Games Encyclopedia Top Games PC PS5 XSX PS4 PS3 Xbox One Xbox 360 Switch Android iOS Rankings Images Companies

2DXBOX ONE Arcade Video Games

Video Games Encyclopedia by Gamepressure.com

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

Browse genres/themes ?

Browse the Encyclopedia by genre and tags. Each game has one main genre: Action, Fighting, Puzzle, Adventure, RPG, Sports, Strategy, Simulation, Party, Racing, Arcade. You can search multiple tags and filter games by platforms, scores, or release dates.

Filters:

arcade games
2D
Cuphead
Cuphead

Arcade 29 September 2017

A two-dimensional action game with designs resembling old cartoon movies, which is a debut production of StudioMDHR, an independent developer. In Cuphead, we assume the role of a gambling addict that loses his soul to the devil during one of his sessions. To retrieve it, he needs to work off its equivalent. When it comes to mechanics, the game is a 2D fighting game with a degree of platforming elements – we participate in continuous 1v1 fights, taking place on special 2D arenas.

Terraria
Terraria

Arcade 14 November 2014

A sandbox platform game by indie studio Re-Logic, sometimes called the 2D version of the popular Minecraft. There is no set goal; your task is basically to shape the randomly-generated world around you. At first you only have a few basic tools, which allow you to dig and find resources, chop wood, and create simple structures. As the game progresses, due to the extensive crafting system, you discover better tools, allowing you to create advanced materials and to fight monsters.

Rain World
Rain World

Arcade 11 July 2023

A hybrid of a platform and a survival game. The title was developed by two people – Joar Lisberg Jakobsson was the lead programmer and the author of the idea of the game while the music was composed by James Primate. The game takes place in a hostile post-industrial realm filled with complicated machinery. The environment is constantly plagued by downpours and the animals that live in it are forced to hide from the rain in a hibernated state.

Rogue Legacy 2
Rogue Legacy 2

Arcade 28 April 2022

Rogue Legacy 2 is a 2D platformer with RPG and roguelike elements. The player explores a randomly generated world, and after the death of the character, the adventure continues with its descendants. Between the expeditions we can improve and expand our own residence.

Sonic Mania
Sonic Mania

Arcade 15 August 2017

A 3D platformer that came out as a reboot of one of the most popular adventure game series, featuring the titular Sonic the Hedgehog. This production was created by a SEGA’s subsidiary, Sonic Team, employing people who helped create the series and its most important iterations.

Sonic Origins
Sonic Origins

Arcade 23 June 2022

Sonic Origins is a remaster of four classic platform games starring the super-fast blue hedgehog facing off against the evil Dr. Eggman. The publisher and producer of the game is SEGA as usual.

Boogerman 20th Anniversary: The Video Game
Boogerman 20th Anniversary: The Video Game

Arcade canceled

Boogerman 20th Anniversary is a remake of a platformer created by Interplay in 1994. The reedition refreshed the two-dimensional graphic design, preserving the plot and the general model of the game from the original. Again we play the role of the title character Boogerman, who has to travel through six worlds in an unclean alternative dimension and defeat the evil Booger Meister.

Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom
Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom

Arcade 04 December 2018

The unofficial seventh installment in the Wonder Boy/Monster World series, developed by Game Atelier. Although the studio does not own the rights to the brand, the game takes place in the same universe and the story fits this specific world. The game is set in a fantasy realm and you play as the eponymous Monster Boy, whose task is to lift a powerful curse.

Kaze and the Wild Masks
Kaze and the Wild Masks

Arcade 26 March 2021

Classic 2D platformer in which we play the rabbit named Kaze. The heroine must restore peace in Carrotland using her abilities and special masks.

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

Arcade 18 April 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.

Black & White Bushido
Black & White Bushido

Arcade 17 May 2017

A two-dimensional brawler in which we control a samurai belonging to one of the two sides: white or black. Depending on our affiliation, we can blend into the elements of the two-dimensional background, which is the arena of the struggle.

Flashback: 25th Anniversary
Flashback: 25th Anniversary

Arcade 20 November 2018

A refreshed version of the renowned platformer from 1992. The game offers a new Modern mode featuring enhanced graphics, remastered sound effects, and a Rewind option (allows to move back), and a tutorial.

Nefarious
Nefarious

Arcade 13 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.

Treasure Stack
Treasure Stack

Arcade 01 March 2019

A hybrid with platformer and logic game elements based on the principles of the renowned Tetris, in which we take control over a hero equipped with a line with a hook. The protagonist brings boxes that are falling from the top of the screen to the ground and directs them to the right track. Treasure Stack allows you to play single-player as well as multiplayer (including cross-platform) battles.

The King's Bird
The King's Bird

Arcade 12 February 2019

Platformer, in which we play the role of a heroine traversing the fantastic world. The main attraction of The King's Bird is the ability to glide - in this way we not only instantly move between distant places, but also bypass numerous traps. The title attracts attention also due to its unique graphic design.

Hellmut: The Badass from Hell
Hellmut: The Badass from Hell

Arcade 31 May 2019

A 2D dungeon crawler about fighting demons. In Hellmut: The Badass from Hell, the players control various characters unlocked during the game. The gameplay itself is fast, intensive, and difficult.

Shovel Knight
Shovel Knight

Arcade 29 April 2015

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.

Guns, Gore & Cannoli
Guns, Gore & Cannoli

Arcade 25 September 2015

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.

Blazing Beaks
Blazing Beaks

Arcade 07 May 2021

Blazing Beaks is a dynamic top down shooter combined with a roguelite game for both single and multiple players, in which we kill a variety of opponents and collect special upgrades.

Freedom Planet 2
Freedom Planet 2

Arcade 04 April 2024

A continuation of a two-dimensional platformer developed by GalaxyTrail. The plot tells a story of a dragon named Merga who begins to wreak havoc on the world after being awoken from a hundred-year-old slumber. The player assumes control of three powerful heroines that traverse the extensive two-dimensional levels and fight against various opponents in order to finally defeat the beast.

Struggling
Struggling

Arcade 08 September 2021

A grotesque platformer with a creepy hero who is trying to save humanity. Struggling is distinguished by its characteristic, absurd humor and unusual control model, especially visible in the unique cooperation mode for two people.

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

Arcade 28 February 2024

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.

Horace
Horace

Arcade 28 February 2023

Platform game with elements borrowed from a number of other genres. In Horace, we play the role of the title character, who has to find not only his own place in an unfriendly world, but also the members of his family.

Overloop
Overloop

Arcade 24 March 2023

Overloop is a 2D science fiction platform game - its action takes place in a universe where technology allows you to copy everything, including people. The game was developed by independent Charge Games studio.