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Best 10 Retro Arcade Games
Retro arcades for the modern gamer, available at the touch of a button. Play the best 80s arcade games of all time right on your mobile device.
About Retro Arcade Games
Arcade games were usually placed in public businesses like restaurants, amusement arcades, and bars. The late 1970’s to the mid-1980s is generally considered the golden age of arcade video games.
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PAC-MAN
Eat power pellets, chase the ghosts, and beat the mazes with the iconic PAC-MAN!3.8 Ratings 1M+ Reviews 100M+ DownloadsFree Fresh In App Purchases 1M+ ReviewsFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
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Galaxiga Arcade Shooting Game
Classic Arcade shooting game, Galaxy Attack - Alien Shooter - Space Shooter4.7 Ratings 310K+ Reviews 10M+ DownloadsFree Fresh In App PurchasesFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
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Sonic the Hedgehog™ Classic
SEGA's platform hit returns with Sonic The Hedgehog on mobile!4.2 Ratings 350K+ Reviews 50M+ DownloadsFree In App PurchasesFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
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Golden Axe Classics
Three chapters of SEGA’s Golden Axe series hit SEGA Forever in one single app!4.3 Ratings 22K+ Reviews 1M+ DownloadsFree In App PurchasesFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
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Scrambler: Classic Retro Arcad
A version of the classic 80s retro arcade game. Happy childhood memories!4.3 Ratings 2K+ Reviews 500K+ DownloadsFreeFree![Google Play]()
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Retro Super Cobra Arcade Game
Classic retro arcade gameplay at its best! A free 80s-style arcade game.4.3 Ratings 484+ Reviews 100K+ DownloadsFreeFree![Google Play]()
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Turtle: 90s & 80s arcade games
Old school retro style from the classic childhood LCD handheld gaming collection4.6 Ratings 171+ Reviews 10K+ DownloadsFree In App PurchasesFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
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Galaga Wars
The retro arcade game is back!👾💥 Shoot all alien invaders in space 🚀3.9 Ratings 27K+ Reviews 1M+ DownloadsFree In App PurchasesFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
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Galaxia Classic: Retro Arcade
Retro Space Shooter. Play to get a high score!3.6 Ratings 1K+ Reviews 500K+ DownloadsFreeFree![Google Play]()
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Phoenix Retro Arcade
The classic retro arcade game!4.7 Ratings 2K+ Reviews 100K+ DownloadsFreeFree![Google Play]()
How We Choose The Best Apps
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Broad Search
Our unique algorithm scoured the App Store and Google Play Store by searching retro arcade games, 80's arcarde games, 80s arcade games and 10 other keywords. From there, we retrieved a total of 972 unique apps (113 Android apps and 859 iOS apps) as potential candidates. -
Additional Review by Editorial Team
Finally, our editorial team checks all apps in our best 10 list one by one to make sure these apps are of the highest quality. -
Filter only high-quality apps
We then selected the highest quality apps from the 972 apps listed. We compared the number of stars, downloads, and reviews along with the velocity of these apps to create a list of the Best Retro Arcade Games for both Android & iOS.
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