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.
Touge Shakai
Mountain pass racing with drift-focused handling and online battles
85% positive
1,285 reviews
Pepper Grinder
2D action platformer built around drilling through terrain and water
86% positive
1,280 reviews
Rez Infinite
On-rails shooter with techno music and beat-synced colors
92% positive
1,273 reviews
Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium
Classic arcade collection with rewind and online scoreboards
68% positive
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Jet Lancer
Fast-paced 2D aerial shooter with dogfights and giant robots
92% positive
1,249 reviews
METAL SLUG XX
Side-scrolling arcade shooter with branching missions and local co-op
53% positive
1,243 reviews
Touhou Juuouen 〜 Unfinished Dream of All Living Ghost.
Competitive bullet-hell shooter with split-screen duels and solo stories
93% positive
1,240 reviews
StrikeForce Kitty
Side-scrolling puzzle adventure where kittens steal costumes from foxes
89% positive
1,239 reviews
Sky Rogue
Arcade flight combat roguelite across procedurally generated island missions
93% positive
1,232 reviews
Attack on Toys
Toy-soldier shooting and real-time strategy with base building
93% positive
1,218 reviews
Kao the Kangaroo
3D platformer with boxing, collectibles, and a missing father
77% positive
1,193 reviews
Intergalactic Bubbles
3D bubble-matching puzzle game with combinable powers in space
79% positive
1,191 reviews
Toy Soldiers: Complete
Tower defense across miniature wars with player-controlled guns and vehicles
78% positive
1,185 reviews
BZZZT
Pixel-art platformer with timed challenges and optional permadeath
95% positive
1,181 reviews
Disc Room
Room-by-room arcade action dodging deadly discs aboard an orbiting ship
93% positive
1,164 reviews
ARCADE GAME SERIES: PAC-MAN
Classic maze arcade game about dodging ghosts and clearing dots
89% positive
1,161 reviews
Big Helmet Heroes
Side-scrolling brawler with unlockable knights and local co-op
76% positive
1,142 reviews
Marble It Up! Ultra
3D marble platformer with timed obstacle courses and online competition
93% positive
1,139 reviews
PropHunter
Online hide-and-seek matches with disguised props and searching hunters
77% positive
1,136 reviews
Darwinia
Real-time strategy and action against viruses in a digital world
80% positive
1,133 reviews
Nitro Express
Side-scrolling shooter about police fighting rogue drones in Nitro City
77% positive
1,129 reviews
Sébastien Loeb Rally EVO
Rally racing across varied surfaces, with rallycross and hill climbs
58% positive
1,127 reviews
Super Blood Hockey
Arcade hockey with bloody fights and inmate team management
92% positive
1,122 reviews
Chicken Invaders 5
2D arcade shooter about fighting space chickens bent on freezing Earth
96% positive
1,120 reviews