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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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Side Scroller

Featuring gameplay that moves horizontally across a scrolling background, with characters typically walking, running, or jumping from left to right. Often includes platforming elements and side-view perspectives.

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Below The Ocean
$5.99
Explore the ocean floor for treasure!
Ismael Rodriguez
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(151 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
Fohh
Explore a mysterious world with a mysterious magical companion!
Ismael Rodriguez
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(137 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
Interdimensional Spike
A game for the NOKIA 3310 JAM 2.
yaotu
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(82 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
Prototype N
A side-scroller shooting platformer! Starring Nadine, the prototype android!
Arrietty
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(94 total ratings)
Platformer
Juan Lumbreras y familia
Mata a toda tu familia.
Renato Meyer
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(51 total ratings)
Interactive Fiction
Play in browser
The Fallen Crown - GameBoy Color
A brand new metroidvania for the GameBoy Color!
AtavistGames
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(43 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
GIF
Bob&Dob
Relaxing fishing adventure.
Richard Lems
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(123 total ratings)
Play in browser
There's just something about u
A literal text adventure about a conversation between u and i
GooseStranger
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(33 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
Elden Ring GB
What if Elden Ring released in 1993? Runs on real retro hardware!
shin
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(66 total ratings)
Adventure
Play in browser
Fearsome Five (Darkwing Duck Fangame)
VillagerWerman
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(18 total ratings)
Action
Terra - A Terraria Demake
A demake of Terraria, in PICO-8!
cubee
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(112 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
GIF
Tiny Crate
Crate Chucking Action Puzzler (=
HHoney Software
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(127 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
CLEAVING CALIBER
Arkanoid Rail Shooter with Anime Cops
CURSED BOOTLEG INC
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(31 total ratings)
Action
Ghosts'n Demons
-25%
Side-scrolling platforming game
BonusJZ
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(67 total ratings)
Platformer
Digimon: Digital Heroes
Help Agumon rescue his friends and memories in this platformer Digimon fan-game!
sette fan-games
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(36 total ratings)
Platformer
GIF
XYDONIA / ザイドニア
Action-packed Japanese-inspired retro SHMUP
Breaking Bytes
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(50 total ratings)
Shooter
GIF
Ducky's Delivery Service
$9.99
Propeller-powered duck delivery action!
C.T. Matthews
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(11 total ratings)
Action
Green Beret
Famous arcade action classic, finally on the Commodore Amiga computers.
Dante Retro Dev
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(11 total ratings)
Action
Shelled Shinobi
Parkour platforming as a shinobi tortoise
magu
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(50 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
GIF
Astra And The New Constellation
$4.99
Collect stardust to build your own constellation!
rare
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(16 total ratings)
Platformer
Mr. Hopp's Playhouse 2 (DEMO)
A young girl needs to find her friends, unravel a dark mystery and escape the clutches of her cursed toys.
MOONBIT
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(41 total ratings)
Survival
GIF
VHS vs BETAMAX
Decide which is the superior format in this Vaporwave inspired 4 player fighting game!
adamgryu
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(27 total ratings)
Platformer
Project Light Spirit - Christmas Patch 2019
Another metroidvania, featuring a light spirit maiden.
Paradoxigent
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Adventure
Sonic Chopped & Screwed
A Sonic fan game about chilling.
Aquma
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
Papilio
$4.99
Take the fight to the skies in this fantasy 2D shootemup!
Cool Old Guy Games
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Shooter
GIF
Anubis And The Buried Bone DEMO 2
Authentic retro adventure platformer!
harmarist
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(79 total ratings)
Platformer
Snow Force (C64)
$3.99
An Xmas SHMUP for the C64
SarahJaneAvory
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(18 total ratings)
Shooter
GIF
Scrolling Survivor
Epic autoscrolling difficult platformer ! Can you survive the scrolling?
Zoglu
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(14 total ratings)
Platformer
KING OF MACHINES
Face judgement.
CURSED BOOTLEG INC
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(23 total ratings)
Action
Mega Man AGAIN
An old adventure... with new features!
SlingshotMage
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
Platformer
Soul of the Beast
$5
An Atari 2600 game inspired by an Amiga classic
ΛERIF°RM
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
VASTYNEX
horizontal scroll 2D Shmup
zakichi
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Shooter
Picofender
1980s-style arcade shooter. It's like a turbo-speed Defender with a shield.
protonperson
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
Out the Window: a car trip sim
Relive the car trips of your youth by controlling an imaginary friend who runs beside your car.
plasticflower
Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars
(43 total ratings)
Play in browser
BMX Flyer
Handheld electronic game simulation
Itizso
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(9 total ratings)
Simulation
Play in browser
Predator / 20 Second Game Jam 2022
Predator but in only 20 seconds
drgd_retro
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(15 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
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