6 Similar Games Short List
Here are our hand-picked short list of similar games; the perfect thing to play next if you enjoyed Active Arcade. We don't use automatic matching, instead, we hand-pick games that are good to play if you have enjoyed Active Arcade.
Release Date: 30/06/2023
Out Now: Switch
Skill Rating: 6+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On, Cartoon and Filmed
Everybody 1-2-Switch is a party game played with the Joy-Con motion controllers to compete in a series of fun and silly challenges. From making friends with aliens to filling giant balloons with just the right amount of air, or working in a manic ice...
Release Date: 18/10/2019
Out Now: Switch
Components: 2D Overhead
Ring Fit Adventure is a running and jumping adventure game with a difference. You control your character with the circular plastic Ring-Con in your hands and Leg-Strap on your leg. The game can then tell how much you are moving and relate that to...
Release Date: 17/11/2009, updated in 2020
Out Now: Android, PC, PS2, PS3, PS4, Stadia, Switch, Web, Wii, Wii U, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One and iOS
Skill Rating: 3+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On
Just Dance 2022 is part of a physically active rhythm game series. Dancing in front of each other isn’t something we often do in families. Just Dance is released with new songs and features each year. It gets parents, carers, children and even...
Release Date: 06/11/2007, updated in 2019
Out Now: 3DS and 2DS, DS, Switch, Wii and Wii U
Components: 3D Third-Person
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games is a series of simple competitive sports games featuring characters from Nintendo and Sega. Each game in the series is themed around a different Olympic year and location.
Release Date: 29/04/2022
Out Now: Switch
Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds
Components: 3D Third-Person and Cartoon
Switch Sports is the latest version of Wii Sports. It brings the classic motion sports game up to date with new sports and ways to play. You can compete in six sports, including Tennis, Volleyball, Golf, Football and Bowling. The novelty, as ever, is...
Release Date: 02/03/2017
Out Now: Switch
Skill Rating: 2+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On
1-2-Switch is a series of party games that use the Switch Joy-Con controllers in imaginative and unusual ways. Although it looks like a novelty, the focus on physical motion and activity rather than just what's on the screen makes this surprisingly...
12 Similar Games Long List
Here are our hand-picked long list of similar games; the perfect thing to play next if you enjoyed Active Arcade. We don't use automatic matching, instead, we hand-pick games that are good to play if you have enjoyed Active Arcade.
Release Date: 08/02/2006, updated in 2014
Out Now: Wii and Wii U
Skill Rating: 4+ year-olds
Components: 3D Third-Person
Wii Sports, Wii Sports Resort and Wii Sports Club offer motion-controlled sports. Although these games are well known, the depth each of them offers is a best-kept secret. Games like bowling, tennis and boxing are easy to pick up but require...
Release Date: 21/05/2014
Out Now: Android and iOS
Bounden is a smartphone dance game that gets players to use their bodies. Two people hold opposite ends of one smartphone then move together to keep a cursor over the ball.
Release Date: 08/12/2022
Out Now: Android and iOS
Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On
Secret Shuffle is a rhythm game where up to 60 players dance to music and have to try and spot who is listening to the same track as they are. Play combines aspect of Twister and Silent Discos to create a game that's both approachable and fun. It's...
Release Date: 04/11/2010
Out Now: Oculus, Xbox 360 and Xbox One
Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On
Dance Central is a dancing rhythm game you play by moving your body in front of the Xbox Kinect camera. The focus on full body movement celebrates accurate, well-timed and energetic moves. As opposed to Just Dance's rough choreography, Dance Central...
Release Date: 11/06/2019
Out Now: Mac, PC, PS3 and PS4
Skill Rating: 5+ year-olds
Joust Mania is a movement-sensitive game of tag that is played in the real world, holding PlayStation Move motion controllers. First appearing as one of the games in the Sportsfriends pack, and then evolving as Joust Mania with more modes and up to 16...
Release Date: 18/05/2023
Out Now: Android and iOS
Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Cartoon
Run Legends is a battle game that gets you fit. You run and walk in the real world to collect energy for a video game adventure. You play by moving and exercising to collect energy and unleash attacks and special skills. It's a novel approach to playful...
Release Date: 29/06/2016
Out Now: Xbox 360 and Xbox One
Skill Rating: 4+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Dice
Fru is a platform game with a twist. One player uses a controller to run and jump around the level; a second player stands in front of the Xbox Kinect camera and appears on the screen in silhouette. This person must use the outline of their body to...
Release Date: 15/06/2020
Out Now: Switch
Skill Rating: 4+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Cartoon
Jump Rope Challenge is a virtual skipping game where you hold the Switch controllers like rope handles and skip. The game displays an on-screen counter and you can play with another person at the same time as you compete for a high score.
Release Date: 03/11/2010, updated in 2014
Out Now: Xbox One
Components: 3D Third-Person
Kinect Sports and Kinect Sports Rivals are a pair of games offering the Xbox equivalent of Wii Sports. Although these games use the Xbox Kinect camera so you simply move in front of the screen to control the different activities.
Release Date: 17/06/2011, updated in 2011
Out Now: PS3, Xbox 360 and Xbox One
Components: 3D First-Person
Child of Eden is a dance and motion game that uses the Xbox Kinect camera. You use your body to shoot and move. Rather than fruit, however, here it’s beautiful firework-style visuals and music that are the challenge.
Release Date: 15/09/2022
Out Now: Switch
Skill Rating: 4+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Paddles is an action party game where you move your paddle to deflect balls, like Pong or Arkanoid but here you play against three other people. It's a battle to score points and keep your balls in play as you take on different levels, modes, and types...
Release Date: 26/03/2021
Out Now: Android, PC and iOS
Skill Rating: 5+ year-olds
Components: 2D Overhead and Cartoon
Pureya is an action game about collecting marbles. However, the type of game you are playing changes every 10 seconds so the challenge is as much about quickly adjusting to the new format as much as pressing buttons really quickly. It's a game that...
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