Developer: Mr Qwak
At a glance
11 Steam reviews rate it “Positive” (100% positive). Released on October 28, 2025 by Mr Qwak. Current price: $11.99.
Description
Rev your engines and get ready for a thrilling ride with Retro Racing 2, the ultimate old-school retro racing game that brings back the excitement of classic 2D top-down racing.
Choose from a variety of cars, each with unique performance characteristics, and race across diverse tracks and challenging environments. Collect power-ups, to increase Top Speed, Acceleration and Tires, or for an instant Nitro boost, and speed your way to the top of the leaderboard!
This nostalgic yet fresh racing game offers an adrenaline-pumping experience that will keep you hooked for hours. Slick graphics and exhilarating gameplay make Retro Racing 2 a must-play for racing enthusiasts of all ages.
Features
• Classic 2D Top-Down Racing: Enjoy the simplicity and thrill of retro-style racing with modern enhancements.
• Cars: Choose from a variety of cars, each with distinct speed, handling, and acceleration attributes to suit your racing style and track.
• Power-Ups: Collect power-ups scattered across the tracks to boost your car’s performance and gain an edge over your rivals.
• Level Packs: Race through various challenging environments including:
• Practice: Hone your skills and master the tracks before taking on tougher challenges.
• Circuits: Traditional racing tracks for a pure, competitive experience.
• Snow: Slippery and unpredictable tracks to test your control.
• Sand: Tight sandy tracks that require careful handling and quick reflexes to avoid sliding off course.
• Split-Screen Multiplayer: Compete with up to 4 players in split-screen mode and quadruple the fun!
• Leaderboards: Climb to the top of the leaderboard, showcasing your racing prowess and achieving the ultimate bragging rights.
Why You'll Love It
• Fun for All Ages: Simple yet engaging gameplay makes it perfect for players of all ages.
• Replay Value: Multiple cars, power-ups, and level packs, every race offers a new and exciting challenge, will keep you coming back to improve on your best time.
• Competitive Spirit: The leaderboard adds a competitive edge, encouraging players to continuously improve their skills and outperform their friends.
Get Ready to Race!
Join the Retro Racing 2 community and relive the glory days of arcade racing with a modern twist. Whether you’re a seasoned racer or a newcomer, there’s always a thrill waiting for you on the track.
Download Retro Racing 2 today and experience the ultimate in retro racing fun!
Supported languages: english, french, italian, german, spanish - spain, portuguese - portugal, portuguese - brazil
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System Requirements
Windows
- OS *: Windows 7 SP1 or later
- Processor: Dual-core 2.0 GHz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: OpenGL 3.3 compatible GPU (e.g. Intel HD 4000)
- Storage: 100 MB available space
- Sound Card: Any
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Quad-core 2.5 GHz
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Dedicated GPU with OpenGL 4.1 support (e.g. NVIDIA GTX 660 or better)
- Storage: 100 MB available space
- Sound Card: Any
Mac
- OS: macOS 10.11
- Processor: Apple M1 or Intel Core M
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- OS: macOS 10.11
- Processor: Apple M1 or Intel Core M
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
User Reviews
Retro Racing 2 pairs a minimalistic three-button left/right/accelerate control scheme with immaculately tuned momentum physics for a pleasingly tactile top-down racing game. While it is basic in style and slight in terms of the number and variety of tracks and modes*, its substance is found in the effort of mastering the controls and learning each track, improving from clumsily clawing for pole position to chasing personal or leaderboard bests, flinging the car, in the most satisfying manner, into drifts around hairpin turns, past hazards and long-since lapped opponents.
*(it does include a 2-4 player split-screen mode I have not tried, but can imagine being fun, particularly for parties at similar skill levels)
Good game
This game is made by the same author of the old classic racing game "Nitro" for the Commodore Amiga, and inherits many of its features and the overall feel. Now, if you like the fast 2d scrolling like the good old arcades, multiplayer in the same (real) room on the same screen up to 4 player like the good old afternoons of late 80s and 90s, you are welcome and this is will be a great game!
13minutes are enough to understand that what we get here is the best possible 2d racing game I have ever played. The controls are just fantastic and so intuitive ! The GFXs are juicy, SFX perfectly match.... what Can I say ? It's just tons of fun and exactly what I was expecting for ! Thank you so much !
I already owned this great little game on both iOS and Android, but didn't think twice about buying it again on Steam.
It's a fantastic little racer that prioritises fun over realism and is all the better for it. Courses are nicely designed - enough of a challenge to make them worth playing, without them being frustrating. The graphics are cute and colourful and perfectly capture the 8 and 16 bit era, without sticking too slavishly to them. The ability to use a controller rather than touchscreen controls makes the game even better to play (although the iOS and Android touchscreen controls were pretty good) and the whole thing is just fun, fun, fun.
If there's a criticism, it's that it's not the toughest game in the world - an hour in and I've almost raced all the tracks (and come first on most of them), although there's still the challenge of buying all the cars. Frankly, though, I'd rather have a short game that gave me a few hours of immense fun, than one which has a longer term challenge but feels like a grind to get through.
Fans of fun, arcade racers should buy this. End of.
Additional Information
| Developer | Mr Qwak |
| Platforms | Windows |
| Age rating | None |
| Release date | October 28, 2025 |
| User reviews | 100% positive (11) |