Newest game that you personally consider retro?

[MrYesterday]

By your own opinions and standards, what game is it?

 

[χKai]

Oh man, there's been a lot of this kind of thing lately. By the time I write my own experience down, something newer and more retro will come out!

I would say Transylvania Adventure of Simon Quest, but it looks like we aren't getting that one this year or possibly ever.

 

[Guinea]

For me it's Undertale. It just feels really old now after years of memes and waiting on Deltarune chapters.

 

[Tortuga]

House of Necrosis
Unlike 90% of indies who try really hard to imitate ps1 look but fail miserably, this game actually succeed
Not only it looks but also feels like something from ps1

 

[Turbo Kid]

I mean retro is such a broad word. That's pretty vague criteria. I like the Messenger and how it blends 8-bit and 16-bit graphics. Vengeful Guardian Moonrider feels like a blend of Shinobi and Mega Man X

 

[Boo Man]

if i had to draw a retro line it would be right after Hotline Miami

 

[BigTony]

if i had to draw a retro line it would be right after Hotline Miami

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Dude this post makes me feel so old

 

[kokonatsu17234]

By your own opinions and standards, what game is it?

hmmm personally it would be the PS1 graphics like games.
like Morhta or The Citadel, they're not new new game but they all came out in 2025 so that's still pretty new to me.
they're very reminiscence of the classic boomer shooter games.
also they're very good go check em out!
also a little bit of warning about The Citadel, it kind of brutal and borderline fetish gore but story and gameplay wise its very good

 

[DenVazovsky]

For me, the “newest” game that still feels retro is GTA: San Andreas. It’s weird because technically it’s not that old compared to true classics, but the graphics, the soundtrack vibe, and even the mission design give me the same nostalgic feeling as PS1-era games.


I’ve noticed that “retro” is less about the actual release year and more about the era you grew up with. For some people it’s NES, for others it’s early 2000s open-world titles.


By the way, I recently came across a site with some interesting discussions on gaming nostalgia — fivemilelight.ca — and it actually made me think more about why certain games feel retro to me even if they’re not ancient.


Curious to hear what everyone else considers “modern retro.”

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

By definition even a game that is months old can be considered retro as it's the latin for backward (and by extension the back, before in time and so on).

By your own opinions and standards, what game is it?

To be safe I often consider that 15 years is a good margin to consider something old enough to be considered as such.

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[Boofytan]

Vintage games? Maybe all things pre-widescreen HD, pre hdmi/dvi. I guess that would make wii vintage, and psp too modern.

"But what about pc-"

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

Vintage games? Maybe all things pre-widescreen HD, pre hdmi/dvi. I guess that would make wii vintage, and psp too modern.

There were wide-screen GameCube games.

The PSP 1000 also had that feature?

 

[Boofytan]

There were wide-screen GameCube games.

The PSP 1000 also had that feature?

Thanks for reminding me.

Imo widescreen gen 6, & vga dreamcast games are like early 90s movies that also came out on laserdisc. Most people just watched vhs.

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

Thanks for reminding me.

Imo widescreen gen 6, & vga dreamcast games are like early 90s movies that also came out on laserdisc. Most people just watched vhs.

You're welcome, I find it interesting how they managed to do it.

Yeah, LDs and VGA in 480p were basically the high definition of their time.

 

[Boofytan]

You're welcome, I find it interesting how they managed to do it.

Yeah, LDs and VGA in 480p were basically the high definition of their time.

That's very true. I went down a rabbit hole of industry standards once. Before true hd they used to call higher quality than sd signals enhanced definition, but 'high definition' was a generic marketing term (hence the text on model 1 Sega Genesis).

I believe the p in 480p used to denote progressive scan tech for dvds, not sure if that's what the p in videos still stands for

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

That's very true. I went down a rabbit hole of industry standards once. Before true hd they used to call higher quality than sd signals enhanced definition, but 'high definition' was a generic marketing term (hence the text on model 1 Sega Genesis).

I believe the p in 480p used to denote progressive scan tech for dvds, not sure if that's what the p in videos still stands for

For me 720p is still fine despite no longer being seen as HD by Youtube. I dislike that they are selling for the "optimised 1080p" for some reasons.

I think it's still using a similar tech but I'm not sure.

 

[Boofytan]

For me 720p is still fine despite no longer being seen as HD by Youtube. I dislike that they are selling for the "optimised 1080p" for some reasons.

I think it's still using a similar tech but I'm not sure.

I think they run a compression setting on older videos to save space on their servers, so what was 720p gets converted to a smaller, crappier file.

At least that's what someone with an old youtube channel said once.

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

Probably Ion Fury.

It just FEELS retro, not only looks it.

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

Probably Ion Fury.

It just FEELS retro, not only looks it.

To me it'll always be called Ion Maiden.

On the other hand it feels retro because it's using the Build Engine (well, technically EDuke32).

 

[Xarr]

I am going to say Bloodstaind Curse of the Moon and Bloodstaind Curse of the Moon 2 they are modern Castlevania clones that have that retro feeling to them.

 

[Badseed Badseed]

Skald 2024 PC. Feels like the old Gold Box D & D games.

 

[DollyCloudy]

Obviously there're a lot of "Retro Inspired" indie games that come out nowadays but I don't think it makes sense to put them in the same specification as actual old games.

For me the last game that really feels like it belongs in the past (and by the past I mean like, pre-PS3 and xbox 360, which is where the "modern" era beings for me) is... probably something like Ridge Racer 7.

 

[Badseed Badseed]

Obviously there're a lot of "Retro Inspired" indie games that come out nowadays but I don't think it makes sense to put them in the same specification as actual old games.

For me the last game that really feels like it belongs in the past (and by the past I mean like, pre-PS3 and xbox 360, which is where the "modern" era beings for me) is... probably something like Ridge Racer 7.

Slippery slope that. OK, Space Wars was the last newest "retro" game

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

Obviously there're a lot of "Retro Inspired" indie games that come out nowadays but I don't think it makes sense to put them in the same specification as actual old games.

Retro styled then?

For me the last game that really feels like it belongs in the past (and by the past I mean like, pre-PS3 and xbox 360, which is where the "modern" era beings for me) is... probably something like Ridge Racer 7.

What about homebrews made recently but can run on older hardware?

 

[Bakuma1997]

Hollow Knight is nearing its tenth anniversary and Undertale already got there