The most interesting arcade games this year
All the best and most popular games of the year, upcoming releases, and hits from the past. Use filters to narrow down search.
Rooftops & Alleys: The Parkour Game
Arcade 21 May 2024
A freeruning TPP/FPP arcade game about parkour. Rooftops & Alleys: The Parkour Game has us playing as a freerunner, trying out various city courses. The game rewards clearing obstacles quickly, having smooth runs and performing air tricks to boost the multiplier score.
Surmount
Arcade 02 May 2024
A platformer with adventure elements, in which we must climb the world's tallest mountain. Surmount has us making our way through numerous stages, getting past environmental obstacles, trying to use the law of physics to our advantage.
Braid: Anniversary Edition
Arcade 14 May 2024
A re-mastered version of the extraordinary platform and logic game Braid, in which we manipulate time. The Braid Anniversary Edition was created by the authors of the original from 2008 - independent studio Thekla, which prepared the game for modern hardware platforms.
Luigi's Mansion 2 HD
Arcade 27 June 2024
The remastered version of Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon. Luigi's Mansion 2 HD stars Luigi, traversing haunted mansions in search of pieces of the shattered Dark Moon.
Sonic X Shadow Generations
Arcade November 2024
Remastered and expanded version of the Sonic Generations platformer from 2011, combining 2,5D and 3D gameplay. Sonic X Shadow Generations offers both the original content, as well as the new campaign in which Shadow is the main protagonist.
Sneak Out
Arcade 06 June 2024
A free-to-play multiplayer game from Kinguin. Sneak Out allows up to five players to pose as penguins, trying to escape from the haunted castle and capable of blending with the environment to hide. The sixth player can play as the Hunter, planning to catch the penguins.
SCHiM
Arcade 18 July 2024
SCHiM is an unconventional platform game in which we navigate a lost spirit, jumping from shadow to shadow. The game is the work of indie developer Ewoud van der Werf, working with Extra Nice studio.
Aerial_Knight's We Never Yield
Arcade August 2024
The second installment of the auto-runner series, featuring 2,5D platforming and inspired by the Black Panther character. Aerial_Knight's We Never Yield offers the option to control 2 characters at the same time. The game can be played solo or in co-op.
Pac-Man Mega Tunnel Battle: Chomp Champs
Arcade 09 May 2024
An arcade battle royale Pac-Man game. Pac-Man Mega Tunnel Battle: Chomp Champs pits us against 63 other players, doing battle until the last Pac-Man standing.
The Gecko Gods
Arcade August 2024
A 3D adventure platformer. The Gecko Gods has us playing as a gecko on a journey to save its friend, traversing ancient ruins, facing challenges and solving clever puzzles.
The Siege and the Sandfox
Arcade November 2024
The Siege and the Sandfox is a 2D platformer with sneaking elements, reminiscent of the Metroid and Castlevania series. In a lonely desert city, the hero is wrongly accused of murdering the king. Unlawfully sentenced to imprisonment in dungeons, he must find his way to the surface and clear his name. Only truth can prevent the collapse of the kingdom.
Parcel Corps
Arcade October 2024
A TPP arcade game, in which we play as a bicycle courier. Parcel Corps tasks us with traversing the city of New Island, delivering packages on time and performing spectacular tricks.
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Rumble
Arcade 25 June 2024
An arcade TPP game in which we control characters placed in glass balls. Super Monkey Ball: Banana Rumble is the next entry of a Sega series originating from 2001. It features a large adventure mode (to be played alone or in co-op), as well as various multiplayer modes.
Gift
Arcade 08 May 2024
A platformer with adventure game elements. Gift tasks us with escaping a sinking ship by jumping onto platforms, avoiding traps and solving environmental puzzles.
Tomba! Special Edition
Arcade 01 August 2024
Produced by Ukrainian studio Creoteam, a soccer game that combines elements of a virtual team manager with turn-based strategy. In the beginning of the game, you create your own club, and help it win the championship through a series of victories. Matches are played out in turn-based system, in which you give commands to your players, a formula quite unusual for this genre. In each turn you can execute up to 3 actions, and every action takes a number of movement points.
GEX Trilogy
Arcade November 2024
A remastered compliation of three first GEX Games: GEX, GEX: Enter the Gecko and GEX 3: Deep Cover Gecko; it was created by Limited Run Games and Square Enix.
One Last Breath
Arcade 28 March 2024
One Last Breath is an action adventure game in 2.5D platform game convention set in the world after the destruction of humanity. As Gaia, endowed with powers of nature, tries to bring back to life the Earth devastated by human civilization.
Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition
Arcade 18 July 2024
An unusual collection of Nintendo's retro games. Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition was inspired by the tournaments from the past and it's about speedrunning. We can participate in timed challenges from various popular NES games and post results on leaderboards.
Once Upon a Time... Life: Origins
Arcade 2024
Once Upon a Time... Life is a arcade puzzle game. It has also a certain educational element - which is not a coincidence, as it is based on the licence of a well-known animated series, telling about the secrets of human body.
Phantom Abyss
Arcade 25 January 2024
FPP action adventure game with asynchronous multiplayer mode. In Phantom Abyss we play as treasure hunters and by moving through procedurally generated temples and avoiding traps and other dangers, we try to get legendary relics.
Symphonia
Arcade October 2024
A music-themed platformer. Symphonia stars Philemon, a violinist traversing a musical world, assembling an orchestra to stop the silence the land is falling into.
Mario vs. Donkey Kong
Arcade 16 February 2024
A remake of a 2004 puzzle platformer. Mario vs. Donkey Kong stars the titular plumber, facing off against Donkey Kong to reclaim the Mini-Mario toys he stole.
Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution
Arcade October 2024
The sixth installment of the platforming series Shantae. Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution is set between the first game and Shantae: Risky's Revenge.
The Smurfs: Dreams
Arcade October 2024
A 3D platformed based on the Smurfs licence. In The Smurfs: Dreams we traverse beautiful lands, trying to wake up the Smurfs affected by Gargamel's curse. We also solve puzzles, jump on platforms and fight. The game supports both singleplayer and local coop on a shared screen.
Chasing the Unseen
Arcade 07 March 2024
An action arcade TPP game, in which we explore dreamlike locations and climb on large creatures. Chasing the Unseen takes us to various dream worlds, which were designed using fractal geometry and similar techniques. This resulted in many abstract locations.
The Endless Mission
Arcade August 2024 (early access since 14 November 2019)
Educational game in which we create various interactive productions. While having fun we move to an open world, where we look for various dice with ideas. Mixing them together, we produce new games.
Pepper Grinder
Arcade 28 March 2024
Pepper Grinder is a dynamic platform game with good 2D graphics. The main element of the game is a powerful grinder that we use to dig tunnels, solve puzzles and fight.
Oddada
Arcade October 2024
A music game presented at the "Indie Game Showcase" organized by Wholesome Games. It was developed by Sven Ahlgrimm and Mathilde Hoffmann. In this title, you guide your train through a small world of toys, creating a series of unique melodies and rhythms along the way.
Rift of the NecroDancer
Arcade 2024
The second part of a series of roguelike RPG and rhythm games. Rift of the NecroDancer was developed by Brace Yourself Games studio, which created the first installment of the series and its add-ons.
Just Crow Things
Arcade October 2024
A wacky third-person arcade game starring a mischievous crow. Just Crow Things tasks us with helping animals and bothering humans, earning Crowputation needed to join the Cool Crow Clique.
Lorn's Lure
Arcade 2024
Lorn's Lure is a challenging first-person 3D platformer, in which we explore a huge forgotten fortress as a robot. Chequers play a key role in the gameplay, allowing us to climb on almost any surface.
Guinea Pig Parkour
Arcade November 2024
Humorous platformer in a fairy-tale style from the 1990s. In Guinea Pig Parkour, we run through colourful stages, overcome terrain obstacles, fight with enemies and help friendly characters.
Unbeatable
Arcade 2024
A story-driven rhythm game developed by independent studio D-CELL GAMES. Take on the role of a young singer and help her master track after track of music in the Japanese animation style UNBEATABLE.
UFO 50
Arcade November 2024
Compilation of independent games that is a tribute to the times of 8-bit consoles. UFO 50 is a pack of fifty items - from classic platformers, through shoot 'em ups to RPG titles. Each project is a full-fledged production, combining inspirations from the past with new ideas and a contemporary way of designing. Although the individual games are slightly smaller than the commercial hits released in the 1980s, they still offer over 100 hours of fun.
Rollers of the Realm 2: Reunion
Arcade 2024
Rollers of the Realm: Reunion is a pinball and RPG game set in a fantasy world, designed to play solo and in co-op mode, where we fight numerous battles and strive to reunite different civilizations.
Airhead
Arcade 12 February 2024
A metroidvania type game, made in a platformer convention. In Airhead we take control over two heroes living in symbiosis. Body and Head travel through a dystopian land and learn its secrets, trying to regain the heart that gives the other one life-giving oxygen.