The 1990's Zone

Games drawing on 1990s design, attitude, media, technology, or nostalgia.

Latest Standouts

Recent releases that landed well, newest first, filtered to games with enough reviews to trust the score.

PAPERHEAD - In the cute cardboard world, something went horribly wrong... Use the magical pencil, a good old shotgun, and various other weapons as well as the strength of your mighty boots, to uncover the dark truth and find out WHY WOULD CARDBOARD... BLEED?
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Oct 9, 2026
96% 👍
of 241
Silver Pines - Players say: A private investigator searches a deserted town for a missing musician, solving clues and managing scarce supplies amid supernatural horrors. Players like: Haunting atmosphere · Distinctive art direction · Interconnected exploration ·
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Silver Pines is a survival horror metroidvania set in small town America. Fight nightmarish terrors and solve puzzles, while carefully managing your scarce resources as you uncover the mysteries that could hold the key to redemption.

Antivirus Survivors 2003 Professional - Players say: Defend a Windows XP-style desktop from viruses and pop-ups in survivor runs, upgrading cursor weapons and plugins. Players like: Windows XP Aesthetic · Survivor-Style Combat · Y2K References ·
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The family computer is infected again and it’s your job to fend off waves of viruses and adware foes with an arsenal of nostalgic Y2K-inspired weapons. Antivirus Survivors 2003 Professional is a survivor-like auto-shooter filled with nods to the days when computers were actually fun.

SILENT HILL: Townfall - Players say: In 1996, Simon returns to fogbound St. Amelia, using stealth, scarce weapons, puzzles and a signal-tuning pocket TV to uncover its past. Players like: Foggy Town Atmosphere · Sound Design · Detailed Environments ·
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Returning to an island town to ‘put things right’, Simon Ordell descends into a world of tense evasion, explosive confrontations, and mind-bending puzzles that slowly surface the truth of St. Amelia.

Breakout Garage - Breakout Garage is an open world racing game, created by 2 indie developers, that takes place in small town USA. Featuring old-school American vehicles that you can build from scratch based on your preferences and race them in different types of races.
lily's world XD - Players say: Explore a missing teen’s 2004 laptop, decode its messages and files, and uncover why someone is watching your investigation. Players like: Early-Web Aesthetic · Emotional Story · Immersive Investigation ·
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Lily was an ordinary teenager in 2004, and you just found her laptop. Read her diary, message her friends, and piece together what happened to her before it’s too late. But you're not the only one with access to her computer… A fourth wall-breaking psychological horror experience featuring LilyPichu

The Plant Shop - A cozy horror game where you craft plants for late-night customers while you manage a small plant shop. Expand your plant collection, upgrade your shop & grow your business.
BRAZILIAN DRUG DEALER BEFORE 4: DEMONS FROM THE PORTAL TO HELL I OPENED ARE STILL IN THE FAVELA AND NOW I HAVE TO SAVE MAMADAS FROM RONALDO - Players say: A Quake-style shooter sends you across Brazil to rescue a band, using double jumps, dashes, and bizarre weapons against demons. Players like: Fast Air Movement · Varied Level Design · Absurd Brazilian Humor ·
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THE STANDALONE SEQUEL OF THE BRAZILIAN BOOMER SHOOTER GAME MADE USING THE ID TECH 2 ENGINE! SHOOT, JUMP, DOUBLE JUMP AND DASH! EMBARK ON A JOURNEY THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO, SÃO PAULO, SALVADOR, HELL AND EVEN HEAVEN! SAVE BRAZIL!

The Headlands - A meditative farming strategy in the early 2000s: your home village and the machines you remember from childhood. Revive a run-down farm, trade on a living market, run production chains, take on your neighbours' contracts and grow your fleet — from small tractors to combines.
Tales of Fear - Episode Zero - Players say: Play three first-person horror cases, explore eerie settings, then decide which tales are true before seeing their explanations. Players like: Truth-or-Tale Format · Engaging Short Stories · Story Origin Reveals ·
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Can you tell the difference between truth and tale? Experience three short horror stories and gather clues as to which are true and which are just part of our imagination. Immerse yourself in the protagonist's perspective and discover eerie tales from around the world.

Sucker for Love: Crush Landing - Put the ‘love’ in 'Lovecraftian horror!' When a captivating comet named Hheily crashes into your apartment, you are drawn into an interplanetary conflict between light and dark. Feed Hheily's fire to save the world in this horror-comedy visual novel… and maybe even win a smooch!

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Discounted 25% or more right now, limited to well-reviewed games, steepest cuts first.

Synthwave Burnout - Players say: Race a supercar along neon-lit highways, beat AI rivals and track challenges, and earn cash to unlock cars and courses. Players like: Neon Synthwave Atmosphere · Synthwave Soundtrack · Relaxed Arcade Driving ·
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Synthwave Burnout is an atmospheric arcade racing experience set on neon-soaked tracks. Take control of a futuristic supercar, build up speed, generate energy, and battle physics-driven rivals—all to the pulse of a powerful synthwave soundtrack.

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Sep 19, 2025
70% 👍
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Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today - Players say: As amnesiac Michael, investigate a collapsing post-apocalyptic world through dialogue, exploration, and point-and-click puzzles. Players like: Bleak Atmosphere · Distinctive Art Style · Intriguing Story ·
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A dying reality, a universe that’s fading away. A merciless world thatgets sick and vanishes. No past, no present, no future; only the impending moment of “dead synchronicity” ahead. Will you be able to stop it?Because, otherwise... what will you do when Time dissolves itself?

The Dark Eye: Memoria - Players say: Guide bird-catcher Geron and ancient princess Sadja through a point-and-click fantasy mystery linking their lives across centuries. Players like: Interwoven Story · Hand-Painted Art · Fantasy Atmosphere ·
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In Memoria, players travel through different time periods, following two distinct protagonists: Sadja, a southern princess who wants to be a war hero, and Geron, a bird catcher who wants to lift a curse from his girlfriend.

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Aug 29, 2013
89% 👍
of 2.5k
The Night of the Rabbit - Players say: A boy chasing his dream of becoming a magician follows a talking rabbit to Mousewood, solving puzzles among speaking animals. Players like: Hand-Drawn World · Fairy-Tale Atmosphere · Story and Characters ·
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Lose yourself in a tale of magic and wonder, where anything is possible and where nothing is quite as it seems: join young Jerry and follow a peculiar white rabbit to the wondrous realm of Mousewood, a land where critters can speak and where mystery abounds.

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May 28, 2013
89% 👍
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Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes - Players say: Guide shy convent student Lilli through a hand-drawn point-and-click adventure to find Edna, solve puzzles, and break hypnotic rules. Players like: Dark, Absurd Humor · Hand-Drawn Art · Story and Characters ·
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From the creators of the award winning games “The Whispered World” and “Deponia” comes this extraordinary game Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes.

A New Beginning - Final Cut - Players say: A retired bioengineer and a time traveler investigate, collect clues, and solve puzzles to try to avert a climate catastrophe. Players like: Climate-Time-Travel Story · Hand-Drawn Environments · Comic-Style Cutscenes ·
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A New Beginning is a cinematic adventure-thriller done graphic novel-style.

Mainframe Defenders - Players say: Lead four prototype mechs through turn-based missions to repel a computer virus, using gear combinations to counter infected robots. Players like: Gear Build Variety · Tactical Enemy Counters · Retro Style And Music ·
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MAINFRAME DEFENDERS - Turn-based tactics centered around gear and unit customization. It offers simple combat, high replayability, and tons of loot. Items don't just provide stats boost, but also offer distinct mechanics that can be combined into powerful builds.

Asleep: Act 1 - Players say: As Ana Lúcia, explore a 1990s Brazilian nightmare, solve point-and-click puzzles, and use light to evade hostile creatures. Players like: Eerie Pixel Art · Brazilian Setting · Intriguing Story ·
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Use light to survive a nightmare: each creature reacts differently to it. Explore, solve puzzles, and evade the horrors in the dark. You are in the skin of Ana Lúcia.

Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection - Players say: Choose fighters across 12 arcade-era Street Fighter games, battle in 2D matches, and explore a museum of franchise history. Players like: Twelve Classic Games · Arcade Nostalgia · Third Strike Gameplay ·
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Celebrate Street Fighter’s historic legacy with the Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection. In this collection of 12 Street Fighter games, four groundbreaking titles let you hop online and relive the arcade experience through the online Arcade Mode or play with friends.

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May 29, 2018
71% 👍
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Harvester - Players say: After waking in a bizarre town, Steve investigates his missing fiancée and a secretive lodge through puzzles, exploration, and combat. Players like: Bizarre Story · Dark Humor · Surreal Atmosphere ·
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A strange and twisted world...Harvester! The most violent adventure game of all time comes to Steam!

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Apr 4, 2014
91% 👍
of 1.7k
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number - Players say: Across intersecting stories of violence and retribution, play distinct fighters clearing sprawling levels with lethal top-down combat. Players like: Driving Soundtrack · Distinct Character Styles · Layered Story ·
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Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number is the brutal conclusion to the Hotline Miami saga, set against a backdrop of escalating violence and retribution over spilled blood in the original game.

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Mar 10, 2015
94% 👍
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The Next BIG Thing - Players say: In monster-filled Hollywood, reporters Liz and Dan investigate a mystery by exploring, talking to characters, and solving puzzles. Players like: Humor And Dialogue · Colorful Art Style · Memorable Characters ·
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The Next Big Thing is a great adventure game in high definition, loaded with laughs, tributes, mysteries and wacky puzzles!

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Apr 21, 2011
83% 👍
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Hidden Gems

Well-liked but under-played: strong scores, small review counts.

TETRACHROMA - TETRACHROMA is a block stacking puzzle action game with a new color changing mechanic inspired by Reversi. Manage the constantly changing colors of the board to clear 15+ lines with a single piece.
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Oct 25, 2024
100% 👍
of 195
DEVIL BLADE REBOOT - Players say: Pilot a fighter through a vertical-scrolling shoot-'em-up, dodging attacks and risking close-range kills to boost your score. Players like: Approachable Difficulty · Pixel-Art Presentation · High-Energy Soundtrack ·
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An immersive pseudo-3D shoot 'em up experience that pushes the limits of pixel art. Push your score higher with the innovative Berserk System: the closer they are, the more points you get!

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May 23, 2024
99% 👍
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24 Killers - Explore a desert island full of oddities, transform into monsters you've rescued, collect mysterious spirits, and unlock mods that change up future playthroughs.
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Mar 9, 2023
99% 👍
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Advent NEON® - Hyperactive 2D action platformer with wicked fast attacks, omnidirectional dashing, and time-freezing! Play well enough to transform and unleash 100% power!
Stardust Skate - Skate through Stardust Valley in this endless runner, competing for the highest score and the coolest deck!
Raider Kid and the Ruby Chest - Sneak away from your boring family vacation and delve into ANCIENT RUINS! Borrow equipment from dead explorers and uncover the secrets of a lost civilization as you leave your parents worried sick. WARNING: The Ruby Chest may contain traces of an ancient curse (and gluten).
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Mar 31, 2026
99% 👍
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Scarmonde - 8-Bit Styled dungeon-crawler wherein you assemble a party from 12 Classes to brave The Depths in search of the Dragon God's Sacred Treasures!
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Oct 7, 2024
99% 👍
of 229
BioMenace Remastered - The classic 2D action platformer BioMenace returns with enhanced graphics and refined gameplay. Fight your way through a city ravaged by dangerous mutants, rescue hostages, find secrets and rack up points. Locate the secret lab behind this attack and prevent Dr. Mangle from taking over the world!
Go Slimey Go! - Go Slimey Go! is a fast-paced 2D platformer built around momentum, exploration, and satisfying movement. Featuring colorful pixel art, handcrafted levels full of secrets, and a highly energetic soundtrack.
Little Big Adventure 2 - Players say: As Twinsen, investigate an alien arrival on Twinsun by exploring islands, solving puzzles, developing magic, and fighting with unusual gear. Players like: Childhood Nostalgia · Memorable Music · Story and Characters ·
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Twinsen's Little Big Adventure 2 Classic is a retro action-adventure game originally released in 1997. After saving the world from the evilish Doctor Funfrock, Twinsen is now ready to face a new threat coming from outer space.

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Oct 20, 2015
98% 👍
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Top Rated

Defining examples of the genre, all rated 85%+ across 1,000+ reviews.

Crow Country - Players say: As Mara Forest, investigate an abandoned 1990 theme park, solving puzzles and confronting or avoiding its roaming monsters. Players like: Eerie Park Atmosphere · Satisfying Puzzles · Retro Visual Style ·
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The year is 1990. It’s been two years since the mysterious disappearance of Edward Crow and the abrupt closure of his theme park, Crow Country. But your arrival has broken the silence, Mara Forest. If you want answers, you’ll have to venture deep into the darkness of Crow Country to find them…

The Drifter - Players say: Hunted after witnessing a murder, Mick Carter investigates a conspiracy and solves point-and-click puzzles as death sends him back seconds. Players like: Gripping Story · Excellent Voice Acting · Logical Puzzles ·
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A Pulp Adventure Thriller - A murdered drifter awakens. Alive again, seconds before his death. Hunted and haunted, help him untangle a mad web of conspiracy in this fast-paced point 'n click thrill-ride.

Angel at Dusk - Players say: Pilot an angelic ship in a far-future bullet hell, using charged shots and close-range attacks to break through enemy fire. Players like: Beginner-Friendly Tutorial · Distinctive Body-Horror Art · Aggressive Combat Systems ·
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Overwhelmingly bizarre beauty. Shoot, dodge, and destroy! A shmup where an apocalyptic world awakens to primal desires!

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Jan 12, 2024
98% 👍
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A Space For The Unbound - Prologue - Players say: Explore a late-1990s Indonesian town, meet its residents, and enter their minds in a story-driven adventure prologue. Players like: Pixel Art Atmosphere · Emotional Storytelling · Music And Mood ·
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Prologue chapter of A Space For The Unbound, an upcoming slice-of-life adventure game with beautiful pixelart set in the late 90s rural Indonesia that tells a story about overcoming anxiety, depression, and the relationship between a boy and a girl with supernatural powers

DOOM + DOOM II - Players say: Fight through demon-filled labyrinths, collect weapons and keys, uncover secrets, and tackle classic campaigns solo or with others. Players like: Fast, satisfying combat · Level design and secrets · Classic game music ·
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Developed by id Software, and originally released in 1993 and 1994, the definitive, newly enhanced versions of DOOM + DOOM II are available as a combined product.

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Aug 3, 2007
97% 👍
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DUSK - Players say: A captured treasure hunter fights through a cult-held Pennsylvania town in a fast retro FPS to uncover what lies below. Players like: Fast, Fluid Movement · Creative Level Design · Punchy Weapon Feel ·
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Battle through an onslaught of mystical backwater cultists, possessed militants & even darker forces as you attempt to discover just what lurks beneath the Earth in this retro FPS inspired by the '90s legends.

A Space for the Unbound - Players say: In late-90s rural Indonesia, student Atma explores his town, solves puzzles, and enters minds as supernatural events threaten reality. Players like: Emotional Story · Expressive Pixel Art · Memorable Soundtrack ·
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A magical adventure about two high school sweethearts set at the end of their school days - and the end of the world. Explore a crumbling town and help friends face their inner demons, which could be the key to stopping reality itself disintegrating. And don’t forget to pet the cats.

Hypnospace Outlaw - Players say: As a 1990s dream-internet moderator, browse personal sites, track rule-breakers, and solve cases hidden among their pages. Players like: Lived-In Websites · Human Character Stories · Retro Web Atmosphere ·
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Greetings Enforcer, and thank you for enlisting in the Hypnospace Patrol Department! As the world falls into its slumber, Hypnospace becomes a bustling global village. These virtual streets aren't going to police themselves!

Day of the Tentacle Remastered - Players say: Guide three friends stranded in different eras through a point-and-click puzzle adventure to stop a world-threatening tentacle. Players like: Absurd, Witty Humor · Time-Bending Puzzles · Memorable Characters ·
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Originally released by LucasArts in 1993 as a sequel to Ron Gilbert’s ground breaking Maniac Mansion, Day of the Tentacle is back in a remastered edition that features all new hand-drawn, high resolution artwork, with remastered audio, music and sound effects.

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Mar 21, 2016
97% 👍
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The Curse of Monkey Island - Players say: As pirate Guybrush Threepwood, explore islands, solve point-and-click puzzles, and face LeChuck to lift a curse and save Elaine. Players like: Funny Dialogue · Cartoon Art Style · Voice Acting ·
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The only pirate adventure that asks the question: What's sharper, your sword or your wit?

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Mar 22, 2018
97% 👍
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Backyard Baseball '97 - Players say: Draft a team of neighborhood kids, then time pitches, swings, and fielding plays in quick games or a season-long baseball campaign. Players like: Nostalgic Return · Easy-to-Learn Controls · Distinctive Kid Characters ·
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Rediscover the joy of the original Backyard Baseball 1997, now updated for modern systems! Build your roster from among the iconic Backyard Kids, aim for those home runs, and various game modes. Relive the magic of this classic baseball game!

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Oct 10, 2024
97% 👍
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Forbidden Solitaire - Players say: Play a supposedly cursed 1995 CD-ROM, clearing TriPeaks solitaire boards and battling dungeon monsters as its history unfolds. Players like: ’90s CD-ROM Atmosphere · Engaging Solitaire Combos · Retro Visuals and Sound ·
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Forbidden Solitaire is a card-slashing horror game about unearthing the contents of a cryptic 1995 CD-ROM that should have never existed. From the creators of Ancient Enemy and Home Safety Hotline.