Top-Rated Free 1990's Games on Steam

44 free 1990's games with 500+ reviews and a 70%+ positive rating, newest first.

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Garisani Detective Agency - Players say: In 1990s Korea, a detective brother and his ghost sister investigate cases from both sides, sharing clues in two-player deduction. Players like: Ghost-Human Teamwork · Co-op Casework · Connected Case Story ·
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Garisani Detective Agency is a story-driven real-time co-op deduction game for two.In 1990s Korea, play as a brother and his ghost sister, taking cases from the living and the dead. Gather clues from two angles and solve puzzles together.An analog era of pagers and payphones.

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Jul 14, 2026
80% 👍
of 788
Cheap Car Repair: Welcome to Nowhere - Players say: Run a 1990s Polish village garage, repairing cars with proper parts—or dubious substitutes—while chasing profit and story jobs. Players like: Garage Humor · Improvised Repairs · Hands-On Car Work ·
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Meet the local mechanic from the village of "Bumfuck Nowhere". Run your own car repair shop, hustle and cut corners however you can, but be careful! You probably don't want to get on the bad side of the local businessman, Christopher Kingman...

Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun - Words of Vengeance - Players say: As Malum Caedo, purge Graia’s Chaos forces in a rail shooter where typing Warhammer words fires your weapon. Players like: Typing-Based Combat · Warhammer Setting · Typing Practice ·
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Type like your life depends on it in Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun – Words of Vengeance! Smite the enemies of the Emperor with every keystroke spelling their demise. But every typo could mean the difference between life and death.   

STRAFTAT - Players say: Battle through fast online 1v1, 2v2, or free-for-all rounds, grabbing weapons across hundreds of changing arenas. Players like: Playing With Friends · Fluid Movement · Varied Arenas ·
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STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

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Oct 24, 2024
96% 👍
of 23k
Farmer Against Potatoes Idle - Players say: An amnesiac farmer battles mutated potato waves in an idle RPG, upgrading gear, talents, and classes through repeated runs. Players like: Layered Progression · Steady Feature Unlocks · Long-Term Goals ·
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Pick up your sword and fight off waves of Potatoes by upgrading your stats constantly, use Equipment, choose between different Classes, put your many Talents to good use, and so much more designed to keep you entertained for a long time.

Sword of Convallaria - Players say: Lead a mercenary band through Iria in a pixel-art tactical RPG, using terrain, squad upgrades, and branching story choices. Players like: Tactical Terrain Combat · Pixel Art And Music · Branching Campaign ·
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Fantasy Tactical RPG revitalizing the beloved Japanese turn-based & pixel art genre. Collect & train a roster of mercenaries, customize your squad, and use your own strategy to save the nation of Iria. Journey through a world of plot twists where every choice you make will reshape your destiny.

VHS - Players say: Click a VHS tape to grow your cassette count, buy click upgrades, rewind for a reset bonus, and collect timed item drops. Players like: Retro Visuals · Synthwave Soundtrack · Relaxing Background Play ·
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VHS, the most retro and nostalgic Idle game!

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Jul 17, 2024
82% 👍
of 681
The Big Catch: Tacklebox - Players say: As Tackle, explore a desert, master momentum-based platforming with a fishing rod, catch fish, and collect coins. Players like: Fluid Momentum Movement · Satisfying Platforming Challenges · Stylized Art and Music ·
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Crack open the Tacklebox to show off your platforming prowess and fishing skills in this free prologue to The Big Catch.

Formula Evolution 2024 - Players say: Race crowded formula events with up to 40 drivers, earning experience and credits to unlock newer cars and upgrades. Players like: Vehicle Progression · Quick, Simple Races · Historic Formula Cars ·
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The first-ever true MMO formula racing game is here! Play with up to 39 friends!

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Jun 3, 2024
70% 👍
of 707
Puppet Master: The Game - Players say: Play humans and killer puppets in asymmetrical horror matches, team battles, or a solo objective mode set in the film series. Players like: Fun With Friends · Franchise Fan Service · Distinct Puppet Roster ·
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This free-to-play online multiplayer game celebrates the series' 30-year legacy. Revisit iconic locations, select from a large roster of playable characters from the movies, and play a variety of online multiplayer game modes, each inspired by the Puppet’s many adventures.

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May 3, 2024
87% 👍
of 1.4k
YIIK Nameless Psychosis - Players say: As the Nameless Child, explore a surreal dimension, fight with your own blood, and seek a way to save two brothers. Players like: Surreal Art Style · Distinctive Soundtrack · Intriguing Story World ·
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Experience a sneak peek of YIIK I.V! Step beyond Alex Eggleston's story and become the Nameless Child, a young girl pushed from a mysterious tower. Guide her through a surreal dimension where she must find a way to save both the Good Brother and the Bad Brother.

Dave's Fun Algebra Class: Remastered - Players say: Recover eight art-contest papers from a strange school while solving algebra, evading Dave, and using items to survive. Players like: Chaotic School Charm · Memorable Characters · Creative Item Mechanics ·
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Dave's Fun Algebra Class: Remastered is a strategy-based indie game inspired by Baldi's Basics, featuring chaotic and intense gameplay mixed with an old-school psychedelic artstyle. Solve math problems, meet Dave's friends, and uncover the secrets of Dave's school.

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Apr 3, 2024
88% 👍
of 1.1k
Motorbike Evolution 2024 - Players say: Race motorcycles from the 1900s onward in short multiplayer contests, earning credits and XP to unlock and tune newer bikes. Players like: Bike Unlock Progression · Quick Online Races · Varied Motorcycle Rides ·
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The first-ever true MMO motorbike racing game is here! Play with up to 39 friends!

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Mar 25, 2024
74% 👍
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last seen online - Players say: Snoop through a secondhand computer, solve password and file-based puzzles, and piece together its former owner's story. Players like: Nostalgic PC Atmosphere · Emotional Story · Clever, Fair Puzzles ·
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Look through someone else’s computer. Inspired by early “escape room” flash games.

NIGHT-RUNNERS™ PROLOGUE - Players say: Build a battered Japanese street car, then wager cash against rival crews in late-night races and climb the local ranks. Players like: Underground Racing Atmosphere · Memorable Soundtrack · Detailed Car Customization ·
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Descend into the underworld of Japanese street racing. Set between 1990-2009, join the local street racing crews in their battle for territory control. Explore the real location open world(s), compete in wager races, battle other crews and upgrade your vehicles with detailed car customization.

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Feb 23, 2024
95% 👍
of 22k
Wretched Depths - Players say: As Sam, fish Lake Imperium, sell strange catches for better gear, and explore deeper as unsettling secrets emerge around Twin Pines. Players like: Retro PSX Atmosphere · Horror Meets Fishing · Simple Fishing Loop ·
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Play as Sam and fish to your hearts content, sell fish you've caught, collect better gear, and use it to explore the depths of the mysterious lake, but be warned as no one knows what lies at the bottom. Wretched Depths is a PSX-style horror fishing game created by students at the University of Utah.

Pinball FX - Players say: Play digital pinball on classic, original, and entertainment-themed tables, chasing high scores in solo modes and online events. Players like: Classic Table Re-creations · Wide Table Selection · Fun Pinball Sessions ·
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Pinball FX is digital pinball evolved. Get the highest score on tables inspired by the biggest brands in entertainment. New tables arrive frequently!

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Apr 13, 2023
73% 👍
of 2.7k
Baldi's Basics Classic Remastered - Players say: Sneak through a retro school, solve notebook problems, and collect seven notebooks while avoiding a teacher who hears you. Players like: Retro Nostalgia · Tense Stealth · Three Game Styles ·
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Escape Baldi's schoolhouse again in this new remastered version of Baldi's Basics Classic! Use stealth and strategy to collect all 7 notebooks and win! Featuring three games in one, gameplay improvements, a more authentic art style, accessibility improvements, and brand new ways to play!

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Oct 21, 2022
92% 👍
of 17k
MultiVersus - Players say: A Warner Bros. crossover platform fighter where familiar characters battle in 1v1, 2v2, and four-player matches. Players like: Cross-Franchise Roster · Distinct Character Moves · Chaotic, Fun Matches ·
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MultiVersus is a free-to-play platform fighter that brings the depth of iconic WB stars to life across the nearly endless possibilities of play.

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Jul 19, 2022
76% 👍
of 116k
Engine Evolution 2021 - Players say: Race motorcycles against 11 players, earning experience and credits to upgrade your bike and progress from early machines to modern ones. Players like: Historic Bike Progression · Bike Customization · Multiplayer Race Action ·
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Engine Evolution is a multiplayer racing game that uses principles similar to those of the World of Tanks. With each PvP race against 11 other players, you gain experience and credits, which you can use to buy various upgrades or unlock the next motorbike.

Lily's Well - Players say: On a rainy night, Lily searches her home for rope materials and puzzles out how to descend a well where someone is calling for help. Players like: Story and Mystery · Multiple Endings · Pixel Horror Art ·
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It is a rainy night in the Spring of 2005. Lily is left home alone after her Papa put her to bed. She is awoken by a cry for help outside her window. It is coming from the well. Help Lily gather rope to go down the well and save the poor soul trapped down there.

Jerma & Otto: The Curse of the Late Streamer - Players say: Help perpetually late streamer Jerma finish manor chores through point-and-click exploration, puzzles, and minigames before his stream. Players like: Absurd Humor · Jerma References · Charming Presentation ·
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Jerma985 is late for his stream, again, and it's up to you to help him get ready!

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Oct 8, 2021
96% 👍
of 548
Runo - Players say: Explore a rural Finnish family cottage on Midsummer’s Eve as old memories, folklore, and supernatural mysteries intertwine. Players like: Atmospheric Scenery · Finnish Folklore · Personal Story ·
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A walking simulator about dear memories, overcoming obstacles, and finding your path. Experience a story inspired by finno-karelian folklore.

Evo\Wave - Players say: Play as LAI-6, a small AI platforming through retro game eras, collecting parts and learning skills to repair the world. Players like: Retro-Era Visuals · Collectathon Platforming · Synthwave Soundtrack ·
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Evo\Wave is a 3D platformer featuring LAI-6, an A.I. with a goal to restore the world following the passage of MagnaVex who brought the world back to a retro era. Repair the Evo\Core to progress through the different graphic periods of the video game history!

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Mar 12, 2021
96% 👍
of 523
Happy's Humble Burger Farm Alpha - Players say: Work the counter at a strange burger restaurant, preparing orders and handling chores as a sinister world emerges. Players like: Eerie Worldbuilding · Engaging Restaurant Tasks · Slow-Building Horror ·
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Your dream is about to become a reality as you just landed a brand new job at the latest iteration of the Happy's Humble fast food franchises, Happy's Humble Burger Farm, a little taster in this first ALPHA 1.

Janosik - Players say: As Janosik, explore a secret-filled mountain castle, fight enemies, evade hazards, and find upgrades while rescuing captured companions. Players like: Interconnected Castle · Enjoyable Platforming · Charming Pixel Art ·
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Challenging retro pixel graphics action-platformer. Become a legendary rogue Janosik and explore the big mountain castle level full of secrets. Available for FREE!

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Sep 25, 2020
94% 👍
of 688
Mr. Prepper: Prologue - Players say: In a surveilled dystopia, build a hidden bunker, gather scarce supplies, and keep inspectors from uncovering your plans. Players like: Secret Bunker Building · Evading Inspectors · Dystopian Premise ·
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Mr. Prepper: Prologue is a free standalone version of the game Mr. Prepper, featuring an essential part of the story.

Chex Quest HD - Players say: Rescue Bazoik's captives in a cartoon first-person shooter, exploring alien-filled levels and zorching Flemoids back home. Players like: Nostalgic Remake · Cartoon Humor · Cereal-Themed Premise ·
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Travel to the remote planet of Bazoik to free galactic citizens from the evil cereal-eating Flemoids! Venture deep into the caverns of Bazoik, using an array of "zorching" devices to send these nefarious foes back to their home dimension!

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May 18, 2020
80% 👍
of 2.1k
Delores: A Thimbleweed Park Mini-Adventure - Players say: Back in Thimbleweed Park, Delores photographs oddities for the local paper, exploring town and solving point-and-click puzzles. Players like: Nostalgic Town Return · Pixel Art and Music · Familiar Absurd Humor ·
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Delores is back home and working as a photographer for the Nickel News. Thimbleweed Park hasn’t changed at all in the year she’s been away… or has it? Sample Ron Gilbert’s new adventure game engine in this free prototype that uses “found art” from the award-winning Thimbleweed Park.

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May 9, 2020
87% 👍
of 639
Warzone 2100 - Players say: After nuclear strikes devastate civilization, lead The Project in an RTS campaign to rebuild, research technology, and design combat vehicles. Players like: Custom Unit Design · Deep Research Tree · Classic RTS Nostalgia ·
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In the late 21st century, the world's civilizations are wiped out by a series of nuclear strikes, seemingly caused by a massive malfunction of the new NASDA (North American Strategic Defense Agency) strategic defense system.

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

Hellbound: Survival Mode - Players say: A retro-styled first-person survival shooter where you face demonic hordes with heavy weapons in fast, violent combat. Players like: 90s FPS Nostalgia · Powerful Weapon Feel · Secret-Filled Levels ·
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FULL GAME NOW AVAILABLE. GO GET IT! This is the Free Survival Mode for Hellbound: a '90s style First Person Shooter, made 30 years later… but just a glimpse of the full game, go check it out!

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Nov 22, 2019
87% 👍
of 1.9k
Pinball FX Classic - Players say: Play digital pinball tables, master their layouts, and chase high scores in solo challenges, tournaments, and ranked matchups. Players like: Realistic Pinball Feel · Varied Table Collection · Graphics And Sound ·
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Pinball FX Classic is the biggest, most community focused pinball game ever created. Multiplayer matchups, user generated tournaments and league play create endless opportunity for pinball competition.

CAYNE - Players say: Pregnant Hadley wakes in a hostile research facility; explore its rooms, combine clues and tools, and solve puzzles to escape. Players like: Oppressive Sci-Fi Atmosphere · Grotesque Visual Design · Intriguing Story ·
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Hadley wakes in a facility. She is 9 months pregnant. They want her baby... CAYNE is the FREE, isometric horror game from the creators of STASIS.

A Date in the Park - Players say: As Lou searches a Lisbon park for his date, explore, talk to locals and solve small puzzles as an ordinary outing grows uneasy. Players like: Unsettling Atmosphere · Unexpected Story Turns · Distinctive Retro Visuals ·
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A short and mysterious free point and click adventure game, inspired by the feeling of oddness in an everyday situation.

Sven Co-op - Players say: Team up in Half-Life-inspired missions to fight computer-controlled enemies, solve puzzles, and reach objectives across maps. Players like: Co-op Campaigns · Playing With Friends · Custom Map Variety ·
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Sven Co-op is a co-operative game originally based around Valve Software's Half-Life. In this game players must work together against computer controlled enemies and solve puzzles as a team.

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Jan 22, 2016
94% 👍
of 32k
FINAL FANTASY VI (Old ver.) - Players say: Lead Terra and a sprawling cast against a magic-hungry empire in a turn-based RPG with distinctive character skills and spell customization. Players like: Story and Cast · Memorable Soundtrack · Distinct Character Skills ·
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The highly rated and widely popular sixth instalment of the legendary FINAL FANTASY series comes to PC!

FINAL FANTASY V (Old ver.) - Players say: Join four heroes on a quest to protect the elemental crystals, battling in real time and combining abilities learned from different jobs. Players like: Flexible Job Builds · Strategic Combat · Memorable Soundtrack ·
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Return to the classic medieval tale of magic, monsters and friendship as FINAL FANTASY V comes to PC!

King's Quest - Players say: As young Graham, explore Daventry, solve flexible point-and-click puzzles, and shape five adventures retold to his granddaughter. Players like: Heartfelt Storytelling · Witty, Warm Humor · Clever Puzzle Design ·
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King’s Quest is a collection of five different chapter releases, each focusing on an untold tale in Graham’s past. Discover a wondrous world full of whimsical characters, charming puzzles and perilous dangers in this fun and enchanting coming of age story.

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Jul 28, 2015
90% 👍
of 3.0k
Chip's Challenge 1 - Players say: Guide Chip through top-down, grid-based puzzles, collecting computer chips and using keys and blocks to reach each level's exit. Players like: Clever Level Design · Nostalgic Return · Varied Puzzle Mechanics ·
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Before Chip can join the Bit Busters computer club and hang out with the girl of his dreams, Melinda the Mental Marvel, he must solve all 144 challenging puzzles. Your bird's-eye view can help Chip rush through the puzzles and mazes before he's deleted by monsters, traps and the passage of time.

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May 28, 2015
90% 👍
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Blood: One Unit Whole Blood - Players say: Betrayed by a dark god, a former servant fights through horror-filled levels with eccentric weapons to exact bloody revenge. Players like: Memorable Spooky Atmosphere · Satisfying Unusual Weapons · Distinctive Dark Humor ·
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You carved your soul to shreds in servitude to a dark god, but false promises and betrayal were your only reward. Now you have a score to settle and it will be measured in blood! Experience the madness in one carnage-soaked package! All the gore, all the unholy war! Zombies, gargoyles, hellhounds and blood-crazed hordes of horrors await!

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Jul 14, 2014
92% 👍
of 1.3k
Death Rally (Classic) - Players say: Start near the bottom of a top-down death-rally league, racing and fighting rivals to earn cash, upgrade your car, and climb the rankings. Players like: 90s Nostalgia · Armed Arcade Racing · Car Upgrade Progression ·
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You start out from the bottom of the ranking list. Your objective: earn money in the fast-paced battle races. Fight hard for each precious championship point. Fellow competitors are showering you in a constant hail of bullets. Each race is deadly contest - a matter of life or death.

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May 5, 2014
91% 👍
of 871
Sonic CD - Players say: Race through Little Planet as Sonic, using time travel to alter its stages, destroy Eggman's machines, and seek the Time Stones. Players like: Distinctive Soundtracks · Time-Changed Stages · Exploration and Replay ·
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It’s time to usher the past into the future in this enhanced recreation of Sonic CD! Sonic travels to the distant shores of Never Lake for the once-a-year appearance of Little Planet - a mysterious world where past, present, and future collide through the power of the Time Stones that lie hidden within it.

SEGA Mega Drive and Genesis Classics - Players say: Play a library of Mega Drive and Genesis games through an emulator-style hub with rewind, save states, challenges, and multiplayer. Players like: Nostalgic Classics · Retro Room Presentation · Rewind And Saves ·
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SEGA’s collection of Mega Drive & Genesis Classics comes to a new generation, now updated with even more features: online multiplayer, achievements, mirror mode, rewind, save states, VR and more! Over 50 classic games in one great package. Get into the classics!

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Jun 1, 2010
79% 👍
of 12k