Retro/Grade similar games & best alternatives

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Retro/Grade

PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2013

Should you play it?

Play a classic Shoot 'Em Up... in reverse!

What works

  • Unique reverse rhythm shooter concept
  • Catchy electronic soundtrack
  • Multiple difficulty levels and extensive challenge mode
  • Support for guitar controller and other input devices
  • Polished visuals and immersive audiovisual experience

Things to keep in mind

  • Limited number of tracks and short campaign
  • Repetitive soundtrack can cause fatigue
  • Visual effects can be overwhelming or distracting
  • Lack of multiplayer or cooperative modes
  • Some players find higher difficulties frustrating or inaccessible with certain controls

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Runner3

  • Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX

  • DEVIL BLADE REBOOT

  • DRACOMATON

  • SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS

  • Azure Striker Gunvolt

More violent

Games that feels like Retro/Grade but with more combat and destruction

  • Syder Arcade

  • DESYNC

  • Valfaris

  • Jets'n'Guns Gold

  • Vampire Hunters

  • Deadlink

More exploratory

Games that feels like Retro/Grade but with more exploration of areas and secrets

  • AMID EVIL

  • REVOLVER360 RE:ACTOR

  • Cloudbuilt

  • Hextech Mayhem: A League of Legends Story™

  • DeadCore

  • Rustil: Eternal Labyrinth Castle

Choose your own criteria ->

Similarity map

How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Retro/Grade: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Competition. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Exploration, Violence.

Last update: 03/08/2026