Arcade 2016 for PC — top best games in the Arcade genre

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

Game released: PC → 21 January 2016

Players: 6.9/10

Roblox is a huge online sandbox for creativity. Its toys are mini-games of all kinds of genres, with arcade-style gameplay and visuals that aren’t weighed down by...

My Summer Car

Arcade, Racing, Adventure, Simulation, First-person view, Indie, Open world, Survival

Early Access: PC → 24 October 2016; Game released: PC → 8 January 2025

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Hot Finnish cocktail of a third-person survival simulator and car arcade. The player is given complete freedom of action in a large open world of rural Finland, and...

Owlboy

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 1 November 2016

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...

Enter the Gungeon

Arcade, Shooter, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Beat them all, Roguelike, Dungeons, Indie

Game released: PC → 5 April 2016

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Enter the Gungeon is a top-down arcade shooter from the developers at Dodge Roll. The roguelike takes place in the ever-changing fortress of Gungeon, which is a...

Starbound

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Simulation, Survival, Sandbox, Space

Game released: PC → 22 July 2016

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Starbound is an indie adventure role-playing arcade game with platformer and action elements. You are forced to flee your planet by hijacking a ship. Fleeing from...

Forza Horizon 3

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

Game released: PC → 27 September 2016

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Forza Horizon 3 is the continuation of the popular racing car simulator with first and third-person views. The events of the new part will take you to the expanses...

LEGO Marvel's Avengers

Arcade, Platformer, Third-person view, Open world, Adventure, Online

Game released: PC → 26 January 2016

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 71/100

LEGO Marvel's Avengers is an arcade platformer with a third-person view. The events of the game will recreate the plot of the first two parts of the popular...

Inside

Arcade, Platformer, Logic, Side view, Horror, Indie, Adventure

Game released: PC → 7 July 2016

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 91/100

Inside is an arcade side-scrolling indie platformer with survival elements from the creators of Limbo. The plot centers on a lonely boy who is hiding from...

Street Fighter 5

Arcade, Fighting, Side view, Action, Online

Game released: PC → 16 February 2016

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Street Fighter 5 is a side-scrolling arcade fighting game in the popular Street Fighter series. In a simple and understandable form, the game will introduce you to...

Samorost 3

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Indie, Point & Click, Puzzle, Fantasy

Game released: PC → 24 March 2016

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Samorost 3 is a continuation of the fantastic adventure from the developers of Samorost 2, Machinarium and Botanicula. The main character is a gnome who seems to...

Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4

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

Game released: PC → 5 February 2016

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 is a third-person arcade game with a touch of action and fantasy from the studio CyberConnect2. The game is published by...

Pankapu

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

Game released: PC → 21 September 2016

Steam: 73/100

Pankapu: The Gates of Omnia is an episodic side-scrolling action platformer. The events of the game develop in the fantasies of Jaarell, a child who once...

Overcooked

Action, Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric, Online, Indie, Arcade

Game released: PC → 3 August 2016

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Overcooked is an exciting action strategy where you and your friends will have to learn the basics of culinary art in various and unusual locations. With your...

Need for Speed (2015)

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

Game released: PC → 4 June 2020

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 65/100

Metacritic: 66/100

Need for Speed (2015) is a reboot of the popular arcade racing series with a third-person view. The new part is built on five principles: speed (classic racing...

The Witness

Arcade, Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Logic, Exploration

Game released: PC → 26 January 2016

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 87/100

The Witness is an arcade adventure puzzle game with a first-person view. The action takes place on an island full of mysteries. The island is an open world where...

Ori and The Blind Forest: Definitive Edition

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Metroidvania

Game released: PC → 14 June 2016

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 89/100

Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition is an expanded edition of the indie adventure platformer. The game tells the story of a little guardian spirit named...

Job Simulator

Arcade, Simulation, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Virtual Reality (VR), Horror

Game released: PC → 5 April 2016

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Job Simulator is an arcade physics-based simulator for Oculus Rift, SteamVR and PlayStation VR virtual reality devices. Players will have to take the place of an...

Unravel

Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Side view, Action

Game released: PC → 9 February 2016

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Unravel is a side-scrolling arcade adventure with various puzzles. The platformer will tell the story of a knitted man — Yarny, who stretches like a ball with...

N++

Arcade, Indie, Side view, Action, Parkour

Game released: PC → 25 August 2016

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 85/100

N++ is a side-scrolling platformer set in a science-fiction world where success depends on controlling momentum. The player navigates obstacles, evades hostile...

Song of the Deep

Arcade, Adventure, Warships / Submarines, Puzzle, Side view, Metroidvania, Action

Game released: PC → 12 July 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Song of the Deep is a side-scrolling arcade adventure. The setting was a sunken city that hides many secrets and mysteries and where the main character’s father was...

LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Star Wars, Adventure, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 27 June 2016

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 75/100

LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens is an arcade action game with a third-person view in the popular Star Wars universe. The game tells about the events that occurred...

Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2

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

Game released: PC → 28 October 2016

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 is a sequel to the arcade fighting game with a third-person view, Dragon Ball Xenoverse. The second part continues the story of the original...

Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc

Arcade, Visual novel, Logic, Anime / Manga, Detective

Game released: PC → 18 February 2016

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc is a visual novel with elements of a Japanese-style dating simulator. Only the most talented students in any field are accepted...

Shantae: Half-Genie Hero

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Metroidvania, Indie

Game released: PC → 20 December 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 81/100

This side-scrolling fantasy platformer builds its heroine’s actions around belly dancing and hair-whipping. Shantae: Half-Genie Hero is an HD adventure starring...

Pac-Man

Arcade, Action, Top-down view

Game released: PC → 20 April 2016

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 58/100

Pac-Man is a top-down arcade action game. You have to guide Pac-Man through the maze and eat all the dots without being caught by the ghosts. You will find exciting...

Galaga

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

Game released: PC → 20 April 2016

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 66/100

This arcade space shooter and sequel to GALAXIAN pits a fighter craft against waves of invading aliens. The player moves the ship left and right, shoots down...

SpeedRunners

Arcade, Online, Action, Platformer, Racing, Indie

Game released: PC → 19 April 2016

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 84/100

SpeedRunners is a co-op arcade action platformer that puts running at the center of the game, challenging players to compete in speed races online. Your task is to...

Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair

Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Detective

Game released: PC → 18 April 2016

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 81/100

This detective visual novel follows a school trip to the abandoned Jabberwock Island, where Monokuma restarts a deadly game. Students from Hope’s Peak Academy must...

Rec Room

Arcade, Action, Adventure, MMO, First-person view, Free game, Virtual Reality (VR), Cooperative (co-op), Online

Early Access: PC → 28 June 2016

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 89/100

Rec Room is a free-to-play social game in virtual reality that includes many mini-games based on player...

Feed and Grow: Fish

Arcade, Action, Simulation, Third-person view, Indie, Survival, Online

Early Access: PC → 8 January 2016; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 80/100

Feed and Grow: Fish is a dynamic action game with a third-person view and elements of a survival simulator. In the game you have to go to conquer the endless water...

Pac-Man 256

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

Game released: PC → 21 June 2016

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Pac-Man 256 is a continuation of the popular top-down arcade game starring Pac-Man. The game is made in an unusual style: the main character is followed by a wave...

Golf With Your Friends

Arcade, Golf, Sports game, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Simulation, Online, Casual game

Early Access: PC → 30 January 2016; Game released: PC → 19 May 2020

Players: 5.7/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Golf With Your Friends is a fun sports arcade game dedicated to golf. Exciting matches await you, designed for cooperative play by up to 12 people. You will find 7...

Dungeon Fighter Online

Arcade, Online, Free game, Side view, MMO, Action, Role-playing game, Anime / Manga

Game released: PC → 9 August 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 60/100

Metacritic: 53/100

Dungeon Fighter Online is a free-to-play Japanese-style side-scrolling multiplayer action role-playing game. Expect an exciting 2D action game with an epic...

Mother Russia Bleeds

Arcade, Action, Beat them all, Side view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 5 September 2016

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Mother Russia Bleeds is a side-scrolling arcade action game. You advance through the level, destroying all enemies along the way using hand-to-hand combat and...

Lumo

Arcade, Puzzle, Indie, Adventure, Isometric

Game released: PC → 24 May 2016

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Lumo is an isometric platform adventure built around exploring rooms, each presenting a self-contained challenge. It draws on platformers from the 1980s and early...

My Night Job

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view, Survival horror, Indie

Game released: PC → 21 April 2016

Steam: 82/100

My Night Job is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer. Players have to go to an abandoned building where nightmarish monsters are rampant. And over 60 types of...

Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India

Arcade, Adventure, Stealth, Platformer, Historical, Action

Game released: PC → 12 January 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 65/100

Metacritic: 63/100

Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India is a side-scrolling arcade-adventure stealth platformer set in the Assassin's Creed universe. The game continues the story of the...

Mad Bullets

Arcade, Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Action

Game released: PC → 10 June 2016

Steam: 92/100

This first-person arcade shooter is set in the Wild West, where players take on enemies at high speed and climb the leaderboards. The cast includes desperados...

Assassin's Creed Chronicles: Russia

Arcade, Adventure, Stealth, Platformer, Historical, Side view, Action

Game released: PC → 9 February 2016

Players: 5.9/10

Steam: 58/100

Metacritic: 58/100

Assassin's Creed Chronicles: Russia is an arcade adventure side-scrolling stealth platformer set in the Assassin's Creed universe. The game continues the story of...

Yomawari: Night Alone

Arcade, Adventure, Horror, Isometric, Top-down view, Anime / Manga

Game released: PC → 25 October 2016

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 75/100

An isometric survival horror about a young girl searching for her missing dog and sister in the streets of her hometown, which are haunted by unsettling spirits...

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Best Games in the Arcade genre of 2016 for PC