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Games like Retrowave on Android & iOS

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 10 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 Short.

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  1. Solar 2

    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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  2. Absolute Drift

    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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  3. Morphopolis

    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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  4. Cat Simulator

    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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  5. Dino Run DX

    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

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  6. Townscaper

    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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  7. Beat Hazard 2

    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

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  8. The Howler

    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

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  9. Stick Fight: The Game

    9. 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

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  10. Drift Streets Japan

    10. 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 Android & iOS?

On our similarity model, Solar 2 is the closest match to Retrowave on Android & iOS — 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.

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.

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