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
3,909 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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1982
Retro arcade shooter with power-ups you can collect or destroy
93% positive
Free
Warhounds
Turn-based squad tactics with a mercenary company to manage
72% positive
971 reviews
Hidden in Plain Sight
Multiplayer party game about blending into crowds and finding rivals
99% positive
970 reviews
Steredenn: Binary Stars
Fast-paced space shooter with randomized runs and demanding boss fights
88% positive
969 reviews
Demo Aero GPX
High-speed anti-gravity racing with airborne sections and vehicle combat
98% positive
968 reviews
SNØ: Ultimate Freeriding
Downhill skiing game with procedurally generated mountains and trick-based scoring
96% positive
968 reviews
NBA THE RUN
Online arcade basketball with NBA stars and knockout tournaments
68% positive
965 reviews
Tadpole Tales
A hand-drawn shoot 'em up about cleaning polluted rivers
90% positive
Free
Football Simulator
Physics-driven American football matches with moddable teams and rosters
79% positive
963 reviews
ITORAH
2D action platformer about a lone human among masked beings
73% positive
959 reviews
Galcon 2: Galactic Conquest
Multiplayer space strategy where ship swarms conquer planets in real time
84% positive
Free
oO
A minimalist arcade runner about switching circles and dodging spikes
89% positive
956 reviews
Legend Bowl
Pixel-art American football with hands-on matches and franchise management
87% positive
955 reviews
Pesticide Not Required
Top-down action roguelite mixing automatic attacks, insect swarms, and farming
94% positive
951 reviews
Extremely Powerful Capybaras
Top-down action roguelite with capybara heroes and cooperative horde survival
62% positive
949 reviews
ARCADE GAME SERIES: GALAGA
Arcade space shooter with alien waves and a dual fighter
92% positive
947 reviews
Pixel Cup Soccer - Ultimate Edition
Retro pixel-art soccer with quick matches and a team-building career mode
82% positive
939 reviews
Sektori
Twin-stick arcade shooter with shifting arenas and evolving bosses
96% positive
937 reviews
Run Prop, Run! - Puropu Pursuit
Multiplayer hide-and-seek where disguised props become hunters when caught
76% positive
Free
Mr. Shifty
Top-down beat 'em up with teleportation and one-shot deaths
87% positive
934 reviews
Demo Darwin's Paradox!
A puzzle platformer using octopus abilities to escape a factory
88% positive
934 reviews
Duelists of Eden
Real-time grid fighting with custom spell decks and combos
96% positive
933 reviews
FIGHTING EX LAYER
A 2D fighter where combat conditions unlock new abilities
82% positive
929 reviews
Barro GT
Toy-car arcade racing with time trials and lap-by-lap leaderboards
84% positive
926 reviews