The Best Retro Games - Page 5

Update : Gray Goo added at rank #1.
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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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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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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

46

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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Forgive Me Father (2022)

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Xbox One Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Forgive Me Father is a dark retro horror FPS set in a comic book style world inspired by the novels of H.P. Lovecraft. As the only one left with full senses, you begin a journey in search of answers and relief. How long can you last?


  • shooter
  • first-person
  • fps
  • retro
  • lovecraftian
  • horror
  • psychedelic

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