Arcade 2020 for PC — top best games in the Arcade genre

Risk of Rain 2 - a game in the Arcade genre

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

Early Access: PC → 28 March 2019; Game released: PC → 11 August 2020

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Risk of Rain 2 is a dynamic action platformer with a third-person view in a sci-fi setting. In the second part you will find a full three-dimensional environment...

Ori and the Will of the Wisps

Arcade, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view

Game released: PC → 11 March 2020

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 90/100

Ori and the Will of the Wisps — the continuation of the colorful side-scrolling platformer Ori and the Blind Forest. The forest spirit Ori embarks on a journey once...

Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms

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

Game released: PC → 25 March 2020

Players: 5.7/10

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...

Leaf Blower Revolution

Top-down view, Indie, Arcade

Game released: PC → 4 December 2020

Players: 6.9/10

Leaf Blower Revolution is a top-down indie arcade game. It's an idle game where you blow leaves with nuclear leaf blowers, unlock upgrades, earn achievements, and...

Noita

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: PC → 15 October 2020; Early Access: PC → 24 September 2019

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Noita is a side-scrolling arcade action platformer in a fantasy setting. You will find procedural generation of levels, the irreversible death of the hero, as well...

Streets of Rage 4

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Side view

Game released: PC → 30 April 2020

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Streets of Rage 4 is a continuation of the iconic side-view beatmap from the 90s. You will find bright graphics made in the style of comics, as well as characters...

Spelunky 2

Arcade, Platformer, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: PC → 29 September 2020

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Spelunky 2 is a sequel to the fun side-scrolling arcade platformer with procedurally generated levels. This time you have to embark on an adventure as the child of...

Rogue Legacy 2

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Fantasy, Medieval era

Early Access: PC → 19 August 2020; Game released: PC → 28 April 2022

Players: 9.7/10

Metacritic: 89/100

One day, a brave knight gets to a mysterious place where some kind of devilry happened many years ago. Skeletons, ghosts and other evil spirits roam everywhere, and...

Stormworks: Build and Rescue

Arcade, Indie, Third-person view, First-person view, Action, Shooter, Educational game (Education), Combat robots, Flight Simulator, Warships / Submarines

Game released: PC → 17 September 2020

Players: 8.1/10

Stormworks: Build and Rescue is a fun sandbox simulator where you take control of your own search and rescue team by modeling and creating vehicles. As you...

BLEACH Brave Souls

Arcade, Online, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Action, Free game

Game released: PC → 17 August 2020

Players: 8/10

BLEACH Brave Souls is a free-to-play multiplayer action role-playing game in the Japanese style, based on the manga and anime of the same name "Bleach". The story...

HYPERCHARGE: Unboxed

Action, Shooter, Indie, First-person view, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Arcade, Tactics

Early Access: PC → 22 June 2017; Game released: PC → 27 April 2020

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Co-op shooter with tower defense elements. In the game you have to fight for the future of plastic life. Together with three friends, you will go on an epic...

Atomicrops

Arcade, Business / Management, Top-down view, Post-apocalyptic, Roguelike

Early Access: PC → 5 September 2019; Game released: PC → 17 September 2020

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Atomicrops is a mix of a farming simulator in the spirit of Stardew Valley and roguelite action. The player creates a farm in the post-apocalyptic wastelands and...

Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view

Game released: PC → 10 November 2020

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin is a side-scrolling action-platformer from the creators of Astebreed. In the game, you will take on the role of Sakuna, a proud but...

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2

Arcade, Sports game, Third-person view, Skateboards

Game released: PC → 3 October 2023

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 88/100

Remasters of the first two parts of the legendary skateboarding series Tony Hawk's Pro Skater. The game has completely new graphics, but retains the spirit of the...

Huntdown

Arcade, Shooter, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 12 May 2020

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Huntdown is an arcade side-scrolling pixel shooter with platforming elements in a sci-fi setting. You will go to a dark world of the future, where the police have...

DiRT 5

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

Game released: PC → 6 November 2020

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 79/100

DiRT 5 is a continuation of the car simulator with first and third person views. The new part of the series will take you to the most picturesque places on the...

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered

Arcade, Racing, Third-person view, Online

Game released: PC → 6 November 2020

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered is a remaster of the third-person arcade racing game in the Need for Speed series. In addition to improved graphics, the...

Shieldwall

Action, Arcade, Indie, Strategy, Simulation, Third-person view, Historical

Early Access: PC → 23 March 2020; Game released: PC → 18 April 2023

Players: 7.8/10

Players take on the role of commander of the army of the Roman Empire. Features in the game include fun and dynamic battles, as well as a campaign based on the real...

Cloudpunk

Arcade, Adventure, Third-person view, Cyberpunk, Indie

Game released: PC → 23 April 2020

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 64/100

Cloudpunk is an adventure arcade game with a third-person view in the style of cyberpunk. The game takes place over the course of one night. The protagonist is a...

Moving Out

Simulation, Arcade, Action, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Isometric

Game released: PC → 28 April 2020

Players: 4.9/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Moving Out is a fun cooperative arcade game with an isometric camera view, where you have to learn how to move furniture correctly. Together with your friends, you...

SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 23 June 2020

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 69/100

SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom — Rehydrated is a re-release of the classic SpongeBob game from 2003 in an updated form. You will have a...

Battletoads

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

Game released: PC → 20 August 2020

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Battletoads is the return of the legendary side-scrolling arcade action game set in the fantasy universe of Battletoads. The game retains its original arcade...

Vigil: The Longest Night

Arcade, Side view, Action, Role-playing game, Adventure, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC → 14 October 2020

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Vigil: The Longest Night is a 2D platformer with RPG elements and a side view, inspired by the Castlevania and Salt and Sanctuary series. You have to go together...

Need for Speed (2015)

Arcade, Racing, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 4 June 2020

Players: 7.4/10

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...

New Super Lucky's Tale

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC → 21 August 2020

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 76/100

An updated version of the vibrant 3D platformer Super Lucky's Tale, where the story of the adventures of the fox Lucky takes on a more complete and polished form...

Zompiercer

Arcade, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, Stealth, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic

Early Access: PC → 3 April 2020; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 7.7/10

Zompiercer is an adventure shooter with a first-person view and survival elements in a zombie apocalypse setting. In the game you will travel on a train, which has...

Helltaker

Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Indie, Free game

Game released: PC → 11 May 2020

Players: 9/10

Helltaker is a free-to-play adventure puzzle game. The game tells the story of a hero who suddenly opens a portal to hell, in which, oddly enough, a whole harem of...

Fall Guys

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Online, Platformer, Free game

Game released: PC → 4 August 2020

Players: 6.7/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Fall Guys is a free-to-play, cute arcade action game about falling colorful people. A unique “battle royale” awaits you, where many players will take on the roles...

Burnout Paradise Remastered

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

Game released: PC → 4 June 2020

Players: 8.3/10

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...

Super Meat Boy Forever

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Indie, Action, Runner

Game released: PC → 10 January 2022

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Continuation of the hardcore arcade runner Super Meat Boy. The game has a full story, six new chapters and twice as many bosses. Meat Boy and Band-Aid Girl try to...

Fury Unleashed

Arcade, Shooter, Platformer, Comics, Side view

Early Access: PC → 24 February 2017; Game released: PC → 8 May 2020

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Fury Unleashed is a 2D arcade platformer with a side view, made in a comic book style. You will play as the cool Scumbag, a comic book hero whose goal is to save...

Mortal Kombat 11 Aftermath

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

Game released: PC → 26 May 2020

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Mortal Kombat 11 Aftermath — continuation of the story campaign of the fighting game Mortal Kombat 11, known for its deadly finishers and bloody fatalities. It...

Going Under

Arcade, Action, Isometric, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: PC → 24 September 2020

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Going Under is an arcade action-adventure game with an isometric camera view. You have to try on the role of an intern in a gloomy city called Neo-Cascadia. You are...

Lumberjack's Dynasty

Simulation, Action, First-person view, Arcade, Adventure

Early Access: PC → 30 April 2020; Game released: PC → 25 February 2021

Players: 7.5/10

Lumberjack's Dynasty is a unique lumberjack simulator with a first-person view, where you have to build your own logging business and establish a strong company...

Ratropolis

Card game, Strategy, Indie, Arcade, Tactics, In real time

Early Access: PC → 1 November 2019; Game released: PC → 22 December 2020

Ratropolis is a real-time tactical strategy card game with a side view. In the game you will become the head of a settlement of tiny but valiant rats. You have to...

Danger Scavenger

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Isometric, Cyberpunk, Indie, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op)

Early Access: PC → 22 June 2020; Game released: PC → 25 March 2021

Players: 7.3/10

Danger Scavenger is a dynamic arcade shooter with an isometric camera view in a cyberpunk setting. Deadly effective, highly skilled, invisible to indifferent...

Shenmue 3

Arcade, Role-playing game, Adventure, Fighting, Third-person view, Anime / Manga

Game released: PC → 19 November 2020

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Shenmue 3 is a continuation of the exciting action-adventure game with a third-person view. You will once again take on the role of young Rio Hazuki, who decided to...

Exit the Gungeon

Arcade, Shooter, Fantasy / Medieval, Beat them all, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: PC → 17 March 2020

Players: 6.4/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Exit the Gungeon is a side-view arcade shooter with roguelike elements, which is a spin-off of the game Enter the Gungeon. In the game, you will once again take...

Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2

Arcade, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Action, Platformer

Game released: PC → 10 July 2020

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2 is a direct continuation of the exciting action-platformer with a side view in a fantasy setting. The game will delight you with...

Journey

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Indie

Game released: PC → 11 June 2020

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 92/100

Journey is an atmospheric adventure with a third-person view. The main character is a nameless wanderer who must cross the desert and get to the mountain that is...

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Best Games in the Arcade genre of 2020 for PC