Retro Space Shooter

Retro Space Shooter

Gable Games · February 28, 2019 · Indie, Action, Early Access, Arcade, Retro

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About Retro Space Shooter

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Retro Space Shooter is a modern 3D physics-based take on classic arcade space shooters where you pilot a drone ship through endless waves of enemies, dodging plasma fire while upgrading your weapons, engines, and shields with collected credits. Master increasingly brutal boss battles and difficult waves by adapting your tactics, collecting power-ups, and permanently enhancing your ship's systems between runs.

Retro Space Shooter is a refreshingly modern 3D physics-based implementation of a top-down retro arcade space shooter. Expertly pilot your drone ship through an onslaught of enemy fire and fight seemingly endless waves of enemy ships and bosses. Adapt your tactics as the battles become tougher, and upgrade your ships engines, weapons, and shields to power through tough foes.

Retro Space Shooter — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

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Retro Space Shooter is a straightforward retro-style space shooter that players find engaging for short play sessions, with enjoyable arcade-like gameplay and a satisfying progression system through ship upgrades. However, the game suffers from outdated design choices including mouse-only controls, high upgrade costs, repetitive backgrounds, and an aspect ratio lock that feels poorly optimized for PC, while concerns about abandonment and incomplete development linger among some players.

Not recommended Apr 19, 2025
"Retro Space Shooter" looks more like an attempt to make a mobile app than a serious PC game, but falls flat incredibly hard. What's the game about? Retro Space Shooter presents itself as a 3D physics-based take on the classic top-down arcade space shooter genre, and whatever the developer was talking about there, they were wrong. It's a mildly 3D rendered 2D top down shmup with bog standard gameplay, that's all there is to it. The developers abandoned this 6 years and 2 months ago. It will never be completed. This unfinished game is just polluting Steam and making it harder for gamers to find genuinely, completely made games. The graphics aren't great, heck the thing is locked to 9:16 aspect ratio. Did they even think at any point they were making this for PC? Do they have a PC, but set it up wrong and put their monitor on its side and nobody had the heart to tell them? That's understandably be turn off for a lot of gamers, and it's a big contributor to the failure of the game to attract gamers despite having no up-front cost. Gaming is a primarily visual medium, and if developers want to succeed, they must understand that it's not an area for compromise. You deserve b…
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Recommended Jul 9, 2023
its ok, good looks, not a fan of the mouse only input. upgrading your ship is nice. how ever the ship add-ons are priced high. do not know if the game gives you more money the longer you stay alive.
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Recommended Mar 1, 2023
[h1]Before I played Retro Space Shooter, I had a small pp, no friends, no gf, depression, and no life. These things havent changed, but the game is pretty good[/h1]
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Recommended Nov 8, 2025
Игра 'Retro Space Shooter' – это ностальгический взрыв из прошлого! Простая, как три копейки, но невероятно затягивающая. Пиксельная графика и чиптюн музыка создают неповторимую атмосферу аркадных автоматов 80-х. Управление интуитивно понятное, а геймплей – чистый адреналин. Постоянный поток врагов, разнообразные бонусы и боссы не дают заскучать ни на секунду. Игра идеально подходит для коротких игровых сессий, когда хочется быстро и весело убить время. Сложность растет постепенно, поэтому даже новички смогут освоиться, а ветераны жанра найдут достойный вызов. Единственный минус – однообразность фонов со временем может слегка утомить, но динамичный геймплей это быстро компенсирует. В целом, это отличная игра для всех любителей ретро-шутеров, которая дарит массу положительных эмоций и возвращает в золотую эпоху видеоигр. Рекомендую!

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