The Arcade: Game Launcher Hub

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3.5
3.2K reviews
500K+
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Content rating
PEGI 3
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About this app

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THE ARCADE
- Customizable Video Game Hub, Game Launcher & Game Booster with Console Launchers' Aesthetics

Enter The Arcade! Transform your phone or tablet into an immersive and console-like gaming experience, filled with video game graphics that propel you into your next gaming session.
The Arcade is a lightning-fast, ad-free, and fully customizable game launcher and gaming hub app that automatically organizes your games, monitors device performance, and boosts your gaming experience with a clean, straightforward, console launcher interface.
If you are used to Samsung Gaming Hub (Game Hub), Xiaomi Game Turbo, Game Space, Game Mode, or similar, you'll feel right at home – but now with a powerful, all-in-one game booster and game launcher for any Android device with Play Store!

Please note that The Arcade does not include any built-in arcade or retro games - it's a tool and launcher for anyone that appreciates a better gaming experience.

Key Features
🔹 Automatic game detection – Instantly organizes your games for quick access and a boosted gaming flow.
🔹 100% ad-free & ultra fast – No ads, no delays, just pure gaming.
🔹 Console launcher UI – Designed for immersive gaming and retro games, whether using a touchscreen or a game controller.
🔹 Customizable game library – Add, hide, sort, and personalize your games for the best game booster setup.
🔹 Usage statistics – Keep track of how much time you spend in each video game.
🔹 Seamless landscape mode – Optimized for widescreen games as well as games in portrait mode.
🔹 Gaming profiles & folders – Organize games and other apps by genre, favorites, playstyle, or any other grouping.
🔹 Lightweight & battery-friendly – Minimal impact on memory, heat, battery, and storage.
🔹 Real-time performance monitoring – Keep track of CPU, RAM, battery, thermal throttling, and temperature to avoid game lag or device damage.
🔹 Emulator frontend - Include your console emulator games (supports Nintendo NES via NES.emu, Nintendo SNES via Snes9X EX+, and Playstation PSP via PPSSPP)
🔹 Samsung DeX support – Enjoy a true gaming hub experience with full DeX mode support.
🔹 Works great with cloud gaming apps, PC games, and Minecraft launchers – Include any app in your gaming library.

🎨 Personalize Your Gaming Experience
• Customize grid size, icons, app names, and cover art images - even the game launcher app icon itself!
• Choose from multiple game hub themes and add your own background music.
• Turn your device into a dedicated gaming console by setting The Arcade as your default home app.
• Parents can easily create a kid-friendly app library for safe gaming.

⚡ How The Arcade Acts as Your Game Booster
Unlike typical game booster apps that claim to magically tweak device performance (which Android prohibits), The Arcade enhances gaming by improving how you access, organize, launch, and experience your games.

🔋 Built for Offline & Battery-Saving Gaming
• No unnecessary permissions or internet required – play anytime, anywhere.
• No background activity when the gaming launcher is not on screen - saves your battery.
• No personal data collection – your privacy is fully protected.

⏬ Download The Arcade now and transform your phone or tablet into the ultimate gaming hub and game launcher!
Updated on
Sep 19, 2025

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
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This app may collect these data types
App activity and App info and performance
Data is encrypted in transit

Ratings and reviews

3.7
2.9K reviews
Bri “the dog” Guy
August 26, 2025
This does the same thing as a folder with all my games in it. It just scans for games and lets you launch the game from a menu of games, like in a folder. Edit: I downloaded because of the high reviews. I thought it must be an amazing launcher. But sadly, I don't need an app with in-app purchases just to open a game when the phone has a built-in launcher that does exactly the same thing. I see no value in this for me. And the Dev being snarky is another reason I would not use.
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Rollerbush
August 26, 2025
No one needs to purchase anything to use this app, or watch any ads. If you're happy with your preinstalled launcher, you should probably not continue downloading game launcher apps - you will just approach more developers with equally ignorant comments. We get tons of valuable feedback from users that dislike our app. But rarely written like this.
Matteo Biadi
August 23, 2025
Finally a simple game launcher. After android's gaming hub had been updated with all the annoying sponsored games and ads I couldn't find another launcher that was straightforward and handy until yesterday when I came across this one. Safe to say this launcher is the best one i've tried so far. Edit: it's a shame that it isn't possible for the developers to add an option to hide games outside of the launcher, but this is still the best launcher i've tried so far!
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Rollerbush
August 23, 2025
Hi! We're happy you found us! 😃 Always great to receive feedback. The only way for us to hide something in another app (Samsung's home app in this case) is to actually control the code of that app. Which we don't.. 😁 Samsung leaves us no way to do this but on the other hand they messed up their own launcher - room for us to offer something better
Erik Rose
July 15, 2025
This is EXACTLY what I was looking for. Instant buy, even though I was happy with the free features. Great job devs! My only request would be to keep it simple. Any attempts at further monetization should be 2nd to the primary goal of organizing and launching the games you already have, not trying to sell you on new ones.
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Rollerbush
July 15, 2025
Thanks for your great review and feedback! And we agree, the main goal of this app will remain to do what other game launchers fail to do (organizing/launching/styling), including keeping the core stuff free. We do need some monetization to stay motivated as we're spending tons of time on this project. The current approach seems reasonable though.

What’s new

• Support for emulated games
• New profile setting: use most recent app as cover
• Important stability and usability improvements
• Dex compatibility mode only in Samsung devices