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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.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.
“It's funny and interesting. It's not only because it is free, but also thanks to its diverse weapons and arenas.(PS:In fact,it only has about four or five arenas,which,you could choose to play with your friends, I strongly recommend production team to add more arenas and modes…”
— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-08-02 20:00 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Latest official news
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Remote Play Together Festival! 🎮
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Steam Sale is Here!
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Retrowar China Division, get free skin and thruster from 15th!
Dear drone pilot! We've decided to create another Retrowar on August 15th at 2 pm，let's see how Chinese players battle each other! Everybody from worldwide will get free 'Gcores' skin and thruster fro
New Update and Arms Race Pack DLC Available!
Greetings Drone Pilots, It’s been a while but it’s amazing to see so many of you enjoying Retrograde Arena! We’ve got some exciting new updates and another DLC for those of you who want to pay some $$
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action, Free To Play, Indie |
| Player tags | Bullet Hell · Twin Stick Shooter · Shoot 'Em Up · Top-Down Shooter · PvP · Arcade · Shooter · Character Customization · 2.5D · Cyberpunk · Vehicular Combat · Action (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · LAN PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements |
| Languages | English, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 60 |
| Estimated owners | 50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://freemergency.weebly.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Pentium G4560 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD 4600 DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 300 MB available space Additional Notes: For Low Settings, 720p, 30 fps