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Best Arcade games on Xbox
The 39 best Arcade games on Xbox, ranked from 11,360 critic and player ratings.
The best Arcade game on Xbox right now is Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, with a critic score of 94/100 — updated augustus 2026.
01
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
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
02
Burnout 3: Takedown
94
/100
03
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3
94
/100
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
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
02
Burnout 3: Takedown
94
/100
03
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3
94
/100
04
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4
91
/100
05
Sid Meier's Pirates!
88
/100
06
Burnout 2: Point of Impact
88
/100
07
Need for Speed: Most Wanted
Need for Speed: Most Wanted takes on the gameplay style of the first Most Wanted title in the Need for Speed franchise. Most Wanted allows players to select one car and compete against other racers in three types of events: Sprint races, which involves traveling from one point of the city to another, Circuit races, each having two or three laps total and Speed runs, which involve traversing through a course in the highest average speed possible. There is also the Ambush races, which start with the player surrounded by cops and tasked to evade their pursuit as quickly as possible.
85
/100
08
Tony Hawk's Underground 2
84
/100
09
FlatOut 2
Experience the drive of your life as you throw yourself around on and off the track causing fences to shatter, tyre walls explode, water tanks and barrels fly across the track into other cars. And if anyone, including you, gets caught up in a big smash sit back and watch as the driver gets catapulted through the windscreen in spectacular effect. With over 5000 destructible objects on each track and 40 deformable pieces on every car sparks are guaranteed to fly increasing the mayhem with every lap! Featuring an enhanced version of the original's lauded physics engine and even faster driving track designs, FlatOut 2 also boasts a plethora of improvements, enhancements and additions to make this the definitive FlatOut experience. Twice as many vehicles, a more sophisticated career mode, additional race environments, double the number of tracks; twice as many mini-games along with many multiplayer modes (via LAN only) are just some of the exhaustive features that are included in FlatOut 2. - 34 vehicles to wreck, 12 rag-doll mini games, 60 track combinations, and thousands and thousands of destructible objects. - Enjoy the mayhem while listening to a slamming soundtrack from artists including Rob Zombie, Papa Roach, Fall Out Boy, Nickelback, Wolfmother and more! - Race hard and collide with up to 6 of your friends online in the souped up car of your dreams.
82
/100
10
Need for Speed: Underground 2
82
/100
11
Need for Speed: Underground
82
/100
12
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2
81
/100
13
Marvel Ultimate Alliance
81
/100
14
Midnight Club 2
81
/100
15
FlatOut
80
/100
16
Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2
80
/100
17
Midnight Club 3: Dub Edition
79
/100
18
Burnout
79
/100
19
Zuma
78
/100
20
Spider-Man: The Movie
77
/100
21
Mortal Kombat: Armageddon
76
/100
22
Tony Hawk's Project 8
75
/100
23
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
74
/100
24
Tony Hawk's American Wasteland
74
/100
25
Madagascar
73
/100
26
Scrapland
72
/100
27
Need for Speed: Carbon
70
/100
28
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe
70
/100
29
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
68
/100
30
Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup
68
/100
31
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
68
/100
32
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
67
/100
33
Sonic Heroes
67
/100
34
Over the Hedge
65
/100
35
Metal Slug 4
64
/100
36
Shrek 2: The Game
63
/100
37
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
60
/100
38
Guilty Gear X2 #Reload
60
/100
39
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Battle Nexus
49
/100
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4
91
/100
05
Sid Meier's Pirates!
88
/100
06
Burnout 2: Point of Impact
88
/100
07
Need for Speed: Most Wanted
Need for Speed: Most Wanted takes on the gameplay style of the first Most Wanted title in the Need for Speed franchise. Most Wanted allows players to select one car and compete against other racers in three types of events: Sprint races, which involves traveling from one point of the city to another, Circuit races, each having two or three laps total and Speed runs, which involve traversing through a course in the highest average speed possible. There is also the Ambush races, which start with the player surrounded by cops and tasked to evade their pursuit as quickly as possible.
85
/100
08
Tony Hawk's Underground 2
84
/100
09
FlatOut 2
Experience the drive of your life as you throw yourself around on and off the track causing fences to shatter, tyre walls explode, water tanks and barrels fly across the track into other cars. And if anyone, including you, gets caught up in a big smash sit back and watch as the driver gets catapulted through the windscreen in spectacular effect. With over 5000 destructible objects on each track and 40 deformable pieces on every car sparks are guaranteed to fly increasing the mayhem with every lap! Featuring an enhanced version of the original's lauded physics engine and even faster driving track designs, FlatOut 2 also boasts a plethora of improvements, enhancements and additions to make this the definitive FlatOut experience. Twice as many vehicles, a more sophisticated career mode, additional race environments, double the number of tracks; twice as many mini-games along with many multiplayer modes (via LAN only) are just some of the exhaustive features that are included in FlatOut 2. - 34 vehicles to wreck, 12 rag-doll mini games, 60 track combinations, and thousands and thousands of destructible objects. - Enjoy the mayhem while listening to a slamming soundtrack from artists including Rob Zombie, Papa Roach, Fall Out Boy, Nickelback, Wolfmother and more! - Race hard and collide with up to 6 of your friends online in the souped up car of your dreams.
82
/100
10
Need for Speed: Underground 2
82
/100
11
Need for Speed: Underground
82
/100
12
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2
81
/100
13
Marvel Ultimate Alliance
81
/100
14
Midnight Club 2
81
/100
15
FlatOut
80
/100
16
Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2
80
/100
17
Midnight Club 3: Dub Edition
79
/100
18
Burnout
79
/100
19
Zuma
78
/100
20
Spider-Man: The Movie
77
/100
21
Mortal Kombat: Armageddon
76
/100
22
Tony Hawk's Project 8
75
/100
23
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
74
/100
24
Tony Hawk's American Wasteland
74
/100
25
Madagascar
73
/100
26
Scrapland
72
/100
27
Need for Speed: Carbon
70
/100
28
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe
70
/100
29
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
68
/100
30
Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup
68
/100
31
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
68
/100
32
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
67
/100
33
Sonic Heroes
67
/100
34
Over the Hedge
65
/100
35
Metal Slug 4
64
/100
36
Shrek 2: The Game
63
/100
37
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
60
/100
38
Guilty Gear X2 #Reload
60
/100
39
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Battle Nexus
49
/100
FAQ
What is the best Arcade game on Xbox?
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City currently tops the ranking with a score of 94/100 across 3,107 ratings. Ranking updated augustus 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.