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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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Ultimate Chicken Horse
Ultimate Chicken Horse

Arcade 25 September 2018

Two-dimensional party-game platformer designed to play in multiplayer. Up to four players can take part in the game (locally and over the Internet), and their task is to get to the finish line first and collect as many points as possible. However, it is not a regular race, because in Ultimate Chicken Horse we create the tracks by placing various platforms, jumps and traps on the board.

Save me Mr Tako
Save me Mr Tako

Arcade 30 October 2018

A two-dimensional platform game that is a homage to the genre classics from the first Game Boy and Game Boy Color handhelds. The main protagonist is the titular Mr Tako. He decides to stop the war between humans and intelligent octopuses. In order to achieve this goal, he travels through varied levels scattered across six different worlds. He avoids many dangers, speaks with encountered characters and accepts missions from them. He also solves riddles and fights encountered enemies.

Battle Princess Madelyn
Battle Princess Madelyn

Arcade 20 December 2018

A two-dimensional platform game developed by the independent studio Causal Bit Games (the creators of 2014 Insanity’s Blade). During the game the player controls princess Madelyn who was forced to fight evil in order to save the kingdom and her family. The gameplay of Battle Princess Madelyn relates to classic titles like Ghosts ’n Goblins and Ghouls ‘n Ghosts.

88 Heroes
88 Heroes

Arcade 12 October 2017

Pixel-art 2D platformer in which the goal is to pass levels as quickly as possible. The work of the British duo Bitmap Bureau and Rising Star Games puts before us the ambitious task of passing 88 boards in 88 minutes. In addition, for each level we get only 88 seconds. If we fail, the evil Doctor H8 will fire 88 nuclear warheads towards Earth and our planet will cease to exist.

Deemo Reborn
Deemo Reborn

Arcade 17 December 2020

A new version of the mobile production entitled Deemo. This is a music game in which fun is based on playing songs. Unlike the original, the title offers three-dimensional graphics and supports virtual reality.

Spelunky 2
Spelunky 2

Arcade 26 August 2021

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.

Dragon Hills 2
Dragon Hills 2

Arcade 20 January 2022

The game is a continuation to a 2D arcade title; the player assumes control of a powerful dragon. The beast slides down hillsides and hollow underground tunnels, from which it blasts out with impetus, destroying everything in its path - both enemies and environmental objects, such as parts of buildings.

Super Mighty Power Man
Super Mighty Power Man

Arcade TBA

Super Mighty Power Man is a platform arcade game inspired by the classic Mega Man series. Maintained in an old-school atmosphere and equipped with a chiptune soundtrack, the production tells the story of a boy capable of transforming himself into a heroic Super Mighty Power Man. Heros has to travel through new worlds, dealing with evil bosses to prevent the approaching conquest of the Earth.

Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator
Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator

Arcade 31 October 2020

Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator is a humorous game allowing the players to assume the role of a pizzeria manager. Developed by Scott Cawthon, the game is a spin-off to one of his survival horror series - Five Nights at Freddy's - and hides a certain surprise for the fans.

Floor Kids
Floor Kids

Arcade 07 December 2017

Floor Kids in an arcade game by MERJ Media and Hololabs, in which you participate in breakdance duels. The production features a wide range of dancers and moves to unlock, as well as a multiplayer mode based on an innovative scoring system.

Sally's Law
Sally's Law

Arcade 05 April 2018

The so-called Sally law is the opposite of Murphy's law - it symbolizes a very happy, groundbreaking moment when suddenly everything in someone's life seems to fit together and arrange as it should. Created by Nanali Studios Sally's Law is a platform and logic game based on quite simple, but satisfactory mechanics.

SteamWorld Dig 2
SteamWorld Dig 2

Arcade 21 September 2017

A sequel to the 2013 metroidvania title, developed by Image & Form. Once again, the players are taken to a unique world that combines steampunk with western setting, this time as a female robot looking for her missing friend. The gameplay of SteamWorld Dig 2 doesn’t depart from the groundwork of its predecessor, focusing on digging underground tunnels to reach places of interest and find treasures we can spend to upgrade our equipment.

Blaster Master Zero
Blaster Master Zero

Arcade 09 March 2017

A blend of a 2D platformer and a simple shoot'em-up game by Inti Creates. The production is another installment in the series, which started in 1988. The protagonists are skilled scientist Jason Frudnick and Fred, a mysterious creature he discovered. When the latter escapes the laboratory, Jason pursues him. He ends up in a cave, where he finds an advanced, battle-ready vehicle called Sophia-III. Blaster Master Zero features two game modes.

TumbleSeed
TumbleSeed

Arcade 03 May 2017

An arcade roguelike game developed by a team of independent developers: Benedict Fritz, Greg Wohlwend, Joel Corelitz, David Laskey and Jenna Blazevich. Players are taken to a fantastic, fairy-tale like world as a titular seed. Their task is to climb to the peak of a high mountain to save the hero’s house from incoming threat. TumbleSeed’ gameplay revolves around traversing five varied, procedurally generated environments, like jungle, desert and ancient temples.

Bullet Soul
Bullet Soul

Arcade 29 September 2022

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.

Oh My Godheads: Party Edition
Oh My Godheads: Party Edition

Arcade 25 September 2018

An arcade game focused on multiplayer matches. The players must take talking explosive heads to certain locations while competing with each other.

Lost Words: Beyond the Page
Lost Words: Beyond the Page

Arcade 06 April 2021

Lost Words is an unusual 2D platform game. It's set inside a young girl's diary and you explore both the text written on the pages and the fantastical lands it describes. An important aspect of the game is solving logic puzzles, done by manipulating words to change the in-game world.

Nefarious
Nefarious

Arcade 12 September 2018

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.

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.

VOEZ
VOEZ

Arcade 09 March 2017

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.

Alto's Odyssey
Alto's Odyssey

Arcade 26 November 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.

Spheroids
Spheroids

Arcade 20 July 2018

A hilarious 2D platformer developed and published by Eclipse Games - an independent Spanish studio. The player is taken to an alternative, angular, version of Earth, which has fallen victim to an attack of aliens from another dimension. Round-shaped creatures, the titular Spheroids have flooded the planet and are trying to turn everything into round objects. A young boy by the name of Lucas and a crazy scientist called Otto are the only ones capable of defeating the invaders.

Mighty Gunvolt Burst
Mighty Gunvolt Burst

Arcade 15 June 2017

Mighty Gunvolt Burst is a sequel to the 2014 arcade game Mighty Gunvolt that was released on Nintendo 3DS. Both games were developed by Inti Creates, 2D action games specialists. We play as the titular Gunvolt, a hero who can control lightning and uses that ability in his fight against evil. He is aided by the ghost of a girl name Joule who lives inside our protagonist, providing him protection in critical situations.

Mega Man Legacy Collection 2
Mega Man Legacy Collection 2

Arcade 22 May 2018

A collection of classic 2D platform games from the popular Mega Man series created by Capcom. This production is a sequel to Mega Man Legacy Collection, released in 2015, and it offers four games that were absent in the aforementioned collection. This time we get: Mega Man 7 released in 1995 on SNES console, Mega Man 8 released in 1996 on PlayStation and SEGA Saturn as well as two newest parts of the series: Mega Man 9 (2008) and Mega Man 10 (2010).