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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…

28 May 2020

Retrograde Arena is an arcade developed by Freemergency, released 28 May 2020 on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Retrograde Arena is

Retrograde Arena is an arcade game developed by Freemergency and released in 2020. It was published by Neon Doctrine. It is available on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Retrograde Arena is a multiplayer twin stick shooter where bullets don’t kill, but the environment does! Weapons are your ultimate tools, not just for blasting enemies, but for propelling your customizable Drone around the maps at great speed! Mastering Retrograde Arena’s recoil propulsion and the impact of the various weapons is essential for victory in the neon soaked world of Retrograde Arena.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, comedy and party. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

Retrograde Arena launched on 28 May 2020, within three weeks of Valorant, Desperados III, Deep Rock Galactic and Tetris Effect: Connected. It arrived 3 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Valorant, Desperados III, Deep Rock Galactic, Tetris Effect: Connected.

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When did Retrograde Arena come out?
Retrograde Arena was released on 28 May 2020 for Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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