Arcade
Arcade is an alternative play mode in Overwatch. Instead of a single game type, the Arcade has several various game types within it. These game types rotate regularly, interposing different exclusive maps and rules.
Game Modes
1v1: Mystery Duel
Faceoff in a series of one on one fights. Both players use the same random hero each round.
Rules:
- 2 Players
- Maps: Black Forest, Castillo, Ecopoint: Antarctica, Necropolis
- Random Hero
- Mirrored Hero
- Unavailable heroes: Bastion, D.Va, Lúcio, Mercy, Reinhardt, Symmetra, Torbjörn, Winston, and Zarya
- How to Win: Eliminate the opponent 5 times
1v1 Limited Duel
Rules:
- 2 Players
- Maps: Black Forest, Castillo, Ecopoint: Antarctica, Necropolis
- Choose one of three random heroes each round
- Unavailable heroes: Lúcio, Mercy
- How to Win: Eliminate the opponent 5 times
3v3: Elimination
Rules:
- 6 Players
- Maps: Black Forest, Castillo, Ecopoint: Antarctica, Necropolis
- How to Win: Defeat the enemy team 3 times
3v3 Lockout Elimination
Rules:
- 6 Players
- Maps: Black Forest, Castillo, Ecopoint: Antarctica, Necropolis
- Limitations: If you win a round with a hero you cannot use that hero again.
- How to Win: Defeat the enemy team 3 times
6v6 Lockout Elimination
Rules:
- 12 Players
- Maps: Black Forest, Castillo, Ecopoint: Antarctica, Necropolis
- Limitations: Any heroes used in a winning round cannot be used again.
- Victory: Defeat the enemy team 3 times.
6V6: Mystery Heroes
Defeat the enemy team with every player using heroes that randomly change upon respawn.
Rules:
- Players: 12
- Map: Random
- Random hero
- Victory: Complete standard map objectives
6V6: No Limits
Rules:
- Players: 12
- Map: Random
- No limit to hero selection overlap.
- Victory: Complete standard map objectives.
Capture the Flag
Capture the Flag is a game mode in which there are 2 flags on each side the of the map, one flag is your team's flag and the other is the enemy team's flag.
- Players: 12
- Maps: Lijiang: Control Tower, Lijiang: Garden, Lijiang: Night Market, Oasis: Gardens, Oasis: City Center, Oasis: University, Nepal: Sanctum, Nepal: Village, Nepal: Shrine
- How to Win: Capture the enemy team's flag 3 times within the time limit. The team with the most captures at the end of the match wins.
Total Mayhem
Rules:
- 12 Players
- Maps: Dorado, Eichenwalde, Hollywood, King's Row, Numbani, Route 66, Watchpoint: Gibraltar
- 200% Health
- 150% Ultimate Gain
- 75% Faster cooldowns
- Victory: Complete standard map objectives
Low Gravity
Standard Overwatch modes with gravity lowered to 25%.
Deathmatch
- 8 Players
- Maps: Some of the hybrid and escort maps are modified for play in Deathmatch. Chateau Guillard was introduced along with this game mode.
- How to Win: The player who reaches 20 points first or has the highest score when the 10-minute timer runs out will be awarded first place.
Team Deathmatch
- 8 Players
- Maps: Black Forest, Necropolis, Ecopoint: Antarctica *How to Win: The team that reaches 30 points first or has the most points when the 10-minute timer runs out will be awarded a win.
Seasonal event brawls
During seasonal events, a special brawl is available to play in the Arcade. Starting with Junkenstein's Revenge, the seasonal brawls also feature special achievements that players can earn.
- Summer Games: Lúcioball
- Halloween Terror: Junkenstein's Revenge, Junkenstein's Revenge Endless Mode
- Winter Wonderland: Mei's Snowball Offensive, Winter Mystery (Mystery Heroes but only on the Winterized versions of King's Row and Hanamura)
- Year of the Rooster: Capture the Rooster Overwatch *Uprising: Uprising, Uprising (all heroes)
Rewards
When a new game mode is introduced, there is a one-time Loot Box rewarded for playing and winning it.
By participating in the arcade game modes, players can earn up to 3 Loot Boxes a week. One loot box is awarded for every 3 wins across all the arcade modes.