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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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Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime
Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime

Arcade 03 October 2017

A 2D arcade game with platformer elements, and the debut of the Canadian indie developer Astro Base. During the gameplay we step into the shoes of one of the two operators of a small space station, and it is our task to defend it against consecutive waves of enemy attacks. The missions are played out in randomly generated locations, and the players need to navigate the corridors of the station in order to reach the various control consoles that are located inside them.

Super Chariot
Super Chariot

Arcade 10 May 2018

Dedicated to play in the local mode of cooperation, humorous platforming based on the laws of physics. In the game we play the role of a princess who, trying to fulfill the last will of her deceased father, decides to transport the coffin with its remains to the dream place of eternal rest.

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker

Arcade 13 July 2018

Colourful three-dimensional platformer with logical elements. Players take on the role of Toad, one of the heroes known from Mario's games in the lead role, who explores small locations, full of treasures, hidden passages and enemies.

6180 the moon
6180 the moon

Arcade 24 May 2018

Minimalistic two-dimensional platformer in which we play the moon looking for the lost sun. Innovative production mechanics is the combination of the upper and lower edges of the screen. The game has a total of 100 levels of increasing difficulty.

Guns, Gore & Cannoli
Guns, Gore & Cannoli

Arcade 21 December 2017

A two-dimensional shooter which takes place in the gangster underworld during the 20s. The game was developed by a small Belgium studio Crazy Monkey. In the title the player assumes the role of a gangster whose family terrorizes the streets. However, trouble begins when a rival mafia appears in the city. What’s worse, hordes of zombies are conquering the streets.

Super Meat Boy Forever
Super Meat Boy Forever

Arcade 23 December 2020

Super Meat Boy: Forever is a spin-off of the Super Meat Boy series developed by Team Meat. Once again, we get a 2D game where action is presented from a side-scrolling perspective. This time, however, we do not have full control over the titular character. He continuously runs ahead, we can only help him avoid all sorts of traps and obstacles. We will also have fight with powerful bosses every once in a while.

Volgarr the Viking
Volgarr the Viking

Arcade 05 October 2017

Brutal, two-dimensional platformer maintained in retro style. The hero of the game, the Viking named Völgarr, was revived by Odin to kill the army of the evil dwarf Fafnir. As we travel through an army of monsters in a land of monsters, we have to face stronger and stronger enemies, ingenious traps and powerful bosses.

La-Mulana 2
La-Mulana 2

Arcade 20 March 2020

A continuation of a stylish old-school platform game that had us travel through Aztec ruins as Lemeza Kosugi, an agile archeologist similar to Steven Spielberg’s Indiana Jones. La-Mulana 2 enables us to assume the role of the daughter of that hero, who had turned out just like her father, traveling through mysterious, inaccessible locations while wearing her trademark hat. The new adventure takes us to Scandinavia, and introduces a plot inspired by Nordic legends.

Shantae: Half-Genie Hero
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero

Arcade 08 June 2017

Two-dimensional platformer developed by the team at Way Forward Technologies. The game is another entry in a series that originally launched in 2002 on Game Boy Color. The story of Shantae: Half-Genie Hero takes place in fairy tale-like land, inspired by the One Thousand and One Nights. A half-genie, half-human heroine takes off to a different dimension to fight against a recklessly freed ancient evil.

ibb & obb
ibb & obb

Arcade 05 March 2020

Cooperative two-dimensional platformer. Each of the two players controls a creature who wants to reach the end of the board, divided into two parts. Its lower half has inverted gravity. Both heroes must therefore help each other by using portals that allow them to move to the other side.

Cook, Serve, Delicious!
Cook, Serve, Delicious!

Arcade 12 October 2023

Cook, Serve, Delicious! is a demanding arcade game with elements of strategic production. The player's task is to run a catering point located in a high skyscraper. Success depends on well-thought-out planning of the next working days and effective customer service.

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140

Arcade 09 January 2020

Minimalistic 2D platformer, produced by independent Carlsen Games studio. The player's task is to guide a small geometric figure through the board full of obstacles, whose appearance changes to the rhythm of the music played. The game received the Independence Game Festival 2013 award for soundtrack.

Shu
Shu

Arcade 23 January 2018

An original platform game by Scottish studio Secret Lunch, combining arcade elements with the necessity of making moral decisions. The plot focuses on the eponymous protagonist trying to escape a violent storm. To stay alive, he has to reach the summit of a mysterious mountain, but the road is full of various dangers. Shu constantly moves to the right side of the screen, sliding and avoiding traps.

Life Goes On: Done to Death
Life Goes On: Done to Death

Arcade 23 July 2018

Life Goes On is a humorous platformer game by the independent studio Infinite Monkeys. The player assumes control of a group of brave knights who set out to seek the mythical Cup of Life. While the mission is anything but safe, the valiant warriors are willing to give their lives in order to help their successors. The goal is to bring a knight to the end of a level where a prize awaits. Before that, however, you have to overcome a number of deadly traps.

Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition
Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition

Arcade 08 October 2018

A humorous platformer set in Mexican climates. We travel between different dimensions to save the kidnapped daughter El Presidente from the hands of a skeleton named Carlos Calaca. Two people can take part in the game, playing on one screen. The Super Turbo Championship edition has been enriched with new, previously unavailable elements.

King Oddball
King Oddball

Arcade 30 October 2017

Two-dimensional arcade and logic game very similar to the hit series Angry Birds. Players control a huge stone ball with a face floating in the air, which with its own tongue fires boulders at soldiers.

Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze

Arcade 04 May 2018

Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze is the next installment of the popular series of gorillas in the lead role. This time our hero has to cope with the invasion of his native island of stylized on the Vikings animals.

Rogue Legacy
Rogue Legacy

Arcade 06 November 2018

Old-school, two-dimensional arcade game with RPG elements, referring to the popular 8-bit roguelike games. We travel through randomly generated castle chambers, eliminating enemies and various traps lurking in wait for us. In case of death, we continue the game from scratch, choosing one of our three descendants.

Storm in a Teacup
Storm in a Teacup

Arcade 25 October 2018

Storm in a Teacup is a 2D platformer with elements of a logical game, produced by Cobra Mobile development studio. The protagonist finds himself in a magical world created by his brother, which he travels while sitting inside a flying cup.

TowerFall
TowerFall

Arcade 27 September 2018

Old-school, two-dimensional arcade game, reminiscent of classic platformers from the early 90s. In this local rivalry-oriented production of up to 4 players, we play in one of the available archers, and our goal is to eliminate the remaining players by means of a bow, arrows and power-ups found in special boxes.

Max: The Curse of Brotherhood
Max: The Curse of Brotherhood

Arcade 21 December 2017

A colourful platforming game in which we try to save the younger brother of the main character. Players in the adventure use a magical marker, allowing you to influence the environment by adding platforms or ropes.

Shovel Knight
Shovel Knight

Arcade 03 March 2017

Shovel Knight is a classical 2D platform game with elements of adventure and RPG, set in fantasy world. The title is a debut of the independent studio Yacht Club Games, hiring, among others, former employees of the experienced Way Forward studio. In the production, we impersonate a titular knight who, with the help of a legendary shovel-like weapon, fights the mysterious members of The Order of No Quarter.

SuperMoose
SuperMoose

Arcade 08 January 2021

Action adventure game, a result of cooperation between PlayWay and Intermarum studio. A greedy construction company intends to destroy the forest and build a housing estate in its place. Animals are threatened with forced eviction.

Chasm
Chasm

Arcade 11 October 2018

A two-dimensional arcade platformer with RPG features from Discord Games studio. Chasm tells a story of a soldier who returns home after a long war. He arrives in an abandoned mining town and discovers most of its inhabitants have disappeared after entering a mysterious temple, deep down beneath the village. Our hero decides to stop the awakened evil, rescue the town’s inhabitants, and then safely return to his home.