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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Serious Sam: Kamikaze Attack!
Side-scrolling runner where catching your target means blowing yourself up
84% positive
254 reviews
Super Psycho Baseball
An arcade baseball roguelike about hitting home runs against bosses
91% positive
254 reviews
A Whole Wolfrush
A bullet-hell boss rush with crew relationships between battles
96% positive
Free
Demo Flat Heroes
A minimalist precision platformer where squares dodge incoming enemy attacks
94% positive
253 reviews
SNK 40th ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION
Classic arcade collection with console versions of selected games
82% positive
253 reviews
Casual Desktop Game
Desktop destruction sandbox with tools and battles between spawned units
85% positive
Free
Witcheye
A 2D platformer built around steering a flying eyeball
87% positive
253 reviews
Rot Gut
A side-scrolling action platformer set in America's Prohibition-era criminal underworld
87% positive
252 reviews
Countryballs: Modern Ballfare
Arena shooting with country-themed balls, unusual weapons, and crude humor
95% positive
252 reviews
Moventure
Precision platformer with two buttons and over a hundred moves
67% positive
252 reviews
Pickle Pete
A top-down roguelite shooter about a pickle fighting enemy waves
83% positive
252 reviews
Demo Hamilton's Great Adventure
A puzzle-platformer about teamwork between an adventurer and his bird
66% positive
251 reviews
Umihara Kawase
A precision platformer about swinging from a stretchy fishing line
92% positive
251 reviews
Salamander County Public Television
A stock-photo minigame collection set at a public TV station
96% positive
251 reviews
Zolg
A minimalist top-down shooter with powerups and paths to explore
78% positive
250 reviews
Pinball Wicked
Pirate-themed pinball simulation with cannons, treasure, and animated table characters
87% positive
250 reviews
Demo Graze Counter
A bullet-hell shooter where near misses charge your counterattacks
98% positive
250 reviews
GRADIUS ORIGINS
Arcade space shooter collection with rewind and adjustable training tools
91% positive
250 reviews
AtmaSphere
3D ball platformer with medieval traps and narrow paths
83% positive
249 reviews
Asterix & Obelix: Slap them All!
Side-scrolling beat 'em up with moves unique to each hero
64% positive
249 reviews
Demo Rising Hell
A vertical action roguelite about climbing out of hell
88% positive
248 reviews
Demo Pickupbal
A ball-juggling arcade game with endless waves of enemies
99% positive
248 reviews
LocoSoccer Classic
Physics-based soccer where spinning players knock the ball toward goal
64% positive
247 reviews
OhShape
VR rhythm game built around posing, punching, and dodging walls
74% positive
247 reviews