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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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Roguelight
The deeper you travel the darker it gets, and you only have your arrows to light the way.
Daniel LinssenVerified Account
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(1,215 total ratings)
Platformer
GIF
satryn
a chaotic, infinite twin stick shooty ✨
maybell🌻
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(155 total ratings)
Action
Shattered Pixel Dungeon
A roguelike dungeon crawler RPG that's simple to get into but hard to master!
Shattered Pixel
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(80 total ratings)
Role Playing
GIF
Kalikan
$5
Dip, dodge, duck, dive, and ... die
LouieChapm
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(63 total ratings)
Action
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Switch 'N' Shoot
$3.99
👾 An arcade shoot-em-up played entirely with a single button.
Matt Glanville
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(152 total ratings)
Action
Lorn's Lure
$14.99
An android is led through a vast structure by a glitch in his visual system
Rubeki
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(77 total ratings)
Action
Riko
Hardcore Handcrafted Puzzle Game
Spyr
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(89 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
Archtower
Archtower is a nonstandard mix of Roguelite and ActionRPG. Explore mysterious Tower!
Mr_SMOKE
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(35 total ratings)
Role Playing
At least there is Čeda Čedović
Your Majesty, Čeda and his pals are seizing the realm of Hell! It is written Only Čeda can be king of Counter Strike
LeatherIceCream
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(34 total ratings)
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Dodge
A fast paced reflex game
Artridge
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(31 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
Rocket Bytes
A precision rocket flying reverse platformer
PossiblyAxolotl
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(31 total ratings)
Platformer
Foreverred
The biggest Celeste Classic mod ever released.
petthepetra
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(42 total ratings)
Platformer
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GIF
cognizance
live life as a cog
Daniel LinssenVerified Account
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(139 total ratings)
Adventure
Just why?
An absolutely brutal classic mouse maze game
Donitz
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(37 total ratings)
Puzzle
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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)
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PewPew Live
Fast-paced twin joystick shooter.
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Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(42 total ratings)
Action
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Annalynn
$5
A new platformer for the arcades of the '80s!
Cruise Elroy
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(37 total ratings)
Platformer
The Unforgettable Gem Hunt!
Simple avoid and collect game!
sylvie
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(22 total ratings)
Action
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EDGY
Shoot, slice, and break some necks in this hard-hitting FPS.
fphund
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(56 total ratings)
Action
Sweet Hell
Sweet Hell is a short tough-as-nails MSX-inspired boss rush game
Donitz
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(26 total ratings)
Platformer
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LOVE
$2.99
An accessible platformer with a focus on a fair challenge.
Fred Wood
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(134 total ratings)
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GET OUT of this Dungeon
Locked in a dungeon. Find the gems to GET OUT. 8bit Metroidvania
Insanus
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(169 total ratings)
Platformer
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GIF
Like Them
Fast paced puzzle game that will test your reflexes!
Guilherme Raimondi
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(41 total ratings)
Puzzle
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COSMIC HOLES [DEMO]
Logic puzzle game + 5 elements Theory
COSMIC_HOLES
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(11 total ratings)
Puzzle
Super Win the Game
$7.99
A retro-core explosion of exploration and platforming action!!
J. Kyle Pittman
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(128 total ratings)
Platformer
Peaks of Yore DEMO
A first-person physics-based 'climb-em-up' adventure set in 1887. Demo.
andosdev
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(32 total ratings)
Adventure
Knight's Try
$9.99
If at first you don't succeed, try Trye again!
Modus Interactive
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(19 total ratings)
Platformer
GIF
Exit84
Just a frustrating PLATFORMER TYPING game
probe_31
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(75 total ratings)
Platformer
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GIF
Kid Bludd's Treacherous Tower
Bubble Bobble Inspired Platformer
Matt Hughson (NES Dev)
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(29 total ratings)
Platformer
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Microscopia
A game about identity and self-discovery.
azurenimbus
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(11 total ratings)
Puzzle
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Hearts Ablaze
Western shoot-em-up where your hearts are your everything
Jon Topielski
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(58 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
Overlord's New Mansion
Lightweight 60 FPS platformer, runs on its own engine.
saantonandre
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(30 total ratings)
Platformer
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GIF
You Donut Get It
Game to fill the donut shaped hole in you!
Raccoon Formality
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(13 total ratings)
Platformer
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Dave Microwaves Games Trilogy I
$1.50
A collection of horror games, each with their own distinct styles
Dave Microwaves Games
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(15 total ratings)
Adventure
PAPU
jugá PAPU. Un cortito juego de terror inspirado en Bananirou.
Squarp
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(15 total ratings)
Survival
Temple of the Four Serpents
A tricky platformer set in a lost temple filled with puzzles and traps.
Ferociter
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(30 total ratings)
Platformer
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