Arcade Archives: Polaris is an arcade developed by Hamster Corporation, released 9 April 2026 on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
What Arcade Archives: Polaris is
Arcade Archives: Polaris is an arcade game developed by Hamster Corporation and released in 2026. It is available on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
"Polaris" is a shooting game released by Taito in 1980. Take command of a submarine and battle advancing enemy forces using missiles that can only be fired directly upward. Navigate through a relentless onslaught from all directions—bombers in the sky, frigates patrolling the surface, and mines lurking on the seabed!
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action.
What it launched against
Arcade Archives: Polaris launched on 9 April 2026, within three weeks of Crimson Desert Enhanced, Pragmata, Replaced and Saros. It arrived 13 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Crimson Desert Enhanced, Pragmata, Replaced, Saros.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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