Retro Game Crunch

Buy80%

Mostly Positive · 431 player reviews · Low confidence

Worth it for the right player.

Steam Deck Playable
  • Windows
  • macOS

Rusty Moyher · Indie · May 19, 2014

Player review score
80%
Mostly Positive
Price
$9.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
0
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
1
Full audio1 of 1
Subtitles0 of 1

Should I buy Retro Game Crunch?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 45 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Difficulty: 26 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 17 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Controls: 14 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Interface: 8 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 431 player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 235 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
55% of themes are praise27% are divided18% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
45 of 235 sampled reviews raised it
The endgame was fun and different from the rest of the gameplay.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
26 of 235 sampled reviews raised it
It's really good as it does a fine job at scaling the difficulty and teaching new mechanics quickly.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
17 of 235 sampled reviews raised it
This is a nicely built game, kind of a Mega Man vibe to the graphics and soundtrack.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
14 of 235 sampled reviews raised it
The music Also has A lot of effort put into it, as none of these games have a bad soundtrack.
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
10 of 235 sampled reviews raised it
Shuten- A shoot'em up that feels the most complete to me and is my favorite in this collection.Fast paced and lot's of upgrades and weapons.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
7 of 235 sampled reviews raised it
Retro Game Crunch reminds me a bit of the Indieszero developed DS game titled Retro Game Challenge, but without the really fun and charming story mode that went along with that amazingly overlooked handheld title.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay45 reviews
Difficulty26 reviews
Graphics17 reviews
Audio14 reviews
Combat10 reviews
Story7 reviews
Divided opinion
Co-op
54% still recommend
Multiplayer
83% still recommend
Bugs
75% still recommend
Players complain
Controls
79% still recommend
Interface
88% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Co-op
  • Multi-player
  • Shared/Split Screen
  • Shared/Split Screen Co-op
  • Single-player

Controller

  • Partial Controller Support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Remote Play Together
  • Steam Cloud

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$9.99

The lowest we've tracked is $2.99.

8 points recordedtoday · $9.99