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2007

You are flung back into the 1980s as a boy and must beat a mischievous Game Master by conquering one classic-style game after another. The charm lies in the variety, with each challenge feeling like a different genre of that era.

  • Lots of humour
  • Distinctive, stylised art style
  • Challenging difficulty
  • Action-packed real-time combat

In short: Games like Retro Game Challenge

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Retro Game Challenge special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Fashion Police Squad

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2022PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck playable90 % positive−75 % 19.50 € 4.87 €

Brings what grabs you about Retro Game Challenge: plenty of humour, a distinctive art style and a bright tone.

A brightly colored retro-style FPS where you play Sergeant Des and battle fashion crimes with outlandish weapons. Absurd humor drives everything, from the silly enemies to the runway-show boss fights.

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Double Kick Heroes

Bright, upbeat tone

You blast through monster hordes on a highway to hell in a band's gundillac, and every shot has to land on the beat. The mix of shoot 'em up and rhythm game, wrapped in over-the-top metal humor, is what makes it special.

Call of Juarez: Gunslinger

Action-packed real-time combat

A punchy Western shooter narrated by aging bounty hunter Silas Greaves in a saloon, where levels reshape themselves as he embellishes or corrects his tall tales. Cel-shaded style, quick-draw duels and score chasing make it a lean arcade delight.

Bleed 2

Challenging difficulty

A fast-paced arcade action game where heroine Wryn shoots, dodges, reflects bullets and slows time. It centers on a string of boss fights in pixel art style with a tongue-in-cheek tone.

Speed Limit

Challenging difficulty

A relentless arcade mashup that keeps switching genres, from side-scrolling shooter to car chase to flight sections, with no breaks and a punishing difficulty.

198X

Action-packed real-time combat

198X is a love letter to the arcade era: several short retro-style games spanning beat 'em up, shmup, racing and ninja action, tied together by a heartfelt pixel-art coming-of-age story about a teenager.

Bleed

Challenging difficulty

A fast arcade action-platformer in pixel art where you play Wryn, dodging acrobatically and chaining gunfire into stylish combos. Short and punchy, with inventive boss fights against parodied videogame heroes.

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