The Best Nostalgia Games

Update : The Black Grimoire: Cursebreaker added at rank #4.
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Lucy Dreaming (2022)

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Discover a dark family secret and rid a young girl of her nightmares in this splendidly British point & click comedy adventure. Playing as sharp-witted Lucy, explore both dreams and reality to meet all the colourful characters who'll help you solve puzzles, gather clues and find a murderer.


  • nostalgia
  • point-and-click
  • comedy
  • pixel
  • humor
  • 1990s
  • 1980s
  • old-school
  • puzzle
  • mystery
  • adventure
  • funny
  • dark
  • retro
  • story

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A Perfect Day (2022)

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Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One

Revisit the final moments of 1999 for an eternity. Come face to face with your dreams and regrets. Explore a deep and interwoven narrative, solve perplexing riddles, and even play a few nostalgic minigames. Immerse yourself in happiness and sorrow with friends of ages past in your Perfect Day.


  • fiction
  • nostalgia
  • travel
  • visual-novel
  • narration
  • story
  • investigation
  • interactive
  • emotional
  • time
  • multiple-endings
  • 1990s
  • narrative
  • choices
  • time-management

3

Hot Lava (2019)

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Android PC Windows Mac OS IOS iPhone Xbox 360 apple arcade

The Floor is Hot Lava! Run, jump, climb, and surf across nostalgia-packed environments flooded with hot molten lava. Explore alone, or join your friends. And whatever you do, don’t touch the floor.


  • precision
  • parkour
  • platform
  • nostalgia
  • time
  • attack
  • pvp
  • 1990s
  • kinect
  • 3d
  • exploration
  • racing
  • family
  • first-person
  • fast-paced

4

The Black Grimoire: Cursebreaker (2024)

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A story driven solo RPG inspired by oldschool games like RuneScape and Ultima Online! Explore a sprawling medieval fantasy world full of npcs with dialogue, level skills, fight varied monsters and uncover the story of Rothar Aercrest – the cursed lord to the remote woodlands of Imberthale.

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  • nostalgia
  • archery
  • fantasy
  • lore
  • open-world
  • crafting
  • character
  • pve
  • point-and-click
  • rpg
  • magic
  • choices
  • third-person
  • runescape
  • multiplayer

5

Motesolo: No Girlfriend Since Birth (2020)

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On a late afternoon in Seoul, you discover two people talking at a local cafe, and you spy on their conversation.

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  • choices
  • nostalgia
  • fmv
  • god-game
  • conversation
  • cinematic
  • dating-sim
  • music
  • experimental
  • visual-novel
  • text
  • procedural
  • narration
  • fiction
  • interactive

6

Punch Club 2: Fast Forward (2023)

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You have come here to read game descriptions and play fighter management sims…and you’re all outta descriptions.


  • arts
  • cyberpunk
  • nostalgia
  • time-management
  • martial
  • management
  • resource-management
  • rpg
  • 1990s
  • tactical
  • 1980s
  • life
  • sport
  • pixel
  • simulation

7

Strike Force Heroes (2023)

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Strike Force Heroes is an oldschool arena shooter rebuilt with modern mechanics with full co-operative and PvP online multiplayer. It melds over the top action with epic story-telling in this intense remake of the hit Flash game.


  • nostalgia
  • 2d
  • remake
  • soundtrack
  • humor
  • character
  • shooter
  • arena
  • arpg-puzzle
  • dark
  • customization
  • story
  • cooperative
  • military
  • drama

8

Streets of Fury EX (2015)

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PC Windows

Fight the gangs of Paris in this action packed Beat'Em up. Up to 4 players can join in, to cooperate, or fight against each other! Many unlockables, game modes, crazy combos and devastating furies await you in this deep fighting game.

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  • cooperative
  • campaign
  • local
  • nostalgia
  • arts
  • beat-em-up
  • soundtrack
  • fmv
  • martial
  • 2.5d
  • 4-player
  • scroller
  • old-school
  • retro
  • funny

9

Drive Rally (2024)

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early access Linux PC Windows Mac OS

#DRIVE Rally is an arcade-inspired rally-driving experience set in the golden racing era of the ‘90s. Grab your co-driver and burn some rubber on iconic race-winning cars across a variety of terrains in some of the most iconic rallying locations in the world!


  • racing
  • nostalgia
  • auto
  • off-road
  • 1990s
  • character
  • driving
  • stylized
  • parody
  • customization
  • physics
  • sport
  • 1980s
  • retro
  • controller-support

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Commander Keen: Keen Dreams (2023)

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Commander Keen is back. In the modernised Definitive Edition of the lost episode "Keen Dream". The game structure has been reworked to make the game a more modern experience without sacrificing any of the original charm!


  • nostalgia
  • retro
  • side-scrolling
  • platform
  • cartoony
  • 2d
  • casual
  • scroller
  • adventure
  • compilation
  • non-linear
  • subscription
  • tile

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