Arcade 2011 for Xbox 360 — top best games in the Arcade genre

Mortal Kombat (2011)

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

Game released: Xbox 360 → 27 April 2011

VGTimes: 10.0/10

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Mortal Kombat (2011) is the ninth fighting game in the Mortal Kombat series. The game is both a continuation and a restart of the franchise. The game's plot begins...

Rayman Origins

Arcade, Platformer, Adventure, Action

Game released: Xbox 360 → 24 July 2012

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 85/100

This 2D platform adventure with action elements takes place in the Glade of Dreams, which has been overrun by Darktoons. The Fairy Council calls on Rayman to save...

Driver: San Francisco

Arcade, Action, First-person view, Third-person view

Game released: Xbox 360 → 2 September 2011

VGTimes: 7.6/10

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Driver: San Francisco is a continuation of the legendary arcade racing game with a third-person view in the Driver series. The game tells the story of the events...

Alice: Madness Returns

Arcade, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Horror, Slasher, Gothic

Game released: Xbox 360 → 14 June 2011

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Alice: Madness Returns is a continuation of the legendary third-person arcade platformer American McGee's Alice. Alice is a girl suffering from emotional trauma...

Need for Speed: The Run

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

Game released: Xbox 360 → 17 November 2011

VGTimes: 7.0/10

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 67/100

An arcade racing game about an illegal, high-stakes race from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Empire State Building. The route crosses borders and runs through dense...

Colin McRae: DiRT 2

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...

LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7

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

Game released: Xbox 360 → 18 November 2011

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 73/100

LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 is an adventure arcade action platformer with a third-person view in the Harry Potter universe. The game is based on the last three...

Disneyland Adventures

Arcade, Simulation, Adventure, Third-person view, Fantasy, Open world

Game released: Xbox 360 → 15 November 2011

Players: 7/10

Steam: 91/100

Disneyland Adventures is an arcade adventure simulator with a third-person view, dedicated to Disney characters. Immerse yourself in stories across 15 attractions...

Solar 2

Arcade, Space, Indie, Casual game

Game released: Xbox 360 → 19 June 2011

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 72/100

This open-world arcade sandbox takes place in an infinite abstract universe where the player controls a celestial body. In Solar 2, players can complete varied...

LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game

Arcade, Action, First-person view, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adventure, Online

Game released: Xbox 360 → 10 May 2011

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 73/100

LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game is an arcade action adventure game with a third-person view in the Pirates of the Caribbean universe. You will go on...

Ace Combat: Assault Horizon

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

Game released: Xbox 360 → 14 October 2011

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 48/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Ace Combat: Assault Horizon — the game begins in Miami. The Warwolf fighter squadron, under the command of US Air Force Colonel William Bishop (Warwolf-1...

Dungeon Defenders

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: Xbox 360 → 19 October 2011

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Dungeon Defenders is a dynamic cooperative action role-playing game with a third-person view and elements of the tower defense genre in a fantasy setting. You have...

Virtua Tennis 4

Arcade, Simulation, Tennis, Third-person view, Sports game

Game released: Xbox 360 → 10 May 2011

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Virtua Tennis 4 is a continuation of a series of sports simulators dedicated to tennis. In the game you will find twenty-two world tennis stars, high-definition...

Xotic

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Arcade

Game released: Xbox 360 → 16 November 2011

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 60/100

This arcade-style first-person shooter takes place on a planet overrun by the Orb’s minions. Armed with a weaponized symbiotic creature called the Macroterra, the...

1001 Spikes

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Logic, Indie

Game released: Xbox 360 → 18 January 2011

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 78/100

This arcade platformer with puzzle elements follows Aban Hawkins as he searches the ruins of Ukampa in South America for his missing father, archaeologist Jim...

Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3

Arcade, Fighting, Action, Online

Game released: Xbox 360 → 15 November 2011

Players: 8/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 is an arcade fighting game that features familiar characters from two big universes: the Marvel comic book and Capcom games. Two...

DoDonPachi Resurrection

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

Game released: Xbox 360 → 25 November 2010

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 83/100

DoDonPachi Resurrection is a futuristic Japanese-style top-down arcade shooter. You will go to fight the androids trying to enslave humanity. You will find many...

Ms. Splosion Man

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Puzzle, Side view, Indie

Game released: Xbox 360 → 13 July 2011

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Ms. Splosion Man is a dynamic puzzle platformer with a side view, where the main character is a female version of the "Explosive Man" from the game of the same...

Renegade Ops

Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Tanks, Cooperative (co-op), Arcade

Game released: Xbox 360 → 14 September 2011

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Renegade Ops is a fast-paced top-down arcade shooter. You have to go up against a madman named Inferno, who wants world domination. To destroy it, you can use...

WWE All Stars

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Sports game, Wrestling

Game released: Xbox 360 → 29 March 2011

Players: 6.1/10

Metacritic: 72/100

WWE All Stars is an exciting wrestling simulator licensed by WWE. The game features many World Wrestling Federation superstars, arcade gameplay, great opportunities...

Mortal Kombat: Arcade Kollection

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

Game released: Xbox 360 → 31 August 2011

Players: 6.5/10

Metacritic: 61/100

Mortal Kombat: Arcade Kollection is a collection of three classic fighting games from the Mortal Kombat series, which includes Mortal Kombat (1992), Mortal Kombat 2...

Air Conflicts: Secret Wars

Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, Historical, Simulation, Arcade

Game released: Xbox 360 → 10 April 2012

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 56/100

This arcade flight simulator stages aerial combat during World War I and World War II. Its seven campaigns, based on resistance movements of the Second World War...

Disney Universe

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

Game released: Xbox 360 → 31 July 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 66/100

Disney Universe is a multiplayer action-adventure game with a third-person view set in the Disney universe. You'll play through levels based on famous animated...

Rocksmith

Arcade, Simulation, Music game, Educational game (Education)

Game released: Xbox 360 → 13 September 2012

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Rocksmith is a unique music simulator that will teach you how to play a real guitar. The game offers you the opportunity to quickly and joyfully master the skills...

Red Faction: Battlegrounds

Arcade, Action, Isometric, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Xbox 360 → 6 April 2011

Metacritic: 51/100

This top-down arcade action game is set on Mars and brings the environmental destruction of Red Faction: Guerrilla into vehicle combat. Players battle in tanks and...

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...

Sonic Free Riders

Arcade, Action, Racing, Third-person view

Game released: Xbox 360 → 24 May 2011

Players: 4/10

Metacritic: 47/100

Sonic Free Riders — the player controls the racer using his body movements. For example, to increase speed, he must perform kicking movements, and to perform...

MX vs. ATV Alive

Arcade, Third-person view, Motorcycle racing

Game released: Xbox 360 → 29 November 2011

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 62/100

MX vs. ATV Alive is an off-road motorcycle racing arcade game with a third-person view in the MX vs. series...

Blood Drive

Arcade, Action, Racing, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: Xbox 360 → 2 November 2010

Metacritic: 44/100

Blood Drive — Performers in the fictional desert town of Las Ruletas have stumbled upon a tourism goldmine with the advent of the titular death sport, Blood...

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...

Rio: The Multiplayer Party Game

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Board / Group Game

Game released: Xbox 360 → 8 April 2011

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 63/100

Rio: The Multiplayer Party Game is a multiplayer children's arcade game with a third-person view, created based on the animated film of the same name. Together with...

Check vs. Mate

Arcade, Action, Isometric, Board / Group Game, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: Xbox 360 → 11 May 2011

Players: 7/10

Steam: 73/100

Rotastic

Arcade, Action, Casual game

Game released: Xbox 360 → 21 September 2011

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 66/100

Rotastic is a 2D arcade game built around swinging through levels and completing objectives. Players collect items, avoid traps, fight opponents, smash brick...

BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Fighting, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga

Game released: Xbox 360 → 17 December 2011

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 83/100

BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend is an expanded edition of the dynamic fighting game with a side view Blazblue: Continuum Shift 2. New characters have been added...

UFC Personal Trainer

Arcade, Educational game (Education), Sports game

Game released: Xbox 360 → 1 July 2011

Metacritic: 68/100

This fitness game is built around training methods similar to those used by UFC stars, with the goal of helping players get in shape. UFC Personal Trainer focuses...

Supremacy MMA

Arcade, Fighting

Game released: Xbox 360 → 20 September 2011

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 48/100

An arcade fighting game focused on mixed martial arts and the sport’s founding roots. Supremacy MMA centers on brutal combat intended for a mature...

King of Fighters 13

Arcade, Fighting, Action, Online

Game released: Xbox 360 → 1 December 2011

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 78/100

THE KING OF FIGHTERS XIII is a 2D team fighting game built around the King of Fighters tournament. Players form a team of three, either choosing a preset lineup or...

Rush'n Attack

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view

Game released: Xbox 360 → 30 March 2011

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 58/100

This arcade action-platformer follows a fighter infiltrating an enemy base to free prisoners of war and escape to safety. Armed with a knife and weapons found along...

Phantom Breaker

Arcade, Fighting, Anime / Manga

Game released: Xbox 360 → 1 October 2012

Phantom Breaker is an arcade with a mixture of fighting and anime or manga games from the studio 5pb.. The main publisher of the game is 7sixty. Sometimes the game...

Burnout Crash

Arcade, Racing, Top-down view

Game released: Xbox 360 → 21 September 2011

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Burnout Crash — the main differences between the game and previous parts of the series are: Camera projection in a top view; A table of records is available...

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Best Games in the Arcade genre of 2011 for Xbox 360 (Game released)