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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QP Shooting - Dangerous!! QP Shooting - Dangerous!! is a bullet hell type shoot’em’up starring the pudding-loving dog girl QP seen in 100% Orange Juice. Nothing can stand between QP and her pudding - not even difficulty options to reduce the experienced gamer to tears!

Price -63% 2.92€
Rating 8.7
Release 14 Nov 2014
Phoenix Force Phoenix Force is a shoot 'em up about a group of phoenixes that fight big and strong mythological creatures in over 100 levels. It takes the boss battle as the foundation for every level, creating engaging and challenging fast battles that will require your best strategies and reflexes.

Price -19% 0.81€
Rating 7.9
Release 13 Nov 2014
Chariot Embark on a journey to give his majesty the ride of his afterlife. Guide a chariot containing the King's remains through underground caves using physics-based mechanics such as pushing, pulling, riding and swinging.

Price -97% 0.50€
Rating 7.7
Release 12 Nov 2014
Toybox Turbos Codemasters reboots the classic table top racing experience in Toybox Turbos! Collect & customise 35 vehicles, take on 18 crazy tracks & send your rivals into a spin with awesome power-ups, including mines, machine guns & giant car-mounted hammers!

Price -57% 6.39€
Rating 8.1
Release 11 Nov 2014
Get Off My Lawn! They came in peace, but messed with the wrong old man. Armed with a musket, 78 year old Murray Mendelson has single-handedly started an interstellar war. Shoot first and ask questions later in this endless fast paced arcade shooter. Use everything in Murray’s arsenal to keep the aliens off of his perfectly manicured lawn!

Price Free to play
Rating 7.1
Release 11 Nov 2014
Royal Defense The castle needs a hero – hordes of trolls are surrounding it! Build towers, save money, learn spells - don't let the enemy in! Follow the exciting story of the dwarven kingdom's eternal struggle against the troll hordes, who want only to crush the dwarves and claim their territory.

Price -97% 0.52€
Rating 6.9
Release 10 Nov 2014
FOTONICA Ever wondered what running at 140mph feels like? FOTONICA is a first-person game about the thrill of speed and traveling flawlessly through complex environments.FOTONICA is simple, but is not easy: it follows a tradition of arcade games that are easy to pick up and almost impossible to master.

Price -98% 0.40€
Rating 8.2
Release 06 Nov 2014
BlazeRush BlazeRush is a dynamic arcade racing survival game with no health, no levelling and no brakes! You can assemble a team of friends to play in local or online multiplayer, choose a car to your taste and chase, blow up and cut off! Adapt your style and tactics to new enemies, obstacles and tracks.

Price -91% 0.94€
Rating 8.4
Release 28 Oct 2014
REVOLVER360 RE:ACTOR The world really does revolve around you in this mind-bending shooter where changing your perspective could save your life.

Price -96% 0.44€
Rating 8.4
Release 24 Oct 2014
Ziggurat Dungeon-Crawling First Person Shooting at its finest! Fast-paced combat! Dozens of perks, spells and enemies! Level ups! Random Dungeons! Traps! Badass bosses! Carrots!

Price -97% 0.59€
Rating 8.3
Release 23 Oct 2014
Split/Second Split/Second is an intense action racing game set within a reality TV show. Competitors vie to be the first to the finish line in a set rigged to blow. Players don’t just collide with other vehicles to knock them from the track, but can also trigger devastating events that alter the race dynamics.

Price -21% 15.57€
Rating 7.8
Release 06 Oct 2014
METAL SLUG X “METAL SLUG X”, one of the most highly praised titles in the series among Metal Slug fans for its refined balance and game volume, heads out to the Steam gaming platform!

Price -93% 0.56€
Rating 8.5
Release 02 Oct 2014
Wrack Wrack is all about action - spectacular action! The addictive kill chain system encourages you to mow down as many enemies in a short period of time as possible. No hiding - keep your chain going by getting out there and kicking some alien ass!

Price -89% 1.14€
Rating 6.7
Release 30 Sep 2014
STARWHAL The local multi-player space narwhal fighting game that has rocked the internet is finally ready for its big debut in a fully loaded release! Flop it out with 1-4 players in a retro, epic narwhal battle in space! The heart-piercing action is furious and unrelenting. STARWHAL will change your life.

Price -89% 1.12€
Rating 8.4
Release 29 Sep 2014
Beyond Gravity Beyond Gravity is procedurally generated "platformer" where you jump in-between planets and try to collect as many pickups as you can. This gets progressively harder the further you jump. No need to worry tho as you can upgrade your character with loads of upgrades and power-ups!

Price 1.99€
Rating 8.3
Release 23 Sep 2014
Gauntlet™ Slayer Edition The classic Gauntlet 4-player co-op action gameplay returns in a completely new experience! Battle the endless hordes of foes as you and your friends fight for treasure and glory via both local and online co-op multiplayer. Invade the Darkness!

Price -97% 0.60€
Rating 8.0
Release 23 Sep 2014
Carmageddon 2: Carpocalypse Now The world's first high-speed internal organ liberation simulator is back in full 3D! The slaughter is bloodier, the body parts fly further, and the destruction is heavier. Crash and burn through the 3D rendered crowds with the pedal to the metal.

Price -94% 0.50€
Rating 8.3
Release 19 Sep 2014
Iron Fisticle A modern take on the classic arcade arena shooter. Taking inspiration from an entire generation of action games, Iron Fisticle builds on classic titles like Gauntlet and Robotron while adding over 100 collectible items, an RPG style upgrade system and local multiplayer.

Price -95% 0.45€
Rating 7.9
Release 16 Sep 2014
Color Symphony Color Symphony is a game program utilizing the human recognition ability and visual senses, and various colors are used to play the game by changing colors to disrupt the cognition or to strengthen the cognition. The player can control the enemy, eliminate obstacles or build new roads with different colors.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.1
Release 15 Sep 2014
Boson X Boson X is a fast-paced rotational runner set in a particle accelerator.

Price 5.19€
Rating 8.8
Release 15 Sep 2014
Velocibox Velocibox is a twitch-heavy action game crafted for the hardcore audience.

Price -92% 0.48€
Rating 8.2
Release 08 Sep 2014
Guilty Gear X2 #Reload As humanity endeavored to better themselves, they created the biological marvel known as Gears. Originally intended as the next step of human evolution, they were instead fitted for war and turned against their own creators.

Price -94% 0.55€
Rating 8.2
Release 05 Sep 2014
Anarchy Arcade Turn your entire digital life into a game. AArcade is a 3D desktop that launches shortcuts to absolutely anything you like. Join the anarchy of the persistent online metaverse, or remain in your own private reality. Casual in-game building features, plus hundreds of thousands of addons.

Price Free to play
Rating 6.7
Release 03 Sep 2014
Lethal League Lethal League is a competitive projectile fighting game where you have to hit an anti-gravity ball into the face of your opponent to win. The ball speeds up with every strike, up to explosively extreme velocities. Play intense local matches with friends and foes, challenge yourself in the singleplayer mode or battle it out online.

Price -59% 4.96€
Rating 9.1
Release 27 Aug 2014
Super Time Force Ultra Super Time Force Ultra is an insane platformer filled with robots and dinosaurs and fun and time travel... sometimes all at the same time!

Price -95% 0.67€
Rating 8.4
Release 25 Aug 2014
Platypus The vast continent-spanning city of Collosatropolis has finally reached the limits of its expansion. Tall buildings cover every available space. The air is thick with smoke and poisonous chemicals. Parking is a nightmare

Price -77% 1.18€
Rating 8.5
Release 15 Aug 2014
Ultra Street Fighter® IV The world’s greatest fighting game evolves to a whole new level with Ultra Street Fighter IV.

Price -94% 1.98€
Rating 8.8
Release 07 Aug 2014
OTTTD Take command of HEROCORP™ and launch a Preemptive Defence Campaign™ against parallel dimensions in OTTTD, the most outrageous Tower Defence title around.

Price -95% 0.44€
Rating 7.1
Release 06 Aug 2014
Jet Gunner Jet Gunner is a 2D platform action indie game that's full of Nestalgia. Full of action, gunfights, bosses and explosions so if you're into the whole 8-Bit vibe you should love this. From the sound, to the graphics to the flicker, this should pay tribute to those classic hard as nails, run 'n' gun games.

Price 0.79€
Rating 7.1
Release 04 Aug 2014
Lovely Planet A First Person Shooter Gun Ballet set in a cutesy abstract world. Jump and shoot your way through five worlds full of treacherous enemies with your trusty semi-automatic!

Price -93% 0.44€
Rating 8.7
Release 31 Jul 2014
OlliOlli OlliOlli mixes addictive one-life gameplay with over 120 tricks and grinds across 50 deviously crafted levels, 250 Challenges, Spots Mode and Daily Grind.

Price -83% 2.20€
Rating 7.5
Release 22 Jul 2014
Hidden in Plain Sight Hidden in Plain Sight is a local-multiplayer stealth party game. Blend into the crowd of AI characters and eliminate the other players before they eliminate you!

Price 5.89€
Rating 9.3
Release 16 Jul 2014
The Howler Use gravity, tension, and wind currents to get your hot air balloon to its destination, dropping off cargo on your way, in this ultra-challenging physics-based game. All art used in the Howler was meticulously created by classically-trained experienced painters.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.5
Release 03 Jul 2014
Real Boxing™ Real Boxing™ brings you the most exhilarating, no holds barred boxing experience ever seen on Steam. Featuring ultra-realistic motion capture from real boxers, with amazing graphics built using the powerful Unreal Engine, you’ll be sure to feel every hook, jab, and uppercut.

Price -56% 2.24€
Rating 6.3
Release 02 Jul 2014
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is the complete Shovel Knight collection, containing all 5 games in the epic saga! Dig, blast, slash, and bash your way through a fantastical, 8-bit inspired world of pixel-perfect platforming, memorable characters, and world-class action-adventure gameplay.

Price -56% 17.69€
Rating 9.3
Release 26 Jun 2014
Knightmare Tower Break through ceilings, rescue princesses and escape boiling lava as you slash your way to the top of the Knightmare Tower!

Price -50% 2.00€
Rating 8.8
Release 16 Jun 2014

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