Best Arcade Games
690 Arcade games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun
Released: May 23, 2023
Critic rating: 83.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Load up your Boltgun and unleash the awesome Space Marine arsenal to blast your way through an explosion of sprites, pixels and blood in a perfect blend of Warhammer 40,000, frenetic gameplay and the stylish visuals of 90’s retro shooters.
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Heritage for the Future
Released: Sep 13, 1999
Critic rating: 80.1 / 100 • 24 votes
Genres: Fighting, Arcade
Platforms: Arcade
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Heritage for the Future is the updated version of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure game released in 1998 on arcade by Capcom.
Snake II
Released: Sep 1, 2000
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100 • 21 votes
Genres: Puzzle, Arcade
Platforms: Xbox 360, Legacy Mobile Device
Game modes: Single player
Snake II was Included on Nokia monochrome phones.
Punch-Out!!
Released: Aug 2, 1990
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100 • 39 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Sport, Arcade
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS, Wii, Family Computer, Wii U, Nintendo Entertainment System
Game modes: Single player
You are Little Mac, a 17 year-old rookie fighter straight out of the Bronx.
Touhou Koumakyou: The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil
Released: Aug 11, 2002
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100 • 50 votes
Genres: Shooter, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Embodiment of Scarlet Devil features two playable characters to choose from, with two Spell Card types each.
Overcooked! 2
Released: Aug 7, 2018
Critic rating: 80.5 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Tactical, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Overcooked 2 is a cooperative cooking simulation game for up to four players.
Omega Strikers
Released: Sep 16, 2022
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Strategy, Tactical, Arcade
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Smash opponents off the arena and score goals in this lightning-fast 3v3 free-to-play game.
Nidhogg
Released: Jan 13, 2014
Critic rating: 83.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Fighting, Sport, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation Vita
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Nidhogg is the award-winning fencing tug-of-war, full of graceful acrobatics and clumsy stabs.
Retro City Rampage DX
Released: Feb 5, 2014
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Racing, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, Nintendo 3DS, Wii, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Open-world carjacking goes back to the '80s in this 8-BIT nostalgic throwback.
Final Fight 3
Released: Dec 21, 1995
Critic rating: 79.9 / 100 • 61 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Arcade
Platforms: Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Wii, Wii U, New Nintendo 3DS, Super Famicom
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative
Metro City is under attack, and this time a new crime organization is claiming responsibility.
Arcade Paradise
Released: Aug 11, 2022
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Welcome to Arcade Paradise, the 90’s retro arcade adventure game.
Super Bomberman 2
Released: Apr 28, 1994
Critic rating: 79.9 / 100 • 38 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Strategy, Tactical, Arcade
Platforms: Satellaview, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Famicom
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Super Bomberman 2 is the second of five games in the Super Bomberman series developed by Produce and Hudson Soft and released on the Super Nintendo.
Metal Slug 6
Released: Feb 24, 2006
Critic rating: 79.8 / 100 • 49 votes
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure, Arcade
Platforms: Arcade, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative
Metal Slug 6 returns to the Rebel-Martian alliance featured in Metal Slugs 2, X, and 3, but on a much broader scale.
Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers
Released: Sep 10, 1993
Critic rating: 79.8 / 100 • 63 votes
Genres: Fighting, Arcade
Platforms: Arcade, Sharp X68000, FM Towns
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers is a 2D fighting game that expands the original Street Fighter II roster with four new characters: Cammy, Dee Jay, T.
Doom Eternal: The Ancient Gods - Part One
Released: Oct 20, 2020
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Arcade
Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
The Ancient Gods picks up after the end of the main story in a time where, due to the Slayer's actions, the armies of heaven and hell have fallen out of balance.
Moon Patrol
Released: May 8, 1982
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Shooter, Arcade
Platforms: Commodore VIC-20, Arcade, Atari 2600, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Atari ST/STE, DOS, Apple II, Texas Instruments TI-99, MSX
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Moon Patrol is a side-scrolling shooter that puts players at the controls of a six-wheeled moon rover that can jump and shoot.
Touhou Kaeizuka: Phantasmagoria of Flower View
Released: Aug 14, 2005
Critic rating: 79.8 / 100 • 21 votes
Genres: Shooter, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
This game is a split-screen vertical danmaku shooting game where two characters engage in the normal Touhou-esque gameplay, while unleashing attacks and character-specific spell cards onto the other player, similar to that of Phantasmagoria of Dim.Dream.
Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos
Released: Apr 6, 1990
Critic rating: 79.8 / 100 • 59 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Arcade
Platforms: Arcade, Nintendo 3DS, Wii, Family Computer, Wii U, Nintendo Entertainment System
Game modes: Single player
The Ninja Ryu is back to avenge the death of his father, and stop the Evil Ashtar.
VectorMan
Released: Oct 24, 1995
Critic rating: 79.8 / 100 • 45 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Adventure, Arcade
Platforms: Linux, Wii, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
By the year 2049, Earth has been turned into a toxic waste dump.
Horizon Chase Turbo
Released: May 15, 2018
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Racing, Sport, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Horizon Chase Turbo is a standalone homage to classic 16-bit racers that defined a generation of high-speed, frenetic arcade fun.
BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle
Released: May 31, 2018
Critic rating: 76.9 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Fighting, Adventure, Arcade
Platforms: Arcade, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
"THE COLLISION IS INEVITABLE!
VVVVVV
Released: Jan 11, 2010
Critic rating: 79.8 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Ouya, Linux, Nintendo 3DS, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
There's something terribly wrong in an alternate dimension!
Skullgirls: 2nd Encore
Released: Jul 7, 2015
Critic rating: 86.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Fighting, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Arcade, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Skullgirls 2nd Encore is a beautifully hand-animated, fast-paced 2D fighting game that puts players in control of fierce warriors in an extraordinary Dark Deco world.
Pac-Man
Released: Mar 16, 1982
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Arcade
Platforms: Atari 2600
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Atari 2600 Port of Pac-Man The player controls Pac-Man through a maze, eating pac-dots (also called pellets). When all pac-dots are eaten, Pac-Man is taken to the next stage. Between some stages one of three intermission animations plays. Four enemies (Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde) roam the maze, trying to catch Pac-Man. If an enemy touches Pac-Man, a life is lost and the Pac-Man itself withers and dies. When all lives have been lost, the game ends. Pac-Man is awarded a single bonus life at 10,000 points by default. Near the corners of the maze are four larger, flashing dots known as power pellets that provide Pac-Man with the temporary ability to eat the enemies. The enemies turn deep blue, reverse direction and usually move more slowly. When an enemy is eaten, its eyes remain and return to the center box where it is regenerated in its normal color. Blue enemies flash white to signal that they are about to become dangerous again and the length of time for which the enemies remain vulnerable varies from one stage to the next, generally becoming shorter as the game progresses. In later stages, the enemies go straight to flashing, bypassing blue, which means that they can only be eaten for a short amount of time, although they still reverse direction when a power pellet is eaten; in even later stages, the ghosts do not become edible (i.e., they do not change color and still make Pacman lose a life on contact), but they still reverse direction.
Tetris DS
Released: Mar 20, 2006
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Arcade
Platforms: Nintendo DS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
You can rediscover the timeless puzzle game Tetris on your Nintendo DS with Tetris DS.