The Best 1990s Games

Update : Straftat added at rank #45.
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Retro Gadgets (2022)

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early access PC Windows

Retro Gadgets is a gadget creation station where you invent, build, solder, code and customise your own electrifying gadgets then share them with the world.


  • development
  • hacking
  • 1990s
  • coding
  • 1980s
  • programming
  • sandbox
  • building
  • classic-looking
  • old-school
  • drag-and-drop
  • 2d
  • simulation
  • rouge
  • relaxing

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INCISION (2022)

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early access PC Windows Android

All old-school FPS action. No Bullshit. Lots of blood & gore. Slaughter your way through nightmarish industrial mazes, transformed cityscapes and surreal alien structures to cut down the Growth in this ultraviolent, fast-paced, and merciless retro-styled first person shooter.


  • transhumanism
  • 1990s
  • first-person
  • shooter
  • retro
  • fps
  • post-apocalyptic
  • old-school
  • historical
  • alternate
  • surreal
  • 3d
  • atmospheric
  • demons
  • gore

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White Hell (2021)

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early access PC Windows

White Hell is a retro-style first-person shooter set in a frost-bound Finland after the apocalypse.

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  • snow
  • first-person
  • post-apocalyptic
  • 1990s
  • shooter
  • dystopian
  • humor
  • retro
  • fps
  • cyberpunk
  • dark
  • 3d
  • stylized
  • magic
  • mythology

4

Petal Crash (2020)

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Crash blocks together into huge chain reactions in this frantic arcade action puzzler! Pick your favorite character and experience their tale in the Story Mode, solve tricky brain teasers and make your own in Puzzle Mode, shoot for high scores in Solo Play, or go head to head in Versus Mode!


  • 1990s
  • character
  • colourful
  • pixel
  • cute
  • puzzle
  • cartoony
  • comedy
  • city-states
  • logic
  • arcade
  • anime
  • twin
  • family-friendly
  • local

5

CrushBorgs (2022)

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PC Windows Xbox One

"Run and Gun" oldschool single-player platformer with NES aesthetics, including an authentic 8-bit chiptune.

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  • 1990s
  • retro
  • platform
  • 2d
  • sci-fi
  • robots
  • scroller
  • shooter
  • single-player
  • arcade
  • pixel
  • action
  • boss

6

Progressbar95 (2020)

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IOS iPhone PC Windows Mac OS

Progressbar95 is a unique nostalgic game. It turns vintage GUI elements like panels, buttons and icons into game elements! Fights againts virtual office assistans, calculators, annoying pop-ups and maddening visual glitches.

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  • typing
  • 1990s
  • hyper-casual
  • experimental
  • parody
  • retro
  • tower-defense
  • abstract
  • logic
  • cartoony
  • minimalist
  • life
  • 2d
  • arcade
  • casual

7

3dSen PC (2020)

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early access PC Windows Mac OS Linux

3dSen PC breathes new life into your favorite NES games by magically converting them into 3D and letting you play them in real-time.


  • 1990s
  • beat-em-up
  • 2.5d
  • retro
  • vr
  • pixel
  • 2d
  • old-school
  • local
  • arcade
  • rpg
  • casual
  • platform
  • single-player

8

Dissonance (2015)

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Android PC Windows

Dissonance is a top-down 3rd person adventure game. Players will encounter supernatural anomalies and creatures. Find and use specialized gadgets to aid you in your journey. Explore the abandoned research facility and reveal the secret of the organization that sent you here.


  • 1990s
  • surreal
  • linear
  • 3d
  • sci-fi
  • exploration
  • mystery
  • hidden-object
  • action-adventure
  • rpg
  • third-person
  • adventure
  • single-player

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Evolo.Evolution (2018)

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early access PC Windows

Evolo.Evolution - an exciting strategy in real time with elements of the sandbox. Go through several stages of evolution, from the usual rabbit, to the local ruler of these lands. Fight other sentient beings and build your tribe.

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  • 1990s
  • retro
  • platform
  • technology
  • god-game
  • classic
  • 2d
  • strategy
  • sandbox
  • procedural
  • character
  • old-school
  • real-time
  • football

10

A Space for the Unbound - Prologue (2020)

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Prologue chapter of A Space For The Unbound, an upcoming slice-of-life adventure game with beautiful pixelart set in the late 90s rural Indonesia that tells a story about overcoming anxiety, depression, and the relationship between a boy and a girl with supernatural powers


  • 1990s
  • foreign
  • emotional
  • philosophical
  • supernatural
  • pixel
  • walking-simulator
  • surreal
  • relaxing
  • story
  • atmospheric
  • action-adventure
  • 2d
  • point-and-click
  • anime

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