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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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Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Super Mario Bros. Wonder

Arcade 20 October 2023

A side-scrolling 2.5D platformer. Super Mario Bros. Wonder introduces the Wonder Flowers, power-ups that affect gameplay in various unpredictable ways.

Sonic Superstars
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.

Spyro Reignited Trilogy
Spyro Reignited Trilogy

Arcade 03 September 2019

A collection of three three-dimensional platform games that were originally released on the first PlayStation. The protagonist is a small, purple dragon named Spyro. The collection features the following games: Spyro the Dragon, Spyro 2: Ripto’s Rage! and Spyro: Year of the Dragon. The games feature almost the same gameplay as the originals, but their graphics were greatly refreshed.

LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga

Arcade 05 April 2022

The final part of the LEGO Star Wars series, based on nine episodes of Star Wars. We direct hundreds of characters from the Star Wars universe and recreate the most famous cinema scenes in a more humorous version.

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2

Arcade 14 November 2017

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 is a sequel to the 2013 platform/action game LEGO Marvel Super Heroes developed by Traveller's Tales. This time we will have to face Kang the Conqueror who travels in time and causes turmoil in various eras across the history. Once again we will be able to play as several dozen Marvel characters, including Thor, Hulk, Doctor Strange, Spider-Man, and Guardians of the Galaxy.

Super Mario Odyssey
Super Mario Odyssey

Arcade 27 October 2017

Super Mario Odyssey is a 3D platform game developed for Nintendo Switch and another installment of the Mario video game franchise. In Super Mario Odyssey, the titular plumber has to saved his beloved Princess Peach, who this time faces a forced marriage with the game's main antagonist, Bowser. The game takes place not only in the typical for the series fairy-tale land, but also in the alternative version of the real world.

Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury
Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury

Arcade 12 February 2021

A remastered version of the 2013 3D platformer titled Super Mario 3D World. Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury introduced a new game mode, improved mechanics, and slightly tweaked graphics and interface.

New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe

Arcade 11 January 2019

New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe is a re-edition of the platform game available so far on the Wii U console. The Switch version contains additional content in the form of DLC New Super Luigi U and two additional heroes.

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening

Arcade 20 September 2019

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening is a remake of a classic action adventure game from 1993. The project reproduces the content of the original, with improvements limited to control and audio-visual setting. Player explores the world, solves puzzles and fights enemies.

Kirby and the Forgotten Land
Kirby and the Forgotten Land

Arcade 25 March 2022

3D platform game with fluffy hero in the lead role. In Kirby and the Forgotten Land we go to the land full of ruins of an old civilization and fight with hostile creatures living there, jumping on platforms and avoiding numerous traps.

Cuphead
Cuphead

Arcade 18 April 2019

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.

It Takes Two
It Takes Two

Arcade 04 November 2022

It Takes Two is a co-op action adventure game from the authors of A Way Out. In terms of gameplay, the game resembles platformers, offering logical and arcade challenges that require the cooperation of two players.

Luigi's Mansion 3
Luigi's Mansion 3

Arcade 31 October 2019

Luigi's Mansion 3 is a fun arcade game where, as the title brother of the famous Mario, we explore the haunted residence. The game is mainly about fighting ghosts, which first have to be weakened with light, and then pulled in with a vacuum cleaner.

Mario vs. Donkey Kong
Mario vs. Donkey Kong

Arcade 16 February 2024

A remake of a 2004 puzzle platformer. Mario vs. Donkey Kong stars the titular plumber, facing off against Donkey Kong to reclaim the Mini-Mario toys he stole.

Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy

Arcade 29 June 2018

A bundle of first three Crash Bandicoot games, remastered by Vicarious Visions studio. Aside from modern visuals, all games feature rebuilt levels, as well as a new save system, which lets us use every control point along with quick save option. What’s more, they've received an unified menu and a Time Trial mode. Like in originals, Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy lets us take control of the titular bandicoot, who must stop the evil Dr Cortex from taking over the world.

Super Mario 3D All-Stars
Super Mario 3D All-Stars

Arcade 18 September 2020

An anniversary collection of classic three-dimensional installments of Super Mario series in a re-mastered version. The package includes Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine and Super Mario Galaxy games.

Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Ori and the Will of the Wisps

Arcade 17 September 2020

The second part of the metroidvania series, in which the players play the title ghost. In Ori and the Will of the Wisps, the protagonist leaves Nibel forest to discover his true destiny as he travels through an exotic world.

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes

Arcade 05 October 2021

An action-adventure game featuring the superheroes from Marvel comic books. The title was created by Traveller’s Tales Studio, experts at LEGO video games (e.g. LEGO The Lord of the Rings, LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean, LEGO Harry Potter). Players can become Spider-Man, Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, Captain America, and other superheroes, who are asked by Nick Fury from the S.H.I.E.L.D. organization to save the world from villains and other dangers.

Hollow Knight
Hollow Knight

Arcade 12 June 2018

Hollow Knight is a 2D metroidvania game developed by the indie studio Team Cherry. The game takes us to a fantasy underground world located bellow the city of Dirtmouth. The place attracts numerous adventurers, who disappear without a trace when they enter it. We play as an adventurer who decides to face the challenge and find riches, fame, and the answers he is looking for in that underground world. The game is presented from a side-scrolling perspective.

Party Animals
Party Animals

Arcade 2024

A multiplayer-focused arcade fighting game with a slightly exaggerated physics engine. Party Animals has us playing as the titular animals, fighting each other and completing objectives.

Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time

Arcade 12 March 2021

A 3D platform game from Toys for Bob, the follow-up to 2007's Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped. While playing Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time players explore colourful worlds, jump over obstacles, avoid traps and fight enemies.

Luigi's Mansion 2 HD
Luigi's Mansion 2 HD

Arcade 2024

The remastered version of Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon. Luigi's Mansion 2 HD stars Luigi, traversing haunted mansions in search of pieces of the shattered Dark Moon.

Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe
Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe

Arcade 24 February 2023

A remastered and enhanced with new content version of the 2011 platform game. In Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe, we play as Kirby, who, along with his friends, travels the planet Popstar in search of parts from a crashed spaceship.

Terraria
Terraria

Arcade 27 June 2019

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.