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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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Zenodyne R
$8.99
90s 16-bit YM2612 Shooter Strikes Back!
JackDarx
Rated 4.1 out of 5 stars
(25 total ratings)
Shooter
Dyztopia: Post-Human RPG
$9.99
It's a game about quitting your job.
Dyzdev
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Role Playing
GIF
Tsukuyomi
Find the legendary shining star - AMATERASU.
Ivan Aco
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
Cubic Mile
A stylistic psychedelic bullet hell nightmare existential revelation boring nothing happening very difficult easy game.
Ghost Meets Cat
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Adventure
GIF
Addled (Playdate)
$2
Classic 'Puzznic' style puzzling with some new twists
playdateStephen
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Puzzle
GIF
Drumwalkers
Kaish
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(26 total ratings)
Rhythm
Play in browser
Serious Scramblers
$1.99
No jumping. Only falling. Unabashedly tough vertical platformer!
chinykian
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Platformer
Hijinx: A Christmas Caper
An advent-ure!
JohnGabrielUK
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Platformer
Fugitive
Apprehend escaped prisoner #L46C.
Far Away Times
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Platformer
HYPER TAP
Infinite Arcade Runner
George Games Studio
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
A Night at the Races
$9.99
Help Nathan beat an adrenaline-packed platformer as part of a tournament, to grab the prize and pay his debts.​
Mushy Jukebox
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Platformer
GIF
One Item: Yo-Yo
Use your yo-yo to push, pull and swing yourself out of this crypt focusing on three mechanics using only one item.
sarahno
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
Lightforce Ninja
Use a grapple hook of light!
Undead Cartridge
Rated 4.1 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Platformer
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
Rated 3.9 out of 5 stars
(19 total ratings)
Shooter
GIF
Snoik!
$11
It's like snake, but it's knot!
Strangest.io
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Action
Dusty Dynamo
A free puzzle game in which you control a vacuum cleaner
LokoPonto
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
Super Star Path
$4.99
Color Match Puzzle x Shoot'em up!
DYA Games
Rated 3.9 out of 5 stars
(16 total ratings)
Puzzle
Core Awakening
A top-down retro rogue-like. Explore a world that is slowly being corrupted.
Rhemery
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Action
Pröng
Strontium Gliphosate
iLKke
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
Triumph - LOJam 2019
MasonButterwick
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Action
GIF
sLOW dOWN oR dIE fAST
Try not to fall into death pits after consuming excessive amounts of caffeine.
8Pancakes4Lunch
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
GIF
Cybrus
$3.99
Face off against an ever-changing dungeon enhanced by magic and technology, will you survive?
ThatGuyGilby
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(11 total ratings)
Shooter
Strata
2D Speedrun Platformer!
I/O
Rated 4.1 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Platformer
Super Gigadroid
A metroidvania action adventure game that will challenge your platformer skills!
ASECC
Rated 4.1 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Platformer
Everred
A full-sized mod for Celeste Classic with tougher levels and 3 different routes!
petthepetra
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
GIF
Space Moth DX (Demo)
Bullet Hell with psychedelic insects!
1CC Games
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Shooter
The Eternal Castle [REMASTERED]
$9.99
Enjoy the atmosphere of the post-AI fallout and fight your way through a hostile world on your journey to save humankind
playsaurus
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Platformer
GIF
Supataimu Sentai ULTRA
Retro Arcade Shoot 'em up [ Alpha Demo 1.0 ]
insanostudio
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Shooter
rock climbing?
$1.99
It's a difficult game but it should be easier than real rock climbing.
bilge
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Platformer
EDGY 2
Shoot and Hit Hard
fphund
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Action
Awakened Evil Demo
​Retro action and platforming await, as you take on the forces of Evil!
Deprecated Games
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
Platforming Experience Required
Hardcore and creative 8-bit styled platforming!
David Roca
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
Dun-dun
What a bullet-hell of a dungeon.
DjHexaedro
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Action
Sea Snake Safari
Snap some sea snakes!
MoonSoup
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
The Old Mill
I hear tales of a drunken skeleton waiting by that there old mill.
Shademare
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Platformer
SUPERSONIC
Can you go SUPERSONIC?
SeT
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Racing
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