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Featuring aesthetics, gameplay, or themes reminiscent of classic video games. Often characterized by pixel art, chiptune music, or mechanics popularized in earlier gaming eras.

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$5 or less tagged Difficult and Retro (146 results)

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Switch 'N' Shoot
$3.99
👾 An arcade shoot-em-up played entirely with a single button.
Matt Glanville
Action
LOVE
$2.99
An accessible platformer with a focus on a fair challenge.
Fred Wood
Platformer
Infiniboss
$2
In bundle
Keep dodging against an ever-changing boss you can't attack!
Happy Frog Games
Platformer
Annalynn
$5
A new platformer for the arcades of the '80s!
Cruise Elroy
Platformer
Serious Scramblers
$1.99
No jumping. Only falling. Unabashedly tough vertical platformer!
chinykian
Platformer
RITE
$4.99
A high-speed pixel art platformer
PondGames
Platformer
GIF
Snack Scoffer
$3
In bundle
Highscore based arcade game about eating falling snacks & dodging spikes.
Niall Chandler Games
Action
GIF
Kalikan
$5
Dip, dodge, duck, dive, and ... die
LouieChapm
Action
Play in browser
GIF
Clash Force
$4.99
A retro, 8-bit style run-and-gun inspired by Saturday morning cartoons of the 80s!
Shiny Dolphin Games LLC
Shooter
GIF
Super Potato Bruh
$3.99
a bullet hell platformer
DaFluffyPotato
Platformer
GIF
Addled (Playdate)
$2
Classic 'Puzznic' style puzzling with some new twists
playdateStephen
Puzzle
The Demon of Sakura Pass
$2
Touge racing game for mobile and desktop!
BRAINOS
Racing
GIF
Ungrateful Birds: No Good Deed
$0
-100%
The birds must be saved! But alas, they will not be grateful.
John D. Moore
Platformer
Dave Microwaves Games Trilogy I
$1.50
A collection of horror games, each with their own distinct styles
Dave Microwaves Games
Adventure
Metanet Hunter G4
$1
Jam-packed, 4-color fun.
NIGHT KAWATA
Platformer
Shadowcrypt
$4.99
Arcade-style dungeon crawler with tactical sword & shield combat
One-bit Punch
Action
Cycle 28
$3.99
Classic arcade space combat game where you have six minutes to beat your high-score.
Pill Bug Interactive
Action
Kobo Redux
$3.49
Long live the chain explosions!
Olofson ArcadeVerified Account
Shooter
Witchorb
$2
A witch! A broom! Trapped by an evil spook!
phantogast
Platformer
GIF
Gum+
$3.99
A unique, massive, and sticky puzzle game with minimalist mechanics.
Elsewhere
Puzzle
Super Star Path
$4.99
Color Match Puzzle x Shoot'em up!
DYA Games
Puzzle
rock climbing?
$1.99
It's a difficult game but it should be easier than real rock climbing.
bilge
Platformer
The Planet of the Vicious Creatures
$2.99
An old-school platformer set in outer space.
jorgicor
Platformer
GIF
Cybrus
$3.99
Face off against an ever-changing dungeon enhanced by magic and technology, will you survive?
ThatGuyGilby
Shooter
Hack Grid
$3.99
-20%
A puzzle game with dos-aestethic and adlib audio
Daisy Games
Puzzle
Kattonauten
1.99€
Take the cat into space!
Elastiskalinjen
Platformer
Play in browser
Easy as Pi
$3.14
A challenging speedrunning game with 3.14 seconds to beat each level!
snugpig studios
Action
Gravity Bandits
$1.99
Find your way through a haunted castle, by manipulating gravity.
Retrosaur
Platformer
Prism Indigo
$5
Fight your friends to save your friends in this vicious bullet hell shooter!
Altrix Studios
Shooter
Play in browser
Arlo The Rabbit
$2
Welcome to Arlo's first adventure, in an old-school platformer fashion! Complete with amazing chiptune tracks!
Joshimations
Platformer
Boltzmann Brain
$4.99
2D arcade atmospheric puzzle with local versus about space, music and Robot who is searching for the meaning of life.
Lyakusha Ulyatai
Puzzle
Descend Into Heaven
$1.99
Action Platformer
Spoonman Games
Platformer
Camera Obscura
$1.99
An ancient Tower in a forgotten land.
Anteater Games
Platformer
Super Strawberry Man
$2.49
-50%
Super Strawberry Man is a 2D Old-school Action Platformer based on the biography of Strawberry man.
AMAXANG GAMES
Platformer
Skipper
$3.99
2xmilk
Puzzle
Stardash
$2.99
Challenging, old-school style, run and jump fun.
OrangepixelVerified Account
Platformer
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