The Best Arcade Games

Update 6 August 2025: Gradius Origins added at rank #20.

Here are our 10 Best Arcade Games, position 21 to 30:

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection
Tri Breaker: A Sacred Symbols Odyssey
Steel Assault
Missile Command: Recharged
The House of the Dead 2: Remake
Darius
Rayaz Arcade Chronology
Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium
G-Darius HD
The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection (2022)

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Xbox Series X Xbox One Nintendo Switch PC Windows Playstation 5 Playstation 4

Dive into the nostalgia with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection. Relive the classic TMNT games, journey through New York City, sewers, enemy bases, and even time itself. Enjoy the unique features like button mapping, cheat codes, and a wealth of bonus content. A must-play for TMNT fans and lovers of classic beat 'em-up games.

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What we like:

Great value for the price
Access to Japanese regional versions
Easy activation of cheat codes
Nostalgic experience
Wealth of bonus content

What could be improved:

Limited online play
Button mapping limitations
Some bonus content is disappointing

arcade
retro
compilation
classic
fight
platform
side-scrolling
online
sprite
boss
cooperative
local
strategy
action

Tri Breaker: A Sacred Symbols Odyssey (2024)

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Xbox Series X Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch PC Windows Xbox One

If Twin Breaker was a brick breaker about space, Tri Breaker is a brick breaker on steroids, and this go-around, it’s all about time. Explore 40 stages spread across periods of galactic history, and obliterate the brick-breaking formula.

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retro-fueled
retro
1980s
pixel
arcade
casual
2d
pinball
boss-fight
ball-and-paddle
chiptune
action
goal-driven
narrative
multi-stage

Steel Assault (2021)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Mac OS Xbox Series X Playstation 4 Linux Playstation 5 Xbox One

Punch, whip, and zipline your way through a post-apocalyptic America in this 16-bit retro-style action platformer! Play as Taro Takahashi, a resistance soldier on a revenge mission against the dictator who lords over the ashes.

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platform
post-apocalyptic
retro
arcade
old-school
pixel
action
america
2d
perma-death
scroller
futuristic
classic
mech
fast-paced

Missile Command: Recharged (2020)

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IOS iPhone Android PC Windows Nintendo Switch Playstation 5 Xbox One Mac OS Linux Xbox Series X Playstation 4

Fire missiles to protect your bases! A classic arcade game's back and recharged!

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arcade
classic
endless
remake

The House of the Dead 2: Remake (2025)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Xbox One Playstation 4 Xbox Series X/s Playstation 5

THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD 2: Remake is a remake of the second entry in the well-known and popular rail-shooter series. Take on the lone role of a secret agent as James or Gary, or team up in co-op mode to neutralize the dangerous undead monsters standing in your way.

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shooter
on-rails
arcade
remake
1990s
zombies
cooperative
first-person
local
gore
3d
multiple-endings
horror
old-school

Darius (2021)

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Darius is one of the pioneers of the side-scrolling shoot 'em genre, and the Steam version replicates the multi-screen arcade experience with 4 different titles and 7 versions filled with aquatic-lifeform-themed bosses and epic, Zuntata-composed soundscapes!

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shooter
arcade
boss
shoot-em-up
horizontal-scrolling
soundtrack
scrolling
bullet-hell
boss-fight
attack
score
multiple-endings
multiplayer
2d

Rayaz Arcade Chronology (2023)

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PC Windows

Lock-on to an exhilarating sci-fi shooting fest with the trilogy which put Taito on the 90s arcade shooting map: The Ray Series, together in one collection for the first time!

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shooter
two-layer
shoot-em-up
scrolling
arcade
sprite
sci-fi
vertical
2.5d
arcade-classic
pixel
pixel-drawn
playstation
classic
boss

Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium (2022)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Xbox One Playstation 4

Play more of your favorite arcade hits from yesteryear. Includes SONSON for free!

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arcade
classic
fight
retro
vertical
shooter
online
compilation
scrolling
horizontal
2d
platform
side-scrolling
local

G-Darius HD (2022)

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PC Windows Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch

You will see the creation of new lives... Capture enemies and fire them back at their allies as enormous beams of energy in this horizontally scrolling shooting game, featuring 5 versions of G-Darius with new features, enhancements, and Steam exclusive extras!

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