Arcade 2009 for Xbox 360 — top best games in the Arcade genre

Colin McRae: DiRT 2 - a game in the Arcade genre

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

Game released: Xbox 360 → 8 September 2009

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Colin McRae: DiRT 2 is a continuation of the popular rally racing simulator with a third and first person view. An interesting and, at the same time, quite complex...

BlazBlue Calamity Trigger

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Anime / Manga

Game released: Xbox 360 → 25 June 2009

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 85/100

BlazBlue Calamity Trigger is an anime-style fighting game set in Kagutsuchi, a hierarchical city where the Librarium regulates Armagus, a power that combines magic...

Peggle Nights

Arcade, Action, Casual game, Puzzle

Game released: Xbox 360 → 18 November 2009

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 76/100

This arcade puzzle game takes the Peggle Masters into a dream world where they encounter their alter egos. Players aim and launch a ball to clear orange pegs from...

Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box

Arcade, Action, Racing, Third-person view

Game released: Xbox 360 → 11 February 2009

Players: 8.3/10

Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box is an expanded edition of the racing arcade game with a third-person view. The game is built on three main pillars, which should...

Peggle

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

Game released: Xbox 360 → 11 March 2009

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Peggle is a fun side-scrolling arcade puzzle game. You have to shoot a limited number of balls at the walls and at the same time you need to hit the multi-colored...

Gunstar Heroes

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Side view

Game released: Xbox 360 → 11 June 2009

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 89/100

This side-scrolling action shooter follows the Gunstar family, protectors of the planet Gunstar 9. After the twins’ older brother is kidnapped and placed under mind...

Comix Zone

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Post-apocalyptic, Comics, Side view

Game released: Xbox 360 → 10 June 2009

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 94/100

Comix Zone is an arcade action game with fighting game elements and a side view in the style of comics. Sketch Turner is an artist based in New York. One day...

Altered Beast (1989)

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Arcade

Game released: Xbox 360 → 11 June 2009

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 93/100

This arcade action platformer is set in a mythological world and follows a quest to rescue Athena, the daughter of Zeus, who has been captured by Neff, God of the...

Tekken 6

Action, Fighting, Arcade, Side view

Game released: Xbox 360 → 3 September 2013

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Tekken 6 is a side-scrolling arcade action fighting game. In this game you have to fight with other characters to become the champion of the tournament. A large...

Diner Dash

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Isometric

Game released: Xbox 360 → 18 November 2009

Metacritic: 63/100

An arcade game about Flo, a restaurant entrepreneur working her way to the top of the food-service industry. The player controls Flo as she advances in her...

OutRun Online Arcade

Arcade, Racing, Third-person view

Game released: Xbox 360 → 15 April 2009

Players: 1/10

Metacritic: 79/100

OutRun Online Arcade is an arcade racing game in which players drive Ferraris across the roads of the United States. The selection includes 10 licensed cars, and...

Worms: Reloaded Game of the Year Edition

Arcade, Strategy, In real time, Platformer, Third-person view, Turn-based

Game released: Xbox 360 → 1 July 2009

Worms: Reloaded Game of the Year Edition is a third-person arcade turn-based strategy game with platformer elements. Experience the visuals of a new high-definition...

R-Type Dimensions

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

Game released: Xbox 360 → 4 February 2009

Metacritic: 79/100

R-Type Dimensions is an arcade shooter in which players battle through 14 stages infested with the Bydo and confront the Bydo Empire, which threatens Earth. The...

Shinobi (1989)

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

Game released: Xbox 360 → 11 June 2009

Metacritic: 78/100

This arcade action-platformer follows the ninja Joe Musashi as he confronts the criminal organization Zeed, which has kidnapped the children of the Oboro clan. He...

Sam & Max Season 1

Arcade, Adventure, Third-person view

Game released: Xbox 360 → 17 June 2009

Metacritic: 74/100

Sam & Max Season 1 is an episodic adventure comprising six self-contained stories linked by a larger mystery. The episodes can be played in any order, though...

Sam & Max Save the World

Adventure, Arcade, Third-person view, Point & Click, Comedy

Game released: Xbox 360 → 17 June 2009

Players: 10/10

Steam: 94/100

Sam & Max Save the World is a re-release of the first season of Sam & Max from Telltale Games, which was released from 2006 to 2007. The remaster received updated...

Platypus

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

Game released: Xbox 360 → 23 November 2009

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 59/100

Platypus is a fun side-scrolling arcade shooter. The events of the game will take you to an amazing plasticine world, where the peaceful country of Mungola is...

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...

Cars: Race-O-Rama

Arcade, Action, Racing, Third-person view

Game released: Xbox 360 → 30 October 2009

Players: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 56/100

This arcade racing game follows Lightning McQueen and Chick Hicks as they prepare student racers in Radiator Springs for the Race-O-Rama Exhibition. The academy’s...

Deathsmiles

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Anime / Manga

Game released: Xbox 360 → 23 April 2009

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Deathsmiles is an arcade action game with a third-person view in the anime style. You will play the role of one of five angels in defense of the magical land of...

Fatal Fury: Mark of the Wolves

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

Game released: Xbox 360 → 24 June 2009

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 77/100

This fighting game centers on a tournament held ten years after the death of Geese Howard. His son Rock has inherited his father's martial arts skills and emerges...

Brave: A Warrior's Tale

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Xbox 360 → 25 September 2009

Metacritic: 45/100

This adventure action game follows Brave as he sets out to protect his tribe from sources of evil. His journey takes him through untamed wilderness, where he...

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...

Dance Dance Revolution

Arcade, Action, Music game, Third-person view

Game released: Xbox 360 → 27 October 2009

Dance Dance Revolution is a third-person arcade game with action and music elements from developers from Konami Studios and Konami Digital Entertainment. The main...

Arkanoid Live!

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Arkanoid

Game released: Xbox 360 → 6 May 2009

Metacritic: 58/100

An arcade block-breaker in which the player controls the Vaus paddle, bouncing an energy ball to destroy blocks on screen. Arkanoid Live! retains the classic game's...

Star Trek: D-A-C

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

Game released: Xbox 360 → 13 May 2009

Steam: 50/100

Metacritic: 52/100

An arcade space shooter about battles between Starfleet and the Romulan Empire. Star Trek: D-A-C offers single-player, online multiplayer and co-op, with matches in...

Heroes Over Europe

Arcade, Simulation, Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, Third-person view

Game released: Xbox 360 → 15 September 2009

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 63/100

Heroes Over Europe — the game's plot takes place in the very center of intense air battles of the Second World War in the European theater of operations. The...

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

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

Game released: Xbox 360 → 4 August 2009

Metacritic: 46/100

This third-person action-arcade shooter, based on G.I. JOE: The Rise of Cobra, continues the film’s story as the G.I. JOE team counters a new plot by COBRA...

Storage Inc

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

Game released: Xbox 360 → 24 August 2009

Storage Inc is a top-down arcade game with strategy and puzzle elements from developers from Stolpskott Studios. The game is published by Stolpscott Studios. There...

Ion Assault

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

Game released: Xbox 360 → 23 September 2009

Players: 1/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Ion Assault is an arcade space shooter built around controlling ion particles and using them against obstacles and enemies. Each level has a limited supply: the...

Miner Dig Deep

Arcade, Logic

Game released: Xbox 360 → 4 February 2009

Steam: 91/100

Miner Dig Deep is an arcade game from developers from the Robir studio. The main publisher of the game is Robir. It is possible that Miner Dig Deep is being...

Virtual-On: Oratorio Tangram

Arcade, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Combat robots

Game released: Xbox 360 → 29 April 2009

Virtual-On: Oratorio Tangram is a first-person arcade game with a mixture of action, shooter and robot simulator from the masters from the studio SEGA Enterprises...

Ghostbusters: The Video Game (Amazon.com Slimer Edition)

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Third-person view

Game released: Xbox 360 → 16 June 2009

Ghostbusters: The Video Game (Amazon.com Slimer Edition) is a third-person arcade game with a dash of action and shooter from Terminal Reality, Inc. studios. and...

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Third-person view

Game released: Xbox 360 → 5 August 2009

Players: 6.4/10

Metacritic: 60/100

This side-scrolling arcade beat ’em up pairs updated 3D graphics with the classic gameplay formula of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. In Teenage Mutant Ninja...

Johnny Platform Saves Xmas!

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: Xbox 360 → 8 December 2009

Johnny Platform Saves Xmas! is an arcade game with elements of action, platformer, puzzle and indie game from developers from the IshiSoft studio. The game is...

Spac3 Invaders Extr3me

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

Game released: Xbox 360 → 6 May 2009

Spac3 Invaders Extr3me is a third-person arcade game with action and shooter elements from developers from the Taito Corporation studio. The game is published by...

King of Fighters '98: Ultimate Match

Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Arcade

Game released: Xbox 360 → 1 July 2009

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 73/100

This arcade fighting game brings characters from the King of Fighters series together for a “dream match” in which selected fighters face off. Ultimate Match...

Impossible Game

Arcade, Action, Platformer

Game released: Xbox 360 → 23 November 2009

Players: 4.7/10

Impossible Game is an arcade game with a dash of action and platforming. There has still been no announcement of Impossible Game for...

Madden NFL Arcade

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

Game released: Xbox 360 → 24 November 2009

Metacritic: 63/100

This arcade football game features 5-on-5 matches with top players from each of the 32 NFL teams. There are no penalties or game clock; each team has four downs to...

Avatar Drop

Arcade, Action

Game released: Xbox 360 → 3 September 2009

Avatar Drop is an arcade game with action elements. Avatar Drop may be in development for PC, but that version has not yet been...

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Best Games in the Arcade genre of 2009 for Xbox 360