The best new Arcade games of the last 12 months, month by month.
2026
A roguelike tower defence with a card twist! Protect your mine and rescue your crew after crash landing on a slime infested moon. Buy cards and booster packs, expand your tunnels, find crazy combos and squish those frackin’ slimes. Dig, build defend – and get off this B&*@!n Moon!
Scritchy Scratchy is a super-satisfying scratch card incremental game. Buy stacks of scratch-offs, unlock auto-scratching, and chase massive jackpots. Will you play it safe or go all-in?
2025
Crash the yokai party in Twilight Parade: Moonlit Mononoke! Play as the uninvited oni twins and their friends in this bullet-hell shooter with vibrant pixel art. Choose from four unique characters, each with distinct abilities and assistants, then blast through 5 chaotic stages across Japan. Dodge enemy swarms, battle massive bosses, and get revenge in style! • Fly, shoot and dodge strategically in bullet hell style! • Choose from 4 unique characters. • Blast through 5 stages inspired by Japanese culture. • Upgrade your weapons amd defend against enemy swarms. • Battle against screen-filling bosses.
"GEE BEE" is a brick breaker released by NAMCO LIMITED (current Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc.) in 1978. A monumental title, and the first arcade game developed in-house by Namco, it gained popularity for its unique gameplay that adds pinball elements to a classic block-breaker. The Arcade Archives version supports mouse controls, making it even easier to play. The “Arcade Archives”series is developed with the concept of faithfully reproducing classic arcade games. It also includes convenient features such as difficulty and screen settings, rewind, rapid-fire, and multiple save slots. In addition, players can compete for the best scores with players around the world through online rankings. “Arcade Archives 2” adds a new “TIME ATTACK MODE” to the lineup of “ORIGINAL MODE,” “HI SCORE MODE,” and “CARAVAN MODE” included in the Arcade Archives series. In “TIME ATTACK MODE,” players compete to clear the game as quickly as possible, regardless of the score achieved. VRR (Variable Refresh Rate) support has also been added, allowing gameplay to be reproduced even closer to the original arcade experience. Please enjoy these iconic arcade games that defined an era with the “Arcade Archives” series! *This product can only be played on PlayStation🄬5. In addition to this product, there is also the PlayStation🄬4 software "Arcade Archives GEE BEE". There is no compatibility between the save data of this product and the PlayStation🄬4 software "Arcade Archives GEE BEE", nor is there compatibility with the additional content. Please be careful not to purchase duplicates or the wrong product. *If you have purchased PlayStation🄬4 "Arcade Archives GEE BEE," you will be able to purchase PlayStation🄬5 "Arcade Archives 2 GEE BEE" as part of a "Game Owner Discount". *The options menu and manual are available in Japanese, English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish.