Games like Retro Game Crunch
If Retro Game Crunch is your kind of game, the closest matches are Abyss Odyssey, OUTBUDDIES DX and Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, nostalgic and retro. 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 Retro Game Crunch: Retro Game Crunch is a series of 7 games, full of the charm and challenge of the 8-bit generation. Each world feels like an authentic NES classic. A massive genre-spanning collection.
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Abyss Odyssey
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Retro Game Crunch.
Top pick for Retro Game Crunch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Retro Game Crunch.
From indie Chilean developer ACE Team comes a new side-scrolling action adventure game featuring a complex fighting engine in procedurally generated levels that destines its three warriors to battle a different abyss each time! Choose your hero and also learn to possess your enemies in the abyss…
OUTBUDDIES DX
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Retro Game Crunch.
Second-strongest match for Retro Game Crunch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Retro Game Crunch.
Run, gun and explore an open undercity in this otherworldly non-linear Metroidvania adventure about the Old Gods, strange creatures and the remnants of a lost world!
Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Retro Game Crunch.
Third-strongest match for Retro Game Crunch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Retro Game Crunch.
Koji Igarashi and Inti Creates are back with more retro sword-and-whip action! Curse of the Moon 2 brings classic 2D action and a dark, 8-bit aesthetic together with modern playability.
Infernax
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Retro Game Crunch.
Ranked #4 for Retro Game Crunch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Retro Game Crunch.
Infernax is the adventures of a great knight who returns to his homeland only to find it plagued with unholy magic. Uncover the mysteries of the curse and face the consequences of your actions.
9 Monkeys of Shaolin
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Retro Game Crunch.
Ranked #5 for Retro Game Crunch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Retro Game Crunch.
The true rebirth of iconic beat 'em up genre in vein of old-school video games! As a simple Chinese fisherman Wei Cheng you have to avenge the death of your friends and family slaughtered in a pirate raid at your peaceful village.
Primal Planet
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Retro Game Crunch.
Ranked #6 for Retro Game Crunch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Retro Game Crunch.
Unveil a heartfelt story of family, dinosaurs, and UFOs! Craft, upgrade, and survive in a realm of primeval predators, savage tribes and... ancient aliens. Rise from a humble cave dweller to the planet’s last hope — alone or in local co-op. Welcome to the dinovania!
Guacamelee! 2
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Retro Game Crunch.
Ranked #7 for Retro Game Crunch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Retro Game Crunch.
Head back to the Mexiverse in this long-awaited sequel to the smash hit Guacamelee! Uppercut your way to victory across stunning new hand-crafted levels. Featuring a dense and colorful world, new luchador moves, sassy new bosses, twice the enemies, and 300% more chickens!
The Disney Afternoon Collection
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Retro Game Crunch.
Ranked #8 for Retro Game Crunch fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Retro Game Crunch.
Starring a cast of beloved Disney characters, The Disney Afternoon Collection takes you back to a golden era of gaming and afternoons filled with adventure. All six classic games feature new and improved visuals and include filtering options that replicate a retro look and feel.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Retro Game Crunch
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SPORE™
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Retro Game Crunch.
Reviewers of Retro Game Crunch cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Retro Game Crunch.
Be the architect of your own universe with Spore, an exciting single-player adventure. From Single Cell to Galactic God, evolve your creature in a universe of your own creations.
Mega Man Legacy Collection
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Retro Game Crunch.
Reviewers of Retro Game Crunch cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Retro Game Crunch.
Mega Man Legacy Collection is a celebration of the 8-bit history of Capcom’s iconic Blue Bomber featuring faithful reproductions of the series’ origins with the original six Mega Man games.
UFO 50
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Retro Game Crunch.
Reviewers of Retro Game Crunch cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Retro Game Crunch.
UFO 50 is a collection of 50 single and multiplayer games that span a variety of genres, from platformers and shoot 'em ups to puzzle games, roguelites, and RPGs. Our goal is to combine a familiar 8-bit aesthetic with new ideas and modern game design.
California Games (C64/DOS/Atari/Lynx/NES/SMS/Genesis)
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Retro Game Crunch cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Ask anyone who considered themselves a true gamer in 1987 and the chances are they will fondly remember California Games. Now on Steam for the very first time, you too can enjoy six radical and awesome events: the half-pipe, roller skating, surfing, BMX, footbag and the flying disc.
BoxIsland: Sokoban
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Retro Game Crunch cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Retro Game Crunch.
On the enigmatic Box Island, an ancient civilization has left behind puzzle-filled ruins. Players take on the role of a young explorer, yet the island is shrouded in a mystical force - only by pushing boxes can one unravel the island's secrets and escape this challenging labyrinthine world!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Retro Game Crunch at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Retro Game Crunch on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Retro Game Crunch.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Retro Game Crunch on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Retro Game Crunch.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under Retro Game Crunch on Steam right now. Shares Action with Retro Game Crunch.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Retro Game Crunch on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Retro Game Crunch.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Retro Game Crunch on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Retro Game Crunch.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Retro Game Crunch on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Retro Game Crunch.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Retro Game Crunch on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Retro Game Crunch.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Retro Game Crunch on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Retro Game Crunch.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Retro Game Crunch.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Retro Game Crunch.
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.
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Retro Game Crunch.
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 Retro Game Crunch.
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 Retro Game Crunch.
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 Retro Game Crunch.
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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More from Rusty Moyher
Other recommendable Steam games by Rusty Moyher, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Astro Duel
WHY THIS
Another title from Rusty Moyher, the studio behind Retro Game Crunch. Shares Action and Indie with Retro Game Crunch.
Astro Duel is a competitive local multiplayer party game. Rounds are quick and death is sudden. Blast your friends into space. Run over their helpless bodies for good measure.
Astro Duel 2
WHY THIS
Another title from Rusty Moyher, the studio behind Retro Game Crunch. Shares Action and Indie with Retro Game Crunch.
Astro Duel 2 is a sci-fi combat game combining top-down space dog fights with up-close platforming action. Whether versus or co-op, battle through space and on foot at the same time! Strike within the fully-destructible arenas or just nuke ‘em from orbit.
Train Bandit
WHY THIS
Another title from Rusty Moyher, the studio behind Retro Game Crunch. Shares Action and Indie with Retro Game Crunch.
THE LAW!! Looks to be a showdown atop a train. This will be your last fight. Good luck, Train Bandit.
Dig Dog
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Retro Game Crunch.
Another title from Rusty Moyher, the studio behind Retro Game Crunch. Shares Action and Indie with Retro Game Crunch.
An action roguelike digger. Dig to discover treasure, adventure and bones! Jump, dash, stomp and dig your way through a strange world inhabited by stranger creatures.
Box Cat Bash
WHY THIS
Another title from Rusty Moyher, the studio behind Retro Game Crunch. Shares Action and Indie with Retro Game Crunch.
Cars are falling from the sky? Time to get smashing, Box Cat!
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Abyss Odyssey
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Retro Game Crunch.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Retro Game Crunch.
From indie Chilean developer ACE Team comes a new side-scrolling action adventure game featuring a complex fighting engine in procedurally generated levels that destines its three warriors to battle a different abyss each time! Choose your hero and also learn to possess your enemies in the abyss…
OUTBUDDIES DX
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Retro Game Crunch.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Retro Game Crunch.
Run, gun and explore an open undercity in this otherworldly non-linear Metroidvania adventure about the Old Gods, strange creatures and the remnants of a lost world!
Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Retro Game Crunch.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Retro Game Crunch.
Koji Igarashi and Inti Creates are back with more retro sword-and-whip action! Curse of the Moon 2 brings classic 2D action and a dark, 8-bit aesthetic together with modern playability.
Infernax
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Retro Game Crunch.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Retro Game Crunch.
Infernax is the adventures of a great knight who returns to his homeland only to find it plagued with unholy magic. Uncover the mysteries of the curse and face the consequences of your actions.
9 Monkeys of Shaolin
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Retro Game Crunch.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Retro Game Crunch.
The true rebirth of iconic beat 'em up genre in vein of old-school video games! As a simple Chinese fisherman Wei Cheng you have to avenge the death of your friends and family slaughtered in a pirate raid at your peaceful village.
Primal Planet
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Retro Game Crunch.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Retro Game Crunch.
Unveil a heartfelt story of family, dinosaurs, and UFOs! Craft, upgrade, and survive in a realm of primeval predators, savage tribes and... ancient aliens. Rise from a humble cave dweller to the planet’s last hope — alone or in local co-op. Welcome to the dinovania!
Guacamelee! 2
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Retro Game Crunch.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Retro Game Crunch.
Head back to the Mexiverse in this long-awaited sequel to the smash hit Guacamelee! Uppercut your way to victory across stunning new hand-crafted levels. Featuring a dense and colorful world, new luchador moves, sassy new bosses, twice the enemies, and 300% more chickens!
The Disney Afternoon Collection
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Retro Game Crunch.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Retro Game Crunch.
Starring a cast of beloved Disney characters, The Disney Afternoon Collection takes you back to a golden era of gaming and afternoons filled with adventure. All six classic games feature new and improved visuals and include filtering options that replicate a retro look and feel.
Frequently asked about Retro Game Crunch
- Does Retro Game Crunch run on Steam Deck?
- Retro Game Crunch 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 Retro Game Crunch cost?
- Retro Game Crunch is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Retro Game Crunch have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Retro Game Crunch supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Retro Game Crunch?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Retro Game Crunch are Abyss Odyssey, OUTBUDDIES DX, Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2.
- Who developed Retro Game Crunch?
- Retro Game Crunch was developed by Rusty Moyher, Shaun Inman, Matt Grimm and published by Retro Game Crunch.
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