Retro games

Browse 214 short Retro games you can play on ShortPlay.

Z Bird cover

Z Bird

By enotofil

An arcade game about a bird jumping on cubes.

action

Ascent cover

Ascent

By Johan Peitz

Explore a mysterious planet and uncover its secrets.

platformer

Wallwizard cover

Wallwizard

By Cosmic Adventure Squad

Build walls and destroy them!

action

2 Button Lucy cover

2 Button Lucy

By Fava Beans

A 2 button shmup-ish game in which you play as a pink bear gathering honey

action

Catilas 20 Second Dash cover

Catilas 20 Second Dash

By Fava Beans

A frantic platformer with 20-second levels designed for speedrunning

platformer

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Standard Dev1ations

By Kevin Hutchins

Beneath the shattered city of Vaelthorne, past the sundered gates and broken spires, lies the Grim Gauntlet Beneath.

rpg

Crystal Caverns 2 cover

Crystal Caverns 2

By Ben James

Adventure through dangerous caverns collecting loot

platformer

Picoshot cover

Picoshot

By Ben James

64x64 pixel-art shoot-em-up

shooter

Sub Strike cover

Sub Strike

By Ben James

Engage the enemy below

action

Unit 4 cover

Unit 4

By Ben James

Escape the biological prison

action

Astrogue cover

Astrogue

By Ben James

Tiny sci-fi roguelike

adventure

Blockdock cover

Blockdock

By Ben James

Connect all the blocks together

puzzle

Defrog cover

Defrog

By Ben James

Frogger made in Defold

action

Dino Strike cover

Dino Strike

By Ben James

ZX Spectrum demake of Dino Crisis

action

Helo Storm cover

Helo Storm

By Ben James

Helicopter and Jeep shooter

shooter

Pathfinder cover

Pathfinder

By Ben James

Tricky Puzzle Platformer

platformer

Timelooper cover

Timelooper

By Ben James

Be smart, stay apart

strategy

Typhoon Balloon cover

Typhoon Balloon

By Ben James

Take to the windy skies in a hot air balloon

action

Xfire cover

Xfire

By Ben James

Simple turn-based combat

strategy

Zapatron cover

Zapatron

By Ben James

Retro twin-stick shooter

action

Dethrone cover

Dethrone

By Case Portman

A minimilistic, hardcore platformer with lots of DEATH.

platformer

Spike Hike cover

Spike Hike

By Case Portman

A super challenging hike up a spike ridden tower!

platformer

Noas cover

Noas

By ROBOWARRIOR

Made for Ludum Dare46.

action

Paper Pusher cover

Paper Pusher

By pinapl

An endless minigame where you use the d-pad to stamp and submit papers.

sim

Alpha cover

Alpha

By ROBOWARRIOR

An adventure inspirated by "Niourk" with low resolution and retro feelings !

adventure

Brainvoider cover

Brainvoider

By ROBOWARRIOR

Aventure game for lowrezjam 2022.

adventure

Cat4run cover

Cat4run

By ROBOWARRIOR

A short runner, with 3D and synthwave vibes !

action

Megacarnage cover

Megacarnage

By ROBOWARRIOR

"Old School shooter like Arcade game Smash TV"

action

Splashdown cover

Splashdown

By TaelsDaFoox

Collect oranges underwater???

adventure

Tanuki Defusal Co cover

Tanuki Defusal Co

By TaelsDaFoox

Race the clock in this fast-paced retro platformer!

platformer

Time Rat cover

Time Rat

By Ethan's Byproducts

Blast bugs into oblivion and then turn their blood into your next combat arena!

action

Roboden cover

Roboden

By Iskander (quasilyte)

An indirect control real-time strategy game about robot colonies

strategy

Assemblox cover

Assemblox

By Iskander (quasilyte)

An RTS game that looks like an old-school C&C, but has a couple of twists.

strategy

Crusade To Die cover

Crusade To Die

By Moraguma

An arcade game about playing god in a world made of dice

action

Deerskull cover

Deerskull

By Moraguma

Action Puzzler about controlling blood with your mind

action

Tunefire cover

Tunefire

By Iskander (quasilyte)

A music-synchronized arcade shooter

action

Headed Home cover

Headed Home

By Fiddlebog

Help these creatures repair their crashed ships and return home!

puzzle

Hanimals cover

Hanimals

By たなかゆう-TANAKA Yu-

Feed the ghost animals and make friends with them!

action

Meltdown cover

Meltdown

By DankNStein

12 Games in 12 Months: 3/12 (1st Place in Fat After Easter April 2023)

action

Hardcoded cover

Hardcoded

By MatheusCunegato

One Button, Many uses

puzzle

One Mistake cover

One Mistake

By Lizardlike

A rage-inducing game about victory and it's insignificance

platformer

Bullet Time cover

Bullet Time

By WinRawr

Destroy bullets with big explosions

shooter

Nullocus cover

Nullocus

By Lizardlike

Solve puzzles by resetting them!

puzzle

Scaleshifter cover

Scaleshifter

By Lizardlike

Manipulate the scale of nearby objects to solve puzzles!

puzzle

Duck Danger cover

Duck Danger

By Diego Escalante

Its finally summer and Duck Danger seriously wants to chill.

platformer

Genomancer cover

Genomancer

By Ravernt

Combine summon genes to make most powerful beasts!

strategy

In Control cover

In Control

By Ravernt

Fast Paced Multi-tasking Hell

action

Home cover

Home

By sharpfives

a short game about finding your way home

adventure

Fatebreak cover

Fatebreak

By Cosmic Crystal Games

A casual, fantasy-inspired card combat game.

strategy

Gravity Kid cover

Gravity Kid

By Cosmic Crystal Games

Gravity-bending puzzle action for the Nokia 3310!

puzzle

Lunch Crush cover

Lunch Crush

By Cosmic Crystal Games

A casual arcade action game where you must deliver food to customers quickly in order to keep your store running.

action

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Stargrove Scramble

By Team Bugulon

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

platformer

Tricky Keys 2 cover

Tricky Keys 2

By Team Bugulon

2D Platformer with Programming Elements!

platformer

Mod O Bot cover

Mod O Bot

By Ismael Rodriguez

Some assembly required!

platformer

Slay N Save cover

Slay N Save

By NPJarcade

Slay monsters, save the princess!

platformer

Swordsandseeds cover

Swordsandseeds

By Ismael Rodriguez

A short game made for GBJAM2022

action

Fohh cover

Fohh

By Ismael Rodriguez

Explore a mysterious world with a mysterious magical companion!

adventure

Hazmat Magic cover

Hazmat Magic

By Ismael Rodriguez

WARNING: COMBUSTIBLE IF MIXED!

puzzle

Keep It Alive cover

Keep It Alive

By Ismael Rodriguez

Help a Mad Scientist reunite his mind and body.

platformer

Special Delivery cover

Special Delivery

By Ismael Rodriguez

Move the box through the sorting factory.

platformer

Troglo cover

Troglo

By Ismael Rodriguez

Help a caveman save his girlfriend!

platformer

3heroesquest cover

3heroesquest

By Danilo Freire

Runner + Platform + Puzzle = 3 Heroes on a quest to stop an evil entity

platformer

A Roots Journey cover

A Roots Journey

By Maya Carter

Soak up enough water and burrow past rocks to establish your tree

action

Munch Valley cover

Munch Valley

By Videozax

Help your patrons, but don't be seen!

action

Bit Crusher cover

Bit Crusher

By Justin1L8

Control the cutting edge anti-virus technology of smashing viruses to bits.

action

Dice Souls cover

Dice Souls

By FeatureKreep

A dice-based roguelike

rpg

Labor Power cover

Labor Power

By FeatureKreep

A Pikmin-inspired game about class solidarity

puzzle

Looper cover

Looper

By FeatureKreep

Use space-looping technology to escape the dungeon

platformer

Nostalgia cover

Nostalgia

By Cristiano

In the darkness of an abandoned box, an old television set gains self-awareness and new, interesting skills.

rhythm

Your Password cover

Your Password

By mrombout

A fast-paced thinky typy changey passwordy game.

puzzle

Beaks Of Rage cover

Beaks Of Rage

By SweetHeart Squad

An RPG beat-em-up about a regular chicken.

fighting

Immunity Warrior cover

Immunity Warrior

By Spideyguy2207

AN EXCITING TOP-DOWN SHOOTER GAME WHERE YOU MUST KILL VIRUS CELLS INSIDE THE HUMAN BODY!

shooter

Bombelort cover

Bombelort

By Crede

Get your shit together

action