Arcade

The Arcade is a play mode in Overwatch. It features a rotating variety of exclusive game modes, maps, and rulesets. Players can earn Loot Boxes by winning games, and earn the same amount of experience that is available in Quick Play.

Game Modes

1V1: Mystery Duel

Face off in a series of one on one fights. Both players use the same random hero in every round.

Rules:

• Players: 2
• Maps:
  • Ecopoint: Antarctica
  • Necropolis
  • Black Forest
  • Castillo
• Random Hero
• Mirrored Hero
• Unavailable heroes: Lúcio, Mercy
• Victory: Defeat your opponent five times

1v1 Limited Duel

Rules:

• Players: 2
• Maps:
  • Ecopoint: Antarctica
  • Necropolis
  • Black Forest
  • Castillo
• Choice of 3 randomly chosen Heroes per round
• Unavailable heroes: Lúcio, Mercy
• Victory: Defeat your opponent five times

3V3: Elimination

Compete as a team of three players in a series of fights at Ecopoint: Antarctica.

Rules:

• Players: 6
• Maps:
  • Ecopoint: Antarctica
  • Necropolis
  • Black Forest
  • Castillo

• Victory: Defeat the enemy team three times

Note: Draw rounds all give 2000 exp each.

3v3 Lockout Elimination

Rules:

• Players: 6
• Maps:
  • Ecopoint: Antarctica
  • Necropolis
  • Black Forest
  • Castillo
• Limitations: Heroes used in a winning round cannot be used for the rest of the match.

• Victory: Defeat the enemy team three times

6v6 Lockout Elimination

Rules:

• Players: 12
• Maps:
  • Ecopoint: Antarctica
  • Necropolis
  • Black Forest
  • Castillo
• Limitations: Heroes used in a winning round cannot be used for the rest of the match.

• Victory: Defeat the enemy team three 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

Defeat the enemy team without any limits on hero selection.

Rules:

• Players: 12
• Map: Random
• No hero selection limit
• Victory: Complete standard map objectives.

Capture the Flag

Capture the Flag is a gamemode 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.

The gamemode includes voice lines exclusive to this gamemode, a lot of unique strategies are also present in this gamemode.

• Players: 12
• Maps:
  • Lijiang: Control Tower
  • Lijiang: Garden
  • Lijiang: Night Market
  • Oasis: Gardens
  • Oasis: City Center
  • Oasis: University
  • Nepal: Sanctum
  • Nepal: Village
  • Nepal: Shrine
• Game Type: 2-Flag Capture the Flag
• Victory: Capture the enemy team's flag 3 times within the time limit.

Total Mayhem

Power up and embrace the chaos.

Rules:

• Players: 12
• 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

Deathmatch

Deathmatch is an upcoming free-for-all mode. Eight players take part in a map. Every hero can be chosen. The player with the highest score wins. Win credit is awarded to the top four players of each match. Some of the hybrid and escort maps are modified to be based around Deathmatch. Chateau Guillard is also introduced, based around the mode.

Team Deathmatch

Team Deathmatch is similar to Deathmatch, but is based around teams getting kills rather than FFA. Black Forest, Necropolis, and Ecopoint: Antarctica will be playable in this mode.

Game Browser

The Game Browser

The Game Browser allows players to create their own or find other player's Custom Games, through a List of public games.

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
• 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.

There is a weekly reward system where players can earn a maximum of three Loot Boxes per week: one box per every three games won out of nine games total. The system resets at the same time every week, Mondays 8 PM EST, 5 PM PST.