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Best Arcade games on PlayStation 3

The 89 best Arcade games on PlayStation 3, ranked from 16,654 critic and player ratings.

The best Arcade game on PlayStation 3 right now is LittleBigPlanet, with a critic score of 96/100 — 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 16,654 ratings between them.
  • Rankings are recomputed hourly; this one was last rebuilt on 13 November 2026.

Top 50

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01 LittleBigPlanet A LittleBigPlanet 2008 · 277 ratings · 1 Tier vote · finished by 23% Welcome to LittleBigPlanet – a world of infinite possibilities, where imagination becomes reality and the powers of creation are firmly in your hands. If you can think of it, you can create it if you can create it, you can share it if you can share it, you can play it – and watch our colorful LittleBigPlanet grow and diversify! It’s a new kind of game that unleashes the creativity in everyone. Design your own character and play over 50 awesome developer levels packed with dangers to navigate, races to win and puzzles to solve. As you play you will learn the skills to build a world of your own by earning creative tools and collecting hundreds of items. Use these items and tools to shape amazing levels of your own, featuring puzzles, challenges, and enemies of your own design. When you are ready, go online to access the LBP community and Share your creations for everyone to play. LittleBigPlanet is a world with no limits – a world that’s yours to shape, build and explore. 96 /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 LittleBigPlanet 2 LittleBigPlanet 2 2011 · 171 ratings · finished by 20% LittleBigPlanet 2 is a puzzle platformer video game centered around user-generated content, first announced on May 8th, 2010 in the June 2010 issue of gaming magazine Game Informer. The game was developed by Media Molecule and published by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe for the PlayStation 3 console, and is the last major Little Big Planet game in the series to be produced by Media Molecule, as the sequel, Little Big Planet 3 would be produced by Sumo Digital, Tarsier Studios, and The Station. Unlike the original LittleBigPlanet which was marketed as a "Platform game", LittleBigPlanet 2 was marketed as a "Platform for Games". The game is 100% backwards compatible with all user-created content (including personal profiles) from the first game. It is a direct sequel to LittleBigPlanet, and the third game in the series. The disc also features Sackboy's Prehistoric Moves, a ModNation Racers demo, as well as a PlayStation Network tutorial video. 94 /100
04 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
05 Rock Band 2 Rock Band 2 2008 · 113 ratings Rock Band 2 is the sequel to the 2007 musical simulation game Rock Band and offers similar gameplay. Directly competing with Guitar Hero: World Tour, the game allows different people to play together as in a band, with the same peripherals as the first game: lead guitar, bass guitar, microphone and a drum set. The new drum and guitar controllers for this version, bundled or sold separately, have been revised and older controllers are also supported. The guitar controller, modelled after the Fender Stratocaster, has five additional fret buttons near the neck, for fast fingertapping sessions. There is also an effect switch to toggle between five different effects. Players use the instruments to match notes on the screen, divided in different portions for different instruments, along with the lyrics for the singer who need to match the pitch. 93 /100
06 Jetpack Joyride Jetpack Joyride 2011 · 108 ratings · finished by 15% Jetpack Joyride is a 2011 side-scrolling endless runner/action video game created by Chief Creative Officer Luke Muscat at Halfbrick Studios. Originally released for iOS devices on the App Store on September 1, 2011, the game has since been ported to many other systems. The game features the same protagonist as Monster Dash, Barry Steakfries, who the player controls as he steals a jet pack from a top-secret laboratory. The game has been met with very favorable reviews, and has won numerous awards. 90 /100
07 Street Fighter IV A Street Fighter IV 2008 · 185 ratings · 1 Tier vote Street Fighter IV brings the legendary fighting series back to its roots by taking the beloved fighting moves and techniques of the original Street Fighter II, and infusing them with Capcom’s latest advancements in next generation technology to create a truly extraordinary experience that will re-introduce the world to the time-honored art of virtual martial arts. Newcomers: - Abel - C.Viper - Rufus - El Fuerte - Gouken 90 /100
08 Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2010 · 403 ratings · finished by 22% Become Seacrest County's top cop or most wanted racer! 90 /100
09 Rayman Origins Rayman Origins 2011 · 405 ratings · finished by 21% Bubble Dreamer, Rayman, his best friend Globox, and some Teensy friends are chilling out at the Bubble Dreamer's resting grounds, the Snoring Tree. However, their snoring disturbs an old granny from the Land of the Livid Dead, who retaliates by sending an evil army of horrendous creatures and the Darktoons across the world, capturing the Electoons that inhabit the world, imprisoning Betilla the Nymph and her sisters, and plunging the Glade into chaos. As a result, the ensuing disaster causes the Bubble Dreamer to go crazy and have nightmares. Although they are captured, Rayman and his friends are able to escape the Darktoons. They are then tasked by the Magician to gather enough Electoons to cure the Bubble Dreamer and restore the Glade of Dreams. Their efforts to locate the Electoons allow them to gain access to the various lands of the Glade, rescuing the Nymphs along the way. 89 /100
10 Ratchet and Clank: A Crack in Time Ratchet and Clank: A Crack in Time 2009 · 105 ratings 87 /100
11 Braid Braid 2008 · 617 ratings · finished by 17% 87 /100
12 Peggle Peggle 2007 · 120 ratings 87 /100
13 Hotline Miami A Hotline Miami 2012 · 1,274 ratings · 1 Tier vote · finished by 25% · 5 h to beat 86 /100
14 RESOGUN RESOGUN 2013 · 87 ratings · finished by 9% 86 /100
15 DiRT 3 DiRT 3 2011 · 213 ratings · finished by 9% 86 /100
16 Trine Trine 2009 · 312 ratings · finished by 25% 85 /100
17 Katamari Damacy Katamari Damacy 2004 · 138 ratings 85 /100
18 Trine 2 Trine 2 2011 · 279 ratings · finished by 16% 85 /100
19 Need for Speed: Most Wanted Need for Speed: Most Wanted 2012 · 451 ratings · finished by 74% 85 /100
20 Skate 3 Skate 3 2010 · 143 ratings · finished by 13% 84 /100
21 Guacamelee! Guacamelee! 2013 · 190 ratings · finished by 19% 84 /100
22 Rayman Rayman 1995 · 223 ratings 84 /100
23 Street Fighter II: The World Warrior (1991) Street Fighter II: The World Warrior (1991) 1991 · 103 ratings 84 /100
24 Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock S Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock 2007 · 394 ratings · 1 Tier vote 84 /100
25 Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Tekken Tag Tournament 2 2012 · 111 ratings 83 /100
26 Flower Flower 2009 · 233 ratings · finished by 20% 83 /100
27 Pure Pure 2008 · 164 ratings 83 /100
28 Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time 2009 · 151 ratings 83 /100
29 Guitar Hero World Tour Guitar Hero World Tour 2008 · 130 ratings 82 /100
30 Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition 2013 · 953 ratings · finished by 23% 82 /100
31 Need for Speed: Most Wanted - A Criterion Game Need for Speed: Most Wanted - A Criterion Game 2012 · 645 ratings · finished by 22% 82 /100
32 Crazy Taxi (1999) Crazy Taxi (1999) 1999 · 244 ratings · finished by 12% 82 /100
33 Split/Second Split/Second 2010 · 119 ratings · finished by 18% 82 /100
34 Soul Calibur IV Soul Calibur IV 2008 · 125 ratings 82 /100
35 Driver San Francisco Driver San Francisco 2011 · 186 ratings · finished by 25% 82 /100
36 Rock Band Rock Band 2007 · 115 ratings 82 /100
37 Colin McRae: DiRT Colin McRae: DiRT 2007 · 103 ratings 81 /100
38 GRID 2 GRID 2 2013 · 167 ratings · finished by 4% 81 /100
39 STREET FIGHTER X TEKKEN STREET FIGHTER X TEKKEN 2012 · 94 ratings · finished by 8% 80 /100
40 Need for Speed: Rivals Need for Speed: Rivals 2013 · 257 ratings · finished by 12% 80 /100
41 Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition 2013 · 1,427 ratings · finished by 10% · 5 h to beat 80 /100
42 Injustice: Gods Among Us Injustice: Gods Among Us 2013 · 348 ratings 80 /100
43 Angry Birds Angry Birds 2009 · 209 ratings 80 /100
44 Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time 2013 · 92 ratings 80 /100
45 Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare S Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare 2014 · 129 ratings · 1 Tier vote · finished by 6% 80 /100
46 Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes 1998 · 121 ratings 90 /100
47 SoulCalibur V SoulCalibur V 2012 · 86 ratings 80 /100
48 Ultra Street Fighter IV Ultra Street Fighter IV 2014 · 114 ratings · finished by 6% 79 /100
49 Blur Blur 2010 · 155 ratings 79 /100
50 Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed 2012 · 153 ratings · finished by 8% 79 /100
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What is the best Arcade game on PlayStation 3?

LittleBigPlanet currently tops the ranking with a score of 96/100 across 277 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.