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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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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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Donkey Kong Advanced
Remake of the original classic
Omnitron Studios
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Platformer
Fire & Fondness 2
A puzzle game featuring romance, explosions, and daytime television.
JohnGabrielUK
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
Manacircle - Demo
Retro style Combat Adventure game with Unique characters and strong enemies will test your skill.
Mossloth
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(18 total ratings)
Adventure
GIF
Monkey Warp
the adventure of a little monkey with a teleporting boomerang banana.
Cedric Stoquer
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(42 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
GIF
Scrolling Survivor
Epic autoscrolling difficult platformer ! Can you survive the scrolling?
Zoglu
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(14 total ratings)
Platformer
GIF
Retro Space Ball
Shmup Pinball!
RikOclon
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(19 total ratings)
Shooter
GIF
Tyrant's Realm: Origins
Teamtyrant
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(39 total ratings)
Action
Hotline Berzerk
A retro take on Dennaton Games' Hotline Miami, inspired by Stern Electronics' Berzerk
crazyjaydon
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(17 total ratings)
Action
GIF
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
Upward
Can you climb this mountain?
pocketfruit
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(103 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
Fox Tower
Small game about climbing up a hill and probably even a tower.
Nozomu Games
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(29 total ratings)
Platformer
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
Speed Squared
Fast Precision Platformer Action
Kichex
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(14 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
GIF
Rōshigumi
A traitor threatens the Shogun in this tense shoot-em-up.
SweetHeart Squad
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
At The Same Time
Platforming while your controls move all characters on screen.
Vimlark
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
RITE
$4.99
A high-speed pixel art platformer
PondGames
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(43 total ratings)
Platformer
LRO - Luggage Retrieval Officer
Expertly retrieve important luggage that has found it's way onto the wrong flight.
Jono Shields
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(15 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
EDGE CASE
A puzzle game about navigating, linking and altering the game world.
Parachor
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(27 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
GIF
Inferna
Stay toasty.
Milkbar Lads
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(13 total ratings)
Action
GIF
EJECT BOMBIN'
Throw away your teammates in a high-stakes shoot 'em up!
lapspider45
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(36 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
Metanet Hunter G4
$1
Jam-packed, 4-color fun.
NIGHT KAWATA
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(16 total ratings)
Platformer
GIF
Gravitus Minus
Classic gravity action
kometbomb
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(24 total ratings)
Action
PsiloSybil (Demo)
Tough PS1-style 3D platformer
bad_vertex
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(37 total ratings)
Platformer
Rogue Sentry
$7.99
A difficult twin-stick adventure shoot-em-up about a sentry droid who turns rogue to save humanity.
Mapledev
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(15 total ratings)
Shooter
Gun Slime
A Platformer featuring a gun wielding Slime!
HarFrog
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(15 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
GIF
Star Hunt
traverse unique areas and dodge strange, charming enemies
08jack
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
Edelweiss
Use a grappling hook to reach the summit of the mountain, avoiding obstacles and collecting edelweiss
genialbuilder
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(30 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
TRASH PLANET
Traverse the barren wastelands. Make friends with mutants. Eat trash and do crimes.
dominic-esquire
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Role Playing
GIF
Ungrateful Birds: No Good Deed
$0
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The birds must be saved! But alas, they will not be grateful.
John D. Moore
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Platformer
RETROKILL // an ULTRAKILL Demake // VER 1.01
ULTRAKILL with a dimension cut off
Pedroleum
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(13 total ratings)
Platformer
GIF
BombSnack
a 1-player arcade game. Eat bombs to clear your trail.
pinchazumos
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(13 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
GIF
PERISHER
climb a mountain and push some blocks
Daniel LinssenVerified Account
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(64 total ratings)
Platformer
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Lavi Quest
​Play as Lavi the cat on her quest to knock precious objects from high places!
ScottLewis
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(19 total ratings)
Platformer
Bravest Chicken
Minimalist precision platformer starring a cute chicken. Flap your wings, avoid obstacles and reach the top!
Frajda Games
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(13 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
Witchorb
$2
A witch! A broom! Trapped by an evil spook!
phantogast
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Platformer
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