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Arcade games. Titles from this category require particularly good manual skills. Main purpose of the gameplay is to reach a specific point or defeat enemies while controlling a character or a vehicle. Arcade games usually don’t have any story or have it in a very simple form. This category contains e.g. popular platformers.

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OlliOlli 2: Welcome to Olliwood
OlliOlli 2: Welcome to Olliwood

Arcade 03 March 2015

Developed by Roll7 studio, OlliOlli 2: Welcome to Olliwood is a continuation of a 2D retro platform game, which has been published in 2014 for the most popular consoles on the market. In the game, an amiable skater known from the previous installment visits entirely new places that, this time around, are associated with the movie industry.

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Gauntlet (2014)
Gauntlet (2014)

Arcade 23 September 2014

A modern remake of the legendary dungeon crawler game, originally released in 1985. The game was the base for several better or worse productions and had multiple sequels for almost all platforms. The new Gauntlet was developed by Arrowhead, known for the Magicka series. Mechanics-wise, the game is a classic top-down arcade production with role-playing elements. You play as heroes traversing expansive dungeons, which are inhabited by monsters and ghosts.

PC

Addiction Pinball
Addiction Pinball

Arcade 12 May 1998

Another production from the popular pinball genre, developed by the British studio Team 17 Software. In the game you will find two detailed tables, dedicated to two popular games of the British producer: World Rally Fever and Worms.

PC

The Hero Trap
The Hero Trap

Arcade canceled

The Hero Trap is an independent dungeon crawler game in the realities of fantasy. We go through deeper and deeper levels of the underground, fighting monsters and searching for treasures. Production is characterized by random generation of locations and the ability to instantly switch between different characters, equipped with different features and abilities.

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Raiden II
Raiden II

Arcade 06 June 1997

A direct continuation of the cult, two-dimensional shooting with vertical scrolling. In this version we sit at the helm of a modern fighter to face the invasion of aliens again. Defeated in the first part of the game enemies managed to rebuild their powerful army and return to complete their work of destroying our planet.

PC

Constant C
Constant C

Arcade 13 March 2013

Produced by International Games System studio 2D platformer with elements of the logical game. The orbital space station conducts research on time and space. Unfortunately, the experiment escapes control, posing a serious threat to the entire universe. A robot is sent to the site to prevent a catastrophe and restore order.

PCX360

Eryi's Action
Eryi's Action

Arcade 06 June 2011

Eryi's Action is a 2D platformer, produced by Xtal Sword studio. The title character wants to eat a juicy melon, which she stores at home. It turns out, however, that the fruit has been stolen by an insidious Farta. Vengeful, Erya sets off on a dangerous journey to collect her property. Despite the "candy" visual setting, the game is addressed to experienced players.

PC

Hill Climb Racing 2
Hill Climb Racing 2

Arcade 18 October 2016

A sequel to the crazy mobile arcade games by Fingersoft. In Hill Climb Racing 2, once again, you drive a variety of vehicles, and your task is to complete a given track within a time limit. You can drive off-road vehicles, motorcycles, scooters, and even buses, and to win you have to use ramps scattered all over the tracks to perform various tricks and acrobatics, which vary depending on your vehicle.

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Best Fiends Forever
Best Fiends Forever

Arcade 20 October 2016

An arcade clicker game by Seriously Digital Entertainment, and the second installment in the series, which began with the logic puzzle game Best Fiends. When the Fiends reached the end of their journey in the previous game, they were defeated and trapped by the forces of evil. You have to release them, which means you have to traverse the land of Minutia, consisting of little islands and inhabited by hostile snails.

ANDiOS

El Hijo: A Wild West Tale
El Hijo: A Wild West Tale

Arcade 03 December 2020

A stealth game set in a spaghetti western setting, developed by Honig studio. It takes place in an alternative version of The Wild West, based on Sergio Leone’s movies. The protagonist – the titular El Hijo – looks for his missing father, traversing places filled with dangers: from an orphanage he was raised in, through a desert full of monster, and up to a town ruled by merciless gunslingers.

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A Rose in the Twilight
A Rose in the Twilight

Arcade 11 April 2017

A 2D platform game by Japanese studio Nippon Ichi Software. The game's protagonist wakes up in a mysterious castle devoid of colors, and discovers that an unknown force froze the flow of time. She can, however, reverse those effects by using a thorn that has grown on her back. Fortunately, the protagonist is not alone — she is accompanied by a friendly giant, who is helping her escape the enormous fortress by lifting and throwing heavy objects.

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Super Mario Odyssey
Super Mario Odyssey

Arcade 27 October 2017

Super Mario Odyssey is a 3D platform game developed for Nintendo Switch and another installment of the Mario video game franchise. In Super Mario Odyssey, the titular plumber has to saved his beloved Princess Peach, who this time faces a forced marriage with the game's main antagonist, Bowser. The game takes place not only in the typical for the series fairy-tale land, but also in the alternative version of the real world.

Switch

Exile's End
Exile's End

Arcade 01 September 2015

A 2D action game inspired by the classic shooters for Commodore 64 and Amiga computers, such as Flashback or Another World. The hero of Exile’s End investigates a space colony to find out why it has lost contact with Earth. He soon finds out that his employers have been conducting some shady experiments. Gameplay wise, Exile’s End is a mix of platformer and action game. We explore the planet’s surface and fend off enemies with various weapons, with a boss waiting at the end of each level.

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Bard's Gold
Bard's Gold

Arcade 14 August 2015

Developed by Pixel Lantern, an independent studio from Germany, a 2D platformer with roguelike elements. The player takes control of the titular bard whose gold is stolen by a sly goblin. In order to get the gold back, the bard sets off on a dangerous journey. Bard’s Gold features a side-view – there are over 100 levels filled to capacity with various dangerous traps and enemies.

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Deadbolt
Deadbolt

Arcade 14 March 2016

An old-school two-dimensional platformer with elements of stealth. It was created by Hopoo Games, a studio known for Risk of Rain. In the game, the player becomes an embodiment of death itself, coming to Earth to stop an undead invasion. Both the sides of the conflict are a bit unusual, because the Grim Reaper uses knives and firearms instead of a scythe, and as for the undead, they are overly watchful and intelligent - they can even wield pistols and rifles.

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Spy Chameleon
Spy Chameleon

Arcade 11 June 2014

An independent logic-arcade game with elements of a sneaking game. We play the role of the title chameleon agent, who performs successive secret missions, trying to avoid detection thanks to the ability to adapt to the color of the environment.

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Tembo the Badass Elephant
Tembo the Badass Elephant

Arcade 21 July 2015

A fast-paced platformer from Game Freak studio, in which the players control the titular war elephant, a nod to John Rambo, and must protect Free Shell city from the mysterious organization known as Phantom, led by a masked villain. Tembo the Badass Elephant offers seventeen different stages, with a few puzzles to solve and many more enemies to eliminate. Those include more powerful foes we meet from time to time that require coming up with appropriate tactic.

PCXONEPS4

Tomba!
Tomba!

Arcade October 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.

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Subway Surfers
Subway Surfers

Arcade 22 May 2012

Colorful arcade game, belonging to the casual genre of endless runners. We play the role of graphic artists caught in the hot deed, who are forced to flee from a police inspector and his dog. During the game, we move around the roofs of wagons and railway tracks, avoiding any obstacles with the help of a special skateboard.

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Cars Toon: Mater's Tall Tales
Cars Toon: Mater's Tall Tales

Arcade 19 October 2010

Cars Special Episode: Buckets on the springs is a collection of arcade mini-games with the protagonists of the popular animated series in the leading roles. The title was created by the Disney Interactive Studios development team with family entertainment in mind. Players have the opportunity to take on a variety of challenges in both cooperation and competition mode.

PC

Naruto Shippuden: Kizuna Drive
Naruto Shippuden: Kizuna Drive

Arcade 15 July 2010

Combining elements of brawling, adventure and jRPG arcade game, which is the next installment of the series, developed on PlayStation Portable handhelds by Bandai Namco. In Naruto Shippuden: Kizuna Drive we play the role of the title warrior, who faces an unknown opponent, responsible for kidnapping all the ninja from the village of Konoha. Like most games based on this popular anime, the production was divided into several main modes.

PSP

Ace Combat: Joint Assault
Ace Combat: Joint Assault

Arcade 31 August 2010

A great arcade game with elements of a simulator about the heavenly battles of combat fighters. The player takes on the role of a pilot and takes part in skirmishes over Tokyo, London or San Francisco. The creators of the series introduced new solutions and improved a lot of elements (e.g. artificial intelligence). The production has a multiplayer mode for 8 players and a cooperation campaign for 4 people.

PSP

Atari Classics Evolved
Atari Classics Evolved

Arcade 01 December 2007

Atari Classics Evolved is a set of eleven Atari classics from coin-op machines, presented in both original and refreshed form. This product also contains several dozen of the biggest hits from the Atari 2600 console.

PSP

R.A. One
R.A. One

Arcade 05 October 2011

Adaptation of an Indian high-budget science-giction film. This is an action game with six playable characters to choose from. Each of them has its own skills and fighting style. The action takes place in twenty locations, meticulously reconstructed on the basis of materials from the cinema version.

PS3