- #1 NAMCO MUSEUM ARCHIVES Vol 1
97% matchMostly Positive79% of 191 reviews2020
Dev: M2 Co.,LTDPub: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Take a trip down memory lane and relive the magical times of the Nintendo Entertainment System with a collection of Namco’s hits and long-lost treasures in Namco Museum Archives Volume 1.
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- #2 New Retro Arcade: Neon
96% matchMostly Positive79% of 631 reviews2016
Dev: Digital Cybercherries
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Emulate your favorite arcade games in an environment engrossed with retro realism and extremely detailed surroundings. Be filled with nostalgia and realise what arcade life felt like back in the 80’s/early 90’s.
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- #3 NAMCO MUSEUM ARCHIVES Vol 2
96% matchVery Positive85% of 143 reviews2020
Dev: M2 Co.,LTDPub: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Take a trip down memory lane and relive the magical times of the 8-Bit era with a collection of Namco’s hits and long-lost treasures in Namco Museum Archives Volume 2.
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- #4 Arcade Classics Anniversary Collection
95% matchMixed64% of 400 reviews2019
Dev: KONAMI
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 34%
8 KONAMI arcade classics of the 80s, from Nemesis to TwinBee. Including bonus eBook packed with new information never before revealed to the public.
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- #5 Gridrunner Revolution
94% matchVery Positive83% of 84 reviews2010
Dev: Llamasoft LTD
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 54 min≥1hr: 17%
Gridrunner Revolution is a game which has evolved over 27 years. The original Gridrunner games were created for the Commodore 64 and Vic-20 back in 1982. The company that made the games, Llamasoft, are now one of the longest established game developers in existence and over the intervening years have done pioneering work in the field of...
- #6 Ultratron
94% matchVery Positive88% of 695 reviews2013
Dev: Puppygames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Experience the addictive gameplay of old-school arcade favourites, updated and improved for the 21st century! Unique retro-futuristic sound and graphics, player responsive difficulty, and a subtle system of tactics combined with classic gameplay make Ultratron a fun and hypnotic arcade blast.
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- #7 Arcade Mayhem Juanito
93% matchVery Positive94% of 365 reviews2017
Dev: Game Ever Studio
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Arcade Mayhem Juanito is a retro experience about arcade-hopping. Teleport into different video games, play with unique mechanics inspired by well-known arcade games, face stunningly animated bosses and join the fight against the clonocell invasion.
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- #8 3dSen VR
91% matchVery Positive93% of 205 reviews2025
Dev: Geod Studio
Windows
Built with passion for retro lovers, 3dSenVR turns iconic NES games into living 3D dioramas you can step inside. A fresh, heartfelt take on 8-bit nostalgia in full VR.
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- #9 Operation Warcade VR
92% matchVery Positive94% of 317 reviews2017
Dev: Ivanovich Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Relive the experience of playing the classic war arcade in a totally amazing way, thanks to virtual reality and the innovative immersion system that will make it possible for you to travel inside the video game.
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- #10 Pixel Ripped 1989
91% matchVery Positive85% of 203 reviews2018
Dev: ARVOREPub: ARVORE Immersive Games Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Pixel Ripped 1989 is a wacky multi-dimensional homage to the early days of gaming. The player embarks on a journey into the screen of a classic videogame and beyond.
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- #11 Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story
89% matchVery Positive89% of 84 reviews2024
Dev: Digital Eclipse
Windows
42 of the weirdest, trippiest, sheepiest games ever created. Enter the mind of Jeff Minter, the legendary creator of Attack of the Mutant Camels, Gridrunner, and Tempest 2000, in this interactive documentary from Digital Eclipse.
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- #12 Retro Endurance 8bit
88% matchVery Positive100% of 59 reviews2025
Dev: zsKnight
Windows
Created by zsKnight of ZSNES is this really neat retro game collection containing a fun shuffler story mode and a challenging arcade mode. Features 52 different 8bit style games which includes local competitive multiplayer and various different game modes to play and enjoy.
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- #13 Operation Wolf Returns: First Mission
87% matchMixed66% of 101 reviews2023
Dev: VIRTUALLYZ GAMINGPub: Microids
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Experience once again the iconic Rail Shooter released for Arcade back in 1987, now reinterpreted in a regular or VR version. The game captures the essence of the original game, immersing you in an action-packed atmosphere reminiscent of the non-stop action films of the 1980s.
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- #14 Moose Life
86% matchVery Positive98% of 101 reviews2020
Dev: Llamasoft Ltd.
Windows
Moose Life is a trippy, psychedelic trance shooter. Created in the style of a 1980s arcade game, Moose Life offers you an exhilarating ride into the trance zone. Spectacular shooty action and a top techno soundtrack will raise your mood. If you have VR, immerse yourself for greater satisfaction.
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- #15 Angry Video Game Nerd I & II Deluxe
84% matchVery Positive95% of 777 reviews2020
Dev: FreakZone GamesPub: Retroware
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Control "The Nerd" in a retro-inspired action platformer! It's two games in one, remixed and rebalanced to bring you the ultimate experience of Nerd Rage. Featuring stylized pixel art inspired by classic games, a highly energetic soundtrack, and challenging levels -- plus a special NEW chapter!
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- #16 Jet Gunner
86% matchMostly Positive74% of 627 reviews2014
Dev: Sinclair Strange
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Jet Gunner is a 2D platform action indie game that's full of Nestalgia. Full of action, gunfights, bosses and explosions so if you're into the whole 8-Bit vibe you should love this. From the sound, to the graphics to the flicker, this should pay tribute to those classic hard as nails, run 'n' gun games.
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- #17 Shmups Skill Test
85% matchVery Positive91% of 58 reviews2016
Dev: TRIANGLE SERVICEPub: KOMODO
Windows
Some say you’re only as old as you feel. Shmups Skill Test says you’re only as old as you shoot! Shmups Skill Test is a clever way to evaluate your shmup skills in the form of a "gamer age". Challenge and unlock shoot-’em-up-based minigames in a gauntlet of shmup nostalgia goodness.
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- #18 AploVVare Collection
82% matchVery Positive92% of 77 reviews2023
Dev: AploveStudio
Windows
You found an old game console along with some games at a garage sale. You remember playing these as a kid, and couldn't resist getting it. Maybe you could give them a whirl, just for old time's sake?
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- #19 Haunted Arcade
82% matchMostly Positive78% of 219 reviews2024
Dev: Haunted PixelsPub: Lemfactory
Windows
A cozy Arcade Game Collection turned on its head by the twists of a local Ghost.
- #20 Razerwire:Nanowars
84% matchVery Positive86% of 110 reviews2018
Dev: Hammer & Ravens
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 33%
A modern revisitation of the 80s arcades. Use your Razerwire to cut through waves of nanobugs with a rogue-like inspired progression.
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- #21 Infinos Gaiden
83% matchVery Positive98% of 85 reviews2018
Dev: Picorinne Soft
Windows
The feeling of 90's arcade shooter will come again !! Arcade-like side scroll shooter of 7 stages in all!
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- #22 GRADIUS ORIGINS
78% matchVery Positive93% of 269 reviews2025
Dev: KONAMI
Windows
Salamander III is the newest addition to the Gradius series, a legendary pioneer in the side-scrolling shooter genre, and comes with the original arcade versions of the previous games.
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- #23 Crisis Brigade 2 reloaded
81% matchVery Positive84% of 340 reviews2021
Dev: Sumalab
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Crisis Brigade 2 reloaded is about covering, pointing and shooting, fast-paced pure action. Intense shootouts, powerful weapons, challenging levels, fierce enemies... Like the 90's classic arcade machines, but with the immersion that Virtual Reality is capable of.
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- #24 ARK and ADE
81% matchVery Positive96% of 83 reviews2023
Dev: Castello IncPub: Beyond Frames
Windows
ARK and ADE is an action-jammed VR FPS shooter in which you get to experience the glory of the 80’s arcade era in a neon fused setting 🤘😎. Shoot your way through retro-futuristic levels filled with enemies, iconic over the top bosses and never ending bullets. Insert coin to play! 🤖
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- #25 UFO 50
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,293 reviews2024
Dev: Mossmouth
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 23.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
UFO 50 is a collection of 50 single and multiplayer games that span a variety of genres, from platformers and shoot 'em ups to puzzle games, roguelites, and RPGs. Our goal is to combine a familiar 8-bit aesthetic with new ideas and modern game design.
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- #26 Cyberhunt
80% matchVery Positive85% of 2,850 reviews2017
Dev: NukGames
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Cyberhunt is a retro procedurally generated twin stick shooter, that takes you back to the sweet to the sweet arcade machines era!
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- #27 OPERATION SERPENS
79% matchVery Positive86% of 103 reviews2020
Dev: GINRA TECHPub: VrKiwi
Windows
Arcade Shooter | Single user campaign | Co-op multiplayer mode | Fast paced action game
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- #28 Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration
76% matchVery Positive92% of 555 reviews2022
Dev: Digital EclipsePub: Atari
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration takes players on an interactive journey through 50 years of video games via interviews with designers, developers and industry leaders, documentary footage, product design documents, high-res original artwork, and a curated list of more than 90 playable games.
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- #29 Exoblast
76% matchMostly Positive79% of 313 reviews2022
Dev: Dreamirl
Windows
Exoblast is a mix of shoot’em up and arcade game, pimped with synthwave and pixelart. Choose your pilot, your ship and join the arena to confront other players in nervous and punitive matches. Impose your gameplay and reach the top of the tower!
- #30 Dimension Hunter VR
77% matchVery Positive80% of 102 reviews2017
Dev: Deathtrap
Windows
Dimension Hunter allows you to immerse yourself in this tongue in cheek, over the top, retro-arcade experience, with a unique choice of free or railed movement. Fast paced, hardcore, fluid gameplay mechanics with a unique, and yet familiar, comic book style of carnage and gore.
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- #31 Murtop
74% matchVery Positive93% of 84 reviews2023
Dev: hiulitPub: Flynn's Arcade
Windows · Mac · Linux
Murtop is a fast-paced arcade game packed with action, as if it was taken out directly from the 80's. Do you have enough coins to beat it?
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- #32 SnOut
74% matchVery Positive91% of 213 reviews2021
Dev: Aarjvark
Windows
Compete for the top score in this combination of two classic arcade games!
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- #33 1976 - Back to midway
75% matchVery Positive88% of 152 reviews2020
Dev: Ivanovich Games
Windows
Are you ready to travel back in time to 1943 and relive the excitement of classic arcade dogfights? Now, thanks to Virtual Reality, you’re about to discover a new level of immersion and spectacularity, while retaining the original essence and fun.
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- #34 Hyperdrive Massacre
78% matchMixed54% of 389 reviews2015
Dev: 34BigThings srl
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Hyperdrive Massacre is an 80s inspired arcade fragfest in Spacewar sauce designed around local multiplayer, focused on kinestetics, tactical and shooting skills at a frenzied pace.
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- #35 Xion
77% matchMixed67% of 54 reviews2018
Dev: Zenz VR
Windows
Xion revives the arcade and shoot ’em ups of the 1990’s in a refreshing and unique way with a fully destructible voxel landscape setting and your very own spaceship that you design and upgrade in an infinite number of ways.
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- #36 RINO RUSH
69% matchVery Positive100% of 54 reviews2026
Dev: AHU Entertainment
Windows
RINO RUSH is a fast-paced arcade game inspired by the classic Snake formula. Collect coins, grow longer and try to survive as long as possible. Different modes, unlockable skins and highscore chasing create that classic “just one more run” feeling.
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- #37 WORMHOLE
71% matchVery Positive98% of 64 reviews2024
Dev: Pocket Moon Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Eat, shoot, dash, and explode your way through the cosmos in this adrenaline-fuelled arcade action game. WORMHOLE is a roguelike twist on the classic snake format featuring a stackable perk system and 100+ hand-crafted levels.
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- #38 Cash Cow DX
71% matchVery Positive96% of 84 reviews2024
Dev: pixel games SARL-S
Windows · Linux
Holy cow, it’s all about the moooney! Run, jump and slide in this udderly moo-velous adventure to reclaim your fortunes from those sneaky Pig Pockets. Tough as nails and no continues! Are you up for the challenge?
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- #39 Bit Blaster XL
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,145 reviews2016
Dev: Adamvision Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
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- #40 Galacticon
72% matchVery Positive100% of 55 reviews2022
Dev: Radin GamesPub: Flynn's Arcade
Windows
Galacticon is a video game with the look and feel of arcade cabinet games from the early 80's in the style of Williams classics: "Defender" or "Joust", with the gameplay of legendary "Jetpac", and with touches of "puzzle".
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- #41 Void Invaders
73% matchVery Positive84% of 412 reviews2015
Dev: VoidDevPub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Jump back to the good old days of arcade machines with Void Invaders: a colourful, chaotic and explosive arcade shoot-em-up game inspired by classics such as Galaga and Space Invaders!
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- #42 The Last Ninja Collection + Bonus Games
67% matchVery Positive98% of 101 reviews2025
Dev: System 3 Software
Windows
A tribute to the golden era of Retro gaming that brings together 7 iconic titles for the first time. This is more than a collection; it's a celebration of gaming history and the preservation of pioneering games from the '80's & '90's allowing you to relive the C64, Amiga and Spectrum versions.
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- #43 SnOut 2
71% matchVery Positive90% of 50 reviews2022
Dev: Aarjvark
Windows
Compete for the top scores in this combination of two classic arcade games, or fight your friends to prove who has the longest SnOut!
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- #44 Z-Exemplar
73% matchVery Positive89% of 55 reviews2016
Dev: Suminell Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Z-Exemplar is a side-scrolling shooter in the tradition of R-Type, Gradius, Nemesis and other classic arcade games from the past. Borrowing its aesthetic from the computers of yesteryear (specifically the Sinclair ZX Spectrum) Z-Exemplar combines bright, bold, 8-bit pixel art with frantic action and an epic mission to conquer a galaxy of...
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- #45 Pierhead Arcade 2
70% matchVery Positive84% of 151 reviews2021
Dev: Mechabit
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Pierhead Arcade is back with all new VR physics based arcade games to play!
- #46 Super Bit Blaster XL
68% matchVery Positive94% of 878 reviews2020
Dev: Adamvision Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
A SUPER throwback to the classic quarter eating arcade games of the 80's. Super Bit Blaster XL is an (even more) enhanced version of the retro styled, addictive, and fast paced arcade shoot 'em up!
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- #47 M.A.C.E.
73% matchMixed50% of 60 reviews2017
Dev: EntwicklerX
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 98%
MACE is a classic space shoot ’em up, inspired by the legendary Amiga games of this genre. Handdrawn 2D graphics in HD resolutions, parallax scrolling, explosion effects and optimized games mechanics, combined with the proven gameplay are transporting the “Spirit of Amiga” in today’s Age.
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- #48 Abduction Bit
70% matchVery Positive88% of 263 reviews2016
Dev: SEEP
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Abduction Bit is a NES-like arcade based on elements of some timeless classics from 80's (Bubble Bobble, Ice Climber, Mario Bros).
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- #49 Grid Ranger
66% matchVery Positive84% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: Pixeljam
Windows · Mac
A shortform heart-pounding 3D shmuplike. Level up your mouse dexterity and see what lies beyond the grid...
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- #50 Pixel Ripped 1978: An Atari Adventure
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 58 reviews2023
Dev: ARVOREPub: Atari
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Game dev simulator! Now you can live it! Pixel Ripped 1978: An Atari Adventure is a love letter to everything ATARI. Players are caught in a whacky time-traveling adventure as one of the main programmers at ATARI. Get INSIDE the gaming world to prevent history from being rewritten!
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- #51 198X
67% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,147 reviews2019
Dev: Hi-Bit Studios
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Part 1 of arcade epic 198X. A coming-of-age story told through multiple games and genres. Experience the thrill of shooting, driving, jumping, fighting and role-playing in 5 full-blown arcade stages – combined with cinematic pixel-art storytelling.
- #52 Gon' E-Choo!
69% matchVery Positive82% of 94 reviews2015
Dev: Marc Ellis
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
'Gon' E-Choo!' is a 3 stage, arcade-style game based on the earliest arcade platformers. Collect 10 letters in each stage while avoiding an irate and unrelenting gator!
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- #53 BellyBots
65% matchMostly Positive78% of 51 reviews2024
Dev: Grumpy Company GmbHPub: GE-MU Systems UG
Windows
Ladies and gentlemen. Load your guns!Teleport into our roomscale reimagination of an 80s arcade action game. Warning:You will have to move... A LOT! :D
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- #54 VRMultigames
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 87 reviews2016
Dev: Mad Triangles
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Play several original minigames designed for VR. This free collection of minigames is designed specifically for VR from the start, and provides original games and experiments for people to try.
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- #55 Super Destronaut
68% matchVery Positive85% of 54 reviews2016
Dev: Petite Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
If you love retro games, this is for you! Get ready for some intense retro space shooting!
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- #56 Pewt 'em Up!
63% matchVery Positive96% of 171 reviews2022
Dev: team tsoto
Windows · Linux
Pewt 'em Up! is a retro inspired arcade space shoot 'em up with lots of upgrades, achievements, extras and more.
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