Best Arcade Games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated arcade games.

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Gun Done Gun Done - it's a timekiller arcade game about brave heroes

Price 0.99€
Rating 8.3
Release 13 Jun 2016
Mad Bullets Mad Bullets, the wackiest shooter is here to put your reflexes and laughing muscles to an intensive test. You can forget about boring stories, complicated controls and irritating tutorials, and jump right into a mind blowing, high-speed action.

Price 12.49€
Rating 8.5
Release 10 Jun 2016
Age of Barbarian Extended Cut Age of Barbarian Ex is an action hack 'n 'slash game inspired to 80s, fantasy and sword-and-sorcery genre. Muscular barbarians, scantily clad girls, hordes of bloodthirsty monsters, a lot of gore, a pretty epic story and an addictive soundtrack! What's best in life?

Price 12.99€
Rating 7.5
Release 03 Jun 2016
BARRIER X Dodge! Shoot! Go faster! Break the sound barrier in this unbelievably fast game and go straight for the first place in the leaderboard of BARRIER X!

Price -90% 0.30€
Rating 8.2
Release 27 May 2016
Dungeon Escape Challenging 2D platformer with simple graphics and a great chiptune soundtrack.

Price -90% 0.45€
Rating 7.6
Release 27 May 2016
Table Top Racing: World Tour ★★★ PINT-SIZED POWERED-UP RACING ★★★ Get behind the wheel of 12 ultra-cool, fully tune-able miniaturized racing cars and take on 20 race tracks and some devious opponents through a comprehensive 'Championship Mode' and a multitude of 'Special Events'.

Price -50% 4.12€
Rating 7.3
Release 25 May 2016
Koihime Enbu Originally an arcade fighting game, Koihime Enbu features fast combat, tight controls, clean visuals, and 13 different playable characters!

Price 4.99€
Rating 7.9
Release 19 May 2016
Space Codex Space Codex is a casual retro arcade minimal awesome top-down shooter featuring waves of enemy spaceships with different attacks in what is, literally, a bullet hell. To beat them, you will have power-up options available through the map. The game only gets harder. How long can you stay alive?

Price 0.99€
Rating 7.6
Release 17 May 2016
Neon Drive Neon Drive is a slick retro-futuristic, '80s inspired arcade game that will make your brain melt. You've been warned.From beautiful cityscapes and ocean roads to exploding enemy spaceships, Neon Drive has it all.

Price -96% 0.41€
Rating 8.0
Release 12 May 2016
Super Mega Neo Pug Turbo Pug is back! and this time, he's airborne! Fly through deserts, green fields and more stunning environments. Dodge an onslaught of enemies and go head to head with giant bosses! Unlock new costumes for Turbo Pug and new creatures to play as. Please try not to squish your pug!

Price -50% 0.99€
Rating 8.0
Release 11 May 2016
Star Saviors Saviors brings the best bullet hell experience you can find on Steam. Play through 18 challenging stages in this ultimate test of tactics and reflexes.

Price 0.99€
Rating 7.9
Release 06 May 2016
Worm.is: The Game Unleash the apex worm in you! Join a world where you eat to grow and aim to become the largest worm around. Dodge viruses, cut off enemy paths, and indulge in addictive multiplayer action. Custom skins, game modes, and more await!

Price Free to play
Rating 7.8
Release 04 May 2016
Gun Rocket Prepare for a challenge. Gun Rocket is a 2D physics arcade game that is not for the feint of heart or the stiff of fingers. In search of adventure, you have been caught by holes in space and time. Can you escape?

Price 1.99€
Rating 6.9
Release 02 May 2016
Caveman World: Mountains of Unga Boonga Caveman World: Mountains of Unga Boonga is a retro inspired platformer adventure game set in fantasy prehistoric time. You play as a Caveman, exploring various levels and overcoming physical obstacles. Levels become increasingly more difficult as you encounter enemies, obstacles, traps and more!

Price -89% 0.22€
Rating 6.7
Release 26 Apr 2016
Endorlight Endorlight is rogue-like game in which you have to find a way out to the next level. Each level contains a new and tougher enemies. Used your axe, bow or whip to defeat them! Collect gold, goes to higher levels and kill many enemies as possible and be the best on Steam Leaderboar

Price -77% 0.23€
Rating 6.1
Release 26 Apr 2016
Rogue Stormers An action packed platform shooter mashed-up with roguelike and RPG elements, crazy 3D graphics and co-op multiplayer for one to 4 players.

Price -97% 0.65€
Rating 6.6
Release 21 Apr 2016
Melty Blood Actress Again Current Code The final episode of the series, "MELTY BLOOD Actress Again Current Code" is now on Steam!

Price -91% 2.25€
Rating 9.0
Release 19 Apr 2016
ARCADE GAME SERIES: GALAGA First appearing in arcades in 1981, the masterpiece GALAGA finally comes to Steam! Move the fighter left and right and destroy the waves of incoming aliens!

Price 3.99€
Rating 8.5
Release 19 Apr 2016
ARCADE GAME SERIES: Ms. PAC-MAN Developed in America and first released in 1981, Ms. PAC-MAN finally comes to Steam! Move Ms. PAC-MAN up, down, left, and right to avoid the ghosts and gobble up all the Pac-Dots!

Price 3.99€
Rating 8.2
Release 19 Apr 2016
ARCADE GAME SERIES: DIG DUG First appearing in arcades in 1982, Dig Dug finally comes to Steam! Control Dig Dug to make underground tunnels and inflate or crush the enemies!

Price 3.99€
Rating 8.3
Release 19 Apr 2016
ARCADE GAME SERIES: PAC-MAN First released in arcades in 1980, the masterpiece PAC-MAN comes to Steam! Move PAC-MAN up, down, left, and right to avoid the ghosts and gobble up all the Pac-Dots!

Price 3.99€
Rating 8.4
Release 19 Apr 2016
SpeedRunners Cut-throat multiplayer running game that pits 4 players against each other, locally and/or online. Run, jump, swing around, and use devious weapons and pick-ups to knock opponents off-screen! One of the most competitive games you'll ever play.

Price -95% 0.87€
Rating 9.2
Release 19 Apr 2016
Pang Adventures The Pang series is a beloved collection of arcade video games from the early 90s. Guide two brothers on a quest around the world to save humankind from a massive alien invasion!

Price -89% 1.18€
Rating 7.5
Release 18 Apr 2016
Spaceport Hope A huge hand-crafted world packed with 13 unique bosses, a gripping story, and tons of enemies, Spaceport Hope is the ultimate test of gaming prowess.

Price 2.09€
Rating 7.3
Release 15 Apr 2016
METAL SLUG 2 “METAL SLUG 2”, the 2nd entry in SNK’s emblematic 2D run & gun action shooting game returns to the battlefield on the Steam gaming platform!

Price -78% 1.59€
Rating 8.4
Release 14 Apr 2016
FORCED SHOWDOWN Deckbuilding empowers this challenging bullet hell adventure! Each character is a unique experience: Choose a deck of unlockable cards to boost you in new ways every battle - "My whirlwind shoots fireballs!?". Battle hordes of brutal foes to become a superstar in C-SAR’s ever-changing game show.

Price -88% 2.44€
Rating 7.8
Release 29 Mar 2016
1993 Space Machine Space shooters never die. 1993 is a testament to that. 1993 is a classic shoot em up celebrating games like Gradius, R-Type and Life Force.

Price -96% 0.41€
Rating 6.7
Release 28 Mar 2016
Trackmania® Turbo Trackmania offers you the ultimate arcade racing universe where everything is about reaching the perfect racing time. Test your skills in over 200 tracks, experience immediate fun by challenging your friends at home (offline splitscreen) or online.

Price 39.99€
Rating 6.4
Release 24 Mar 2016
Mimpi Dreams Help Mimpi save his friends by peeing on everything in his path in this sequel! No seriously, you save Mimpi’s progress by peeing on checkpoints in this game. Platform through six different worlds of puzzling dreams in this dog adventure. Chill in this trippy, casual illustration come alive.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.9
Release 22 Mar 2016
Defy Gravity Extended Defy Gravity is an action platformer that is a mix between classic platforming and gravity based puzzle solving.

Price -79% 0.42€
Rating 8.4
Release 18 Mar 2016
Out There Somewhere You play an explorer stranded on a dangerous alien planet. Low on fuel, your only hope for escape is to find the planet’s core in this incredibly clever action-puzzle-platformer.

Price -89% 1.10€
Rating 9.0
Release 14 Mar 2016
Beat Da Beat Hurrican-like Bullet Hell. Avoid the rain of bullets to the rhythms of "dubstep". Help the hero to defeat the aliens and to take revenge on the interstellar aggressor!

Price 1.99€
Rating 8.7
Release 10 Mar 2016
Deathsmiles Deathsmiles is CAVE's bullet-hell shoot-'em-up where you take the role of one of five Angels to defend the magical land of Gilverado from an invasion by Hell itself! Eradicate this devilish assault!

Price 19.50€
Rating 9.0
Release 10 Mar 2016
Cue Club 2: Pool & Snooker Experience pool and snooker like never before, thanks to the stunning HD graphics, fantastic playability and ultra realistic ball physics. Challenge a variety of stylish new opponents of different ability from beginner right up to pro level!

Price 17.99€
Rating 8.5
Release 07 Mar 2016
BlazBlue: Chronophantasma Extend 'BlazBlue: Chronophantasma Extend' is the sixth installment of the BlazBlue series, a combination of 2D fighting action game and visual novel.

Price -98% 0.83€
Rating 8.7
Release 02 Mar 2016
OutDrive Put the pedal to the metal or your girl will die! Experience the atmosphere of the world inspired by 80s with their neon lights, VHS tapes and synth pop. Buckle up! Gaming experiment in genre of music runner - not a game, aesthetic concept.

Price -31% 2.08€
Rating 7.4
Release 22 Feb 2016

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