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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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Cuphead
Arcade 28 July 2020
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.
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.
SCHiM
Arcade 2024
SCHiM is an unconventional platform game in which we navigate a lost spirit, jumping from shadow to shadow. The game is the work of indie developer Ewoud van der Werf, working with Extra Nice studio.
Gris
Arcade 26 November 2019
Gris is an artistic 2D platformer. We are guided by the actions of the title girl trying to deal with the painful past. We travel through a beautiful, surreal world, solving puzzles and overcoming simple platform sequences. The game is the work of Nomad's debuting studio.
Dreams
Arcade 14 February 2020
Dreams is an action-adventure game that enables the player to explore worlds generated by other players. The users can decide what shape their world will have, who will inhabit it and what challenges the visitors of their reality will face.
Rez Infinite
Arcade 13 October 2016
A refreshed version of the cult-classic rhythm game from 2001. The new edition, developed by Enhance Games studio lead by Tetsuya Mizuguchi, has been adapted to make use of virtual reality goggles, but a traditional gameplay is also available. Aside from the content present in the original game, the developers added a new location, called Area X. In Rez Infinite, the player’s task is to remove the effects of a malfunction inside an advanced AI called Eden.
Flower
Arcade 15 November 2013
Another innovative title from thatgamecompany, the authors known for the very original games such as flOw or Cloud. This time, the gameplay focuses on free exploration of your surroundings, as well as observing the changes caused by the forces of nature. In Flower, we are able to control the wind gusts, which allows us to interact with various elements of the environment. The game is divided into several different levels, between which we can watch simple introductory animations.
Sayonara Wild Hearts
Arcade 19 September 2019
A bizarre, spectacular arcade game, characterized by a very unusual style and high speed of action. Sayonar Wild Hearts was created by the independent studio Simogo (creator of the successful Year Walk) and released by Annapurna Interactive.
Evoland: Legendary Edition
Arcade 05 February 2019
A set of two Evoland series titles that pay tribute to iconic productions and showcase the evolution of video games over the years - from the eight-bit era to the level of performance of the PlayStation 2 era.
No Thing
Arcade 11 December 2020
A surrealistic arcade game from the Polish Evil Indie Games studio, set in an alternate version of the year 1994. It shows a grim, retrofuturistic vision of future, as imagined in the 70’s. In the age of a totalitarian regime that tries to break all opposition, we play as an ordinary clerk, who is given the task of delivering a message to someone known as the Ice Queen.
PixelJunk Eden 2
Arcade 2024
A sequel to the arcade game from 2008, in which we control the creatures jumping on plants growing in picturesque gardens and collecting pollen that help them grow. In PixelJunk Eden 2 you can play alone or in cooperation with another player.
Worldless
Arcade 21 November 2023
An artistic platformer featuring turn-based combat. The protagonist of Worldless must traverse a mysterious world, uncover its secrets and find a place for themselves.
Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator
Arcade 31 March 2021
Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator is a humorous game allowing the players to assume the role of a pizzeria manager. Developed by Scott Cawthon, the game is a spin-off to one of his survival horror series - Five Nights at Freddy's - and hides a certain surprise for the fans.
Humanity
Arcade 16 May 2023
An arcade-puzzle game tasking us with leading crowds of people through complex stages. Humanity was created by Tha and Enhance, also responsible for Tetris Effect and Rez Infinite.
Gravity Ghost: Deluxe Edition
Arcade 06 August 2019
Original platformer, in which we play the role of a heroine traversing the galaxy in search of her missing friend. Iona jumps over various celestial bodies, manipulating their gravity.
SuperMash
Arcade 08 May 2020
SuperMash is an unusual production in which you can create your own games by mixing two of six different classic genres. Then you can try your hand at the resulting titles.
Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course
Arcade 30 June 2022
Official add-on to one of the best accepted independent games of 2017. The expansion introduces new levels, bosses and the third playable character, Miss Chalice.
Thomas Was Alone
Arcade 25 November 2014
Minimalistic 2D platformer showing the fate of a group of rectangles being the first representatives of artificial intelligence possessing feelings. We use the characteristic features of individual characters while learning about their personalities, problems and reflections.
Entwined
Arcade 10 June 2014
An abstract arcade game in which players control two lovers' souls at the same time, taking the shape of a fish and a bird. During the game we help them in their footsteps through the air corridors, which create subsequent levels. The characters are controlled by means of analogue knobs.
Never Alone
Arcade 18 November 2014
A platformer with puzzle game features, developed by Upper One Game studio. The story of Never Alone is based on Inuit beliefs, with players taking control of a young girl from the Inupiaq tribe who sets on a dangerous journey with her white fox to save her people and stop the arrival of the eternal blizzard. During her adventure, she will meet many creatures from Inuit legends, such as Sky People, Rolling Heads or Blizzard Man.
To Leave
Arcade 24 April 2018
A difficult 2D platform game, in which you play as a character floating in midair on a magical door. Even the smallest mistake resulting in touching the ground or one of the many obstacles, which forces you to start a level over.
Metrico+
Arcade 23 August 2016
An original 2D logic platformer and an enhanced edition of the 2014’s Metrico for PS Vita. Metrico+ is a fruit of the developers’ fascination with all kinds of infographics, graphs, and statistical tables that became an integral part of our everyday life. The action takes place in a world composed entirely of the aforementioned elements. In the game, we observe various graphs resembling both real and fantasy landscapes.
Type:Rider
Arcade 12 July 2016
An unconventional 2D platformer, resulting from the cooperation between Ex Nihilo development studio and Arte TV station. The heroes of the game are a pair of dots that travels through 10 historical epochs of typography development and techniques of handwriting distribution. The advantage of the game is an attractive audiovisual setting and educational elements.
Bound
Arcade 16 August 2016
An experimental, three-dimensional platformer offering an abstract, alluring game world. Bound is the third project developed by Plastic - a Polish team popular for a dark adventure game Datura and an artistic logic game Linger in Shadows. Similar to these titles, Bound was created exclusively for PlayStation 4 and it was developed in cooperation with Sony Santa Monica (the God of War series).