Best Arcade Games
690 Arcade games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
Released: Nov 15, 2012
Critic rating: 79.1 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Racing, Sport, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Android, iOS, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
Race as Sonic and a host of legendary All-Stars and prepare to transform!
TrackMania Turbo
Released: Mar 22, 2016
Critic rating: 80.1 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Racing, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR, PC (Microsoft Windows), Oculus Rift, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Trackmania offers you the ultimate arcade racing universe where everything is about reaching the perfect racing time.
Luftrausers
Released: Mar 18, 2014
Critic rating: 80.5 / 100
Rating: PEGI 7
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation Vita
Game modes: Single player
The skies will be set aflame and the seas will overflow with wreckage in Vlambeer's stylish arcade shooter LUFTRAUSERS!
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project
Released: Dec 13, 1991
Critic rating: 79.5 / 100 • 80 votes
Genres: Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Arcade
Platforms: Family Computer, Nintendo Entertainment System
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up.
Noita
Released: Oct 15, 2020
Critic rating: 80.5 / 100
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated.
Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo
Released: May 31, 1996
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Arcade
Platforms: Arcade, Sega Saturn, PlayStation
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
The game's title is a parody of Super Street Fighter II Turbo (or Super Street Fighter II X in Japan), as there are no other Puzzle Fighter games, and the game includes music and interface elements spoofing the Street Fighter Alpha and Darkstalkers games.
Midnight Resistance
Released: Dec 31, 1989
Critic rating: 79.4 / 100 • 24 votes
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Arcade
Platforms: Arcade, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Atari ST/STE, Amiga, Amstrad CPC
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative
Midnight Resistance is a side-scrolling action shooting game produced by Data East for the arcades in 1989.
Enter the Gungeon
Released: Apr 5, 2016
Critic rating: 82.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Enter the Gungeon is a top-down bullet hell roguelike where players take control of one of several characters known as Gungeoneers and fight their way through the procedurally generated floors of the Gungeon.
Dodgeball Academia
Released: Aug 5, 2021
Critic rating: 85.3 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Sport, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
A sports RPG game featuring rookie dodgeball student, Otto.
Garou: Mark of the Wolves
Released: Nov 26, 1999
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Fighting, Arcade
Platforms: Arcade, Neo Geo AES, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, Dreamcast, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
If you thought you'd seen the last of the incredible Garou: Mark of The Wolves series, you were sorely mistaken.
1943: The Battle of Midway
Released: Jun 1, 1987
Critic rating: 79.3 / 100 • 46 votes
Genres: Shooter, Arcade
Platforms: Arcade, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Atari ST/STE, Amiga, Amstrad CPC
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
The game is set in the Pacific theater of World War II, off the coast of the Midway Atoll.
Aliens
Released: Jan 1, 1990
Critic rating: 79.3 / 100 • 27 votes
Genres: Shooter, Arcade
Platforms: Arcade
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative, Split screen
Aliens is an arcade game based loosely on the 1986 movie Aliens.
Bubble Bobble
Released: Jun 16, 1986
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Arcade
Platforms: Arcade
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
In the game, each player controls one of the two Bubble Dragons, Bub and Bob.
Ape Out
Released: Feb 28, 2019
Critic rating: 81.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Fighting, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Ape Out is a wildly intense and colorfully stylized smash ‘em up about primal escape, rhythmic violence, and frenetic jazz.
Trackmania
Released: Jul 1, 2020
Critic rating: 79.2 / 100 • 103 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Racing, Sport, Arcade
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
Trackmania, the racing franchise from Ubisoft Nadeo, is back with the most compelling remake of Trackmania Nations.
Samurai Shodown II
Released: Oct 28, 1994
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Fighting, Arcade
Platforms: Arcade, Neo Geo AES, Wii, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), Neo Geo CD, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
One of SNK's legendary fighting game series has made a return!
Sayonara Wild Hearts
Released: Sep 19, 2019
Critic rating: 81.4 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Music, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Sayonara Wild Hearts is a euphoric music video dream about being awesome, riding motorcycles, skateboarding, dance battling, shooting lasers, wielding swords, and breaking hearts at 200 mph.
Final Fight
Released: Nov 25, 1989
Critic rating: 79.2 / 100 • 149 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Arcade
Platforms: Arcade, Sharp X68000, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Atari ST/STE, iOS, Amiga, Amstrad CPC
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Final Fight is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up produced by Capcom.
Thumper
Released: Oct 10, 2016
Critic rating: 83.7 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Music, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Meta Quest 2, Google Stadia, PlayStation VR2, PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, SteamVR, PlayStation 5, Oculus Rift, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Oculus Quest
Game modes: Single player
Thumper is a rhythm violence game.
ModNation Racers
Released: May 19, 2010
Critic rating: 80.6 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Racing, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
ModNation Racers is a Kart Racing game featuring all the track-based driving and comic combat players cherish in the genre, blended with extreme customization and user generated content expected of a modern online multiplayer title.
The King of Fighters XIII
Released: Jul 14, 2010
Critic rating: 79.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Fighting, Arcade
Platforms: Arcade, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
The King of Fighters XIII is a fighting game in the The King of Fighters series.
WarioWare: Get It Together!
Released: Sep 9, 2021
Critic rating: 80.8 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Arcade
Platforms: Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Take on over 200 quick and quirky microgames - lightning-fast minigames filled with frantic fun - solo or with a friend!
Guilty Gear
Released: May 14, 1998
Critic rating: 79.0 / 100 • 32 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Fighting, Adventure, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Guilty Gear is a 2D fighting game, in which you can play as one of 10 very different kind of characters.
Angry Birds Space
Released: Mar 22, 2012
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Arcade
Platforms: BlackBerry OS, Windows Phone, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Play over 300 interstellar levels across 10 planets!
Metal Slug X
Released: Mar 10, 1999
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Adventure, Arcade
Platforms: Arcade, Neo Geo AES, Web browser, Neo Geo MVS, Linux, Wii, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Metal Slug X is upgraded version of Metal Slug 2 (Metal Slug 2: Super Vehicle-001/I), which was released in March 1999 for the Neo Geo MVS.