The Best Retro Games - Page 5

Update : Perfect Diamond added at rank #1.
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C.A.R.L. (2022)

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Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 PC Windows Xbox One

A mysterious factory outfitted with spiky ceilings, hidden passages, and deadly cogs… that’s a lot for the average robot, but not for C.A.R.L.! Help him uncover the sinister secrets of Kent Industries in this 2D puzzle adventure filled to the brim with funky tunes and retro platformer goodness.

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  • platform
  • electronic
  • robots
  • retro
  • music
  • cooperative
  • puzzle
  • funny
  • shooter
  • exploration
  • 2d
  • twin-stick
  • zombie-inhabited
  • classic
  • deterministic

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Road Frog (2022)

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PC Windows Android

In this simple riff on an arcade classic, released in 1983 for home microcomputers by famed game developer/publisher Ocean Software, guide a small frog across a busy road, then across logs floating in a river, to reach safety on the other side.


  • retro
  • top-down
  • arcade
  • 1980s
  • 2d
  • pixel
  • survival
  • old-school
  • action

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Unichrome: A 1-Bit Unicorn Adventure (2022)

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

Run-and-gun platforming single-player arcade action mixed with off-kilter comedy. Horn-dash, Triple-Barrel-Shotgun-Blast, Molotov-Cocktail, and Rainbow-Bazooka-Blast your enemies to their death. Homing bullets, automated turrets, and ice-beams spice up the rainbow-colored carnage.

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  • platform
  • soundtrack
  • retro
  • bullet-hell
  • arcade
  • precision
  • pixel
  • old-school
  • comedy
  • atmospheric
  • scroller
  • story
  • 2d
  • single-player
  • funny

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Pushing Crates (2022)

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PC Windows

A sliding puzzle game

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  • retro
  • pixel
  • 1980s
  • casual
  • puzzle
  • 2d
  • single-player

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Curse Crackers: For Whom the Belle Toils (2022)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Help Belle the acrobat and Chime the living bell recover her kidnapped boyfriend from her rival Bonnie, who has suddenly returned with strange new abilities and a crew of trouble making, graffiti loving skeletons! It’s up to Belle to take Bonnie's new crew head on and get her boyfriend back!


  • cartoony
  • 2d
  • lore
  • platform
  • scroller
  • pixel
  • retro
  • magic
  • anime
  • gbc
  • designed
  • colourful
  • well-hidden
  • cute

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection (2022)

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

Dive into the nostalgia with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection. Relive the classic TMNT games, journey through New York City, sewers, enemy bases, and even time itself. Enjoy the unique features like button mapping, cheat codes, and a wealth of bonus content. A must-play for TMNT fans and lovers of classic beat 'em-up games.

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What we like:
  • Great value for the price
  • Access to Japanese regional versions
  • Easy activation of cheat codes
  • Nostalgic experience
  • Wealth of bonus content
What could be improved:
  • Limited online play
  • Button mapping limitations
  • Some bonus content is disappointing

  • arcade
  • retro
  • compilation
  • classic
  • fight
  • platform
  • side-scrolling
  • online
  • sprite
  • boss
  • cooperative
  • local
  • strategy
  • action

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Fi da Puti Samurai (2022)

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PC Windows

A Retro-FPS "virtual happy place", jeopardized with a naughty bug. Traverse this action-oriented roguelite blasting waifus to uncover dirty secrets on a personal computer!

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  • first-person
  • shooter
  • rogue-like
  • procedural
  • fps
  • anime
  • retro
  • funny
  • violent
  • gore
  • cyberpunk
  • comedy
  • pixel
  • rail
  • cute

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Horgihugh And Friends (2022)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows

HORGIHUGH is a horizontal side-scrolling shoot 'em up from Japanese developer PiXEL featuring vibrant retro graphics, intense boss battles, a unique power-up system, and an adorable roster of anthropomorphic characters.


  • retro
  • horizontal
  • boss
  • cute
  • action
  • scroller
  • shooter
  • war
  • shoot-em-up
  • well-hidden
  • 1990s
  • old-school
  • boss-fight
  • side-scrolling
  • casual

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CrushBorgs (2022)

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PC Windows Xbox One Playstation 4 j Xbox Series X

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

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

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Pewt 'em Up! (2022)

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PC Windows Android

Pewt 'em Up! is a retro inspired arcade space shoot 'em up with lots of upgrades, achievements, extras and more.


  • shoot-em-up
  • rogue-like
  • aliens
  • retro
  • arcade
  • futuristic
  • pixel
  • 2d
  • space
  • sci-fi
  • shooter
  • linear
  • action

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