Games like Arcade Classics
If Arcade Classics is your kind of game, the closest matches are GANA FORCE, Hexapoda and Starlight Squad — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Arcade Classics: Collection of a few arcade classics, remade with a fresh and friendly looking art style and a beautiful soundtrack.
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GANA FORCE
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Top pick for Arcade Classics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Arcade Classics.
Gana Force is a Horizontal shooter where you'll unleash powerful firepower, skillfully dodge bullets, and utilize the terrain to maneuver and defeat enemies. Game environments include alien cell levels, scorching sun, space battleships, and more. Powerful bosses and bullet hell challenges await you!
Hexapoda
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Second-strongest match for Arcade Classics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Arcade Classics.
After the last human war, gases were spread through the atmosphere making it unbreathable. The richest to fled to orbital colonies and the others took refuge underground. Get ready to fight giant Insects for the future of humanity !
Starlight Squad
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Third-strongest match for Arcade Classics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Arcade Classics.
Lead an elite squad of heroines in this high-energy vertical shmup! Blast through enemy waves, dodge deadly patterns, and take down epic bosses as you fight to free the galaxy from the grip of the Merlian Empire.
Neon Invaders
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Ranked #4 for Arcade Classics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Arcade Classics.
Neon Invaders will take you back to your gaming roots with its constant action and relentlessly brutal enemies. Absorb enemy shots of the same colour to trigger a flurry of fire to decimate the alien invaders. Dodge and Match your way to victory through 40 levels and 5 difficulty settings.
Nova Swarm
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Ranked #5 for Arcade Classics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Arcade Classics.
Pick a ship, dive into readable bullet chaos, take down huge angry bosses, grab the bonus core you probably should have left alone, and chase one cleaner run in Nova Swarm.
Phrenetic Shooting Reunion
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Ranked #6 for Arcade Classics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Arcade Classics.
[CONTENTS] A playable shooting game "PHRENETIC SHOOTING REUNION" + All future updates/bug fixes. Phrenetic Shooting is a retro tasted shooting game. This game provides an exciting experience for retro 2D shooting game funs.
Red Blue Cell
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Ranked #7 for Arcade Classics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Arcade Classics.
This is a retro barrage flying shooting game. Drive a space fighter plane, shuttle between planets and space stations, and use powerful firepower to destroy enemy space battleships! !
Polycar Blitz
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Ranked #8 for Arcade Classics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Arcade Classics.
Shift into high gear and defend the moon! In this top-down rougelike vehicle shooter, gun down monsters and upgrade your Polycar to fend off against increasingly difficult waves of alien invaders! Do you have what it takes to win?
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Arcade Classics at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~50% under Arcade Classics on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Arcade Classics.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~50% under Arcade Classics on Steam right now. Shares Action with Arcade Classics.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
shapez
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Priced ~50% under Arcade Classics on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Arcade Classics.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
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Priced ~50% under Arcade Classics on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Arcade Classics.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Bit Blaster XL
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Priced ~50% under Arcade Classics on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Arcade Classics.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
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Priced ~50% under Arcade Classics on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Arcade Classics.
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
TYRONE vs COPS
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Priced ~50% under Arcade Classics on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Arcade Classics.
Awaken the latent power of your melanin and kill cops in this thought-provoking game on police brutality in America.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Arcade Classics.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Arcade Classics.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Arcade Classics.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Arcade Classics.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
STRAFTAT
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Arcade Classics.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
Grimm's Hollow
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Arcade Classics.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
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Frequently asked about Arcade Classics
- Is Arcade Classics verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Arcade Classics is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Arcade Classics cost?
- Arcade Classics is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Arcade Classics?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Arcade Classics are GANA FORCE, Hexapoda, Starlight Squad.
- Who developed Arcade Classics?
- Arcade Classics was developed by Reza Mirzaei and published by Dreamware Games.
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