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Syder Arcade

Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac • 2013

Should you play it?

Killing zombies never gets old, but sometimes you just need a break. Get back to some serious old-school gaming with Syder Arcade! Syder Arcade is a love letter to Amiga games of the ‘90s, no coins, no upgrade grinding, just your tenacity and a motherload of alien invaders.

What works

  • Nostalgic and accessible gameplay
  • Multiple ships and difficulty levels
  • Addictive survival mode
  • Excellent graphics and music
  • Variety of retro graphic filters

Things to keep in mind

  • Short campaign length
  • Some bugs reported especially in survival mode
  • Limited enemy and level variety
  • No multiplayer or cooperative modes
  • Occasional ui and camera issues

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Good Robot

  • DEVIL BLADE REBOOT

  • Super Galaxy Squadron EX Turbo

  • DRACOMATON

  • Savant - Ascent REMIX

  • Sine Mora

Less competitive

Games that feels like Syder Arcade but with less competition against others

  • Eventide Matter

  • DRAINUS

  • Jets'n'Guns Gold

  • SATAZIUS

  • Time Wasters

  • Power of Ten

More social

Games that feels like Syder Arcade but with more teamwork and cooperation

  • CounterAttack: Uprising

  • Jets'n'Guns 2

  • Sky Force Reloaded

  • Enemy Mind

  • Steredenn: Binary Stars

  • Strike Suit Infinity

More intense

Games that feels like Syder Arcade but with a more intense feel

  • Hell is Other Demons

  • RIVE

  • KILL KNIGHT

  • REVOLVER360 RE:ACTOR

  • GALAK-Z

  • Iron Core: Mech Survivor

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  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
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Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Syder Arcade. These titles are not in What to play next.

Syder Arcade: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Story, Fantasy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence, Story. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Fellowship.

Last update: 21/08/2026