Best Arcade games on PC
Games centered on immediate, repeatable action with controls and rules that are quick to understand. They often emphasize reflexes, timing, competition, or improving performance across repeated attempts.
- Fast, reaction-focused gameplay
- Straightforward controls and objectives
- Repeatable challenges and competition
Related: Action, Racing, Multiplayer, Fighting
3,912 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Monsti
Side-scrolling arcade runner with one-button flight and unlockable characters
66% positive
85 reviews
oVRshot
VR arena shooter with bows, special abilities, and grappling hooks
87% positive
Free
Paint It Black
2D puzzle-action about finding ways to turn everything black
80% positive
85 reviews
Desert Child
Side-scrolling hoverbike racing to earn your way to Mars
73% positive
85 reviews
Formula Retro Racing
Retro arcade racing with checkpoint timers and destructible cars
68% positive
85 reviews
Demo Healing Spree
Co-op hospital simulator with physics-based levels and throwable patients
54% positive
85 reviews
New Joe & Mac - Caveman Ninja
A prehistoric arcade platformer with dinosaur battles and local co-op
53% positive
85 reviews
Monster Outbreak
Top-down survival and tower defense against waves of monsters
61% positive
85 reviews
Slopecrashers
Arcade snowboarding with animal riders and frying pans for boards
92% positive
85 reviews
Hailing from the Abyss
A rhythm-action game that turns memories into musical duels
71% positive
85 reviews
Magic Axolotl
A 2D arcade game about defeating enemies by drawing spells
99% positive
85 reviews
Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story
Interactive documentary exploring a British developer's history through playable arcade games
89% positive
85 reviews
Demo BloodDome99
Top-down arena shooter where buying upgrades delays buying your freedom
94% positive
85 reviews
ImpossiBowl
Bowling meets precision platforming on obstacle courses with special powers
86% positive
Free
Genopanic: Prologue
Free 2D action-platforming prologue with exploration and a boss fight
95% positive
Free
Hero Pack
An idle auto battler built around squads of three heroes
48% positive
Free
Gorilla Vs 100 Men
Physics-driven arcade brawler pitting one gorilla against crowds of men
71% positive
85 reviews
Infected Mushroom Pinball
Music-themed pinball with moving rails and mushroom jackpot targets
67% positive
85 reviews
Orbit HD
A space physics puzzler about guiding a comet with gravity
65% positive
84 reviews
Gon' E-Choo!
A retro arcade platformer inside a virtual cabinet, with VR support
80% positive
84 reviews
Trailblazers
An arcade racer where teams paint their own boost lanes
56% positive
84 reviews
Rocket Wars
Local spaceship arena shooter for up to four players
88% positive
84 reviews
Disputed Space
First-person arcade space shooter centered on large fleet battles
60% positive
84 reviews
Ballz: Farm
A farm-themed brick breaker with moving targets and paddle-changing power-ups
85% positive
84 reviews