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: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 83/100

An exciting sandbox focused on freedom of action and exploring a practically 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Air Conflicts: Secret Wars

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

Game released: PC → 30 August 2011

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 74/100

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...

Crazy Taxi

Action, Racing, Third-person view, Arcade

Game released: PC → 4 March 2011

Players: 7.2/10

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Naval Warfare

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Warships / Submarines, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Role-playing game, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 25 May 2011

Steam: 58/100

Metacritic: 61/100

Naval Warfare is a dynamic top-down shooter in a steampunk setting. The game will take you to a fantasy world where a war is raging between industrial superpowers...

nail'd

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

Game released: PC → 30 November 2010

Players: 10/10

Steam: 80/100

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...

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...

3D Streets of Rage

Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Platformer

Game released: PC → 26 January 2011

Players: 5.5/10

3D Streets of Rage is an arcade game with elements of action, a game in the genre of "beat 'em all" and a platformer from developers from the Sega studio. The game...

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...

Beat Hazard Ultra

Arcade, Futurism (Future), Beat them all, Action, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC → 16 June 2011

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 63/100

An expansion for Beat Hazard, Beat Hazard Ultra adds modes, enemies and customization options to the music-driven arcade shooter. Combat intensity and firepower...

Litil Divil

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

Game released: PC → 21 June 2011

Players: 10/10

Steam: 80/100

This arcade platformer with puzzle elements follows Mutt, an unlucky little devil who ventures into the Underworld to retrieve the Mystical Pizza of Plenty. The...

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...

Elementary My Dear Majesty!

Logic, Indie, Arcade, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Casual game, Hidden Objects, Adventure

Game released: PC → 24 November 2011

Steam: 76/100

Elementary My Dear Majesty! — an exciting fantasy arcade puzzle game in the "hidden object" genre. During the meal, the king’s beloved daughter turned into an...

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...

18 Wheels of Steel: Extreme Trucker 2

Arcade, Simulation, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 12 January 2011

Steam: 78/100

18 Wheels of Steel: Extreme Trucker 2 is a continuation of the extreme driving simulator, which is entirely dedicated to extreme cargo transportation in rough...

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...

Smash Cars

Arcade, Action, Racing, Sports game

Game released: PC → 18 October 2011

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 64/100

This arcade racing game features radio-controlled cars speeding off-road among oversized objects, animals, and people. Hidden shortcuts offer alternative routes...

Super Street Fighter 4: Arcade Edition

Arcade, Fighting

Game released: PC → 7 July 2011

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 81/100

This arcade fighting game features a roster of 39 characters, including four new fighters. Super Street Fighter 4: Arcade Edition expands the selection of...

Bloody Trapland

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Online, Adventure

Game released: PC → 18 November 2013

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 82/100

Bloody Trapland is a hardcore side-scrolling multiplayer action platformer where you and your friends will have to go through levels with dozens of dangerous traps...

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...

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...

Alien Soldier

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

Game released: PC → 26 January 2011

Players: 1/10

Steam: 91/100

A futuristic action shooter about the planet Sierra, attacked by the terrorist group Scarlet. Led by Xi-Tiger, the group is plotting to destroy the human race...

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Best Games in the Arcade genre of 2011 for PC