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Toptagged challenging and Retro (92 results)

Explore games tagged challenging and Retro on itch.io. Featuring aesthetics, gameplay, or themes reminiscent of classic video games. Often characterized by pixel art, chiptune · Upload your games to itch.io to have them show up here.

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A 2D reimagining of Sonic 3D Blast
Platformer
LOVE
$2.99
An accessible platformer with a focus on a fair challenge.
Platformer
White-knuckle speed-Pac-Man.
Action
Fast Precision Platformer Action
Platformer
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You're a Wizard, you can't do magic but you can jump pretty good!
Platformer
Challenging retro 8-bit platform game
Platformer
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Challenging Retro Platformer! Fight Cyber Space Pirates!
Platformer
Arcade Screen Wrapping Action! Can you beat Loop 4?
Platformer
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Retro platform shooter that takes no prisoners
Action
arcade 8bit game
Adventure
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Switch between perfectly parallel realities, off by just a few feet
Platformer
A portable FOSS re-release of the 1992 Hoi Amiga platform game ─ Windows, MacOS and Linux.
Platformer
A penguin platformer with a variety of challenging enemies along the journey
Platformer
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A tiny precision platformer adventure
Platformer
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Original retro-style shooting game
Action
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Slaughter endless enemies and rise above the poison.
Platformer
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Jump, collect and solve puzzles like it's 1998 - an N64-style collectathon platformer for experienced players.
Platformer
An homage to Manic Miner. Classic-key collecting gameplay through the rugged ravines of random, rocky recesses.
Platformer
An orientation flipping platformer
Action
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Sonic GMate Engine CD
Platformer
Change between perspectives to avoid obstacles in this retro-platformer
Platformer
A 2D puzzle game in a world of arrows.
Puzzle
A free demo of Golden Arrow
Puzzle
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Probe
$1.99
Challenging 2D retro block breaker with arcade shooter elements
Shooter
Two buttons. One cube. Infinite peril. Can you escape the dungeon?
Platformer
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Platformer
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A platformer designed to test your skills, memory, and patience. It might seem impossible, it is 100% beatable
Platformer
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A challenging fast-paced arcade game where you have to save planets from waves of asteroids!
Action
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Tomb Lady - Part II is the sequel to Tomb Lady designed to boot on a stock Amiga 500 with 512K RAM. Current version: 1.2
Action
naive shoot 'em up with emphasis on presentation
Shooter
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A portable FOSS re-release of the 1997 Moon Child Windows platform game ─ Windows, MacOS and Linux.
Platformer
A rage-inducing pixel-art platformer full of traps and surprises.
Platformer
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Four snakes. Classic gameplay with a new challenge.
Action
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