative (co-op), Arcade

Game released: PC → 26 October 2011

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Renegade Ops is a fast-paced top-down arcade shooter. You have to go up against a madman named Inferno, who wants world domination. To destroy it, you can use...

Hatoful Boyfriend

Arcade, Adventure, Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Comedy

Game released: PC → 15 February 2012

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Hatoful Boyfriend is an arcade visual novel with anime-style adventure elements. You have been accepted as the only human student at the prestigious Saint Dove...

Virtua Tennis 4

Arcade, Simulation, Tennis, Third-person view, Sports game

Game released: PC → 24 June 2011

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Virtua Tennis 4 is a continuation of a series of sports simulators dedicated to tennis. In the game you will find twenty-two world tennis stars, high-definition...

Bridge Constructor

Arcade, Puzzle, Logic, Side view, Simulation, Casual game, Indie

Game released: PC → 16 October 2013

Players: 10/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 62/100

Bridge Constructor is a side-scrolling arcade puzzle game. Using the proposed materials, you have to build the strongest bridge that can withstand various types of...

Xotic

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Arcade

Game released: PC → 16 September 2011

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 60/100

This arcade-style first-person shooter takes place on a planet overrun by the Orb’s minions. Armed with a weaponized symbiotic creature called the Macroterra, the...

BEEP

Arcade, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Adventure

Game released: PC → 30 March 2011

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 81/100

A 2D science-fiction platformer about a small robot exploring the galaxy. BEEP travels across planets, overcoming hazards and fighting enemy robots with an...

SEGA Bass Fishing

Third-person view, Sports game, Simulation, Arcade

Game released: PC → 4 March 2011

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 59/100

This bass-fishing sports simulator with arcade elements challenges players to fish at different locations and compete in tournaments. Players can choose from...

Spring Bonus

Strategy, Third-person view, Puzzle, Casual game, Match-3 (Three in a row), Arcade

Game released: PC → 15 April 2011

Steam: 87/100

This casual match-3 puzzle takes place in the spring countryside, where the Easter Bunny and animal friends set out to light a magic rainbow by melting away...

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Arcade, Platformer, Third-person view, Side view

Game released: PC → 27 January 2011

Players: 6.5/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is an old-school platformer about a blue hedgehog, released by Sonic Team in 1992. In the story, Sonic and Tails decide to fight back against...

Who's That Flying?!

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Side view, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC → 31 January 2011

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Who's That Flying?! is a side-scrolling arcade shooter in a sci-fi setting. As the mysterious and powerful "Guardian of the Earth" with an iron eye and...

nail'd

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

Game released: PC → 30 November 2010

Players: 10/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 66/100

nail'd is an arcade motorcycle racing simulator with a first-person view from the creators of Call of Juarez. A huge variety of vehicles awaits you, including...

Jane's Advanced Strike Fighters

Arcade, Simulation

Game released: PC → 18 October 2011

Steam: 36/100

Jane's Advanced Strike Fighters is an arcade game from the masters from the Trickstar Games studio. The game is published by Evolved Games and Koch...

Halloween: Trick Or Treat

Arcade, Puzzle, Logic, Tactics, Casual game, Adventure

Game released: PC → 20 October 2011

Players: 10/10

This casual adventure and puzzle game follows Mike the Skeleton and Sally the Witch on a virtual Halloween trick-or-treating trip. Along the way, they explore the...

InMomentum

Arcade, Logic, Racing, Indie, Parkour

Game released: PC → 31 October 2011

Players: 1/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 59/100

A minimalist sci-fi racing platformer in which navigating courses calls for thinking in both horizontal and vertical directions. Players explore levels, choose...

Stealth Bastard

Arcade, Stealth, Platformer, Indie

Game released: PC → 5 November 2011

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 80/100

This arcade stealth platformer sends an unarmed, unarmoured hero into a deadly facility, where the goal is to reach the exit without being caught by its security...

Wizorb

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Logic, Indie

Game released: PC → 7 November 2011

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 80/100

An arcade game set in a fantasy medieval world, Wizorb combines classic block-breaking action with light role-playing...

Serious Sam Double D XXL

Arcade, Beat them all, Platformer, Action, Indie

Game released: PC → 30 August 2011

Steam: 83/100

Serious Sam Double D XXL is a 2D action platformer in which Sam battles the army of Mental. The fight spans 18 levels across three worlds, from the pyramids of...

Astro Tripper

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie

Game released: PC → 15 September 2011

Steam: 79/100

Astro Tripper is an arcade shoot ’em up set in a science-fiction world, where a piloted craft battles waves of enemies across large, horizontally scrolling...

Sonic 3 and Knuckles

Arcade, Action, Platformer

Game released: PC → 26 January 2011

Players: 7.1/10

Sonic 3 and Knuckles — following the West Side Island incident, Dr. Robotnik's Death Egg falls from orbit and collides with the Floating Island along the way...

Treasures of Montezuma 3

Arcade, Action, Puzzle, Match-3 (Three in a row), Casual game, Indie, Adventure

Game released: PC → 19 May 2011

Players: 8/10

Steam: 64/100

Treasures of Montezuma 3 is a continuation of the arcade puzzle game in the “three in a row” genre. You again have to go to the world of the Aztecs, where you can...

Gunstar Heroes

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Side view

Game released: PC → 26 January 2011

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 89/100

This side-scrolling action shooter follows the Gunstar family, protectors of the planet Gunstar 9. After the twins’ older brother is kidnapped and placed under mind...

Alien Shooter 2: Conscription

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, DLC, Isometric, Indie

Game released: PC → 20 January 2011

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 80/100

An isometric action game with RPG elements, this expansion for Alien Shooter 2 follows a war against alien invaders. Monsters are destroying cities and claiming new...

Super Puzzle Platformer

Arcade, Action, Strategy, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC → 18 June 2011

Steam: 91/100

This arcade platformer combines falling-block puzzle elements with old-school action: rather than matching colored blocks, the player shoots them and tries to...

Breath of Death 7

Arcade, Role-playing game, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: PC → 13 July 2011

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 83/100

Breath of Death 7 is a parody of the classic top-down RPG in a fantasy setting. Skeleton King Dam, ghost historian Sarah, vampire technician Lyta, and zombified...

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Best Games in the Arcade genre of 2011 for PC