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

Ori and the Will of the Wisps - a game in the Arcade genre

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

Game released: PC → 11 March 2020

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 96/100

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...

Cloudpunk

Arcade, Adventure, Third-person view, Cyberpunk, Indie, Open world, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 23 April 2020

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 86/100

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...

Futa Fix Dick Dine and Dash

Adult game, Indie, Simulation, Arcade, Anime / Manga, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 21 December 2020

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 85/100

Futa Fix Dick Dine and Dash is an adult visual novel with Japanese-style dating sim elements. Emily has a problem. One day, a long, fleshy penis appeared between...

Streets of Rage 4

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Side view, Indie

Game released: PC → 30 April 2020

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 93/100

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...

Rogue Legacy 2

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

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

Players: 8/10

Steam: 91/100

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...

SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Remake, Online

Game released: PC → 23 June 2020

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 95/100

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...

Mortal Kombat 11 Aftermath

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

Game released: PC → 26 May 2020

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 82/100

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...

Fall Guys

Arcade, Action, Online, Platformer, Third-person view, Free game, Battle Royale, MMO

Game released: PC → 4 August 2020

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 83/100

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...

Zompiercer

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

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

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 82/100

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...

Risk of Rain 2

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Online, Cooperative (co-op), Roguelike

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

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 95/100

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...

Journey

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

Game released: PC → 11 June 2020

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 74/100

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...

Huntdown

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

Game released: PC → 12 May 2020

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 94/100

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...

Florence

Arcade, Adventure, Interactive movie, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PC → 13 February 2020

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Florence is a touching interactive adventure for mobile platforms. The game tells the story of 25-year-old Florence Joch, about her ups and downs and her first love...

Fury Unleashed

Arcade, Shooter, Platformer, Comics, Side view, Online, Action, Replayability

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

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 88/100

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...

Helltaker

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

Game released: PC → 11 May 2020

Players: 9/10

Steam: 97/100

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...

Spelunky 2

Arcade, Platformer, Roguelike, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Replayability

Game released: PC → 29 September 2020

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 93/100

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...

Stormworks: Build and Rescue

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

Game released: PC → 17 September 2020

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 90/100

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...

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...

Noita

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

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

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 95/100

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...

Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin

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

Game released: PC → 10 November 2020

Players: 10/10

Steam: 92/100

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...

The Longing

Adventure, Side view, Puzzle, Arcade, Platformer, Point & Click, Walking Simulator, Exploration

Game released: PC → 5 March 2020

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 79/100

The Longing is an unusual game, the main feature of which lies in its length. The fact is that it will take 400 days to complete the game. Even if a player enters...

Unrailed!

Arcade, Online, Action, MMO, Business / Management, Trains, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game

Early Access: PC → 9 September 2019; Game released: PC → 23 September 2020

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Unrailed! is a crazy multiplayer action game in which you have to build a railway in an endless procedurally generated world. Together with your friends, you will...

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered

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

Game released: PC → 6 November 2020

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 79/100

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: 7.9/10

Steam: 86/100

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...

Townscaper

Strategy, Arcade, Puzzle, Indie, Simulation, Construction, Sandbox, Casual game, City Building

Game released: PC → 26 August 2021

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 63/100

Townscaper is a vibrant casual strategy game in which the player builds a city on an island. The player selects colors and creates blocks of houses on a grid, and...

Moving Out

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

Game released: PC → 28 April 2020

Players: 4.9/10

Steam: 82/100

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...

Project Wingman

Simulation, First-person view, Third-person view, Flight Simulator, Virtual Reality (VR), Action, Indie, Arcade

Game released: PC → 1 December 2020

Players: 9/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Project Wingman is a realistic flight simulator with a first-person view for virtual reality devices HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and Valve Index. In the game you will...

Biped

Arcade, Action, Indie, Combat robots, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Puzzle, Adventure

Game released: PC → 26 March 2020

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Biped is a fun co-op platformer featuring challenging puzzles that require precise coordination. Two little bipedal robots, Aku and Sayla, go on an exciting...

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

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...

Evan's Remains

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Puzzle, Indie, Adventure, Casual game, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 11 June 2020

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Evan's Remains is a side-scrolling puzzle-platformer adventure inspired by classic Japanese thrillers. You have to explore a mysterious island and solve puzzles to...

Train Station Renovation

Arcade, Simulation, Action, Business / Management, First-person view, Trains, Indie, Casual game

Early Access: PC → 30 April 2020; Game released: PC → 1 October 2020

Players: 8/10

Steam: 84/100

Train Station Renovation is a first-person management simulator where you take on the role of the self-proclaimed guardian of historic train stations. You will go...

Samurai Shodown

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

Game released: PC → 14 June 2021

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 77/100

The game's plot unfolds between Samurai Shodown 5 and the original Samurai Shodown (1993). New and familiar characters with their own goals come together to...

BLEACH Brave Souls

Arcade, Online, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Action, Free game, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 17 August 2020

Players: 8/10

Steam: 86/100

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...

Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate

Arcade, Fighting, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Online, Action

Game released: PC → 17 November 2020

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate — the ultimate edition of the fighting game Mortal Kombat 11, which includes the base game, two fighter packs, and a story expansion...

art of rally

Arcade, Simulation, Racing, Isometric, Sports game, Indie, Top-down view

Game released: PC → 23 September 2020

Players: 7/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Exciting rally arcade from the creators of Absolute Drift, where players can participate in the "Golden Era" rally. The game features a career mode with 72 tracks...

Doomsday Hunters

Action, Roguelike, Indie, Adventure, Isometric, Arcade, Dungeons, Post-apocalyptic

Early Access: PC → 23 May 2020; Game released: PC → 20 July 2023

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 89/100

Action-roguelike in the spirit of The Binding of Isaac and Nuclear Throne, where the player saves the world from the evil Dracula. The focus is on endless...

Bee Simulator

Arcade, Simulation, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game

Game released: PC → 14 November 2019

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 58/100

Bee Simulator is an adventure bee simulator with a third-person view. The game will allow you to look at the world around you through the eyes of an insect. You'll...

Cyber Protocol

Arcade, Top-down view, Puzzle, Logic, Cyberpunk, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Action

Game released: PC → 17 September 2020

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 96/100

Cyber Protocol is a top-down cooperative arcade puzzle game in cyberpunk style. In the game you have to help the android G0X6, who was killed under mysterious...

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2

Arcade, Sports game, Third-person view, Skateboards, Online

Game released: PC → 3 October 2023

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 88/100

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...

Totally Reliable Delivery Service

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Indie, Sandbox, Casual game

Game released: PC → 1 April 2021; Beta testing: PC → 24 June 2019

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 76/100

Totally Reliable Delivery Service — a fun third-person action game about a "reliable" delivery service that is actually not reliable at all. The main idea is to go...

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Best Games in the Arcade genre of 2020 for PC