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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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Oddworld: Soulstorm
Arcade 30 November 2021
Oddworld: Soulstorm is another game in the popular platform-adventure game series developed by Oddworld Inhabitants Inc. and Frima Studio. The game is a direct sequel to Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty, a 2013 remake of Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee, and is loosely based on Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus. Once again, we control Abe, a friendly Mudokon who managed to escape from the Glukkon's grip, and now leads three hundred of rescued Mudokons into the unknown.
Unravel Two
Arcade 09 June 2018
Unravel Two is a 2.5D platform game. Playing as a yarn toy, you need to be both skillful to succeed and clever to complete many logic puzzles in your path.
Little Nightmares
Arcade 28 April 2017
A platformer game by Tarsier Studios. The player assumes the role of Six, a heroine who was kidnapped by monsters and locked in an underwater complex called The Maw. Her task is to escape this terrifying place which is difficult because of dangers, inspired by childhood nightmares, that lurk behind every corner.
Unravel
Arcade 09 February 2016
An action-logic platform game created by Coldwood Interactive in cooperation with the Electronic Arts company. You play as Yarny, a character made of yarn, who travels across various locations, inspired by the landscape of northern Scandinavia, in search of traces of his long lost family. Scores of adventures await you, requiring you to cleverly use the protagonist’s unique ability of unraveling his own body.
Little Nightmares II
Arcade 11 February 2021
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.
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.
Inside
Arcade 29 June 2016
Inside is the second project of the independent Danish studio PlayDead, which became famous by creating the cult game Limbo. The game's development was partially funded by a grant from the Danish government. The story tells about a young boy who must stop the forces of evil that are trying to take over the world by experimenting on humans. The gameplay mechanics are similar to classic platformer games.
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.
Sonic Superstars
Arcade 17 October 2023
Sonic Superstars is a new installment in one of the world's most popular platforming series. Gameplay-wise, it's inspired by classic early 2D Sonic games, which it combines with appealing 3D visuals.
Little Nightmares III
Arcade 2024
Little Nightmares III is the third installment in a series of horror platformers with adventure and stealth elements. The game features two playable characters, supporting singleplayer and two player co-op.
Trine: Enchanted Edition
Arcade 08 October 2019
An adventure-platformer featuring puzzle elements. It was developed by the Finnish Frozenbyte studio, known for Shadowgrounds - a series of isometric shooters. The story is set in a colorful fantasy world, where the player gets to lead a team of three characters: a wizard, a knight and a thief. Using a mysterious device called Trine, they must save the kingdom from the undead. The gameplay mechanics were inspired by classic platformers.
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.
Sonic X Shadow Generations
Arcade 2024
Remastered and expanded version of the Sonic Generations platformer from 2011, combining 2,5D and 3D gameplay. Sonic X Shadow Generations offers both the original content, as well as the new campaign in which Shadow is the main protagonist.
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 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.
Tembo the Badass Elephant
Arcade 21 July 2015
A fast-paced platformer from Game Freak studio, in which the players control the titular war elephant, a nod to John Rambo, and must protect Free Shell city from the mysterious organization known as Phantom, led by a masked villain. Tembo the Badass Elephant offers seventeen different stages, with a few puzzles to solve and many more enemies to eliminate. Those include more powerful foes we meet from time to time that require coming up with appropriate tactic.
No Time to Explain
Arcade 17 July 2015
Dynamic 2D platformer, produced by independent tinyBuild Games studio. The plot of the game presents a crazy story related to time travel, cloning and giant beasts. The player's task is to steer the actions of the main hero, who, equipped with a futuristic jet rifle, has to overcome many obstacles and opponents on his way.
FRU
Arcade 13 July 2016
FRU is a simple platformer developed by Thorough Games studio with Kinect move controller in mind. The players lead a small, mustached protagonist through around a dozen of diverse levels, located in several different worlds. The point of the game is that the world needs to be discovered by means of actual gestures of the player, directed to the console via the Kinect controller. By assuming the right body position, the player's "shadow" establishes a path which the protagonist follows.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
Stela
Arcade 17 October 2019
Stela is a 2.5D platformer, the production of which is also responsible for the production of Halo Infinite studio - SkyBox Labs. The player will play the role of a young woman witnessing the fall of a mysterious civilization.