Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Arcade Maker
New, lovely arcade shooter with orignal graphics & music
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Arcade Maker launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Arcade Trail▲149Crowdsourced game discovery & curation platform
2017 · arcadetrail.com · its alternatives →
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GIPHY Arcade▲141Create and share microgames powered by fun GIFs 👾
2019 · arcade.giphy.com · its alternatives →
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Phoenix 2▲58A blistering arcade Shoot 'Em Up with jaw-dropping graphics
2016 · firigames.com · its alternatives →
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The HN Arcade▲352I love seeing all the small games that people build and post to this site. I don't want to forget any, so I have built a directory/arcade for the games here that I maintain. Feel free to check it out, add your game if its missing and let me know what you think. Thanks!
Jan 2026 · andrewgy8.github.io · its alternatives →
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Oak▲225Turn your table into an Augmented Reality playground
2016 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
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Free Art, Music (even Code) for Indie Game Devs
2015 · opengameart.org · its alternatives →
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Game Builder▲189A new game, where you build games, by Google
2019 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →
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Make a miniature arcade cabinet with real, working games
2015 · makershed.com · its alternatives →
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GitHub repo: https://github.com/ArcadeMakerSources/ArcadeMaker (first of all, i want to say that I made this project for fun and challenge. I always wanted to create my own language. This has no business goal or something.) So the project is a 2D game engine (MonoGame backend) inspired by GameMaker 8. It includes its own IDE (built with WinForms) and an interpreted programming language that I wrote myself. The language—definitely the biggest challenge in the project—is a simple dynamically typed language. When I started, I had zero knowledge of how to build something like…
Aug 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Whoa Dave!▲70A classic single-screen arcade platformer a-la Bubble Bobble
2015 · woahdave.com · its alternatives →
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Addictive arcade platformer shooter
2016 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →
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eNcade ▲63A Portable Raspberry Pi Gaming Console (Kickstarter)
2014 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
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