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Retro City Rampage™ DX
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!
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “Varied top-down action” (28 of 93 reviews) and “Humorous pop-culture writing” (12); the most common complaint is “Tedious repetitive missions” (12). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-10-22 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
28 of the 93 reviews raise this.
“I love this game so much I've bought five different ports of it and gifted it to a few of the homies. Not only is this game packed to the brim with incredibly fun, cathartic, interesting, addictive content, but this…”
12 of the 93 reviews raise this.
“This game is legit a thing of it's time. The somewhat corny referential humour everywhere, the whole retro thing going on. It's by all accounts shameless and younger me ate it up, it's a definitely fun lil game to come…”
11 of the 93 reviews raise this.
9 of the 93 reviews raise this.
“This game is legit a thing of it's time. The somewhat corny referential humour everywhere, the whole retro thing going on. It's by all accounts shameless and younger me ate it up, it's a definitely fun lil game to come…”
5 of the 93 reviews raise this.
“I love this game so much I've bought five different ports of it and gifted it to a few of the homies. Not only is this game packed to the brim with incredibly fun, cathartic, interesting, addictive content, but this…”
12 of the 93 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
7 of the 93 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
4 of the 93 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“even tho this game lost its popularity because there are other indie games that became relevant. i remember playing this game and spent a lot of hours free roaming when i was younger when my parents can't let me play…”
4 of the 93 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“Might be OK on a big PC screen... on Steam Deck it's just unplayable. Controls are manageable at best, visuals are often unreadable, music is highly repetitive and gets annoying fast. It's a GTA wannabe (the 1st one),…”
3 of the 93 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
Counted across 93 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 87.9% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“its an 8-bit blast! kinda like a GTA but made in the early 90s...”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“Fun game with a gameplay similar to the first games in the GTA series, but filled to the brim with pop culture and retro gaming references. Lots of comedy and a simple yet satisfying gameplay based around combat and driving. Definitely worth checking out if you're into that.”
— a player, Steam review · 21 hrs played“I fw media that doesn't take itself very seriously. This game has that effortless charm. This game is like an eccentric & cool older brother. 10/10. If you fw Saints Row 2, 3 & 4 this is definitely gon your cup of tea.”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players, self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-23.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie, Racing |
| Player tags | Action · Open World · Retro · Pixel Graphics · Indie · Adventure · 1980s · Parody · Comedy · Funny · Satire · 2D (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Steam Leaderboards · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 20 |
| Official site | https://www.vblank.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Microsoft® Windows® XP / Vista / 7 / 8 / 10 Processor: 1GHz processor Memory: 256 MB RAM Graphics: Pixel Shader 2.0 and Vertex Shader 2.0 Hard Drive: 40 MB HD space Additional: Should run on any PC released within the past 5 years. Older graphics cards (such as those in netbooks) may not support bonus graphical filters. MS-DOS VERSION: OS *: MS-DOS 3.3, FreeDOS or Compatible Processor: 486 DX or Compatible Memory: 4 MB RAM Hard Drive: 3.7 MB HD space