Arcade
A fast spinning-obstacle arcade game set across glowing volcanic tracks.
★★★★★ 4.6
Racing and arcade games that fit in your pocket
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Arcade · 4.6★
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«A fast spinning-obstacle arcade game set across glowing volcanic tracks.»
Lena · Volcane Spins
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Questions & answers
How do you choose which games to review?
We pick games we're genuinely curious about, usually something that does an interesting thing with touch controls or a genre we love. Reader suggestions push a lot of titles onto our list too. We lean toward racing and arcade but cover anything that holds our attention.
Do studios pay you for reviews?
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We may run basic, unobtrusive ads to help cover hosting, but they never influence what we write or how we rate anything. A good example is our write-up of Volcane Spins, which we covered simply because we couldn't stop playing it, not because anyone asked us to.