Top rated games from 2021 tagged Retro

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Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(336 total ratings)

Action

Blackout

Point & click adventure set in a spooky house!

FRESH

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(1,076 total ratings)

Adventure

Play in browser

NextDoor

Short cinematic pixel horror game based on Junji Ito's manga

Broelbrak

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(1,410 total ratings)

Adventure

Play in browser

Burger & Frights

A short PS1-style horror game

Donitz

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(1,106 total ratings)

Survival

Play in browser

Ruin Valley Demo

Metroidvania

Pavel Shibaev

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(333 total ratings)

Platformer

MOLE

see the light

mmatt_ugh

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(356 total ratings)

Platformer

Play in browser

Baldi's Basics Classic Remastered

The ultimate version of Baldi's Basics Classic!

Basically Games

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(295 total ratings)

Stargrove Scramble

Play through 3 worlds of egg-slinging, platforming action!

Team Bugulon

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(354 total ratings)

Platformer

Play in browser

GIF

Dome Romantik

Prospect. Upgrade. Survive.

bippinbits

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(521 total ratings)

Action

Play in browser

A Summer's End - Hong Kong 1986

$14.99

Lush and vibrant visuals, the game features original hand-drawn artwork.

Oracle & Bone

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(150 total ratings)

Visual Novel

GIF

Of Love and Eternity

A stylized horror adventure game

acornbringer

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(277 total ratings)

Adventure

ENDLESS BLUE

An underwater Survival Horror Adventure - but what lies beyond the ocean's deepest depths?

mrdiv

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(288 total ratings)

Action

Anchors

A Short Game About Passive Suicidality

serif_

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(112 total ratings)

Play in browser

The Building 71 Incident

Play the VHS tape left by an employee of Building 71 as they delve into a mystery they never expected to unveil.

Scary Cube

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(413 total ratings)

Adventure

GIF

Mimic

Mimic animals to take their form!

sourencho

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(316 total ratings)

Puzzle

Play in browser

GIF

The Lesser Evil

Survive 10 nights, each painstakingly harder as you get to pick a curse for yourself

Jon Topielski

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(308 total ratings)

Action

Play in browser

Kitsu

A little puzzle game with a little puzzle twist.

Fáyer🔥

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(168 total ratings)

Puzzle

Play in browser

Lily's Well

Who is calling for you at the bottom of the well?

Pureiceblue

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(144 total ratings)

Adventure

Andy's Apple Farm

A retro, VHS style game.

M36games

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(268 total ratings)

Halloween Hide & Seek

A short Halloween point n' click starring the dumb animal characters of HomestarRunner.com

Videlectrix

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(76 total ratings)

Adventure

Play in browser

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

GIF

satryn

a chaotic, infinite twin stick shooty ✨

maybell🌻

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(155 total ratings)

Action

Pathogen-X [Demo]

Retrieve the vaccine to a deadly mutative virus.

sodaraptor

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(164 total ratings)

Action

Briley Witch Chronicles (C64)

$9.99

A Japanese-inspired RPG for the C64

SarahJaneAvory

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(59 total ratings)

Role Playing

Witch n' Wiz (NES)

$10

A new Puzzle Adventure game for the NES!

Matt Hughson (NES Dev)

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(60 total ratings)

Puzzle

GIF

◫

reveal the hidden platforms!

Kultisti

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(162 total ratings)

Puzzle

Play in browser

GIF

Roborazzi

tin can photoshooter!

Kultisti

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(199 total ratings)

Action

Play in browser

Hedon Bloodrite

$16.99

Hedon is an old school FPS/adventure game running on the GZDoom Engine.

ZanTheBonebreaker

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(50 total ratings)

Shooter

GIF

I Won't Slay Dragons for You

A playable love letter

PRINCESS INTERNET CAFé

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(40 total ratings)

Adventure

Play in browser

Tower of the Scorched Sea

A tricky platformer set in a tower filled with traps.

Ferociter

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(81 total ratings)

Platformer

Play in browser

Twinsanity: Omicron

Twinsanity's Channel

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(29 total ratings)

Adventure

Victory Heat Rally

Neo super scaler racing!

skydevilpalm

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(92 total ratings)

Racing

GIF

Zordak

You wake up from an unexpectedly long cryosleep, only to discover that this place is not what it's supposed to be.

Apapappa

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(127 total ratings)

Platformer

GIF

Employee of the Month [DEMO]

Looking for new hires! Can *YOU* be Employee of The Month?

Rib Cage

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(75 total ratings)

Adventure

Birds With Guns

$1.19

-60%

Mess with the Flock, you get the Glock

Yolwoocle

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(68 total ratings)

Shooter

Play in browser

GIF

Buddy Simulator 1984

$9.99

Create your own virtual best buddy and play games together!

Not a Sailor Studios

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(33 total ratings)

Simulation

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