Retrowave 2 similar games & best alternatives

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Retrowave 2

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2024

Should you play it?

Neon lights, palm trees, synthwave, '80s supercars speeding down an endless highway... Welcome to the world of Retrowave!

What works

  • Strong retro-futuristic synthwave atmosphere
  • Extensive car customization and tuning
  • Relaxing and accessible gameplay
  • Good soundtrack with option to add own music
  • Affordable price and casual-friendly

Things to keep in mind

  • Limited number of maps and repetitive environments
  • Lack of multiplayer or social features
  • Some technical bugs and ui issues
  • Gameplay can feel shallow and repetitive
  • Inconsistent damage and collision mechanics

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • The Polynomial - Space of the music

  • GLONK

  • Nyan Cat: Lost In Space

  • The Alto Collection

  • Bao Bao's™ Cozy Laundromat

  • Love Breakout

Less fantastical

Games that feels like Retrowave 2 but with less imaginative fiction

  • EarthKart: Google Maps Driving Simulator

  • Retrowave

  • Drift.Wav

  • Will You Wheel?

  • Old School Rally

  • Motorcycle Mechanic Simulator 2021: Prologue

Less idle-friendly

Games that feels like Retrowave 2 but with less of an idle filler feel

  • Interstate Drifter 1999

  • Drift Of The Hill

  • Driftwood

  • Under the Sand REDUX - a road trip simulator

  • MEANDERS

  • Cyber Agent

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Retrowave

  • Drift Of The Hill

  • Hammer 2

  • VHS

  • Drift86

Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Retrowave 2. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
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).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Retrowave 2. These titles are not in What to play next.

Retrowave 2: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Idle, Survival. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Story.

Last update: 21/08/2026