Retro City Rampage™ DX on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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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!

Retro City Rampage™ DX is a action, open world and retro game developed and published by Vblank Entertainment and Inc..
Released on November 11th 2014 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 5 languages: English, German, French, Italian and Spanish - Spain.

It has received 2,405 reviews of which 2,118 were positive and 287 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.4 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 14.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Retro City Rampage™ DX into these genres:

Action Open World Retro Pixel Graphics Indie Adventure 1980s Parody Comedy Funny Satire 2D Top-Down Singleplayer Crime Racing Violent Great Soundtrack Shooter Sandbox

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • 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
MacOS
  • OS: Mac OS X 10.13 or higher
  • Processor:1GHz processor
  • Memory:256 MB RAM
  • Hard Drive:30 MB HD space
Linux
  • Processor:1GHz processor
  • Memory:256 MB RAM
  • Hard Drive:30 MB HD space
  • Additional:Should run on any PC released within the past 5 years. Older graphics cards (such as those in netbooks).

User reviews & Ratings

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March 2025
A fun game maybe for like 1-2 playthroughs as the game would quickly become boring to replay as every mission and activity in it is a setup for a reference to 1980's culture, retro gaming or other indie games. Yes, Phil Fish is in here. The jokes are cool if you were around gaming and it's communities in general in the 2000's as I was able to grasp a lot of them. The game doesn't have anything else to offer after you finish it, though. Unless you're one of them ppl that love to slog through 100% completions.
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Feb. 2025
This game is a classic. I remember playing this game on my PSVita when i was in Middle school, great times. Think i gotten RCR on PSplus when it was listed. RCR has loads of references and easter eggs to the classic Retro games like the NES for example. Already ran into a Mega man 2 melody ost as well 😂. If you lke 8 BIT games then you'll love this classic love letter to Retro nostalgia gamers. I was exposed to retro games a lot even though im 22. So i feel right at home playing RCR. This will be my comfort game for nostalgia sake. Oh and use Lossless Scaling to play RCR at 100+ FPS. This is awesome technology i would recommend playing older games with that has capped framerate.
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Jan. 2025
I played this back in 2014. It was meh back then, and it's still meh today. A barebones GTA with 80s references. After completing the story, there's not really much to do. Side missions are available. Buy the game on sale. Your mileage may vary. Either you'll enjoy it, or you'll refund it within 2 hours. Rating: 7/10
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Jan. 2025
I finally decided to sit down and beat this game after owning it for 12 years. It's genuinely funny, a hell of a lot of fun to play, and its packed with secrets and features. Great little game.
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Sept. 2024
The Dark Souls of GTA demakes Congraturation, you have been awarded the best game of 20XX. Thank you. Retro City Rampage is a very self-referential title with both retro and contemporary gaming references for the time, where you play a game that was originally a de-make of GTA III but from a top down perspective. Aside from the witty writing it does enough to be unique though, as the controls are very sharp with most of the deaths within the game coming as a result of the player instead of the game itself due to the options the player has at his disposal. Some critics have argued that the game takes a sharp difficulty spike towards the end of the game, but in my opinion the end of the game sections become far easier when you realize that every enemy is visible on the over-world map and you are given weapons that can hit the targets on the map before you are even in their attack range to shoot and kill you. The options you have seem very overwhelming initially with many ways to customize the layout and graphics of the screen itself but weirdly not many ways to customize the controls unless you're playing with a controller. That being said, the actions the titular "Player" character can perform vary wildly with the stomp mechanic (being able to pause your momentum in the air and fall down like a lead balloon) being the key to success as if you master it you can easily take out groups of enemies without taking damage and in my opinion is the easiest way to clear the dreaded "Death Cam VHS" (parody of Smash TV) without dying. If you're intending on 100%ing the game, I would advise against it personally. If you're taking your time and playing mini-games inbetween the main story and sidequest the game can be cleared in 8-10 hours. However, the 100% requires picking up small collectables that are arbitrarily put on a map and bonus "spree" missions that often require luck for the gold medal as the pedestrian spawns are always random. (Most notably being the 50 in 50 gold medal with the steamroller.) Conclusion It's a good experience as an indie game with many hidden secrets and minigames that are charming and on the surface add to the experience and hint that they're far more beneath the surface but the joy of playing will be stripped away from your soul if you ever decided to 100% the game and leave it in another castle. 7/10
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Frequently Asked Questions

Retro City Rampage™ DX is currently priced at 14.99€ on Steam.

Retro City Rampage™ DX is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 14.99€ on Steam.

Retro City Rampage™ DX received 2,118 positive votes out of a total of 2,405 achieving a rating of 8.44.
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Retro City Rampage™ DX was developed and published by Vblank Entertainment and Inc..

Retro City Rampage™ DX is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Retro City Rampage™ DX is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Retro City Rampage™ DX is playable and fully supported on Linux.

Retro City Rampage™ DX is a single-player game.

Retro City Rampage™ DX does not currently offer any DLC.

Retro City Rampage™ DX does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Retro City Rampage™ DX does not support Steam Remote Play.

Retro City Rampage™ DX is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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Retro City Rampage™ DX PEGI 12
14.99€
8.4
2,118
287
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Developer
Vblank Entertainment, Inc.
Publisher
Vblank Entertainment, Inc.
Release 11 Nov 2014
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