Games like In Retrospect
If In Retrospect is your kind of game, the closest matches are Sunset Sprinters '98, Rollo Boi and Electation — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About In Retrospect: Are you prepared to travel back into your memories and tell me about your life, in retrospect? Craft your own story and gameplay based on which collectibles you focus on! Health, wealth, love, education, creativity, or spirituality? What direction will your life take?
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Steam players who put hours into In Retrospect also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Sunset Sprinters '98
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Top pick for In Retrospect fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with In Retrospect.
Relive the glory days of 1998 in this high-speed precision runner. You have no health bar—only a Snack Meter that drains constantly. Smash obstacles, collect aluminum cans for rental money, find CDs for your SpinDisk, and sprint from the Middle School to MegaHits Video before the sun sets.
Rollo Boi
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for In Retrospect fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with In Retrospect.
Rollo Boi is a thrilling controller-based physics puzzle platformer where you take on the role of an adventurous rolling ball. Your mission? Collect coins, unlock powerful abilities, and conquer vibrant worlds filled with challenges!
Electation
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for In Retrospect fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with In Retrospect.
In the game you need to pass the levels killing various creatures, some will run away from you, others on the contrary, will chase and attack you.
Jaguar Suns
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for In Retrospect fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with In Retrospect.
Race through 15 progressive levels in this SNES/SEGA style 90's retro speed-run platformer.
CYNOROID FORSAKEN
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for In Retrospect fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with In Retrospect.
CYNOROID FORSAKEN is a free aim platformer that uses the mouse to aim and It is a free aim platformer where you aim with the mouse and move with the WASD keys. With multiple weapons, a laser chainsaw that can be used by right-clicking, and the ability to eat enemy carcasses.
BIT.TRIP RERUNNER
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for In Retrospect fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with In Retrospect.
The classic rhythm platformer is back as BIT.TRIP RERUNNER + RUNNER MAKER! The fun of the original now sports fresh mechanics, art, and soundtrack – plus RUNNER MAKER, which allows you to create custom levels. A must-play for rhythm newbies, experts, and everyone in between.
Donald Jump
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Ranked #7 for In Retrospect fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with In Retrospect.
A brutally difficult one-button precision platformer. Leap, dodge, and survive through 50 deadly levels with only 10 lives. Simple controls, punishing design—can you conquer the chaos, or will you rage-quit like the rest?
The Impossible Game 2
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Ranked #8 for In Retrospect fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with In Retrospect.
The original rhythm platform game is back! Test your skills with all-new levels, online battle royale and more.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below In Retrospect at current Steam store prices.
Miss Neko
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under In Retrospect on Steam right now. Shares Action with In Retrospect.
Together the full picture of all the lovely beast ladies with your own hands, play Yakyuken with them, collect their portraits. Hope you have a relaxing and enjoyable game time:)
QUICKERFLAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under In Retrospect on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with In Retrospect.
QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.
Save Jesus
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under In Retrospect on Steam right now. Shares Indie with In Retrospect.
Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!
Gachi Heroes
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under In Retrospect on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with In Retrospect.
Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?
Trip to Vinelands
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under In Retrospect on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with In Retrospect.
Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with In Retrospect.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with In Retrospect.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with In Retrospect.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with In Retrospect.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with In Retrospect.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with In Retrospect.
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.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with In Retrospect.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
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Frequently asked about In Retrospect
- Does In Retrospect run on Steam Deck?
- In Retrospect is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does In Retrospect cost?
- In Retrospect is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to In Retrospect?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside In Retrospect are Sunset Sprinters '98, Rollo Boi, Electation.
- Who developed In Retrospect?
- In Retrospect was developed by Paper Salamander Games.
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