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Retrocycles
Race. Do not crash. Trap your enemies. Enter the maze. Dominate the zone. DO NOT CRASH.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-14.
What reviewers agree on
54 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“It's snake but for people with ADHD. But very fun!”
“It's a cool game to play on the side, but the players are really intense, and you don't stand much of a chance—still, it's a cool game, and it's only 4MB.”
“Good game; both simple yet has a really high skill ceiling. Controls are super simple in concept: turn left/right, break momentarily, or look left/right/backwards; but even though it's so simple you could put in…”
11 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“This game is very much like tron. It's very fun, and i love the old 2000s era of gaming. Definitely recommend the play. I mean it is free. Just go ahead and download it, its only 10mb. 10/10”
“I'm surprised this game isn't more popular, it's free and it's Tron! Runs great on practically anything, which is also a bonus”
9 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“this game is AWESOME. really nice for people who like strategy and quick battles, also its such a simple game that anyone can play”
“most fun i ever had in a while, good game to have fun. it has the perfect balance of competiveness and normal gameplay. i myself very much enjoy competetive games more than normal games so this game is the perfect game…”
“waaayy too addicting. Low skill floor but insane skill ceiling. Too underrated.”
8 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“If you love Tron like I do, then Retrocycles is worth your time! Whether you play with a bunch of AI players or do multiplayer and play with a bunch of real players. You will feel at home at "The Grid" in this game.…”
“absoulute peak got to strech out my friend in it also made a tuff ass user name called "fary mcghuinees”
“This game is fun if you play with the right people. Highly reccomend it”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Simple Game with a lot of depth and strategy. Really nice community”
“even better than expected with a great community”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“It's a cool game to play on the side, but the players are really intense, and you don't stand much of a chance—still, it's a cool game, and it's only 4MB.”
“Good game; both simple yet has a really high skill ceiling. Controls are super simple in concept: turn left/right, break momentarily, or look left/right/backwards; but even though it's so simple you could put in…”
“i used to play something similar to this on my android tablet when i was younger. youd think this would be a cute little game, but ive seen the truth; people play this game like theyre fighting for actual survival. the…”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Good game; both simple yet has a really high skill ceiling. Controls are super simple in concept: turn left/right, break momentarily, or look left/right/backwards; but even though it's so simple you could put in…”
“this game sucks there's no feet”
“look up the guides. change your binds. do not crash. eternal ass game.”
3 of the 103 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“The game devolves into an endless maze battle where you just wait for the instant win circle to appear. There's no skill involved or outmaneuvering your opponent. You can simply press left and right endlessly with no…”
3 of the 103 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“this game sucks there's no feet”
“look up the guides. change your binds. do not crash. eternal ass game.”
3 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“good game wish there were more fort servers near me and also the fact you have a min time between inputs actually hurts so much”
“Is there a way to adequately set up controls?”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 95.2% positive rating · as of 2026-05-14
“The light cycle scene from the original TRON was my favorite part in the entire movie and having a game of it is absolutely amazing. 10/10”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played“Wow this is such a nostalgia hit - I actually first played this game somewhere around 2003ish on a linux laptop as a little kid. I spent so many hours on this - so cool to stumble across it on Steam after all these years! This is one of those titles that I really adore.…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“Its criminal that this game is free. it should at least be 2 bucks. if creator makes a paid sequel ill probably buy it”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-07 via SteamCharts.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
0.2.9.3.0 Released
The main reason for this release is that the default installation of libxml removed http fetch functions we were using, and that starts appearing in mainstream Linux distributions now, such as Ubuntu
Small bugfix build 0.2.9.2.5
0.2.9.2.5 adds a tiny initialization fix, sometimes the Linux version would freeze into a nasty state on startup.
0.2.9.2.3 released
macOS builds are now considered stable. Any still open macOS specific issues can be viewed on our tracker . In case you are wondering about the .3 at the end, that is because the first three attempts
0.2.9.1.1 released
This is just a small update that works around a crash bug in some recent Linux distributions. Confirmed affected were Manjaro users. Very likely, Arch and current Debian users were affected as well. A
0.2.9.1.0 released
to be frank, also the old, regular widescreen overlords. All this time, the game had been optimized for 4:3 or 5:4 screens, with menu text and HUD elements getting stretched to the side for widescreen
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-14.
| Genres | Action, Indie, Racing, Sports |
| Player tags | Action · Indie · Sports · Racing · Multiplayer · Competitive · Free to Play (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · LAN PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Shared/Split Screen · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Remote Play Together |
| Languages | English, German |
| Official site | http://www.armagetronad.org/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: 1 GHz Memory: 1 GB RAM Storage: 40 MB available space