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Best Arcade games on PC

The 179 best Arcade games on PC, ranked from 16,729 critic and player ratings.

The best Arcade game on PC right now is Forza Horizon 5, with a critic score of 94/100 — updated November 2026.

How this ranking is built
  • Games are ranked on the aggregated critic score out of 100 imported from IGDB and Metacritic, never on Tier's own grades.
  • A game only enters the ranking with at least 80 external ratings, so a single enthusiastic review never outranks a proven classic.
  • Community grades from F to S are shown next to every game, and only stated as a fact above 5 Tier ratings.
  • Release window covered: 1970 to 2026.
  • 50 games are listed on this page, carrying 16,729 ratings between them.
  • Rankings are recomputed hourly; this one was last rebuilt on 13 November 2026.

Top 50

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01 Forza Horizon 5 D Forza Horizon 5 2021 · 363 ratings · 2 Tier votes · finished by 9% Your Ultimate Horizon Adventure awaits! Explore the vibrant and ever-evolving open-world landscapes of Mexico with limitless, fun driving action in hundreds of the world’s greatest cars. 94 /100
02 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City A Grand Theft Auto: Vice City 2002 · 3,191 ratings · 4 Tier votes · finished by 37% · 17 h to beat In the year 1986, Tommy Vercetti is heavily indebted to his mafia superiors after a drug deal gone awry, but his dreams of taking over Vice City (based on Miami) push him down a different path. Featuring a wide variety of vehicles and weapons, radio stations playing hit songs from the era and an intense atmosphere, GTA: Vice City is an open-world sandbox satire of '80's Miami. 94 /100
03 Burnout Paradise Burnout Paradise 2008 · 521 ratings · finished by 20% Evolve or die. For Paradise, we knew we had to change everything. Burnout was a killer arcade driving game, but for a new generation of hardware and connected player Burnout had to become something more ambitious. Closed tracks made way for an expansive, open city, and we seamlessly synced your friends into the action and let you loose on a heap of cool challenges that unsurprisingly rewarded you for driving like a lunatic. Hey, it’s us after all. 93 /100
04 Cut the Rope Cut the Rope 2010 · 94 ratings Cut the Rope is a series of physics-based puzzle video games developed by ZeptoLab for several platforms and devices. The objective of the Cut the Rope games is to feed candy to a little green creature named Om Nom while collecting stars. In each level, the candy hangs by one or several of the titular ropes which the player must cut with a swipe of their finger using the device's touchscreen. Using various objects such as floating bubbles and bellows, the candy must also be manipulated around obstacles to get to Om Nom's mouth. Each level pack introduces new challenges. Levels are scored with a zero to three star rating, according to how many stars the player picked up, and a point score depending on the number of stars collected and the amount of time taken to complete the level. Game received multiple award, for example: Apple Design Award 2011, British Academy Video Games Awards 2011 and many others. 93 /100
05 Street Fighter 6 Street Fighter 6 2023 · 118 ratings The evolution of fighting games starts with our traditional Fighting Ground, and then we're turning the genre on its head with World Tour and Battle Hub for a total of three modes where anyone can play to their liking. No one starts off as a champion. You get there step by step, punch by punch. Take up the challenge and bring your game to the next level. 93 /100
06 Pony Island Pony Island 2016 · 153 ratings · finished by 15% Pony Island is a suspense puzzle game in disguise. You are in limbo, trapped in a malevolent and malfunctioning arcade machine devised by the devil himself. It is not a game about ponies. 92 /100
07 Vampire Survivors Vampire Survivors 2022 · 394 ratings · finished by 11% Mow thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. 91 /100
08 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 2000 · 422 ratings Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 redefined an already great game. Its addition of stellar new features (like Create-A-Park), and great game-play tweaks (the manual maneuver will be copied for years to come) made it the best installment in a killer series of games. Anyone who has ever skated the Philadelphia level will agree -- this game is a masterpiece of level design. Hell, it's a masterpiece all around. There isn't a bad park or dull moment, just pure gaming nirvana! 91 /100
09 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 2002 · 179 ratings Drop into the ultimate challenge. In the next chapter in the Tony Hawk series, pros challenge you to make your mark in huge free-roaming levels, taking on 190 progressively harder goals with no time limits to hold you back. Decide when you're ready to take on your Pro Challenge and move into the pro ranks, where it's a whole new game. Build your skills, perform all-new tricks, play up to eight players online, and show that you've got what it takes to go Pro. 91 /100
10 Forza Horizon 4 B Forza Horizon 4 2018 · 435 ratings · 2 Tier votes · finished by 14% Dynamic seasons change everything at the world’s greatest automotive festival. Go it alone or team up with others to explore beautiful and historic Britain in a shared open world. Collect, modify and drive over 450 cars. Race, stunt, create and explore – choose your own path to become a Horizon Superstar. 91 /100
11 Jetpack Joyride Jetpack Joyride 2011 · 108 ratings · finished by 15% 90 /100
12 Street Fighter IV A Street Fighter IV 2008 · 185 ratings · 1 Tier vote 90 /100
13 Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2010 · 403 ratings · finished by 22% 90 /100
14 Rayman Origins Rayman Origins 2011 · 405 ratings · finished by 21% 89 /100
15 Forza Horizon 3 Forza Horizon 3 2016 · 197 ratings · finished by 17% 89 /100
16 Neon White S Neon White 2022 · 129 ratings · 1 Tier vote 89 /100
17 Tetris Effect: Connected Tetris Effect: Connected 2020 · 84 ratings · finished by 7% 89 /100
18 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2 2020 · 123 ratings · finished by 10% 89 /100
19 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 2001 · 279 ratings 88 /100
20 Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit 1998 · 282 ratings 88 /100
21 Risk of Rain 2 B Risk of Rain 2 2020 · 272 ratings · 3 Tier votes · finished by 10% 87 /100
22 Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box 2009 · 669 ratings · finished by 11% 87 /100
23 The Messenger The Messenger 2018 · 195 ratings · finished by 14% 87 /100
24 Cuphead A Cuphead 2017 · 932 ratings · 5 Tier votes · finished by 21% 87 /100
25 Braid Braid 2008 · 617 ratings · finished by 17% 87 /100
26 Peggle Peggle 2007 · 120 ratings 87 /100
27 Hotline Miami A Hotline Miami 2012 · 1,274 ratings · 1 Tier vote · finished by 25% · 5 h to beat 86 /100
28 Pyre Pyre 2017 · 132 ratings · finished by 14% 86 /100
29 The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth S The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth 2014 · 557 ratings · 1 Tier vote · finished by 13% 86 /100
30 DiRT 3 DiRT 3 2011 · 213 ratings · finished by 9% 86 /100
31 Trine Trine 2009 · 312 ratings · finished by 25% 85 /100
32 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge 2022 · 180 ratings · finished by 19% 85 /100
33 Trine 2 Trine 2 2011 · 279 ratings · finished by 16% 85 /100
34 Horizon Chase Turbo Horizon Chase Turbo 2018 · 84 ratings · finished by 4% 85 /100
35 Katana Zero S Katana Zero 2019 · 350 ratings · 1 Tier vote · finished by 33% 85 /100
36 Need for Speed: Most Wanted Need for Speed: Most Wanted 2012 · 451 ratings · finished by 74% 85 /100
37 Yoku's Island Express Yoku's Island Express 2018 · 113 ratings · finished by 8% 84 /100
38 Guacamelee! Guacamelee! 2013 · 190 ratings · finished by 19% 84 /100
39 Forza Horizon 6 B Forza Horizon 6 2026 · 107 ratings · 1 Tier vote 90 /100
40 SpeedRunners SpeedRunners 2016 · 117 ratings · finished by 6% 84 /100
41 Nuclear Throne Nuclear Throne 2015 · 108 ratings · finished by 6% 84 /100
42 Street Fighter II: The World Warrior (1991) Street Fighter II: The World Warrior (1991) 1991 · 103 ratings 84 /100
43 Guacamelee! 2 Guacamelee! 2 2018 · 93 ratings · finished by 11% 84 /100
44 Thumper Thumper 2016 · 94 ratings · finished by 8% 84 /100
45 Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock S Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock 2007 · 394 ratings · 1 Tier vote 84 /100
46 Nidhogg Nidhogg 2014 · 112 ratings · finished by 11% 84 /100
47 Super Hexagon Super Hexagon 2012 · 139 ratings · finished by 7% 83 /100
48 Fruit Ninja Fruit Ninja 2010 · 114 ratings 83 /100
49 Duck Game Duck Game 2014 · 110 ratings · finished by 7% 83 /100
50 Flower Flower 2009 · 233 ratings · finished by 20% 83 /100
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What is the best Arcade game on PC?

Forza Horizon 5 currently tops the ranking with a score of 94/100 across 363 ratings. Ranking updated November 2026.

How is this ranking built?

Games are ranked on their aggregated critic score out of 100, with a minimum vote threshold so a single glowing review never outranks a proven classic; the Tier community's own F-to-S grades are shown alongside each game.