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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.

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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Dec. 2024
I had thought this was a puzzle/programming game akin to Zachtronics but it's currently just a creative sandbox for making electronic gadgets. It's a very powerful tool for a niche group of enthusiasts but without any real tutorials, guidance, or objectives to introduce mechanics and features it's currently just a playground for those enthusiasts and nothing more. I struggled to start the tutorial (it wasn't clear that you should press print to begin) and watched 40 minutes of videos explaining how the software works. The tutorials provided are just existing projects you can look at. I also struggled with the UX quite a lot. If you're buying this you should: A) Know LUA already or be prepared to learn it. B) Have ideas for what to make in mind. Anyone else will likely struggle to find reasons to get into it until the game starts providing objectives or specific things to do.
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Nov. 2024
In general, an amazing game, it does require a lot of willingness to learn how to code, but overall it's great ---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☑ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☑ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Floppy Disk ☑ Old Fashioned ☐ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☐ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☑ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☑ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☑ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☐ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☐ Average ☐ Long ☑ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☑ Worth the price ☐ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☑ Never heard of ☐ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☐ 8 ☐ 9 ☑ 10
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Oct. 2024
Retro gadgets doesn't HELP you learn LUA. It helps you get better at it. It won't hold your hand (but it has great documentation) If you like coding, Lua is quite a simple language if you don't know it. Retro Gadgets has a great aesthetic, you just make your own challenges here, whatever project you can think of, it can be made. The limitation of the "consoles" you make bring out new, creative ideas. I'm personally keen of this mix of freedom and limitation In the end, if you like coding you must try this out, it's a really fun game. :)
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Sept. 2024
I have ZERO coding experience but I figured this would be a fun way to learn. Only 1.2 hrs at the time of review but I have learned so much already and am excited to put many hours into this. Anyone who likes coding and wants to unleash their creativity with the physical devices and the coding projects should consider this one. :)
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Aug. 2024
I started this game with 0 knowledge of Lua or any other programming language. After some basic tutorials and looking through a lot of other gadgets to see how things worked, I eventually made a basic game on a Switch-like device I put together where you walk around as a cow and eat grass. Nothing special. However, this did spark my interest in programming in Lua to the point where I bought Pico-8 and spent a week making my own shooter where you go through different levels as a cow and defend crops from various enemies. Overall, if you're a fan of solving logic-based puzzles then Lua isn't too bad. Retro Gadgets will always have a special place in my heart as it was my comfy starting point. It has nearly everything you need built in including a sprite editor, coding stuff with auto-completion, and the ability to design your own Retro device. Will pro-devs like this? Prob 50/50 depending on how big your game idea is. But for neat little gadgets and basic games, it fits perfectly. As for intro devs or people with 0 idea whats going on, I recommend it! Just don't get frustrated quickly and instead enjoy the learning experience, you'll figure it out with time I promise.
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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.

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Retro Gadgets
19.99€ 22.20€
8.6
425
32
Game modes
Features
Online players
1
Developer
Licorice ehf, Studio Evil
Publisher
Licorice ehf
Release 30 Nov 2022
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