Retrograde Arena
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.
- Release Date:5/28/2020
- Developer:Freemergency
- Publisher:Neon Doctrine
- Last Updated:9/11/2024
- Steam App Id:1055210
Retrograde Arena
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
- Steam Deck (Playable)
Steam Charts, Stats, and Live Player Count
At the moment, Retrograde Arena has 4 concurrent players online and in-game. This is 67% lower than its previous all-time peak of 12 players achieved on 8/8/2024.
Review History Chart
Track historical review trends and overall ratings for Retrograde Arena. It has received a total of 498 reviews on the Steam store and achieved a Player Score of 88 (Very Positive).
Community Hub Members & Followers Chart
Explore the cumulative breakdown of Steam community hub members for Retrograde Arena and its growth over time. It currently has 1,773 followers on its community page.
About Retrograde Arena
Retrograde Arena is an Indie, Action, and Free to Play game developed by Freemergency. On 5/28/2020, it was released on the Steam Store by Neon Doctrine.
Players have rated Retrograde Arena as "Very Positive" out of 498 total reviews on the Steam Store. These are split between 474 positive reviews and 24 negative reviews — an overall 95% positive review rating.
It is available for gamers to download and play completely for free. It can also be purchased through Retrograde DLC Bundle which gives a discount off its base price. The game also has a total of 3 DLC add-ons including: Retrograde Arena - Deathmatch Pack, Retrograde Arena - Supporter Pack, and Retrograde Arena - Arms Race Pack available for purchase and download through Steam.
It can be played and ran on Windows systems. At the moment, it is possible to play Retrograde Arena on the Steam Deck but some functionaliy may not be fully supported.
It also supports 6 languanges in-game including English, Japanese, Portuguese-Brazil, Russian, and Chinese (Simplified). Each language comes with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
According to Steam’s category system, Retrograde Arena supports the following features:
- Full controller support
- Steam Cloud
- PvP
- Shared/Split Screen PvP
- Steam Achievements
- Remote Play Together
- Single-player
- Multi-player
- Shared/Split Screen
- Online PvP
- LAN PvP
From the Steam community, Retrograde Arena has been tagged with the following user tags:
- Physics
- Character Customization
- PvP
- Futuristic
- 2.5D
- Shoot 'Em Up
- Multiplayer
- Atmospheric
- Stylized
- Shooter
- Psychedelic
- Bullet Hell
- Twin Stick Shooter
- Top-Down Shooter
- Vehicular Combat
- Family Friendly
- Arcade
- Cyberpunk
- Colorful
- Action
Media & Sceenshots
Watch the featured video for Retrograde Arena and see the latest screenshots from the Steam Store.
DLC & Related Apps
Retrograde Arena is referenced by 3 other related apps in the Steam Store.
| Image | Name | Type | Release Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Retrograde Arena - Deathmatch Pack | DLC | 7/7/2020 | View |
 | Retrograde Arena - Supporter Pack | DLC | 6/12/2020 | View |
 | Retrograde Arena - Arms Race Pack | DLC | 7/30/2020 | View |
Related Bundles
Retrograde Arena is included in 1 bundle in the Steam Store.
| Image | Name | Apps | Packages | Price | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Retrograde DLC Bundle | 3 | 2 | $7.98 | View |
Supported Languages
Retrograde Arena is available in 6 different languages with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
| Name | Interface | Audio | Subtitles |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Yes | No | Yes |
| Japanese | Yes | No | Yes |
| Portuguese-Brazil | Yes | No | Yes |
| Russian | Yes | No | Yes |
| Chinese (Simplified) | Yes | No | Yes |
| Chinese (Traditional) | Yes | No | Yes |
Frequently Asked Questions
Soures & References
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Retrograde Arena data has been sourced from:
- Valve Corporation. (2024, September 11). Retrograde Arena on Steam. Steam Store. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1055210
- Valve Corporation. (2024, September 11). Retrograde Arena. Steam Community Hub. https://steamcommunity.com/app/1055210
- Freemergency. (2023, July 8). Retrograde Arena. Retrograde Arena. https://freemergency.weebly.com/