Arcade 2008 for Xbox 360 — top best games in the Arcade genre

Need for Speed: Undercover - a game in the Arcade genre

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

Game released: Xbox 360 → 8 June 2010

Players: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 59/100

Need for Speed: Undercover is a continuation of the popular arcade racing series with a third-person view. The plot of the game will allow you to work undercover...

Metal Slug 3

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Arcade, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Xbox 360 → 2 January 2008

Players: 10/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A 2D arcade run-and-gun shooter in which a soldier fights through stages filled with enemies and giant bosses. Metal Slug 3 features five large stages with...

SoulCalibur

Arcade, Action, Fighting

Game released: Xbox 360 → 2 July 2008

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 83/100

This fighting game centers on duels between blade-wielding fighters. SoulCalibur features 19 playable characters and eight modes, including Story, local Versus for...

Castle Crashers

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Slasher, Adventure

Game released: Xbox 360 → 27 August 2008

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Castle Crashers is a furious side-view co-op action game designed for 4 people. The game takes place in the fictional Middle Ages, in which an evil sorcerer steals...

Disney Bolt

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

Game released: Xbox 360 → 18 November 2008

Players: 10/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 55/100

Disney Bolt is an arcade action-adventure game with a third-person view. Players take control of the heroic characters Bolt and his owner Penny from the TV series...

Ultratron

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

Game released: Xbox 360 → 25 December 2008

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 73/100

In a retro-futuristic world, the last human has been killed by evil robots, and a battle droid sets out to avenge the human race. Players fight through more than 40...

Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts

Arcade, Logic

Game released: Xbox 360 → 11 November 2008

Metacritic: 79/100

Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts — The game has a variety of vehicle options to help Banjo pilot across land, water and air. Vehicle parts range from standard...

Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2

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

Game released: Xbox 360 → 30 July 2008

Metacritic: 90/100

Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 — the player controls an agile claw-shaped figure that can move and shoot independently in any direction. The goal of the game...

Deadliest Catch: Alaskan Storm

Arcade, Simulation, Warships / Submarines

Game released: Xbox 360 → 17 June 2008

Metacritic: 56/100

Deadliest Catch: Alaskan Storm — The gameplay is based on the TV show Deadliest Catch. You have to catch fish and crabs in the Bering Sea, navigate glaciers...

SoulCalibur 4

Arcade, Action, Fighting

Game released: Xbox 360 → 15 May 2011

Metacritic: 85/100

This weapon-based fighting game follows the conflict surrounding two legendary swords, with fighters battling on interactive stages. SoulCalibur IV brings back...

Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts

Arcade, Platformer, Third-person view, Logic

Game released: Xbox 360 → 5 December 2008

Poker Smash

Arcade, Strategy, Top-down view, Puzzle, Card game

Game released: Xbox 360 → 6 February 2008

Metacritic: 81/100

This arcade puzzle game combines match-three mechanics with poker: the player forms poker hands by matching cards vertically and horizontally to score points and...

Looney Tunes: Acme Arsenal

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

Game released: Xbox 360 → 16 January 2009

Metacritic: 35/100

Looney Tunes: Acme Arsenal — The evil Doctor Frankenbeans has built robots of extraordinary strength. Dr. Frankenbeans is ready to try to destroy the Looney...

MLB Stickball

Arcade, Baseball, Third-person view, Sports game

Game released: Xbox 360 → 8 October 2008

MLB Stickball is a third-person arcade game with a touch of baseball simulator and sports game from developers from the studio Gaia Industries LLC. The main...

Club

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Third-person view

Game released: Xbox 360 → 6 April 2008

Steam: 61/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Club is a fast-paced third-person arcade shooter that offers unique run-and-gun gameplay. You will become a member of a closed club, where participants compete with...

Ikaruga

Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Arcade

Game released: Xbox 360 → 9 April 2008

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Ikaruga is a vertical shooter with unique polarity switching...

Assault Heroes 2

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

Game released: Xbox 360 → 12 December 2011

Metacritic: 75/100

Reimagined for a more intense arcade shooter, Assault Heroes 2 explodes with new combat vehicles, more powerful weapons, enemy units that can be hijacked, extensive...

Feeding Frenzy 2: Shipwreck Showdown

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Casual game, Arcade

Game released: Xbox 360 → 17 September 2008

Players: 10/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 65/100

This arcade game centers on an underwater feeding frenzy, where fish eat smaller ocean creatures and evade predators. The player swims through underwater worlds...

Blitz: The League 2

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Sports game, American Football

Game released: Xbox 360 → 13 October 2008

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 65/100

An arcade American football game in the Blitz series, it offers an alternative to licensed sports titles. In a story mode written by Peter Egan, the player leads a...

Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Third-person view

Game released: Xbox 360 → 26 November 2008

Metacritic: 88/100

This arcade fighting game updates the visuals and music while retaining the fighting system of Super Street Fighter II Turbo. Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix...

Assault Heroes

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

Game released: Xbox 360 → 19 March 2008

Metacritic: 79/100

This arcade shooter follows the surviving members of an elite Special Forces unit as they search for a secret underground laboratory. Players cross enemy-infested...

Raiden Fighters Aces

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, Third-person view, Top-down view, Collection, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Xbox 360 → 7 May 2009

Metacritic: 73/100

Raiden Fighters Aces is a collection of three arcade top-down shooters in which players pilot combat ships. Training mode allows ships and wingmen to be customized...

Planet Delta

Arcade, Puzzle, Logic

Game released: Xbox 360 → 27 November 2008

Planet Delta is an arcade game with puzzle elements from Evolution Dreams Studio. The game is published by Evolution Dreams Studio. The PC version of Planet Delta...

Classicard

Arcade, Board / Group Game, Card game

Game released: Xbox 360 → 22 November 2008

Classicard is an arcade with a touch of a card game from developers from the Flair Games studio. The main publisher of the game is Microsoft Game Studios. But...

PowerUp Forever

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Xbox 360 → 10 December 2008

Metacritic: 62/100

This futuristic arcade shooter pits the player against procedurally generated enemies in changing environments. As the player evolves, weapons can be powered up...

Bomber Boing

Arcade, Action, Fighting

Game released: Xbox 360 → 15 December 2008

Bomber Boing is an arcade game with a mixture of action and fighting from the masters from the Dark Schneider studio. The game is published by Microsoft Game...

N+ (2008)

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Sandbox

Game released: Xbox 360 → 20 February 2008

Metacritic: 81/100

N+ is an arcade platformer set in a futuristic world where a ninja tries to survive among robots that inadvertently kill everything around them. Players run and...

Discs of TRON

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

Game released: Xbox 360 → 13 February 2008

Metacritic: 44/100

This arcade action game centers on disc duels in futuristic 3D arenas. The player faces Sark, defender of the Master Control Program, moving between platforms...

Bliss Island

Arcade, Action, Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Puzzle

Game released: Xbox 360 → 12 March 2008

Metacritic: 43/100

Bliss Island is an arcade game with puzzle elements, in which Hoshi tries to earn a day off on the island. Players tackle more than 25 challenges across nine...

Smash Court Tennis 3 (2007)

Arcade, Third-person view, Sports game, Tennis

Game released: Xbox 360 → 19 August 2008

Metacritic: 62/100

An arcade tennis game in which players compete as or against professional athletes and aim to reach the top of the world rankings. Its roster of 16 players includes...

Golden Axe: Beast Rider

Arcade, Action, In real time, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Xbox 360 → 14 October 2008

Metacritic: 45/100

This fantasy action game with role-playing elements follows a small band of Riders seeking to save their people from annihilation and stop the enemy from enslaving...

Zapper: One Wicked Cricket!

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

Game released: Xbox 360 → 17 November 2008

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 56/100

Zapper: One Wicked Cricket! is a third-person action game with a dash of shooter from the developers at Blitz Games Limited. The game is published by Infogrames...

Adventurer Pets

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Xbox 360 → 6 December 2008

Adventurer Pets is a third-person arcade game with action and platform elements from the masters at Arrogancy Games. The game is published by Arrogancy Games. But...

Hail to the Chimp

Arcade, Action, Strategy, Top-down view, Board / Group Game

Game released: Xbox 360 → 24 June 2008

Metacritic: 52/100

This arcade party game follows a group of animal candidates competing for the Crown after the King of the Animals is forced to resign. Each of the ten contenders...

Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball

Arcade, Sports game, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Xbox 360 → 3 September 2008

Metacritic: 44/100

This arcade sports game turns dodgeball into a contest between teams of pirates, ninjas, zombies and robots. Players throw a red rubber ball to knock opponents out...

Being

Arcade, Platformer

Game released: Xbox 360 → 7 November 2008

Being is an arcade game with a dash of platforming from the masters from the Gameroutfit studio. The game is published by Gameroutfit. But Being has not yet been...

Aaron's Ping-Pong

Arcade, Action, Arkanoid

Game released: Xbox 360 → 25 November 2008

Aaron's Ping-Pong is an arcade game with a mixture of action and arkanoid. But Aaron's Ping-Pong has not yet been released on PC. But it is likely that the game...

Biology Battle

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

Game released: Xbox 360 → 18 November 2008

Metacritic: 69/100

Biology Battle is a top-down futuristic arcade shooter that offers its own take on the classic space shooter...

TRON (2008)

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

Game released: Xbox 360 → 9 January 2008

Metacritic: 43/100

This arcade action game based on Disney’s film takes place in a computer world where the warrior Tron battles the Master Control Program and its aide, Sark. It...

Triggerheart Exelica

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

Game released: Xbox 360 → 27 February 2008

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 63/100

This vertically scrolling arcade shooter is set during an attack on humanity by the Ver'mith. The only weapons capable of stopping them are Exelica and Crueltear...

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Best Games in the Arcade genre of 2008 for Xbox 360