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Retro

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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Explore games tagged challenging and Retro on itch.io. Featuring aesthetics, gameplay, or themes reminiscent of classic video games. Often characterized by pixel art, chiptune · Upload your games to itch.io to have them show up here.

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Sonic 3D in 2D
A 2D reimagining of Sonic 3D Blast
Sotaknuck
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(114 total ratings)
Platformer
Speed Squared
Fast Precision Platformer Action
Kichex
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(14 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
WizardWizard
You're a Wizard, you can't do magic but you can jump pretty good!
Crateboy
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Platformer
Diggy Doggo: Daylight Dungeon
arcade 8bit game
Rothio Tome
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
Poisoned Palace
Slaughter endless enemies and rise above the poison.
Jordan T. Smith
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
Pico-Bot
Original retro-style shooting game
Exquisite Bytes
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
Wellout
Challenging retro 8-bit platform game
Buck
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
Rise of the Penguins GB
A penguin platformer with a variety of challenging enemies along the journey
billwoo
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
Destructivator
Retro platform shooter that takes no prisoners
Pug Fugly Games
Rated 3.8 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Action
Save The Planets
A challenging fast-paced arcade game where you have to save planets from waves of asteroids!
Guiks
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
Count Ingsheep (ld40)
My ludum dare 40 game!
Tonyz
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Platformer
GIF
Binary Boy
An orientation flipping platformer
Jaredjohnson
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
Desolated Lab
Mabozi Productions
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
Perilous Prospector
An homage to Manic Miner. Classic-key collecting gameplay through the rugged ravines of random, rocky recesses.
Unrobotic Games
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Platformer
Dodge It: The Nearly Impossible Platformer
A platformer designed to test your skills, memory, and patience. It might seem impossible, it is 100% beatable
XSpector
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
Call of the Deep
Sing with sea monsters in this atmosphere rythm game.
ailanthus
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Rhythm
Play in browser
Starship
Escape to the stars!
Exquisite Bytes
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
Starship
90s inspired space shooter
Walik
Rated 3.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Shooter
Purspect
Change between perspectives to avoid obstacles in this retro-platformer
Housebird Games
Rated 0.0 out of 5 stars
(0 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
Exemplar
Exemplar
Marqueeplier
Rated 2.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Action
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