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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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Lost Journey
Lost Journey

Arcade 28 January 2016

Lost Journey is a mobile platform game. We play as Jennifer, a young girl who tries to find true happiness and the road to heaven by finding and collecting pieces of happy memories. She is accompanied by an angel who took the form of a beautiful butterfly. The game is presented from a side-scrolling perspective. In it, we explore oneiric locations filled with traps and obstacles. Jennifer will have to not only face many dangers, but also solve various puzzles.

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Cars 3: Driven to Win
Cars 3: Driven to Win

Arcade 13 June 2017

Another installment in a series of racing games based on Pixar animated movies. The game was developed by Avalanche Software, creators of titles like Pure and Split/Second: Velocity. The title enables the player to control more than twenty customizable vehicles-characters (animated cars are the main protagonists of Cars). Among them there are Lightning McQueen and Cruz Ramirez, who prepares for an encounter with his rival Jackson Storm. The action takes place on twenty unique tracks.

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Ninja Spinki Challenges!!
Ninja Spinki Challenges!!

Arcade 26 January 2017

A unique arcade game by dotGears, a studio founded by Dong Nguyen, the creator of Flappy Bird. You play as the eponymous Spinki, a little ninja warrior, who needs to face a series of challenges, which will measure his reflexes and skills. The challenges are six minigames, in each of which you have a different task to complete. The first challenge involves avoiding the cat bouncing around the screen.

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Stikbold! A Dodgeball Adventure
Stikbold! A Dodgeball Adventure

Arcade 01 April 2016

An arcade sports game developed by Curve Digital in which we assume control of a professional dodgeball duo. We are taken to the 1970s and introduced to Bjorn and Jerome, a dodgeball duo supported by a demanding coach. When it turns out that their rivals have been abducted in the eve of the final match, the heroes, unwilling to accept a walkover, embark on a journey to free their opponents from the hands of the devil himself.

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Decksplash
Decksplash

Arcade 02 November 2017

A crazy arcade game developed for personal computers. It focuses on online battles between two teams on skateboards, who must perform tricks and stunts to cover the battlefield with their group’s color. The winner is a team that paints the most terrain before time runs out.

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Splasher
Splasher

Arcade 07 February 2017

An original platform game created by Splashteam - an independent studio founded by a former Ubisoft employee, who had co-created such games as Rayman Origins or Rayman Legends. Splasher takes the player to the headquarters of Inkorp, a company managed by Le Docteur. This ominous figure decides to break the daily routine at the company and bring the workers to their knees. One of the employees is the game's protagonist, who tries to stop the villain and save his co-workers.

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Nefarious
Nefarious

Arcade 23 January 2017

Developed by the small studio StarBlade, a classic 2D platformer. Unlike other platformers in which you, most commonly, save the world, Nefarious enables you to take control of a villain who tries to capture the princesses of five kingdoms and defeats hordes of knights and heroes who defend their kingdoms. Gameplay consists of jumping, avoiding obstacles, and of course fighting. However, the main anti-hero is not armed to the teeth.

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Snake Pass
Snake Pass

Arcade 28 March 2017

An action platform game with logical puzzles. It was developed by British studio Sumo Digital. The title is based on a prototype created by Seba Liese during a Game Jam. Snake pass tells a story about the adventures of a snake and his friend, a hummingbird. Together they must find keys to the magical gates that provide magical power to the Harmony Foothills. They are doing it in order to defeat a mysterious intruder who threatens the lives of the inhabitants of the realm.

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Pokemon: Magikarp Jump
Pokemon: Magikarp Jump

Arcade 25 May 2017

A mobile arcade game by the Japanese studio Select Button, set in the universe of the Pokemon game series. Splash! Magikarp takes place in the world created for the previous mobile installments of the franchise, such as Pokemon Shuffle, Pokemon Trading Card Game Online, Pokemon Go or Pokemon Duel. The story focuses on mysterious holes, which one day appear in a small town. The holes are shaped like the first-generation fish Pokemon Magikarp.

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Tomb of the Mask
Tomb of the Mask

Arcade 09 February 2016

An oldschool mobile arcade game by Happymagenta UAB, stylistically similar to first arcade games ever created. In Tomb of the Mask you play as a treasure hunter, who finds a magical mask, which gives him the ability to walk on walls and ceilings. This newfound skill helps him in exploring an underground maze in search of precious artifacts, as well as avoiding traps and enemies. During the game you move your character up, down and sideways in order to escape the maze, which moves vertically up.

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RiftStar Raiders
RiftStar Raiders

Arcade 28 February 2018

A top-down space shooter game designed specifically to deliver a co-op experience. The creators of the game, Climax Studios, were inspired mainly by titles popular long ago in arcades. The player takes on the role of an adventurer-pilot, who lives in the criminal center of the galaxy. The protagonist earns their living by selling valuable pieces of hardware salvaged from destroyed spaceships, oftentimes neutralized by themselves.

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VOEZ
VOEZ

Arcade 26 May 2016

Developed by the Taiwanese studio Rayark, VOEZ is an arcade rhythm game available on mobile devices. The game tells the story of Chelsea - a high school student, who loves to sing and decides to form a band with five of her friends. The player learns about the group’s successes from Chelsea’s journal, the entries of which can be unlocked as the story progresses. One’s objective is to help the young musicians in their rehearsals and concerts.

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MX Nitro
MX Nitro

Arcade 14 February 2017

A wacky motocross game, developed by Saber Interactive. The players participate in races taking place on over 40 diversified tracks while riding various cross motorcycles. Depending on the chosen game mode, the objective is either to be the first to reach the finish line, or to gain a certain point advantage over the opponents. As an award for their efforts, the players can race against one of 13 bosses.

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Runner3
Runner3

Arcade 22 May 2018

Another entry in the BIT.TRIP series – 2D auto runner platformers – developed by Gaijin Entertainment. The plot of Runner3 is a continuation of the adventures of CommenderVideo, the hero from the previous games. The gameplay didn't change much when compared to the previous titles but there are a few new features and improvements which are the result of community feedback.

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Clustertruck
Clustertruck

Arcade 27 September 2016

A first-person perspective action game with platform features, developed by Swedish studio Landfall Games. In Clustertruck the player is tasked with jumping across the roofs of trucks that drive in a convoy. Each level has its beginning and end, and the objective of the game is to complete the whole track without touching the ground. Despite the simple gameplay rules, as the game progresses the objectives become harder and crazier.

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Vulture Island
Vulture Island

Arcade 19 September 2016

A mobile 2D platform game developed by Donut Games, the creators of the successful Traps n’ Gemstones. Vulture Island tells a story about an adventure of four children, who as a result of a malfunction of their flying machine are stranded on a mysterious island. What is worse, with all the confusion, one of the children – the designer of the machine – has disappeared, and the rest needs to find him.

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Dawn of the Devs
Dawn of the Devs

Arcade canceled

A two-dimensional platformer in which we find ourselves in the world of Wicked World of Gaming, where we have to face the negative aspects of the video game industry. During the game we play as characters modelled on famous developers, including Tim Schafer from Double Fine Productions, Cliff Bleszinski from Boss Key Productions and Hideo Kojima from Kojima Productions.

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Diep.io
Diep.io

Arcade 16 April 2016

Another free-to-play game developed by the creator of Agar.io – a minimalistic action game developed for mobile devices and Internet browsers. In contrast to its predecessor, in Diep.io the player doesn’t control a ball, but a small tank in which he fights other players over points. The vehicle can move in all directions and the cannon is controlled independently from the rest of the machine. The gameplay focuses on sending missiles at colorful figures appearing on the map.

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Shadow Bug Rush
Shadow Bug Rush

Arcade 05 October 2016

A sequel to Shadow Bug, a mobile arcade game by Muro Studios. In Shadow Bug Rush you play as a ninja worm, who makes his way through dangerous level. Like in classic platform games, you explore 2D locations, fight enemies and avoid traps. The controls are noteworthy, sine you hold you device horizontally and determine where the protagonist is going by touching the screen with your finger. To attack an enemy, you have to click on them.

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SuperHyperCube
SuperHyperCube

Arcade 13 October 2016

A minimalistic action logic game developed by independent studio Kokoromi which employs Phil Fish, the creator of the successful platform game Fez. The creators of SuperHyperCube were inspired by science-fiction movies from the 80s, such as Tron or Blade Runner. The gameplay employs virtual reality technology. The player is tasked with moving three-dimensional figures in such way that they fit the holes in the walls. The figures are quickly moving towards the player.

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Grumpy Cat's Worst Game Ever
Grumpy Cat's Worst Game Ever

Arcade 22 December 2016

Grumpy Cat: Ready, Set, No is a set of arcade and logical minigames. Its main attraction is the presence of the Internet's most famous unamused feline - the Grumpy Cat, known from numerous memes. Grumpy Cat: Ready, Set, NO is a mobile arcade game with comedy elements, inspired by the Nintendo's famous WarioWare games. The whole game is a set of clever minigames, each of which has different goals and mechanics. They are all connected by the Grumpy Cat's character.

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8 Ball Pool
8 Ball Pool

Arcade 01 October 2010

Miniclip's simple billiard game arcade game for online duels. With successive victories, we advance to higher and higher levels, gaining access to new billiard clubs, in which players play for a higher stakes.

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Windlands
Windlands

Arcade 05 April 2016

A three-dimensional platformer game developed by the independent team at Psytec Games with VR headsets in mind. The gameplay, presented from the first-person perspective, focuses on exploring ancient ruins and cities — the player’s task is to reach an exit or a portal that takes us to the next location. We traverse increasingly complex levels on foot; however, the protagonist has a grappling hook at his disposal which allows him to jump between platforms that float in the air.

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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.

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