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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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Games which have short playtimes and can usually be completed in one sitting.

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Rogue to Ruin
Casual yet difficult scrolling action rogue-like.
OpticalOverride
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(13 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
GIF
Out Twogether
some puzzles and platforms!
Kultisti
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(37 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
Fruity Tower
Savor the Heights, Brave the Fall, Make them Pay
Prox
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(28 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
Fox Tower
Small game about climbing up a hill and probably even a tower.
Nozomu Games
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(31 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
GIF
Windows Defender
Defend the desktop
vividfax
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(20 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
Nyctophobia
A normal night for someone with a fear of the dark can turn into a nightmare
Akihiko47
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(20 total ratings)
Puzzle
Akumanor Escape DX
The expanded and colour enhanced version of my GBJAM 7 submission.
Michirin
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(45 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
MIMIC
Something is wrong with your son
Puko
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(73 total ratings)
Adventure
Super Bernie World
Join Bernie's movement and transform the United States in this free retro 2D platformer.
EnikoVerified Account
Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars
(156 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
A Hole in My Room 1
A strange Hole is in the ceiling of the room...
Lexip_Games
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(18 total ratings)
Adventure
golden rays of sunshine
A small game about remembering.
Saori & Nitori
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(18 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
Last Signal
DesolationStudios
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(29 total ratings)
Adventure
Wumpus Wump You
Proof of concept randomized text-driven undirected graph simulator
gate
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(16 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
GIF
Mourning Tide
Mysteries can arise from the depths of grief.
Karolína Kuberová
Rated 4.1 out of 5 stars
(319 total ratings)
Adventure
HOME
A short PS1 Styled Puzzle Horror Game
yumiicchii
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(48 total ratings)
Puzzle
GIF
Contract Killer
Erase-em-up circa 1989
matthew
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(21 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
Crumbly Dungeon
Made for the 20 Second Game Jam (2022)
BEDTIMESTORIES
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(33 total ratings)
Card Game
Play in browser
GIF
Parking Ticket Mayhem
Digital rage room about getting a parking ticket.
Raccoon Formality
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(30 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
Arrow's Way
A precision platformer prototype
Quinn
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(24 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
STAY AWAY FROM THE LIGHTHOUSE
Made for SCREAM JAM 2023
BEDTIMESTORIES
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(69 total ratings)
Survival
Play in browser
Floodwater
JohnGabrielUK
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(41 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
Speed Squared
Fast Precision Platformer Action
Kichex
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(14 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
GIF
Rhythm Rewind (jam version)
A funky retro-inspired rhythm game made for brackeys jam 2020.2
Colin Watterson
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(14 total ratings)
Rhythm
Fundamental Paper Education
Fundamental Paper Education with Miss Circle
Damn Productions
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(14 total ratings)
Terryble Knight 2D Game
A short 2D Platform Game
ansimuzVerified Account
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(14 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
Cross the Gap
Get both players across the gap in the room. You can't progress alone.
Vimlark
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(19 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
Lights Off: Director's Cut
Relive a common childhood fear
Insanctum Games
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(19 total ratings)
Adventure
Dark Effect
Mad290
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Inverse Snake
The twist you never knew snake needed!
CodeNoodles
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Puzzle
Private Kitchen
You're on the menu...
Andrea Pignataro
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Adventure
Samurai vs Monoeye
Control Samurai and cut down the Monoeye
えくすぴ / xpii
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
They are not real
Step back into childhood, where late-night gaming feels thrilling yet cozy
Buggata
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Adventure
The Veil
Skinamarink Inspired Horror Experience
sawl-an-dawnen
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Adventure
ReSnake
classical snake but with circular movement
Mono
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Play in browser
Oh Snake!
A retro-arcade "infinite-slitherer." How loooong can you survive?
anomalina
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
Around Town
Help Dart the Frog earn money to upgrade his bike!
Toadstoolpicnic
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
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