The Best Retro Games for Xbox Series X - Page 2

Update : Phantom Fury added at rank #13.
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Z-Warp (2022)

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Z-Warp is an intense vertical shoot’em up presented in retro pixel art style, featuring frenetic arcade-inspired action where blasters, bombs and KILLER specials are your only allies.


  • retro
  • bullet-hell
  • vertical
  • boss
  • pixel
  • shoot-em-up
  • old-school
  • arcade
  • shooter
  • action
  • replay-value
  • chiptune
  • difficulty
  • vertically
  • 2d

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Breakout: Recharged (2022)

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Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Xbox One Linux Mac OS Nintendo Switch PC Windows Playstation 4

The original brick breaker returns with its toughest challenge yet. Survive as long as you can in arcade or take on one of 50 challenges picking up game-changing power-ups along the way.


  • arcade
  • retro
  • cooperative
  • psychedelic
  • modern
  • 1980s
  • multi-ball
  • family-friendly
  • colourful
  • attack
  • score
  • linear
  • local
  • classic
  • 2d

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Phantom Fury (2024)

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Xbox Series X Playstation 5 PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Shelly “Bombshell” Harrison is back in this highly interactive mix of first person action and road movie adventure. Embark on an adrenaline-fueled journey around the USA. Use an enormous arsenal of weapons and skills to battle treacherous soldiers and vile mutants, all while trying to save mankind.


  • first-person
  • shooter
  • 1990s
  • 2.5d
  • fps
  • retro
  • old-school
  • futuristic
  • fast-paced
  • cyberpunk
  • action-adventure
  • sci-fi
  • story
  • arcade

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Prison City (2023)

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Prison City is a dystopian, action-packed side-scroller with tight mechanics and intricate level design. Battle techno-terrorists with your chakram and grenades, eat hot dogs for health, and locate contacts to help take down bosses.


  • dystopian
  • retro
  • 1990s
  • crime-ridden
  • 1980s
  • platform
  • 2d
  • post-apocalyptic
  • scroller
  • capitalism
  • side-scrolling
  • cinematic
  • sci-fi
  • pixel
  • action

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Dungeonoid 2 Awakening (2024)

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Classic dungeon crawling gets a block-busting twist in Dungeonoid 2 Awakening, a top-down adventure presented in retro pixel art style!


  • classes
  • rpg
  • pixel
  • top-down
  • retro
  • arcade
  • dungeon-crawler
  • fantasy
  • action
  • 2d
  • casual
  • family-friendly

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Antstream Arcade (2023)

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Officially licensed retro game streaming platform with 1000+ titles to play, challenges & global tournaments. Play for free!


  • retro
  • 1980s
  • 1990s
  • pvp
  • casual
  • arcade
  • cloud
  • pixel
  • local
  • cooperative
  • steampunk
  • subscription
  • scrolling
  • multiplayer

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Unichrome: A 1-Bit Unicorn Adventure (2022)

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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.


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

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Superola Champion Edition (2022)

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

A challenging runner-style platforming adventure, in which you’ll have to guide a burger loving llama in its quest to defeat the Hotdog Aliens and recover the stolen hamburgers... before they get cold!


  • platform
  • runner
  • retro
  • split-screen
  • precision
  • character
  • scroller
  • multiple-endings
  • pvp
  • challenging
  • multiplayer
  • boss-fight
  • action-adventure
  • customization
  • funny

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Kingdom of Arcadia (2021)

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Help Sam remove the spell cast on Arcadia and return safely before it’s too late! Sam will encounter a wide variety of enemies, huge bosses and other obstacles in pixelated retro presentation. Fortunately, he can level up and buy new gear from shops to aid in the daunting adventure that lies ahead!


  • retro
  • platform
  • boss
  • arcade
  • pixel
  • metrovania
  • action-adventure
  • adventure

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Froggie - A Retro Platformer (2022)

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Froggie - A Retro Platformer is a side-scroller presented in minimalistic black-and-white style. Take the role of an anthropomorphic frog as he leaps his way through 100 challenging levels. Run, wall jump and wall slide with fluid pixel art animation as you hop on enemies’ heads, avoid spike traps and more. Touch flags or travel through doorways to set new checkpoints as you progress. Respawn instantly and retry levels as many times as it takes!


  • platform
  • precision
  • pixel
  • parkour
  • retro
  • 2d
  • rhythm
  • cute
  • relaxing
  • side-scrolling
  • linear
  • difficult

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