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Retro Gadgets is a sandbox where you build, code, and customize gadgets inspired by old-school electronics.

Retro Gadgets is a early access, puzzle and logic game developed by Licorice ehf and Studio Evil and published by Licorice ehf.
Released on November 30th 2022 is available only on Windows in 8 languages: English, Italian, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Portugal and Simplified Chinese.

It has received 457 reviews of which 425 were positive and 32 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.6 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for less on Eneba.

The Steam community has classified Retro Gadgets into these genres:

Early Access Puzzle Logic Programming Automation Simulation Difficult Retro Electronic Building 1990's Education Typing 1980s Singleplayer 2D Sandbox Coding Game Development Hacking

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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
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS *: Microsoft Windows 8 / 8.1 / 10 (64 bit)
  • Processor: Intel Core2Duo 2GHz or AMD equivalent (or better)
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Intel HD series 5000 (or better) or discrete video card
  • DirectX: Version 9.0c
  • Storage: 300 MB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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Nov. 2025
What a hidden gem. This game made me love coding again. Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of elements of this game that I don't enjoy (details below). I think anyone who has an interest in coding will find fun and fulfillment in this little game. But in its current state, I don't think I would recommend for anyone that is new to coding, or to anyone that expects a sandbox experience that they can pick up easily. Pros: + "Retro" pixel-arty aesthetic is very well done + Gadget components are fun, and simply messing around with them sparks project ideas Cons: - Menu navigation is fairly unintuitive and frustrating until you spend a couple hours with it - Tutorials are pretty clunky to learn from, especially if you're already challenged by menu navigation - Code editor is truly terrible. Lacking key features like find/replace, navigate to definition, and sometimes falsely reporting syntax errors where there are none. There's no way to get around this by editing your source code in an external editor (in contrast to "The Farmer Was Replaced", which did this decently) Really excited for the campaign mode, and hopefully for new input/output components and customization options. Workshop support for custom gadget components would be a dream.
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July 2025
I wish there was Python. You get Lua instead. But y'know what, it'll do. It'll do. Lua is quite good as well. I'd want some areas to get polished here and there though, in regards to the physical/exterior aspects of decorating and building your gadgets. The coding part of the game is quite good, no complains there. The workshop concept was a genius thing to implement. It's like attending irl hackerspaces but you have the freedom to take copies of peoples work, improve upon them or just take apart and learn. Great to use this game for prototypes before moving onto real hardware, or great for beginners to dip their toes in and see if they wanna level up their programming hobby to the next level (migrating from PC only code, to physical, some day).
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June 2025
it seems like a great game, but my computer can't play it very well. you should only buy if your PC meets the requirements
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Feb. 2025
I'm honestly amazed this isn't a massively well-known sandbox game on Steam. To the devs, I would definitely recommend adding some more functionality to the gadget-building table, but other than that this game is criminally underrated.
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Jan. 2025
In first two days of me buying the game, I sank 16 hours into it and already started to write a UI library for the screens. Loving it!
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Frequently Asked Questions

Retro Gadgets is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam.

Retro Gadgets is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 19.99€ on Steam.

Retro Gadgets received 425 positive votes out of a total of 457 achieving a rating of 8.62.
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Retro Gadgets was developed by Licorice ehf and Studio Evil and published by Licorice ehf.

Retro Gadgets is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Retro Gadgets is not playable on MacOS.

Retro Gadgets is not playable on Linux.

Retro Gadgets is a single-player game.

Retro Gadgets does not currently offer any DLC.

Retro Gadgets is fully integrated with Steam Workshop. Visit Steam Workshop.

Retro Gadgets does not support Steam Remote Play.

Retro Gadgets 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.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Retro Gadgets.

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Retro Gadgets
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Rating
8.6
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32
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Licorice ehf, Studio Evil
Publisher
Licorice ehf
Release 30 Nov 2022
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