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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. more

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Unit 4
Unit 4

Arcade 24 May 2017

A dynamic and demanding platform game in a retro setting. Developed by Gamera Interactive, Unit 4 focuses on the adventures of four alien special agents trying to save their star system from inevitable doom. An army of evil aliens has invaded the protagonists’ home planet and stolen a sacred artifact. Since similar robberies have occurred on other planets, the entire system is slowly falling into its demise, as it cannot function without the aforementioned artifacts.

Star Wars: Droid Repair Bay
Star Wars: Droid Repair Bay

Arcade 06 December 2017

A free game, in which the player assumes the role of a member of the Resistance who fixes droids damaged in combat – his task is to replace damaged parts. The title requires virtual reality goggles and motion controllers to work and it debuted before the premiere of Star Wars: The Last Jedi movie.

Robbotto
Robbotto

Arcade 16 August 2018

An old-school platform game, in which you explore a space cruiser and eliminate hostile robots. In Robotto, you jump on platforms, avoid various traps, and fight opponents, including ten powerful boss enemies.

Pigeon Simulator
Pigeon Simulator

Arcade 2025 (early access since 2024)

Another crazy simulator - this time we have a unique chance to play the pigeon that sows fear and destruction in the streets of a certain city. The Pigeon Simulator was developed by Bossa Studios, also known for its surgeon simulators.

Dragons: Dawn of New Riders
Dragons: Dawn of New Riders

Arcade 15 February 2019

An action adventure game based on the license of the animated movie series How to Train a Dragon. In Dragons: Dawn of New Riders, players take control of the researcher Scribbler and his dragon Patch, who are trying to stop the sinister Eira.

Incredible Mandy
Incredible Mandy

Arcade 27 November 2018

An action adventure game in which we play the role of a boy traversing the land of sleep, where he and his sister Mandy look for lost memories belonging to him and his sister - Mandy. While playing in Incredible Mandy, we explore different locations, solve ingenious environmental riddles and fight against enemies, which we eliminate with the help of a magical sword known as Excalibur of Light.

Gris
Gris

Arcade 13 December 2018

Gris is an artistic 2D platformer. We are guided by the actions of the title girl trying to deal with the painful past. We travel through a beautiful, surreal world, solving puzzles and overcoming simple platform sequences. The game is the work of Nomad's debuting studio.

Stern Pinball Arcade
Stern Pinball Arcade

Arcade 24 December 2016

An arcade pinball that attempts to reintroduce the spirit of classic coin-operated flippers manufactured by Stern, a North American pinball manufacturer with over 40 years of development history. The game was developed by FarSight Studios – the authors managed to introduce classic tables and legacy ROMs based on the original code, as well as detailed walkthroughs for each device.

Little Nightmares: Secrets of The Maw
Little Nightmares: Secrets of The Maw

Arcade 07 July 2017

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.

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.

Genital Jousting
Genital Jousting

Arcade 18 January 2018

Genital Jousting is an unusual party game developed by Free Lives and published by Devolver Digital. We take part in various minigames, with up to eight players in local or online mulitplayer mode. What is unusual about the game is that we are controlling flaccid penises with wiggly anuses. Our "protagonist" can be dressed up in various clothes which will make him somewhat unique and easy to distinguish among the other "characters" controlled by the rest of the players.

The Watchmaker
The Watchmaker

Arcade 17 May 2018

A steampunk action-adventure game with logic features. The title was developed by the independent studio Micropsia Games from Chile. The Watchmaker takes place inside a giant clock tower, and during the game the player assumes the role of a guard named Alexander. One day, a sabotage takes place in the tower, disrupting the flow of time and causing the protagonist to grow old extremely fast.

DISTANT
DISTANT

Arcade TBA

A platform game in which the player travels through a pastel, oneiric world, trying to stop its annihilation. The gameplay is based on exploring the environment, jumping from platform to platform, avoiding various terrain obstacles and solving uncomplicated environmental riddles.

Bullet Soul
Bullet Soul

Arcade 07 April 2017

Two-dimensional shoot up originally released on the Xbox 360, and later also released on PCs. While playing, we steer one of the several available combat ships and fight countless enemies.

Super Bomberman R
Super Bomberman R

Arcade 12 June 2018

Super Bomberman R is another game in the popular Bomberman series and a launch title for the Nintendo Switch, developed by Konami. The game has 3D visuals, but we observe the action from the classic top-down perspective. We play as the titular Bomberman, and our job is to eliminate enemies we encounter on various maps with the bombs at our disposal. Even though the gameplay mechanics are not that complex, a more tactical approach is needed when entering new levels.

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.

Alto's Odyssey
Alto's Odyssey

Arcade 13 August 2020

A continuation of a well-received 2015 mobile endless runner Alto's Adventure, developed by Snowman. Like its predecessor, Alto's Odyssey does not feature a story as such - in the game, the player assumes the role of a snowboarder who has to overcome the obstacles, jump over chasms, run from the enemies, catch runaway animals, and perform various snowboard tricks, for which he is awarded points.

Castle in the Darkness
Castle in the Darkness

Arcade 05 February 2015

A two-dimensional platformer created by an independent develope Matt Kap and inspired by such classics of the genre as the Metroid or Castlevania series. The player assumes the role of a daredevil who's goals are to liberate the Kingdom of Alexandria from the rule of a ruthless wizard and to rescue a princess the evildoer has kidnapped.

Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap
Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap

Arcade 08 June 2017

A remake of the classic 8-bit platform game Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap, originally released in 1989, developed by Lizardcube. You play as the eponymous hero, who has to kill a dragon lurking in a cave. Unfortunately, by fulfilling his task he brings upon himself a mysterious curse, which transforms him into a humanoid lizard, and his new objective is to get rid of the spell.

Freedom Planet
Freedom Planet

Arcade 22 July 2014

Reminiscent of titles published years ago on 16-bit consoles, a 2D platformer with anthropomorphic animals in the main roles. The production is strongly inspired by the old parts of the Sonic the Hedgehog series.

Deadlight: Director's Cut
Deadlight: Director's Cut

Arcade 21 June 2016

A remastered edition of a 2012's two-dimensional platformer by studio Tequila Works, designed for PC and eighth generation of video game consoles. The plot of the title is set in an alternative version of the 80s, in which, as a result of a mysterious virus, world was overrun by zombies. During the game we play the part of a survivor named Randall Wayne, who is trying to reach a safe place and meet up with his friends and family. When it comes to mechanics, the game is a 2.

Vesper
Vesper

Arcade 30 July 2021

Vesper is a 2D platform game, full of stealth elements and puzzles consisting of playing with the light, in which we control a small android, setting off on a journey to save its kind from complete extinction.

Heavenly Bodies
Heavenly Bodies

Arcade 07 December 2021

Heavenly Bodies is a humorous game for one or two players, in which even the simplest of tasks posed on our way are challenged (and laughed at) by the physics of objects, due to the settling of action in space.

Balan Wonderworld
Balan Wonderworld

Arcade 26 March 2021

A three-dimensional platformer from the creators of Sonic the Hedgehog and NiGHTS Into Dreams. We follow the maestro Balan into a fairytale land, facing platforming challenges and enemies and using the power of special outfits.