The Best Nostalgia Games for IOS iPhone

Update : Spooky Pixel Hero added at rank #3.
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Lucy Dreaming (2022)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Android IOS iPhone Mac OS Linux Xbox One

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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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

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Spooky Pixel Hero (2024)

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PC Windows IOS iPhone Android

Enjoy 2D pixel platformer levels inspired by old-school classic retro games and haunting glitch horror.


  • retro
  • platform
  • horror
  • nostalgia
  • rage-inducing
  • pixel
  • precision
  • 1980s
  • mind-bending
  • lore
  • 2d
  • scroller
  • cyberpunk
  • old-school
  • minimalist

4

Blacken Slash (2022)

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Android IOS iPhone PC Windows Mac OS Linux

A tactical roguelite RPG where the items you choose define your character. Create powerful builds from an abundance of loot as you try to save a corrupted retro computer system in byte-sized tactical puzzles.


  • tactical
  • turn-based
  • nostalgia
  • rogue-like
  • loot
  • hack-and-slash
  • minimalist
  • rpg
  • isometric
  • perma-death
  • retro
  • replay-value
  • strategy
  • pve

5

Ragnarok: The Lost Memories (2022)

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Android IOS iPhone PC Windows Mac OS

Experience a storyline never before seen in the Ragnarok series. Choose your own path as you unlock the story and truth in Ragnarok: The Lost Memories. A free to play adventure strategy game with a card battle system and character collection system!


  • japanese
  • rpg
  • nostalgia
  • jrpg
  • automation
  • 3d
  • deckbuilder
  • pvp
  • collector
  • creature
  • card
  • farming

6

Block'Em! (2022)

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PC Windows Android IOS iPhone Nintendo Switch

Block'Em! is an action-filled block-building party game for 2 to 4 players! The controls are simple but the road to victory is complex: be the first to reach the goal or be the last Blocky standing!


  • party
  • nostalgia
  • 4-player
  • local
  • pvp
  • 2.5d
  • precision
  • building
  • family-friendly
  • fast-paced
  • multiplayer
  • funny
  • colourful

7

Terranova (2022)

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Mac OS PC Windows IOS iPhone Android

A nostalgic interactive fiction game set in the early 2000's. Chat with your friends, update your LimeJournal, and discover yourself through a rich world of storytelling, love and friendship.


  • choices
  • typing
  • fiction
  • lgbtq
  • text
  • nostalgia
  • interactive
  • emotional
  • visual-novel
  • multiple-endings
  • anime
  • story

8

Darkanoid (2020)

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IOS iPhone PC Windows

The Black Zone is a place where Arkanoid fans will truly be tested. Here you will find pain, heartache, and merciless Bosses.


  • nostalgia
  • rogue-like
  • spectacle
  • pinball
  • 2d
  • space
  • precision
  • platform
  • 2.5d
  • sci-fi
  • arcade
  • physics
  • 3d
  • stylized
  • hand-drawn

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My Sweet Ants! (2021)

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PC Windows IOS iPhone

My Sweet Ants! is an addicting game in which you have to solve puzzles with Lovely Ants. The game is perfect for relaxing.


  • choices
  • emotional
  • nostalgia
  • dating-sim
  • conversation
  • typing
  • multiple-endings
  • romance
  • visual-novel
  • story
  • cute

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