Retrocycles
In Retrocycles, you ride a bizarre vehicle that can never stop and leaves a deadly trail behind. In the most basic game mode, you can only make sudden right angle turns and are trapped
with others in an inescapable arena. The last survivor wins.
Focus is firmly on online play. Pick a server that sounds fun from the server browser, hop in, stay and play there for as long as you like with the same people. Online, you will find many variations of the core gameplay principle. There are other objectives than mere survival. In Fortress Mode, two teams face each other. Each team owns a Fortress Zone and needs to defend it while trying to conquer the enemy team’s Fortress. In Sumo Mode, everyone needs to stay inside a shrinking circle to stay alive.
The game supports custom maps (sadly without an editor) and just about every gameplay variable can be tweaked to your, or more likely, the server owner’s heart’s content. Speed, map size, trail length and timeouts are just the start. Even the rigid right angle turn rule can be bent!
Retroycles is the Steam version of the open source game Armagetron Advanced, the almost only game of its kind to stay a bit relevant for twenty years.
Features:
- Offline singleplayer against bots
- Splitscreen multiplayer for up to four players
- Online multiplayer for at least 16 players per server, servers can provide more slots
- Four builtin game modes: Last Man Standing, Last Team Standing, Fortress and Sumo
- Modded servers online also provide Racing, Capture the Flag and Mazes. And there is this one strange server with Rogue-ish RPG elements.
- Customizable keyboard layout
Game Discussion
Steam User 4
better than every other triple A game nowdays, and its also written in PURE C++??? insane
Steam User 2
I've played this game for years in the 2000s-2010s. It fills me with joy seeing that it is still relevant.
Steam User 1
also known as Armagetron Advanced, this game is an playable recreation of the Lightcycles sequence in the original Tron movie from 1982. as an open source fan project, i had many hours of fun with it before it came to Steam on my first laptop running Linux over a decade ago, it being one of the few good, easy to run (and free) games on the platform before Valve changed gaming on Linux forever. it's still quite fun, and absolutely worth checking out for an afternoon or something with friends. you can play online, over LAN, or as i originally enjoyed it with my friends, huddled around a single keyboard used to control up to 4 local players splitscreen. you can probably hook up multiple gamepads and map them with Steam Input nowadays though, if that's more your style. the settings are a bit weird to figure out by today's standards, but there are guides on Steam to help you with all that too if you need them. enjoy this piece of history!
Steam User 0
Can't beat the price!
It is a great homage to the Tron cycles game depicted in the movies. You can play this game without lightning-quick reflexes, but it is probably better if you have them. As in the game in the movie, you tend to run out of space in a hurry. Great fun for at least 15 minutes or on your lunch break.
Steam User 0
College dorm LAN party vibes. Tons of options (some of which are not explained very well unfortunately). Straightforward, bite-sized fun. What's not to like?
Steam User 0
Very fun game with a pretty steep learning curve but definitely worth playing. The team play in Fortress in a lot of fun and in Sumo as well. And there are many unique games that you should just check out.
Steam User 0
This is and old game I used to play many years ago. Its fun but dead. Highly recommended if you're looking for a unique, fun game with friends for a game night. Its simple and rewards quick reactions.