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Retroid: Cartridge Protocol

A roguelike action game against evolving enemies. Wipe out the Legion across shifting battlefields, hack enemy facilities, and grow stronger with every Cartridge. Get ready for intense retro sci-fi combat!

7 November 2025

Retroid: Cartridge Protocol is an indie developed by Zero1Play, released 7 November 2025 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Retroid: Cartridge Protocol is

Retroid: Cartridge Protocol is an indie game developed by Zero1Play and released in 2025. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A roguelike action game against evolving enemies. Wipe out the Legion across shifting battlefields, hack enemy facilities, and grow stronger with every Cartridge. Get ready for intense retro sci-fi combat!
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Retroid: Cartridge Protocol launched on 7 November 2025, within three weeks of Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2, ARC Raiders, The Outer Worlds 2 and Dispatch.

Released around the same time: Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2, ARC Raiders, The Outer Worlds 2, Dispatch.

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When did Retroid: Cartridge Protocol come out?
Retroid: Cartridge Protocol was released on 7 November 2025 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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