Retro games on Steam
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Steam tag · 20,802 games · 3,130 released in the last 12 months · median 88% positive across 8,279 games with 10+ reviews · 6,488,004 Steam reviews
Share of new releases
12% of new Steam releases in the last 12 months (3,130 games), 12% the 12 before (2,213). By year: 2014: 12%, 2015: 11%, 2016: 8.2%, 2017: 9.1%, 2018: 9.3%, 2019: 11%, 2020: 12%, 2021: 12%, 2022: 13%, 2023: 12%, 2024: 11%, 2025: 12%, 2026: 12%.
Most reviewed Retro games
- Undertale · 2015
- Vampire Survivors · 2022
- ULTRAKILL · 2020
- Cuphead · 2017
- Celeste · 2018
- DELTARUNE · 2025
- Half-Life · 1998
- Hotline Miami · 2012
Breakouts of the last 12 months
- MECCHA CHAMELEON · 2026
- Scritchy Scratchy · 2026
- MOUSE: P.I. For Hire · 2026
- Shift At Midnight · 2026
- Retro Rewind - Video Store Simulator · 2026
- Endacopia · 2026
- Slots & Daggers · 2025
- Mandate Of Heaven · 2025
Often paired with
2D, Action, Pixel Graphics, Arcade, Old School, Controller, Platformer, 1990's, Top-Down, 2D Platformer