Games like Retrowave
Closest overall match: Solar 2 (★ 3.2). Highest rated: Stick Fight: The Game at ★ 3.8. Quickest to finish: Cat Simulator at about 1 hours.
These 11 games score highest on our similarity model for Retrowave — weighted by shared tags, genre overlap, rating proximity and release era. The strongest common threads are Singleplayer, Partial Controller Support and Early Access.
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51%
1. Solar 2
Shares Short, Partial Controller Support and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Metacritic
- 72
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 60%
- Shared genres
- 4, 14, Casual, Indie
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51%
2. Absolute Drift
Shares Singleplayer; rated 0.3 lower.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 2.9
- Metacritic
- 66
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 34%
- Shared genres
- 1, 4, 15, Indie
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51%
3. Morphopolis
Shares Psychedelic, Short and Singleplayer; rated 0.6 lower.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 2.6
- Metacritic
- 74
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 73%
- Shared genres
- 1, 4, 14, 15, Casual, Indie
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50%
4. Cat Simulator
Shares Early Access, Partial Controller Support and Singleplayer; rated 0.6 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 2.6
- Playtime
- 1h
- Shared genres
- 4, 14, Casual, Indie
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50%
5. Dino Run DX
Shares Partial Controller Support and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 48%
- Shared genres
- 1, 4, Casual, Indie
-
49%
6. Townscaper
Shares Early Access and Singleplayer; rated 0.5 higher; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 48%
- Shared genres
- 14, Casual, Indie
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49%
7. Beat Hazard 2
Shares Early Access and Singleplayer; rated 0.6 higher; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 39%
- Shared genres
- 4, Casual, Indie
-
49%
8. The Howler
Shares Short and Singleplayer; rated 0.9 lower.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 2.3
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 52%
- Shared genres
- 1, 4, 14, 15, Casual, Indie
-
49%
9. Drunken Wrestlers 2
Shares Early Access and Partial Controller Support.
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Playtime
- 1h
- Shared genres
- 4, 14, 15, Casual, Indie
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49%
10. Stick Fight: The Game
Shares Partial Controller Support and Singleplayer; rated 0.6 higher; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 39%
- Shared genres
- 4, Casual, Indie
-
49%
11. Drift Streets Japan
Shares Partial Controller Support and Singleplayer; rated 0.8 lower.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 2.4
- Playtime
- 2h
- Shared genres
- 1, 4, 15, Indie
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Retrowave?
On our similarity model, Solar 2 is the closest match to Retrowave — shares Short, Partial Controller Support and Singleplayer.
Which game like Retrowave is rated highest?
Stick Fight: The Game holds the highest player rating in this list at 3.8/5 from 389 players.
Are there games like Retrowave on Android or iOS?
Yes — we found 10 games like Retrowave on Android & iOS. See the dedicated list.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Retrowave on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
Base game data via RAWG.