Mighty Retro Zero is a fun Megaman inspired minimalistic pixelated action platformer that draws inspiration for it’s levels from a variety of classic arcade games such as Metroid, Bangai-O and Arkanoid.

It’s a high action, high fun game, with fast paced gameplay and a surprisingly extensive move-set – including slides, jet-packs, and throwable spears that double as platforms.  Unsurprisingly for a game inspired by … Read More

Jack the Reaper is a fun 16 bit-styled 2D platforming game inspired the Kirby series, where you play a custodian of the dead who must restore the balance of life and death after the moon falls from the sky and screws everything up.

The story is told through well animated cutscenes, full of charm and humour (skippable with ‘Q’).  You travel through the beautifully crafted, … Read More

Europa 9 is a simple, but highly addictive mining game, inspired by Motherload & Utopian Miner where you’ll mine various ores, purchase upgrades, complete missions and travel to new worlds.

You play as Minora, a miner who is caught up working for the mega corporation Min-R-Mart.  You’ll dig for minerals and complete objectives, gaining cash and unlocking new upgrades, shops and planets for you to … Read More

Snot is a quirky and funny arcade action-adventure game where you play a reluctant little snail that seeks to learn the mysteries of the universe and his existence.

It’s a fun arcade-style romp with metroidvania leanings, charming character design, tricky level design, secrets and some interesting special abilities unlocked by combining various shells with elements.  The dev also plans to add multiplayer, a world editor, … Read More

Gunnihilation is a fast, colourful and rather violent run n gun arcade shooter with ragdoll effects and plenty of carnage.

The game is early in development, but the current prototype includes 19 levels (including 4 boss levels) all created with a wonderful retro pixel art graphical style.  Gameplay is fast and fun, with the customisable dificulty settings (with score multipliers) and a system that rewards … Read More

SEGA Brawlers Megamix is an awesome fan made retro side-scrolling beat-em-up that features a roster of about 74 characters from SEGA classics like Sonic, Toejam & Earl, Streets of Rage, Golden Axe, Guardian Heroes, Comix Zone, Shinobi, Vector Man, Ristar, and other multiplatform games like Earthworm Jim, Battletoads and Splatterhouse.

It’s a wonderful love letter to SEGA’s 16-Bit heyday and a remarkably fun … Read More

Speed Fragment is a cool futuristic racer inspired by F-zero and Wipeout that focuses on blistering speed and well designed tracks built out of some seriously retro looking polygons.

The Alpha Demo features two tracks, three different speed classes and two different ships.  Obviously the finished game will be packing a lot more features (including Online Multiplayer and Oculus Rift Support), but the Alpha Demo … Read More

Epic Flail is a pixellated 2d Gladiator Brawler inspired by Japanese cartoon fights, that’s full of frenetic action, blood and decapitations.

Your fighter remarkably agile but rather fragile, he can pick up shields and armour to protect him from blows, but once the armour is gone it’s a one hit kill scenario.  Luckily, your fighters agility means you can dash around the screen, avoiding your … Read More

Roche Fusion is a fast paced, hardcore arcade shoot-em-up with snazzy special effects, lots of over the top weaponry, big boss battles and procedurally generated attack waves.

It’s a tough game, that rewards skill and fast reflexes.  Battles take place on a single screen, with enemies swooping in for procedurally generated wave based attacks, making the game feel like Space Invaders on steroids at times.  … Read More

Level 2: The Virus Master is a fever dream retro shoot-em-up that assaults your senses from start to finish with a spectacular display of Giger-esqe pixel art, huge bosses and a rawkus metal soundtrack.

This is a promotional game for a band called ‘Last Chance to Reason‘ based on the tracks ‘Coded to fail‘ and ‘Taking Control‘ from their … Read More

Freedom Planet is a fast paced retro platformer inspired by Megaman, Gunstar Heroes and (most notably) Sonic.  Run, smash and fight your way through huge levels battling a variety of enemies, mini bosses and Bosses, as well as taking part in some action-packed set pieces.

Gameplay is very similar to the classic Sonic games, in-fact if one of the 3 female characters was swapped … Read More

Outpost is a charming management sim that tasks you with helping your crew survive in a remote mining facility on a hostile planet until rescue.  It’s simple, Prison Architect graphical style belies a deceptively tricky game, which is an ongoing balancing act of building defences, mining, hunting and resource management.

This balancing act is pretty hard to get to grips with initially as there are … Read More

Treasure Arena is an online battle-arena that looks and plays like a 4 Player Legend of Zelda deathmatch.

Levels are compact and littered with a variety of weapons, from bows to rocket launchers, and a variety of monsters.  When a player kills another player or a monster, they’ll drop coins which the player can then pick up, whoever ends up with the most coins … Read More

FreezeME is a glorious retro N64 style 3D platform game inspired by Mario 64, that allows you to freeze objects and enemies in place with your camera.

As soon as you enter the first world of FreezeME you’re instantly transported back to the glory days of the N64. The huge open world level of the Alpha is big, bold, bright, cheerful, full of surprises and … Read More

Eat Drink Slay is a great little retro hack and slash rpg, designed to be played during short breaks, a coffee break rpg.  It features some wonderful retro visuals, lots of loot, a choice of 5 different character classes, shops, a nice selection of enemies and some nice little touches, like the C64 loading screen.  It’s a fun little game and an excellent use of … Read More

Super Mega Bob is a beautifully retro platformer/shooter, inspired by Mega Man, The Legend of Zelda, Adventures of Lolo, and Kirby.  Gameplay is fast paced and fun, with beautiful 16-bit style graphics, lots of enemies, big bosses, and awesome upgrades, including assorted hats and costumes.

It’s a wonderful slice of retro action, with vibrant visuals, fun gameplay and lots of character.  Super mega retro fun.… Read More

Rambo: Last Blood (Spotted by Kotaku) is probably the best Rambo game you’ll ever play. Programmed by Naughty Dog Dev Peter Javidpour, it’s an inventive puzzle game with wonderful retro visuals, reminiscent of Swords & Sworcery, and an excellent sense of humour.  With a full playthrough clocking in at less than 10 minutes, it’s a short, sweet gem of a game that just … Read More

Wayward is a fun turn-based, top-down, wilderness survival roguelike inspired by Ultima Online, Dwarf Fortress and Minecraft.  It features open-ended open-world gameplay, an extensive skill system, 200 items to craft and interact with, around 20 creatures to do battle with,  procedurally generated worlds with 5 distinct environments.  It’s great fun exploring the world as you’re never sure what you’ll find, it’s a bit like a … Read More

Radical Heroes is a great looking 2.5D side-scrolling beat-em-up, reminiscent of classics like Double Dragon and River City Ransom.

It looks fantastic thanks to the 2D retro Sprites in a 3Dish (slightly-less-retro-but-still-pretty-damn-retro) world.  It also features Oculus Rift support, but be warned, the mixture of 2D, 2.5D and 3D may make your eyes implode.

The fighting is fairly basic but great fun, with extreme close-up … Read More

Lugdunon is a charming retro 2d multiplayer RPG/sandbox game that is reminiscent of the 16 bit console era that allows players to make the game their own.

The game features PvE and PvP combat, crafting, trading, character leveling and customisation options.  The most impressive feature however, is the ability of designated players to become ‘Game Masters’.  This allows players to create new crafting recipies, add … Read More

Inexistence is a great retro platformer with RPG elements, inspired by Castlevania, Metroid, Mario & Mega Man, that perfectly recreates the feeling of playing a classic SNES game.

It’s great fun exploring the world of Inexistence, with classic retro platforming, puzzles, hidden treasures, items, an RPG style levelling up system and big boss battles.  It’s like a mash-up of everything you liked about classic 16-bit … Read More

Joylancer is a fast paced and fun platform game that revels in it’s monochrome retro glory.

Your Legendary Motor Knight is gifted with incredible power and superhuman dexterity, making him a very agile and formidable fighter and making Joylancer a very enjoyable slice of retro platforming.  It’s visual style is obviously reminiscent of early Gameboy games and is a great homage to classic platformers, with … Read More

Dimensia is a fun 2D platformer in which you can instantly flip through multiple dimensions in a select environment.   The game has a nice retro aesthetic, the platforming is sound and the dimension flipping is a great mechanic, allowing for some pretty inventive level design.

Dimensia also features a great soundtrack, unlocks, multiplayer, a level editor, hidden easter eggs and in-jokes.  It’s a fun retro … Read More

It’s an impressive game that brings fresh ideas, modern day … Read More

Hyphen is a great example of a simple, unique idea, expertly done making for a fantastically fun and highly addictive experience.

The idea is simple, you control a constantly rotating neon line (or Hyphen) and you’re tasked with guiding it through a host of devilishly tricky levels. The levels are expertly crafted, with some obstacles seeming impossible at first, but rest assured, there’s a way … Read More

Hungry Hubert is a fast paced action platformer where you have to kill all the enemies by vomiting on them and eat the level so you won’t starve to death.   Vomiting on enemies makes your hunger bar increase, so you have to literally chew the scenery to satisfy your hunger.  The game features charming monochrome retro visuals, a nice sense of humour, tricky but precise … Read More

Spark Rising is a Build and Battle sandbox game, that crosses the voxel building sandbox gameplay of Minecraft with the massive battles of Star Wars Battlefront.

Build fantastical floating islands, fortresses, and creatures and then use them in battle.  Win battles and conquer battles throughout the galaxy, eventually using a 4X strategy mode to fight for territory against other players.

The game has already had … Read More

Magic Barrage is a cool retro MMO action-adventure RPG with fast paced arcade combat and bullet-hell shooter style game mechanics.

The game is great fun, with the retro aesthetic complimenting old school arcade feel of the twitch based fighting mechanics.  There is also plenty of depth to the game, with 8 eight character classes, crafting, pets, boss fights, guilds PvP and Boss fights.  There will … Read More

Cypher is a cool new retro side-scrolling shooter with online multi-player, with fast paced gameplay and hacking mechanics.  You control an agent who’s at war against corrupt government of Mars, using your hacking skills and fighting skills to steal the data that will bring them down.  Unfortunately there are other organisations out to steal the data too.

Cypher plays really well, with a nice array … Read More

Just Beneath The Skin is an cinematic/action puzzle RPG with a great 16-Bit art style, an interesting story and old school (but fast) fighting mechanics.

The plot revolves around Shyla, who is pre-destined to take up her fathers old sword andt face monsters, aliens, friends and family.  Visions of another place fill her head and she gets a feeling something deeper is going on then … Read More