With so much talk this year about arcade games I thought I'd make a list of the best of the best from both. This should help you buy some from both platforms in case you missed them. i will put the metacritic score by each whether they were timed exclusive, console exclusive, or exclusive next to each one. Let me know if I made any mistakes This is every game above 80 on metacritic. I was just going to do top 20 for both since their could be a debate, but instead you have this now thanks to somebody in the comments.
XBLA 27 exclusives, 10 console exclusives, 6 Timed exclusives
Xbox Live Arcade | Metacritic | ||
1 | Braid | 93 | Timed Exclusive |
2 | Pac-Man Chamionship Edition DX | 93 | |
3 | Trials Evolution | 90 | Exclusive |
4 | Limbo | 90 | Time Exclusive |
5 | Mark of the Ninja | 90 | Console Exclusive |
6 | Super Meat Boy | 90 | Console Exclusive |
7 | Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 | 90 | Exclusive |
8 | Plants vs Zombies | 89 | Timed Exclusive |
9 | Rez HD | 89 | Exclusive |
10 | Worms 2 Armageddon | 84 | Exclusive |
11 | FEZ | 89 | Console Exclusive |
12 | Peggle Deluxe | 89 | |
13 | Shadow Complex | 88 | Exclusive |
14 | Joe Danger: Special Edition | 88 | |
15 | Spelunky | 87 | Exclusive |
16 | Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords | 87 | |
17 | Pinball FX 2: Marvel Pinball | 86 | |
18 | Trials HD | 86 | Exclusive |
19 | Radiant Silvergun | 86 | Exclusive |
20 | Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved | 86 | Exclusive |
21 | Bastion | 86 | Console Exclusive |
22 | Monkey Island 2 | 85 | |
23 | Monkey Island | 88 | |
24 | Ikaruga | 87 | Exclusive |
25 | Pinball FX 2: Marvel Pinball | 88 | |
26 | Pinball FX 2 | 88 | |
27 | Bomberman Live | 84 | Exclusive |
28 | Splosionman | 84 | Exclusive |
29 | Outland | 84 | |
30 | Pinball FX 2: Epic Quest | 84 | |
31 | Battlefield 1943 | 83 | Console Exclusive |
32 | N+ | 83 | Exclusive |
33 | Sine Mora | 83 | |
34 | The Misadventure of P.B Winterbottom | 83 | Exclusive |
35 | Pacman Championship Edition | 83 | |
36 | Ms Splosion Man | 83 | Exclusive |
37 | Super Puzzle Fighter II HD SuTurbo HD Remix | 83 | |
38 | Dust an Elysian Tale | 83 | Exclusive |
39 | Costume Quest: Grubbins on Ice | 83 | |
40 | Defense Grid: The Awakening | 82 | Console Exclusive |
41 | Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition | 82 | |
42 | Iron Brigade | 82 | |
43 | The Pinball Arcade | 82 | |
44 | Megaman 9 | 82 | |
45 | Castle Crashers | 82 | Timed Exclusive |
46 | Sonic the Heddgehog 2 | 82 | |
47 | Joe Danger 2: The movie | 82 | |
48 | Torchlight | 81 | Console Exclusive |
49 | Renegade Ops | 81 | |
50 | Virtue Fighter 5 Final Showdown | 81 | |
51 | Sensible World of Soccer | 81 | |
52 | Toy Soldiers: Cold War | 81 | Exclusive |
53 | Ilomilo | 81 | Exclusive |
54 | Rockstar games presents Table Tennis | 81 | Exclusive |
55 | The dishwasher:Vampire Smile | 81 | Exclusive |
56 | Poker Smash | 81 | Exclusive |
57 | Catan | 81 | |
58 | Puzzle Quest 2 | 81 | Console Exclusive |
59 | Rocket Riot | 80 | Exclusive |
60 | Space Invaders Extreme | 80 | Exclusive |
61 | From Dust | 80 | Timed Exclusive |
62 | Darwinia+ | 80 | Console Exclusive |
63 | Zero D Beat Drop | 80 | Exclusive |
64 | Cloning Clyde | 80 | Console Exclusive |
65 | Double Fine Happy Action Theatre | 80 | Exclusive |
66 | Snoopy Flying Ace | 80 | Exclusive |
67 | Magic the Gathering - Duals of the planeswalkers 2013 | 80 | |
68 | UEFA Euro 2008 | 80 | |
69 | Space Invaders Infinity Gene | 80 | |
70 | Lazy Raiders | 80 | Exclusive |
71 | Sonic CD | 82 | |
72 | UNO | 81 | |
73 | Lara Croft: Guardian of Light | 85 | Timed Exclusive |
74 | Super Strett Fighter II Turbo HD Remix | 88 | |
75 | Peggle Nights | 89 | |
76 | Pinball FX 2: Sorcerers Lair | 88 | |
77 | Trine 2 | 85 | |
78 | NBA Jam on Fire Edition | 85 | |
79 | Bionic Commando Rearmed | 85 |
PSN 19 exclusives, 3 consoles exclusives, 2 timed exclusives
PS Store | Metacritic | ||
1 | Braid | 93 | |
2 | Journey | 92 | Exclusive |
3 | Pacman Championship Edition DX | 92 | |
4 | Limbo | 90 | |
5 | Wipeout HD Fury | 89 | Exclusive |
6 | Critter Crunch | 87 | Console Exclusive |
7 | Wipeout HD | 87 | Exclusive |
8 | Flower | 87 | Exclusive |
9 | Pixeljunk Shooter | 87 | Exclusive |
10 | Joe Danger | 86 | Timed Exclusive |
11 | Zen Pinball 2 | 86 | |
12 | Tales of Moneky Island | 86 | |
13 | Plants vs Zombies | 85 | |
14 | Castle Crashers | 85 | |
15 | Marvel Vs Capcom 2 | 85 | |
16 | Trine 2 | 85 | |
17 | Might and Magic: Clash of the Heroes | 85 | |
18 | Lara Croft: The Gaurdian of Light | 84 | |
19 | Sound Shapes | 84 | Exclusive |
20 | Pixeljunk Monsters | 83 | Exclusive |
21 | Comet Crash | 83 | Exclusive |
22 | Everydays Shooter | 83 | Console Exclusive |
23 | Trine | 83 | Timed Exclusive |
24 | Outland | 83 | |
25 | Dyad | 83 | Exclusive |
26 | Super Puzzle Fighter Hd Turbo HD Remix | 82 | |
27 | Skullgirls | 82 | |
28 | Pixeljunk Shooter 2 | 82 | Exclusive |
29 | Flight Control HD | 82 | Console Exclusive |
30 | Oddworld Stranger's Wrath | 82 | Exclusive |
31 | Pixeljunk Monsters Encore | 82 | Exclusive |
32 | Hustle kings | 81 | Exclusive |
33 | Bomberman Ultra | 81 | Exclusive |
34 | From Dust | 81 | |
35 | Echochrome | 81 | Exclusive |
36 | Dungeon Defenders | 80 | |
37 | Renegade Ops | 80 | |
38 | Pixeljunk Eden | 80 | Exclusive |
39 | ZEN Pibball | 80 | |
40 | Counterstrike GO | 80 | |
41 | Space Invaders Infinity Gene | 80 | |
42 | Sonic CD | 80 | |
43 | Tetris | 80 | |
44 | Super Strett Fighter II Turbo HD Remix | 87 | |
45 | Super Stardust HD | 85 | Exclusive |
46 | Tekken 5: Dark Ressurection | 82 | Exclusive |
47 | Lumnes Supernova | 80 | Exclusive |
48 | Closure | 81 | Exclusive |
49 | Swords & Soldiers | 81 | |
50 | Battlefield 1943 | 84 | |
51 | Virtue Fighter 5: Final Showdown | 82 | |
52 | Monkey Island | 86 | |
53 | Monkey Island 2 | 87 | |
54 | Quantum Conundrum | 81 | |
55 | Peggle | 91 | |
56 | NBA Jam on Fire Edition | 81 | |
57 | Bionic Commando Rearmed | 87 |