Arcade 2018 for Xbox One — top best games in the Arcade genre

Arcade, Online, Simulation, Racing, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Motorcycle racing

Game released: Xbox One → 29 June 2018

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 66/100

The Crew 2 is a sequel to the racing simulator with an open world and various types of transport. You will be able to roam the open world in the USA. The game...

Unravel Two

Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Xbox One → 9 June 2018

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Unravel Two is the second part of an exciting side-scrolling adventure puzzle game. Now Yarny will travel in company with a similar creature woven from blue yarn...

LEGO DC Super-Villains

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

Game released: Xbox One → 16 October 2018

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 74/100

LEGO DC Super-Villains is an arcade action-adventure game with a third-person view in the DC comics universe. The story begins with the disappearance of the Justice...

Spyro Reignited Trilogy

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

Game released: Xbox One → 13 November 2018

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Spyro Reignited Trilogy is a re-release of the popular arcade platformer with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. Re-release includes Spyro the Dragon...

Horizon Chase Turbo

Arcade, Racing, Third-person view

Game released: Xbox One → 28 November 2018

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Horizon Chase Turbo is an exciting third-person racing arcade game from the creators of the original Horizon Chase. The game features 73 tracks in 32 different...

Road Redemption

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Motorcycle racing

Game released: Xbox One → 19 December 2018

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 67/100

Road Redemption is the spiritual successor to the Road Rush series of racing and brutal motorcycle chases. The game takes you on a brutal journey across the United...

Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker

Arcade, Online, Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Xbox One → 31 August 2018

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 62/100

Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker is a multiplayer fighting game with a third-person view, where the most famous characters in the universe await all Naruto fans...

Dragon Ball FighterZ

Arcade, Fighting, Side view

Game released: Xbox One → 26 January 2018

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 86/100

The game takes you into the spectacular world of cult manga and anime, turning each fight into a dynamic battle on a grand scale. The game is created in the style...

Mercenary Kings

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie

Game released: Xbox One → 6 February 2018

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Mercenary Kings is a side-scrolling run-and-gun platformer similar to games like SNK's Metal Slug series. Players can jump, crouch, roll, shoot in four directions...

Turok 2: Seeds of Evil

Arcade, Action, Shooter, First-person view

Game released: Xbox One → 2 March 2018

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Turok 2: Seeds of Evil is a classic dynamic first-person shooter where the brave hero Turok fights a huge number of dangerous enemies using all kinds of weapons...

LEGO The Incredibles

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Comics

Game released: Xbox One → 15 June 2018

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 69/100

LEGO The Incredibles is an arcade action adventure game with a third-person view, based on the cartoons "The Incredibles" and "Incredibles 2". You can go on amazing...

Burnout Paradise Remastered

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

Game released: Xbox One → 16 March 2018

Players: 8.1/10

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...

SoulCalibur 6

Arcade, Fighting, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Xbox One → 19 October 2018

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 83/100

SoulCalibur 6 is a continuation of the popular series of arcade fighting games in Japanese style. The game features a new defensive mechanic that allows you to use...

Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy

Arcade, Action, Third-person view

Game released: Xbox One → 29 June 2018

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Crash Bandicoot Trilogy is a remastered version of three Crash Bandicoot arcade games, including Crash Bandicoot, Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back and Crash...

Nine Parchments

Arcade, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Xbox One → 7 March 2018

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 67/100

Nine Parchments is an isometric co-op action game from the creators of Trine. The plot of the game tells about a group of student magicians who decide to skip...

Hungry Shark World

Arcade, Action, Free game, Side view

Game released: Xbox One → 17 July 2018

Players: 8.3/10

Hungry Shark World is a free-to-play arcade action game with a side view. In the role of a shark, you have to quench your hunger by eating various sea creatures...

Mega Man 11

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

Game released: Xbox One → 2 October 2018

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Mega Man 11 is the sequel to the classic side-scrolling action platformer set in the sci-fi universe of Mega Man. You will find classic dynamic gameplay with many...

Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms

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

Game released: Xbox One → 11 December 2018

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...

Earth Atlantis

Arcade, Shooter, Indie, Steampunk

Game released: Xbox One → 1 June 2018

Metacritic: 70/100

Earth Atlantis is a side-scrolling arcade shooter in a steampunk style for mobile platforms. You will go to the depths of the ocean, where there are strange...

Castaway Paradise

Arcade, Simulation, Strategy, Adventure, Business / Management

Game released: Xbox One → 31 July 2018

Metacritic: 66/100

Castaway Paradise is a top-down arcade management simulator where you have an entire island at your disposal. The game is a universal sandbox with many interesting...

Injustice 2: Legendary Edition

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Comics, Side view

Game released: Xbox One → 30 March 2018

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 88/100

Injustice 2: Legendary Edition is a complete edition of the side-scrolling arcade fighting game set in the DC Comics universe, containing all previously released...

Nidhogg 2

Arcade, Fighting, Indie, Side view

Game released: Xbox One → 19 July 2018

Metacritic: 76/100

Nidhogg 2 is a sequel to the arcade side-scrolling indie fighting game. The sequel received completely new graphics and animation, characters stylistically similar...

NBA 2K Playgrounds 2

Arcade, Basketball, Sports game

Game released: Xbox One → 16 October 2018

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 68/100

NBA 2K Playgrounds 2 is a continuation of the arcade 2 on 2 basketball simulator. New single and multiplayer modes and basketball team compositions have been added...

Dead Ahead: Zombie Warfare

Arcade, Shooter, Strategy, Post-apocalyptic, Free game, Side view

Game released: Xbox One → 6 April 2018

Players: 7.5/10

Dead Ahead: Zombie Warfare is a free-to-play arcade shooter with strategy elements in the tower defense genre for mobile platforms. You will go to the pixelated and...

Lumines Remastered

Arcade, Music game, Puzzle, Logic, Side view, Match-3 (Three in a row)

Game released: Xbox One → 26 June 2018

Metacritic: 81/100

Lumines Remastered is an updated version of the arcade side-scrolling match-3 rhythm puzzle game for modern platforms. In it you have to throw two-color blocks down...

Brawlout

Arcade, Fighting, Side view, Fantasy

Game released: Xbox One → 21 August 2018

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 63/100

Brawlout is a crazy side-scrolling arcade fighting game. You have to fight in various arenas, choosing your hero from anthropomorphic fighters, including a toad, a...

My Memory of Us

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Side view

Game released: Xbox One → 10 October 2018

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 71/100

My Memory of US is an adventure arcade platform with a side view. The game will tell the story of two friends - a girl and a boy who found themselves in different...

Chasm

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

Game released: Xbox One → 9 November 2018

Players: 5.9/10

Chasm is a side-scrolling adventure RPG action platformer in a fantasy setting. You have to try on the role of a young recruit performing his first mission...

Trailblazers

Arcade, Action, Racing, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Xbox One → 9 May 2018

Metacritic: 65/100

Trailblazers is an arcade co-op racer with a third-person view, in which the tracks are created completely randomly. The game features mechanics reminiscent of...

Mark of the Ninja Remastered

Arcade, Action, Stealth, Platformer, Side view

Game released: Xbox One → 9 October 2018

Players: 7.8/10

Mark of the Ninja Remastered is a special version of the side-scrolling arcade action platformer with stealth elements for Nintendo Switch. The events of the game...

Way of the Passive Fist

Arcade, Fighting, Side view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Xbox One → 7 March 2018

Metacritic: 66/100

Way of the Passive Fist is a side-scrolling 2D arcade fighting game. As a mysterious traveler, you will go on a dangerous adventure around the world in search of...

Owlboy

Arcade, Platformer, Side view

Game released: Xbox One → 10 April 2018

Players: 9/10

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...

Tennis World Tour

Arcade, Simulation, Tennis, Sports game

Game released: Xbox One → 12 June 2018

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 44/100

Tennis World Tour is a realistic third-person tennis simulator that is the spiritual successor to the Top Spin series. Expect an honest simulation of real tennis...

Yoku's Island Express

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

Game released: Xbox One → 29 May 2018

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Yoku's Island Express is an arcade action-platformer adventure with side-scrolling pinball mechanics. You will try on the role of a beetle named Yoku, who landed on...

Slaps And Beans

Action, Adventure, Arcade, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Old school

Game released: Xbox One → 24 July 2018

Metacritic: 63/100

Slaps And Beans is a retro-style game about Terence Hill and Bud Spencer, Italian actors who together made many action-packed comedies and spaghetti westerns...

The MISSING: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view

Game released: Xbox One → 11 October 2018

Players: 8/10

The MISSING: J.J. Macfield and the Island of Memories — an atmospheric arcade puzzle-platformer with a side view from the creator of the horror Deadly...

Planet Alpha

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view

Game released: Xbox One → 4 September 2018

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Planet Alpha is a side-scrolling adventure arcade action platformer. The main character wakes up on a planet unknown to him, which has become home to hundreds of...

Anodyne

Arcade, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Xbox One → 21 September 2018

Players: 1/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Anodyne is a top-down arcade game with a fantasy twist from the developers of Analgesic Productions and Sean Hogan and Jonathan Kittaka. The main publisher of the...

Guns, Gore & Cannoli 2

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

Game released: Xbox One → 12 October 2018

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Guns, Gore & Cannoli 2 is a fantastic sequel to the side-scrolling arcade shooter. The events of the game take us 15 years forward, after the end of the first part...

LEGO Harry Potter Collection

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Collection, Puzzle

Game released: Xbox One → 30 October 2018

Players: 5.2/10

Metacritic: 73/100

A collection of two games that recreate the magical world of Harry Potter in LEGO style, covering all seven books and eight films. Players are immersed in a journey...

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Best Games in the Arcade genre of 2018 for Xbox One (Game released)