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Retrograde Arena

Freemergency · Neon Doctrine · 2020-05-28

Steam

ActionIndieFree To Play

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Jun 05, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), May 28, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Retrograde Arena is a multiplayer twin stick shooter where bullets don’t kill. Use weapons, physics, and your Drone to push, pull, and blast your foes into deadly surroundings in this skill-based shooter action title that redefines physics-based action.

1
playing now
93%
positive of 537 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Retrograde Arena is a multiplayer twin stick shooter where bullets don’t kill, but the environment does! Weapons are your ultimate tools, not just for blasting enemies, but for propelling your customizable Drone around the maps at great speed! Mastering Retrograde Arena’s recoil propulsion and the impact of the various weapons is essential for victory in the neon soaked world of Retrograde Arena.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 44% of 10,807 Action games in the census by review count.

All-time low: $9.99 at Steam (2020-05-28)via IsThereAnyDeal

Players online

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Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Cloud3 DLC

6 supported languages: English, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4333%60
Switch (Nintendo)1160%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

PvP2.5DActionArcadeShooterColorfulStylizedCyberpunkBullet HellShoot 'Em Up

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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