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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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Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam
Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam

Arcade 03 December 2015

A unique arcade game with RPG features, created by Nintendo by combining two, so far, separate franchises: Mario & Luigi and Paper Mario. The gameplay concentrates on exploration and completing various missions, while solving puzzles and fighting enemies. In Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam, players can take control of several different characters (including Mario, Luigi, and Paper Mario among others) and use their unique skills to overcome various obstacles.

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Risky Rescue
Risky Rescue

Arcade 19 May 2015

A simple arcade game from the independent Polish studio Digital Melody. Player takes control of a helicopter and is involved in dangerous rescue missions, helping people who got stuck e.g. on mountain peaks, lighthouses and roofs of railway carriages. Each task must be performed without damaging the machine, avoiding collisions with one of many obstacles, which isn’t easy because of simple controls, preventing any precisions when flying.

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Calvino Noir
Calvino Noir

Arcade 25 August 2015

A platformer game with stealth elements, inspired by hard-boiled fiction. The action of Calvino Noir takes us to the 30s of the 20th century where we assume control of a team of thieves that commit audacious robberies. Our team involves a wide range of original characters, each having their unique skills and equipment. While playing, we take on a number of robberies that we have to carefully plan before going on the mission.

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PixWing
PixWing

Arcade 10 September 2015

An arcade flying simulator for mobile devices by a three-man team at RymPow, a side project by employees of the Warsaw-based 11 Bit Studios. We take control of various flying machines, like biplanes, jets or anti-gravity vehicles from the future, and pass tracks with rings located in hard to reach places that we must fly through. There are also many obstacles and enemies that make our task even more difficult. PixWing offers two game modes: Free Roam and classic Time Trial.

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Sonic Runners
Sonic Runners

Arcade 28 January 2015

A mobile game and a part of one of the most popular franchises in history. The production is a blend of a platformer and a typical runner game, set in the universe of Sonic the Hedgehog. You can not only play as the main character, but also as his friends, including Tails the Fox and Knuckles. The levels, called “episodes” in-game, are endless, although you can progress to the next one after earning a certain amount of points.

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Mega Man Legacy Collection
Mega Man Legacy Collection

Arcade 25 August 2015

A bundle of six installments of the popular series of two-dimensional platformer games, Mega Man. The collection includes the major entries in the franchise that were initially published in years 1987-1993 on 8-bit consoles. The action of these titles takes place in an undefined future. While playing, we assume the role of the eponymous Mega Man who is a sentient humanoid robot who fights various mechanical enemies created by a mad scientist and inventor, Dr. Wily.

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Retry
Retry

Arcade 20 October 2014

Two-dimensional handicraft, maintained in a retro style. In production, we take control of a small aircraft and cross complex routes, full of obstacles and narrow passages. The production is distinguished by the mechanic - the monoplane moves very unstable, and the player changes its position by spinning loops in the air.

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Drylands
Drylands

Arcade 15 April 2015

A mobile platformer with significant RPG elements. Drylands is set in a grim vision of the future, in which human civilization has fallen and the water supply on Earth has nearly run dry. In the game you play as an experienced warrior, whose mission is to help citizens of a small town repel bandit attacks. Gameplay in Drylands focuses mainly on exploration, gathering items, fighting enemies, and avoiding traps.

iOS

room13
room13

Arcade 13 January 2017

An action platform game by indie studio Paper Robot. You play as a nameless and faceless protagonist. Their task is to discover their identity, which can be done by traversing a labyrinth full of aggressive zombies. You can choose one of about 30 faces (including a shark head) and craft your own weapons — the wide range of available parts allows you to create hundreds of combinations.

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Skiing Yeti Mountain
Skiing Yeti Mountain

Arcade 20 May 2015

An arcade game by Featherweight Games. The gameplay consists of skiing down the eponymous mountain. Regardless of your chosen track, to succeed you have to avoid trees and slalom between colorful flagpoles (you move right by the blue ones and left by the red ones). There are various types of terrain — apart from the standard white snow, you can also encounter deep snow, which slows you down, and ice, which makes you go faster.

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Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games

Arcade 18 February 2016

Another entry in popular series of sport games, in which we meet characters from the most famous franchises of Nintendo and SEGA companies. The cycle first launched in 2007, since then accompanying each subsequent summer and winter Olympic Games, meaning that the 2016 edition takes us to the arenas of XXXI Olympic Games at Rio de Janeiro, where, once again, two teams of characters will compete with each other.

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Action Henk
Action Henk

Arcade 11 May 2015

Action Henk is a dynamic arcade game developed by a Dutch studio RageSquid. Henk is one of the best stunt men from the 80's and the 90's. Unfortunately, age has finally caught up with him and the days of his glory are over. To fight his midlife crisis, he accepts Doctor Kentony's challenge to prove that he did not lose much of his younger self. We will have to beat over seventy various levels where we will have to get from point A to point B as quick as possible.

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Down the Mountain
Down the Mountain

Arcade 09 July 2015

An arcade game from the endless runner genre, developed by the independent studio Umbrella. The protagonist runs down a crumbling, randomly generated hill and he must stay alive by performing as many moves as possible. However, this is hindered not only by various traps, but also animals and drivers that cross our way. Our actions are constantly rated with points, and the stars that we collect throughout the game can be used to unlock more than 60 additional characters.

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Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice
Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice

Arcade 27 September 2016

One of the side installments of the popular series of action games in which the protagonist is the famous blue hedgehog named Sonic. Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice is a companion game for the Sonic Boom television series. The title was created by Sanzaru Games, the studio also responsible for the video game Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal. Similarly as that game, Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice is a colorful, two-dimensional platform game divided into levels and filled with action sequences and puzzles.

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Mega Run: Redford's Adventure
Mega Run: Redford's Adventure

Arcade 21 May 2012

Colourful 2D platformer, classified in the category of endless runners. We play the role of a nice red creature, who sets out to rescue his siblings, kidnapped by a mysterious monster. The game boils down to jumping over obstacles as well as the chasm and neutralizing creatures circulating on the platforms. During the game we also collect coins and precious stones.

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Super Stickman Golf 2
Super Stickman Golf 2

Arcade 14 March 2013

The second part of the mobile dexterity series, offering an unusual approach to the subject of popular golf. The task of the players is to place the ball in the hole with as few moves as possible. However, two-dimensional golf courses are set in quite original places, and on our way stands a whole lot of extremely sophisticated obstacles, in which various bonuses and special abilities help to overcome them.

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Goat Simulator: GoatZ
Goat Simulator: GoatZ

Arcade 06 May 2015

The second large expansion to Goat Simulator – the crazy action game with a goat protagonist which parodies the wave of various virtual simulators. This time the developers from Coffee Stain Studios decided to ridicule sandbox survival zombie apocalypse games. The title of the DLC references to MMO game DayZ which for a long time remained in Steam Early Access. Goat Simulator: GoatZ is a purchasable expansion which requires the core version of the game to work.

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Sword Of Xolan
Sword Of Xolan

Arcade 21 May 2015

Sword of Xolan is a 2D platformer created by a Turkish indie developer Alper Sarikaya. The game takes us to the fantasy land invaded by the dark forces. Xolan, the titular protagonist, has no other choice but to take his sword and face the powerful enemy. The game is presented from a side-scrolling perspective. Gameplay focuses on exploring new levels, avoiding traps, and fighting. We will face over thirty different opponents and three powerful bosses.

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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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Snake Rewind
Snake Rewind

Arcade 13 May 2015

A new version of the classic mobile game Snake by the original creator, Taneli Armanto. In Snake Rewind you control a snake, who constantly moves forwards, and your task is to direct it at meals scattered all over the screen. By eating them, the snake gets longer, which increases your points, but also makes it harder to play, as the space to maneuver decreases. If you hit the wall or your own tail, you lose. Snake Rewind consists of ten levels, each of them featuring a different visual style.

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Schrodinger's Cat and the Raiders of the Lost Quark
Schrodinger's Cat and the Raiders of the Lost Quark

Arcade 23 September 2014

A crazy platformer with logical elements, taking place in a slightly abstract world of quantum physics. In a molecular zoo, unexplained events occur, as a result of which the park is controlled by malignant elementary particles. The title Schrödinger Cat is called for help.

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Echelon
Echelon

Arcade 12 May 2001

Echelon is a futuristic flight simulator produced by Buka Entertainment studio. The action of the game was set in the future. The player takes on the role of the pilot of the Galactic Federation and, sitting at the helm of modern flying machines, takes part in battles against a dangerous alien race. The creators have prepared several variants of the game, including a multiplayer network mode for up to 16 people.

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Eliminator
Eliminator

Arcade 03 March 1999

As a prisoner of war, taken captive in some futuristic war, you become a target for modern weapons tested by the enemy. Now it's time to escape.

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Cue Club
Cue Club

Arcade 29 June 2000

Cue Club is a simulator of billiards in three-dimensional graphics, created by Buldog Interactive. We have at our disposal 8 chat-rooms, where we gain opponents, play duels and play billiard tournaments. The game is distinguished by a wide range of game types such as snooker, American billiards and English 8-ball or Speed Ball. The atmospheric locations have been enriched with atmospheric music, adequate to the style of a given competition room.

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