I am looking for really well-made 'retro' style games. Something with excellent presentation. Gorgeous pixel artwork, catchy bitcrushed music, exciting but not overly modern SFX, modern QoL and gameplay, etc.
I am NOT looking for something that is 'retro' because its pixel art or because it was made in RPG maker or something.
Genre is flexible, but would prefer roguelike, RPG, or ARPG, in that order. Metroidvania is okay but some games can be tedious (mostly I hate all the backtracking that comes with it).
Examples are:
- The Last Spell
- Loop Hero
- Balatro
- Hyper Light Drifter
- Blasphemous