Arcade Video Games12
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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Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy
8.0 Game Score
Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy is an arcade and music game produced by Indieszero studio. The player directs the actions of the hero, who has to restore the harmony disturbed by Chaos in a space called Rhythm. The gameplay consists mainly of pressing colored icons to the rhythm of about 50 melodies and songs from the main scenes of the Final Fantasy series.
Shank 2
8.0 Game Score
Shank 2 is a continuation of a bloody 2D platformer by Klei Entertainment, a Canadian company, released in 2010. The title character, a former mafia killer, tries to redeem his guilt and protect his loved ones from the danger threatening them.
Rayman Jungle Run
8.0 Game Score
Spin-off of a popular platformer with Rayman in the lead role, which debuted first on mobile devices. In this part of the game we travel through 70 fabulously colorful levels, located in 7 different worlds, and the aim of the game is to get the best possible result on each of them.
Tearaway Unfolded
8.0 Game Score
An enhanced edition of the 3D platform game by Media Molecule, originally released in 2013 for PlayStation Vita. Tearaway Unfolded is set in a magical world made entirely of paper. The game's protagonist is a cute girl with a headdress — a courier, who has to deliver an important message, and your task is to help her. You travel through dangerous locations and not only control the girl, but also influence the surroundings in various way.
Super Stardust Portable
8.0 Game Score
Portable version of Super Stardust HD, which was released on PlayStation 3 in 2007. Players take on the role of a space fighter pilot, eliminating asteroids and alien ships appearing on the board.
Snake Pass
8.0 Game Score
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.
Hue
8.0 Game Score
The debut production of the independent studio Fiddlesick, combining elements of platformer and logic game. While playing, we assume the role of the eponymous hero whose task is to find his lost mother. The path to his goal is a bumpy one because his mother, a lady scientist who deals with color research, got lost somewhere in a monochromatic world. In the game, we traverse vast, single-colored maps, avoiding various obstacles and solving puzzles based mostly on color manipulation.
Little Nightmares: Secrets of The Maw
8.0 Game Score
An expansion for Little Nightmares, a platform game released in spring 2017 by Tarsier Studios. Secrets Of The Maw is divided into three episodes, in which we follow a completely new hero, a boy named The Runaway Kid who tries to escape an underwater facility, the eponymous Maw. While playing, we discover dark secrets of this place and learn answers to a number of questions that remained unanswered after the adventures of Six from the basic game have ended.
Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum Session!
8.0 Game Score
Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum Session! is the first game in this popular Japanese series to be released for PlayStation 4; it is a typical rhythm game, which is especially user friendly towards newcomers in the genre, as it requires the player to use only two buttons. The game offers over 70 tracks, and one can play it with a friend in the split-screen mode.
Yoku's Island Express
8.0 Game Score
An original mixture of a platformer and a metroidvania game, developed by Villa Gorilla - a small Swedish studio. The game is set on Mokunama - an island where the player meets the protagonist - a sympathetic beetle. Working as a postman, he stumbles upon traces of a serious affair, the victim of which is an ancient divine being that had been taking care of the land. The insect's goal is to find a way to wake up the sleeping guardian in order to bring peace and order back to the island.
Little Nightmares II
8.0 Game Score
Sequel of the memorable 2017 platformer produced by Tarsier studio. Little Nightmares II introduces new heroes, locations and enemies, preserving the unique atmosphere of the first installment.
Spelunky 2
7.9 Game Score
The continuation of the popular platform game, in which the player takes on the role of the titular spelunker. Your task is to explore randomly generated tunnels and caves, where you can find countless treasures, as well as numerous traps and dangerous enemies.
Disney The Lion King
7.9 Game Score
Platforming based on an animated film titled The Lion King. While playing Disney The Lion King, we play the role of Simba's lion, whose task is to deprive the royal usurper, Skazy, of power. The gameplay consists of travelling through stages inspired by places known from the original, avoiding dangers lurking there and fighting with enemies.
Spyro Reignited Trilogy
7.9 Game Score
A collection of three three-dimensional platform games that were originally released on the first PlayStation. The protagonist is a small, purple dragon named Spyro. The collection features the following games: Spyro the Dragon, Spyro 2: Ripto’s Rage! and Spyro: Year of the Dragon. The games feature almost the same gameplay as the originals, but their graphics were greatly refreshed.
Grow Up
7.9 Game Score
Developed by Ubisoft Reflections studio, an arcade adventure game with platformer elements, which is a continuation of Grow Home published in 2015. During gameplay you assume the role of a likeable, red robot named BUD. Gameplay consists of exploration of a huge world – a colorful 3D planet with flying islands surrounding it, which hide various kinds of surprises. Your objective is to collect samples of local fauna and flora and also to reveal the secrets guarded by each locations.
The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+
7.9 Game Score
Second DLC for The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth developed by Nicalis studio. It adds tens of unique items to create more surprising combinations, new monsters to defeat, the special bestiary that describes them, and bonus rooms that form a huge labyrinth. Aside from that, the add-on features more difficult Greed mode and an additional chapter, as well as a new playable character and five unique challenges.
LEGO Marvel's Avengers
7.9 Game Score
Another installment in a bestselling action-adventure game series based on the license of the LEGO bricks. This title is a result of cooperation between the developers from Traveller’s Tales and the Marvel company. Once again, players visit the amazing world of comic superheroes. The story is based on the Avengers film (2012) and its sequel Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015).
Psychonauts 2
7.9 Game Score
A three-dimensional platform game and a continuation to the 2005's Psychonauts, a game by Double Fine Productions studio. The main protagonist of the game is our old acquaintance, a psychic named Raz, who specializes in trips to other people's minds. Invited to the headquarters of the eponymous secret organization, employing people with psychic talents from all around the world, he discovers that the group is in serious trouble and it is up to him to rescue them.
Entwined
7.9 Game Score
An abstract arcade game in which players control two lovers' souls at the same time, taking the shape of a fish and a bird. During the game we help them in their footsteps through the air corridors, which create subsequent levels. The characters are controlled by means of analogue knobs.
Kirby: Triple Deluxe
7.9 Game Score
Kirby: Triple Deluxe is the first installment of the popular in Japan Kirby series, which was released on the Nintendo 3DS console. Again we are dealing with a colorful side-scrolled platformer, whose main character is a pink ball with the ability to absorb various objects and spit them out with great power. In comparison to previous editions of Triple Deluxe has been enriched with new powers for the main character and competitive multiplayer mode for four people.
Mega Blast
7.9 Game Score
Created by the native studio LK Avalon, a derivative of the famous arcade game Dyna Blaster. Moving in the labyrinth of steel and concrete slabs, we try to eliminate enemies with bombs. The game is enriched by the hidden on the maps findings, which can make it easier or significantly more difficult to play.
The Binding of Isaac
7.9 Game Score
Created by the independent developer Team Meat, who also created Super Meat Boy, The Binding of Isaac is a roguelike action shooter with RPG elements. In game, the player becomes Isaac and travels through successive randomly generated dungeons, similar to the ones in the first installments of The Legend of Zelda series. Each level is filled with scores of enemies, demanding boss fights, and classical puzzles.
