Best Retro Controller Games on PC

#Funtime

Nice twin stick shooter, with different map types. good although short sound track. tries to have rogue lite elements like ship upgrades, and while they are cool, i was able to unlock all of them right away (with the exception of 1 tier3 unlock). it almost feels as if those unlocks should just be like PowerUp drops during the game. but overall so far i have had a #Funtime

– Real player with 8.3 hrs in game

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Great game; this game gets more and more dynamic as you progress through the levels. It can get quite intense but the relaxing sound-track adds a nice balance. It seems to be well optimized for PC because it runs smooth and takes little storage. My favorite level so far is 10; maneuvering around the asteroids is good fun and makes a great scenery. I look forward to exploring the rest of the levels and arcade mode.

– Real player with 8.0 hrs in game

#Funtime on Steam

Time Rift

You have been hired by VaultCo and tasked with testing the resilience of their security systems. To achieve this, you will have to think fast, avoid traps, aim well, and most importantly, manipulate the flow of time! Who knows what you might uncover between two labyrinths?

Original gameplay

Experience a clever mix of the puzzle and shooter genres
Discover the truth

Expose VaultCo’s secret plans
60+ Levels

Master each level using your wits and speed!

REWIND TIME!
TRIGGER BOMBS!
BLAST YOUR WAY THROUGH!
And many more…

Add Time Rift to your wishlist to stay in the loop!

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Time Rift on Steam

OctaFight

Pretty fun game!

– Real player with 3.2 hrs in game

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Great game :) fun with as many players as you have

– Real player with 0.8 hrs in game

OctaFight on Steam

Slime 64

Slime 64 is a 3D Collectathon Platformer inspired by the 64-bit era!

Play as four uniquely strong elemental Slimes in any order you’d like as they meet each other on their journey and combine their powers to save the world from the diabolical Wurl Tzun and his ever-expanding enterprise. The Geo Keys and Golden Bells will unlock new worlds to explore as you amass your strength in numbers (and your pile of goodies).

Meet the Slimes!

Fly through the air with Winona, zip through water at high speed with Marsh, dash and jump farther and higher with Ash, and build up insane speed rolling around as Tuff. These four slimes hail from all around the world, but through their adventures will meet and fuse, allowing their powers to be used at the same time!

Choose a Visual Style

Some people prefer jaggy edges and scanlines, others prefer crystal clear sight. Play the game with Nostalgia Goggles set to On, HD Remaster, or Blinding!

Adaptive Soundtrack

Catchy tunes inspired by the style and tone of yesteryear combined with some smart programming help capture that classic exploration feel.

All sorts of challenges!

Do you like platforming? How about puzzle solving? Speedrunning? As fans of all of the above, we’re pushing Slime 64 to be the best it can be, and to offer something for everyone.

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Slime 64 on Steam

Trivia Throwdown

So far I have put 6.5 hours into Trivia Throwdown and have enjoyed all 6.5 hours of it! The game has a lot of subjects that will keep you busy and to add to the fun you also get to pick characters as your “fighter” that represents you as you try to answer questions to “beat” down your opponent. So this game isn’t just a bunch of endless questions.

When you start the game you get to pick your fighter as well as 2 of the 9 topics in the game that are your “go to” topics. When you start you get to pick from three topics for each question and the questions are rated by levels of 1-5 with 5 being the most difficult question., you buzz in your answer as does your opponent. If you answer correctly and your opponent answers incorrectly you land a blow of differing strengths to the other guy based on how hard the question was.

– Real player with 16.1 hrs in game

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The Short of it: A neat spin on the Trivia genre that adds a fighting game visual theme to the mix. Easy to learn and get into, and I really enjoyed the variety of questions (lots of good gaming/movies questions, etc).

Reminds me of: If you liked Trivial Pursuit, Jeopardy, or any other good trivia game there’s a good chance you’ll like Trivia Throwdown.

– Real player with 9.9 hrs in game

Trivia Throwdown on Steam

Yuhha: Stolen Treasure

!!!ALERT!!! EXTREMELY DIFFICULT GAME !!!ALERT!!!

NO CHECKPOINTS, NO AUTOSAVE, NO CONTINUE.

If you are a fan of Retro-Style 2D Platformers, you should help disgruntled dragon Yuhha to find out who stole his treasure and waking him!

● 15 long and hard vertical levels without checkpoints

● Each level brings something new! (Enemies, Obstacles, Mechanics)

● Horizontal screen wrap! (Leaving one side of the screen, Yuhha immediately reappear on the opposite side)

● 5 different stages (Each of them has its own unique music theme and thematic tileset)

● Try to find secret room to get extra life! (One secret room per level)

● Strive to improve your run grade (From zero to ten) and run time (Use built-in timer)

● Retro 8:7 aspect ratio of gameplay part of the screen (Gameplay + Interface = 16:9)

● Family friendly content! (All enemies in the game are robots)

● Platforming with real falls (Since the levels are vertical, you won’t meet any typical “Bottomless pit” in the game)

● Made with using classic (8-bit) color palette

Yuhha: Stolen Treasure on Steam

Doughlings: Invasion

If you grew up with arcade games like me, you must play this game definitely. I have played it since closed beta for 35 hours. After break for a couple weeks it is still very fun to battle against unique bosses and invaders. Good job guys. I’m looking forward to your next game.

– Real player with 35.4 hrs in game

Modern Space Invaders with better story, cuter graphics and more tactical gameplay.

– Real player with 26.4 hrs in game

Doughlings: Invasion on Steam

Goblin and Coins

If you grew up playing classic platformers, you’ll feel right at home in Goblins and Coins. Don’t be fooled by its ‘cute’ aesthetic, it’s actually really quite challenging. I definitely recommend playing with a controller for this. On a great note though, the controls feel really tight. You’ll need that precision since the game amps up in difficulty over the course of its 5 worlds. I consider myself pretty decent at platformers and honestly I’m not sure if I’ll be able to complete this one on Old School difficulty, where if you die, you restart over from the very beginning. Luckily there’s a casual difficulty where you only have to restart that level if you lose all your health. Even on casual, some levels you may find yourself repeating multiple times just to get through. Each world ends with a boss fight, usually centered around a new mechanic introduced during that world. There’s a lot of content here for only 2 dollars.

– Real player with 6.7 hrs in game

It’s a nice little platformer, but sadly it felt like an average game to me. I mean, it works, it doesn’t crash, it has unconventional story, it has smooth controls. But it’s missing the feature which could make it a gem or excellent game. The camera could be a bit smoother, the speed of game could be a bit slower (though you quickly get used to it). Some sounds are funny and most of them feel appropriate. Music is ok. At the moment of writing this review, I didn’t finish the whole game yet (stopped just at the end of world 4, world 5 is the last one). I might update this review after I finish the game, but I doubt it will change much.

– Real player with 5.5 hrs in game

Goblin and Coins on Steam

HopSquash!

So far, pretty fun! I like the music, the art style, its great! My only complaint is the lack of online battles. I want to play locally, or match up with my friends via friend battle. Thats just my nitpick though. The AI is challenging so I don’t mind too much.

– Real player with 3.5 hrs in game

Fan of the old jump n bump from the 90s. Used to sit there playing jump bump as we called it. As kids 4 of us on one keyboard those were the days . This is very similar. I really like this game. I certainly would like more levels but I guess maybe one day lol.

– Real player with 3.4 hrs in game

HopSquash! on Steam

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