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
841 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
Need for Speed™ Unbound
Open-world arcade street racing with cop chases and custom cars
60% positive
61K reviews
ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN
Arcade flight combat with fast dogfights and dynamic weather
88% positive
57K reviews
Mortal Kombat 1
Gory 2D fighter with assist characters and a rebooted universe
72% positive
50K reviews
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor
Top-down auto-shooter mixing alien hordes with cave mining
86% positive
48K reviews
ROUNDS
2D multiplayer fighter where card upgrades turn duels chaotic
95% positive
45K reviews
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger
Western FPS where an unreliable narrator reshapes each gunfight
95% positive
44K reviews
Street Fighter V
Competitive 2.5D fighting with character-specific V-Skills and V-Triggers
68% positive
44K reviews
Wreckfest
Full-contact racing game built around crashes and vehicle destruction
88% positive
42K reviews
HoloCure - Save the Fans!
Free pixel-art bullet heaven starring Hololive characters and endless fan waves
99% positive
Free
Rivals of Aether
Fast pixel-art platform fighter with elemental powers and community-made fighters
96% positive
38K reviews
SpeedRunners
Fast-paced 2D platform racing with weapons and grappling hooks
94% positive
37K reviews
DJMAX RESPECT V
Key-based rhythm game with varied tracks and online competition
89% positive
35K reviews
Starship Troopers: Extermination
Sixteen-player co-op FPS with alien swarms and base building
79% positive
33K reviews
Paint the Town Red
First-person voxel brawler with improvised weapons and destructible enemies
96% positive
33K reviews
Need for Speed™ Payback
Open-world arcade racing with car classes, chases, and revenge
85% positive
32K reviews
Skullgirls 2nd Encore
Fast-paced hand-drawn 2D fighter with fourteen distinct warriors
88% positive
32K reviews
Magicka
Satirical fantasy action adventure with chaotic co-op spellcasting
85% positive
32K reviews
Halls of Torment
Dark fantasy horde survival with run-based character builds
95% positive
32K reviews
Crab Champions
Fast-paced third-person roguelike shooter with crabs and build crafting
98% positive
31K reviews
F1® 25
Official Formula One racing with careers, co-op, and online competition
87% positive
30K reviews
Need for Speed™
Open-world street racing with visual and performance car customization
69% positive
30K reviews
Sonic Mania
Fast-paced 2D platforming across reworked classic zones with branching routes
94% positive
29K reviews
Sifu
Third-person martial arts brawler where every death ages your fighter
92% positive
29K reviews
Risk of Rain Returns
2D action roguelike with escalating hordes and randomized loot
90% positive
29K reviews