Games Like Pixel Ripped 1989

Pixel Ripped is back with a brand new nostalgia-fueled virtual reality game-within-a-game, this time in 1995! Help our hero Dot face challenging throwbacks to all your favorite 16-bit and 32-bit classics while surviving the struggles of a typical nine-year-old kid.

Why similar: VR 22.5%, Comedy 17.2%, Retro 13.6%, Old School 12.7%, Female Protagonist 10%

Why You'll Like It: The direct sequel that expands the meta-gaming concept into the 1990s console era with even more variety.

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!

Why similar: VR 46.6%, Female Protagonist 20.4%, First-Person 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%, Action 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A prequel that dives into the origins of gaming history with the same multi-dimensional VR mechanics.

Accounting+ is a NIGHTMARE ADVENTURE COMEDY. Experience classic virtual reality gameplay: clean up your office, take the battery out of the cooling machine, play the skeleton xylophone, and summon thousands upon thousands of demons.

Why similar: VR 46.1%, Comedy 24.3%, Adventure 8.9%, Action 8.8%, Simulation 8%

Why You'll Like It: Shares the same chaotic, surreal, and hilarious meta-humor found in the Pixel Ripped series.

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.

Why similar: VR 27.4%, 1980s 27%, Old School 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%, Retro 8%

Why You'll Like It: The ultimate tool for transforming classic 2D retro games into fully immersive 3D VR experiences.

Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality smashes together the absolute VR chaos of the award-winning Job Simulator with the ridiculous, all-out, take-no-prisoners comedy of Rick and Morty.

Why similar: VR 48.5%, Comedy 19.1%, Simulation 8.5%, Sci-fi 8.4%, Adventure 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A highly interactive VR experience that leans heavily into meta-narrative and fourth-wall-breaking comedy.

The game of your dreams just dropped, DUCK SEASON, a hunter with ridiculous graphics. Luckily, it's summer vacation and Mom just surprised you with a one day rental of it! Unfortunately, as you binge play it becomes apparent that all is not right with Duck Season...

Why similar: VR 59.9%, 1980s 17.7%, Action 7.2%, First-Person 5.6%, Adventure 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the exact 1980s living room nostalgia and meta-horror gaming vibe that makes Pixel Ripped so special.

From Squanch Games comes Trover Saves the Universe. Your pups are missing. The cosmos is at stake. Only you and Trover can save everything in this bizarre comedy adventure!

Why similar: VR 40.2%, Comedy 23.9%, Adventure 10.1%, Action 9.8%, Sci-fi 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: Features a distinct meta-narrative style where the player is an active participant in a comedic, game-within-a-game world.

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.

Why similar: VR 35.4%, 1980s 25.9%, Retro 18.7%, Simulation 8.9%, Action 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: Perfectly recreates the atmosphere of an 80s arcade, allowing you to play classic games in a fully realized VR environment.

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.

Why similar: VR 47.8%, Simulation 9.8%, Action 9%, Adventure 8%, Retro 8%

Why You'll Like It: Directly translates classic arcade shooter mechanics into an immersive VR experience that feels like stepping into a cabinet.

In a world where robots have replaced all human jobs, step into the "Job Simulator" to learn what it was like 'to job'.

Why similar: VR 54.5%, Comedy 15.6%, First-Person 9.7%, Simulation 9.6%, Sci-fi 5%

Why You'll Like It: Shares the whimsical, interactive, and physics-based humor that makes VR gaming feel like a playground.

A game about VR, AI, and our collective sci-fi fever dreams. In a future where AI has transformed society, can humans still find purpose? Find out with Activitude, a service that lets humans aid AI clients in increasingly curious ways.

Why similar: VR 45.5%, Comedy 19.5%, Sci-fi 11.9%, Adventure 8.9%, First-Person 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Explores the concept of layers of reality within VR, mirroring the 'game-within-a-game' mechanics of the seed title.

Moss is an action-adventure puzzle game from Polyarc tailor-made for the VR platform. It combines classic components of a great game—compelling characters, gripping combat, and captivating world exploration—with the exciting opportunities of VR.

Why similar: VR 44.9%, Action-Adventure 17.4%, Female Protagonist 11.9%, Adventure 7.4%, Action 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a similar 'miniature' perspective and platforming charm that makes VR feel like a living diorama.

Vertigo 2 is a single-player VR adventure. Explore the depths of the vast Quantum Reactor as you descend to finish your journey home.

Why similar: VR 29.8%, Comedy 16%, Female Protagonist 12.5%, Action-Adventure 11%, Sci-fi 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A highly polished VR adventure that captures the sense of wonder and scale found in the Pixel Ripped series.

Test your problem-solving skills in this virtual reality escape-the-room puzzle game. Play as a secret agent armed with telekinetic abilities on a mission to stop Zoraxis, an evil corporation with plans for world domination.

Why similar: VR 38.3%, Comedy 18.6%, Retro 15.3%, First-Person 7.8%, Simulation 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a similar 'being inside a movie' experience with clever puzzles and high-stakes environmental interaction.

The latest VR sensation from the creators of ‘Job Simulator’, now with free DLC! Welcome to Vacation Simulator: a rough approximation of VACATION inspired by real human NOT JOBBING. Reallocate your bandwidth and get ready to splash, s’more, snowball, and selfie your way to optimal relaxation.

Why similar: VR 39.4%, Comedy 22.2%, First-Person 11.4%, Sci-fi 10.2%, Simulation 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a polished, lighthearted, and funny VR experience that matches the charm and accessibility of Pixel Ripped.

A humorous adventure set in a 3D parody of the internet. Diverse puzzles, beautiful worlds, friends, experiences, upgrades and more, await those who 'log on'!

Why similar: Retro 52.3%, Adventure 21.8%, First-Person 11.9%, Indie 10.4%, Singleplayer 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: Captures a surreal, retro-digital aesthetic that feels like a trip through early internet and gaming culture.

Lose track of what’s real. Commit yourself, body and mind. Confront the evocative, elegantly brutal world of SUPERHOT VR. Enemies pouring into the room from all sides, dozens of bullets coursing through the air... Wait. Something seems different in here...

Why similar: VR 41.4%, Old School 14%, Retro 13.4%, First-Person 9.6%, Sci-fi 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: Features a meta-gameplay loop where the world reacts to your movement, creating a unique sense of being inside a digital simulation.

An immersive puzzle dungeon adventure in the spirit of 1980's home computer games. Dig your way through 100 levels into the ancient depths of Dreadrock Mountain. Winner of Google Indie Games Festival / Indie Clash 1st prize / PocketGamer People's Choice Finalist / GDWC best indie game nominee.

Why similar: 1980s 24.5%, Old School 22.8%, Retro 19.6%, Female Protagonist 10.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A modern take on classic dungeon crawlers that feels like a forgotten retro console title.

Every day is a wonderful day for invertebrates! Come join the Squidlits of Blipston for a squishy adventure of spoopy castles, muffins, and wiggles! Made with classic handheld technology in mind, Squidlit strives to be the closest modern recreation of GameBoy game-design methods on the market.

Why similar: Retro 25%, Comedy 14.8%, Pixel Graphics 14.6%, Action 11.8%, Adventure 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: A charming, short experience that feels like a lost Game Boy classic with a distinct retro personality.

Interkosmos is an arcady astronaut adventure in VR. Brace yourself for a rush of hectic gameplay to challenge your inner cosmonaut, and a fun story full of twists and Cold War absurdities.

Why similar: VR 41.5%, Comedy 12.3%, Simulation 10.6%, Action 8.8%, Adventure 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A cockpit-based VR simulation that shares the 'contained space' gameplay style of the Pixel Ripped segments.

A throwback to the survival horror and mystery games of the original Playstation, Back in 1995 faithfully re-creates everything from this forgotten era of games.

Why similar: Action-Adventure 25.9%, Old School 17.4%, Retro 17.3%, Survival 16.4%, Pixel Graphics 14.7%

Why You'll Like It: A survival horror game that intentionally mimics the low-poly aesthetic and clunky charm of 90s console gaming.

OPEN-WORLD carjacking goes back to the '80s in this 8-BIT nostalgic throwback. Run missions! Outrun the law! Rampage the city with weapons, power-ups and vehicles!

Why similar: 1980s 27.3%, Retro 25.7%, Comedy 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 13.9%, Action 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A massive love letter to 80s gaming culture and pop culture references that shares the same spirit as the seed game.

The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is an expanded re-imagining of 2013's The Stanley Parable. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will make a choice, and you will become powerless. You are not here to win. The Stanley Parable is a game that plays you.

Why similar: Comedy 61.2%, First-Person 24.5%, Adventure 8.1%, Singleplayer 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: The pinnacle of meta-narrative gaming, sharing the 'breaking the fourth wall' spirit found in Pixel Ripped.

Budget Cuts is a VR stealth game where you dexterously zip, sneak or rambo your way forward through thrilling, oil-splatter filled combat!

Why similar: VR 64.5%, Action 13%, Adventure 11.1%, Indie 4.5%, Singleplayer 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: Features the same kind of 'sneaking around' gameplay found in the classroom sections of Pixel Ripped.

A Hat in Time is a cute-as-heck 3D platformer featuring a little girl who stitches hats for wicked powers! Freely explore giant worlds and recover Time Pieces to travel to new heights!

Why similar: Female Protagonist 38.8%, Comedy 26.2%, Adventure 13.2%, Platformer 6.9%, Indie 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the pure joy and platforming mechanics of classic 3D retro games with a modern, polished feel.

A VR puzzle game with sci-fi and escape room elements: control time, solve challenges, fight enemies, and explore worlds across different timelines.

Why similar: VR 48.6%, Action-Adventure 22.2%, Action 8.8%, Adventure 7.2%, Singleplayer 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-heavy VR experience that focuses on environmental interaction and uncovering secrets in a contained space.

The legendary hero is dead, and a strange glitch is spreading across the kingdom. Explore dangerous dungeons, and defeat the eight archangels to restore order to an unraveling world in this epic action-adventure RPG.

Why similar: Comedy 20.4%, Retro 17%, Female Protagonist 16.5%, Action-Adventure 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down adventure that plays with the concept of game glitches and meta-narratives in a retro style.

A teenage guitar prodigy sets out on a psychedelic journey to inspire his stage persona and confront the legacy of a dead folk legend. Starring voice performances by Michael Johnston, Caroline Kinley, Lena Headey, Jason Schwartzman, Mark Strong, and Carl Weathers.

Why similar: Comedy 33.7%, Sci-fi 25.6%, Adventure 14.4%, Action 9.7%, Indie 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A visually stunning journey that feels like playing through a retro-futuristic music video.

Lens Adventure is an action puzzle game where you play as Talia, a Magic Academy graduate student. Use the camera's time-space magic to solve puzzles: create platforms by photographing objects and use time magic to undo mistakes. Can you return to the academy before the dorm lights go out?

Why similar: 1980s 31.5%, Action-Adventure 17.2%, Old School 13%, Pixel Graphics 12%, Action 11.3%

Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is the complete Shovel Knight collection, containing all 5 games in the epic saga! Dig, blast, slash, and bash your way through a fantastical, 8-bit inspired world of pixel-perfect platforming, memorable characters, and world-class action-adventure gameplay.

Why similar: Retro 34.6%, Pixel Graphics 22.5%, Old School 8%, Platformer 7.9%, Adventure 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for modern games that perfectly replicate the 8-bit retro feel and design philosophy.

Join Pixel as he quests through gaming history, teleporting across the most iconic video game systems of generations past. He’ll have to jump, dodge and play smart if he wants to survive all the traps, puzzles and enemies waiting to take him down at every turn.

Why similar: Retro 46.8%, Pixel Graphics 25.7%, Platformer 9.3%, Adventure 8.8%, Indie 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A platformer that takes you through the history of gaming consoles, much like the Pixel Ripped series does.

A strange journey

Why similar: 1980s 31.2%, Comedy 18.8%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, Old School 9.8%, Action 8.8%

Cosmos Bit is an old school metroidvania that will take you in an extraterrestrial world painted with the legendary Amstrad CPC's colour palette, reworked for modern devices. The game is enjoyable for both veterans and newbies of this genre!

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 16.7%, Retro 16.5%, Action 16.3%, 1980s 16.3%, Female Protagonist 9%

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.

Why similar: VR 44.7%, Action-Adventure 22.4%, First-Person 13%, Simulation 10.3%, Action 9.5%

Built from the ground up for VR, Wanderer has a unique blend of escape room style puzzles, tactile hands on interactions and action arcade sequences to bring you the ultimate time travel adventure. Are you ready to walk in the footsteps of those who have gone before you?

Why similar: VR 69.8%, Adventure 14.6%, Action 13.7%, Singleplayer 1.8%

Get ready to take a trip back to the 80s, the 1880s! Help young Queen Victoria fight her way across Mars and attempt to escape home in this exceedingly retro arcade adventure! Prepare to bosh rocks! - with only the occasional break for tea and scones.

Why similar: Retro 24.1%, 1980s 21.8%, Pixel Graphics 12.4%, Action 11.1%, Female Protagonist 9.5%

Play as Shiranui Flare in this retro action platformer, wielding her dual pistols, as you explore the world on a quest to save your friends!

Why similar: Retro 21.9%, Old School 14.8%, Pixel Graphics 14.4%, Action-Adventure 12.2%, Female Protagonist 9.6%

This is a sub-era realistic VR game. The game tells the story of the player passing through time and space and fighting ancient fighters. You can use dozens of weapons to fight, you can experience the system and growth of traditional RPG, and gain experience and money weapon props through battle and exploration, and constantly improve...

Why similar: VR 37.3%, RPG 15.5%, Comedy 15.4%, Action 11.9%, Adventure 11.5%

Evolve through the history of video games in this fun-filled blast from the past.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 26.7%, Action 26.5%, Adventure 26%, Indie 11.2%, Platformer 9.5%

Embark on an epic adventure in Under the Island! A 2D action-adventure steeped in ‘90s charm, step into the shoes of Nia, and battle fierce monsters, solve clever puzzles, and explore a world alive with mystery as you race to save your new home before it’s too late.

Why similar: Comedy 26.5%, Female Protagonist 26.3%, Pixel Graphics 15.8%, RPG 14.9%, Adventure 6.8%

Pixel Dungeon is a fast-paced, multiplayer social VR adventure where dungeon-crawling action, physics-based combat, and chaos with friends collide.

Why similar: VR 43%, Action-Adventure 16.8%, Simulation 11.4%, RPG 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%

From the makers of Job Simulator and Vacation Simulator— Welcome to Cosmonious High! Owlchemy Labs presents an out-of-this-world VR experience with their hallmark interactivity and distinctive humor. Meet a colorful cast, adapt outrageous powers, and discover the source of the school’s malfunctions.

Why similar: VR 42.5%, Action-Adventure 16%, Sci-fi 14.4%, Comedy 9.5%, First-Person 7.4%

In this pixel-perfect homage to the classic action platformers, you play as Sydney Hunter - an explorer who gets trapped inside a Mayan pyramid while he's out exploring!

Why similar: Retro 19%, Action 16.3%, Comedy 14.1%, Adventure 13.9%, Old School 13.9%

Tomb Explorer VR is an Experimental Physics VR Adventure game where you explore ancient ruins, solve intricate puzzles, and embark on a quest for historical treasures, relics, and artifacts.

Why similar: VR 56.9%, Action-Adventure 18.2%, Adventure 7.2%, Female Protagonist 7%, Action 4.8%

Virtua Unlimited Project is a 2D pixel-art style ACT game featuring VTuber characters. With classical platformer gameplay, challenging combat, and retro game feelings, VUP presents you a surreal, virtual world in which you will play as Aizawa Kana to venture and seek the truth beneath.

Why similar: Action-Adventure 28.4%, Pixel Graphics 21.6%, Action 13%, RPG 12.2%, Female Protagonist 11.4%

The Hyper‑Dungeon awaits! Explore an evershifting labyrinth where classic dungeon‑crawling meets exhilarating action. Challenge yourself in turn-based combat with a real‑time, arcade‑inspired twist and befriend an eccentric cast of dungeon dwellers on the quest for the legendary Sacred Groowl!

Why similar: Retro 27.5%, Female Protagonist 20.8%, Pixel Graphics 18.5%, RPG 15.7%, Adventure 10.2%

Floor Plan is a short form puzzle adventure game that takes place entirely inside an elevator, re-imagining classic point-and-click gameplay for fully immersive VR.

Why similar: VR 37.1%, Comedy 16.5%, Old School 14.1%, First-Person 12.3%, Retro 11.9%

Wirewalk()↳ is a whimsical adventure where you raid virus-riddled systems with a very big baseball bat.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 28.4%, Action-Adventure 26.7%, RPG 16.3%, Pixel Graphics 13.3%, Old School 7%

Classic platformer in the style of Pixel-art. The main character goes to the world of 8-bit games to save his girlfriend. Help him to find new abilities and find out who is behind the abduction of the girl.

Why similar: Action 42.4%, Adventure 38.1%, Indie 19.6%

Throw on your nostalgia goggles and travel back in time with Super Win the Game, a retro-core explosion of exploration and platforming action!!

Why similar: 1980s 34.1%, Old School 17.1%, Retro 16.6%, Pixel Graphics 12.8%, Action 7.2%

A throwback to the golden age of white-gloved 16-bit video-game mascots, Spectacular Sparky is an action-packed platformer with wacky characters, explosive weapons and boss battles to treasure!

Why similar: Comedy 22%, Old School 20.2%, Retro 19.8%, Sci-fi 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.1%

MURI is a DOS-style shooter from Remar Games and Ludosity. Features PC Speaker sound and 16-color EGA graphics.

Why similar: Retro 29.6%, Female Protagonist 22.5%, Old School 11.4%, Action 11%, Sci-fi 8.8%

Join the adventure of Carly and the Reaperman in the Underworld! Master platforming to avoid dangers, solve puzzles and build your way to through dozens of fun and challenging obstacles to the finish line - play alone or with a friend!

Why similar: VR 39.9%, Comedy 20.7%, Female Protagonist 19.1%, Action 6.8%, Adventure 6.7%

Ultionus is a love-letter to the home computer arcade games of the late 80s and early 90s, with colorful 2D visuals, catchy chiptune music by the legendary Jake 'Virt' Kaufman, and 7 stages of hard-as-nails gameplay.

Why similar: Retro 30.6%, Female Protagonist 26.1%, Pixel Graphics 12.1%, Action 9.5%, Sci-fi 9%

A retro-inspired 2D Action RPG set in the distant future. CrossCode combines 16-bit SNES-style graphics with butter-smooth physics, a fast-paced combat system, and engaging puzzle mechanics, served with a gripping sci-fi story.

Why similar: Female Protagonist 22.4%, Pixel Graphics 21.1%, Retro 12.7%, RPG 11.8%, Action-Adventure 9.1%

Whip your way through nostalgia fuelled kinky demon slaying. From hidden desert temples to floating ruins, this will take you back to the golden days of gaming, where there was only 4 buttons on a controller and VHS ruled the world.

Why similar: Action 45.5%, Adventure 37.6%, Indie 16.9%

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.

Why similar: 1980s 45.8%, Retro 31.8%, Pixel Graphics 15.3%, Indie 7.1%

The Angry Video Game Nerd is back in 8-bits! Battle through frantic platforming levels, defeat classic AVGN bosses, and save all of gaming, or test your skills in Endless Challenge mode!

Why similar: 1980s 22.1%, Comedy 18.3%, Old School 12.7%, Retro 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%

Join Renata as she adventures across a world of mystical ruins with the titular FROGUN! Frogun is an old-school platformer with the soul of the PS1/N64 era, in which your frog-shaped grappling hook is a your best friend!

Why similar: Female Protagonist 38.1%, Pixel Graphics 16.4%, Action 12.9%, Retro 12.7%, Platformer 7.7%