The Best 1990s Games

Update : Thunder Helix added at rank #44.
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Petal Crash (2020)

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IOS iPhone PC Windows Mac OS Linux Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch Android

Crash blocks together into huge chain reactions in this frantic arcade action puzzler! Pick your favorite character and experience their tale in the Story Mode, solve tricky brain teasers and make your own in Puzzle Mode, shoot for high scores in Solo Play, or go head to head in Versus Mode!


  • 1990s
  • character
  • colourful
  • pixel
  • cute
  • puzzle
  • cartoony
  • comedy
  • city-states
  • logic
  • arcade
  • anime
  • twin
  • family-friendly
  • local

2

Justice Sucks (2022)

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PC Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Nintendo Switch

JUSTICE SUCKS is a stealth/action game about a killer robot vacuum cleaner on a quest for vengeance through a 90s TV universe. Stalk your prey, hack smart devices, turn them into deadly traps and consume the blood of your enemies to unleash devastating powers.

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  • stealth
  • dark
  • hacking
  • cats
  • satire
  • 1990s
  • humor
  • tactical
  • shoot-em-up
  • character
  • robots
  • top-down
  • squad
  • colourful
  • gore

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The Big Con - GRIFT OF THE YEAR EDITION (2022)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Hustle your way across ‘90s America as a runaway teen con artist. Choose how to make your scratch as you don disguises, pick pockets, and rip people off in this comedic crime-filled adventure. Experience the totally rad '90s in all its plaid and payphone glory!


  • crime
  • 1990s
  • comedy
  • funny
  • stylized
  • conversation
  • hand-drawn
  • cartoony
  • three-hour
  • choices
  • furby
  • colourful
  • story
  • adventure

4

Cleo - a pirate's tale (2021)

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PC Windows Mac OS

Cleo is a solo-developed, top-down, pixel-art, retro, pirate adventure with a lot of nostalgic flair, humor and a linear story, inspired by the old Zelda games and the classic LucasArts adventure games.


  • investigation
  • pirates
  • 1990s
  • logic
  • linear
  • narration
  • top-down
  • comedy
  • point-and-click
  • action-adventure
  • pixel
  • funny
  • 2d
  • old-school
  • retro

5

CURSES (2022)

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PC Windows Android vita Playstation 4

A short visual novel, CURSES is a game about a girl with troubles and dark feelings. Help her cope with them with the aid of a cynical cat and sprinkle of magic.


  • emotional
  • brawler
  • choices
  • magic
  • lgbtq
  • cats
  • conversation
  • wave
  • 1990s
  • point-and-click
  • dark
  • comedy
  • boss
  • beat-em-up
  • story

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Jitsu Squad (2022)

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Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 5 Playstation 4 PC Windows

Jitsu Squad is a four-player co-op fighting game inspired by the Marvel vs Capcom series. The players take on the role of four heroes on a mission to thwart an evil sorcerer’s ambitions and retrieve a powerful demon's soul stone. With beautiful hand-drawn visuals and an over-the-top chop socky soundtrack, this game will have you feeling like you're playing in one of your favorite Saturday morning cartoons.

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What we like:
  • Varied characters
  • Super transformations and screen filling super attacks
  • Visually stunning graphics
  • Entertaining soundtrack
  • Variety of enemies and bosses
What could be improved:
  • Difficulty distinguishing between characters in multiplayer mode
  • Limited number of puzzles
  • Not difficult even at the end

  • ninja
  • beat-em-up
  • 1990s
  • scroller
  • cooperative
  • hack-and-slash
  • fight
  • character
  • swordplay
  • 2d
  • comedy
  • superhero
  • old-school
  • retro
  • linear

7

INCISION (2022)

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early access PC Windows Android

All old-school FPS action. No Bullshit. Lots of blood & gore. Slaughter your way through nightmarish industrial mazes, transformed cityscapes and surreal alien structures to cut down the Growth in this ultraviolent, fast-paced, and merciless retro-styled first person shooter.


  • transhumanism
  • 1990s
  • first-person
  • shooter
  • retro
  • fps
  • post-apocalyptic
  • old-school
  • historical
  • alternate
  • surreal
  • 3d
  • atmospheric
  • demons
  • gore

8

CrushBorgs (2022)

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PC Windows Xbox One

"Run and Gun" oldschool single-player platformer with NES aesthetics, including an authentic 8-bit chiptune.

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  • 1990s
  • sci-fi
  • retro
  • robots
  • 2d
  • platform
  • scroller
  • single-player
  • chiptune
  • arcade
  • shooter

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Last Call BBS (2022)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Boot up your Z5 Powerlance and dial into Last Call BBS, the last game from Zachtronics! The Barkeep’s loaded up his retro computer with a full set of puzzle games for you to download and play. No need to worry about copy protection, they’re all fully cracked and ready to enjoy!


  • automation
  • solitaire
  • 1990s
  • logic
  • building
  • mech
  • sandbox
  • retro
  • pvp
  • pixel
  • music
  • puzzle

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Punch Club 2: Fast Forward (2023)

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Xbox One Nintendo Switch Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Playstation 4 PC Windows

You have come here to read game descriptions and play fighter management sims…and you’re all outta descriptions.


  • arts
  • cyberpunk
  • nostalgia
  • time-management
  • martial
  • management
  • resource-management
  • rpg
  • 1990s
  • tactical
  • 1980s
  • life
  • sport
  • pixel
  • simulation

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