The Best Nostalgia Games for IOS iPhone

Update : Settle and Battle: New Empires added at rank #4.
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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

2

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

3

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

Settle and Battle: New Empires (2024)

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IOS iPhone IOS iPhone (IOS iPhone) j Android

A homage to classic real-time strategy games. Gather resources, build an empire, and command powerful armies to conquer the world. Lead six unique tribes, expand your territory, and engage in epic battles with hundreds of units on screen. Dominate in 18 missions and procedurally generated maps!


  • real-time
  • colony
  • grand-strategy
  • nostalgia
  • tactical
  • strategy
  • hex
  • procedural
  • base-building
  • resource-management
  • building
  • city-building
  • top-down
  • grid
  • 3d

5

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

6

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

7

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

8

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

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