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Now Announcing: Retro Gadgets Playground Release Date!

Retro Gadgets · published 4 Sep 2025, 13:07 UTC

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Hi Gadgeteers!

With further updates on the Retro Gadgets Story Mode coming soon, today we’re pleased to bring you news that the Retro Gadgets Playground will be coming for FREE on Sep 18th!

Retro Gadgets Playground launches FREE on 🗓️ September 18th!

Delivered as a separate Steam app, the Retro Gadgets Playground lets you download and play gadgets from the main game completely for free. Share your creations with friends, or simply use gadgets like any other application to run on your computer throughout your day.

Check it out on Steam here

Browsing the available gadgets on Steam or from a simple webpage, anyone can play and use gadgets for free!

Maybe…

☑️ Create your own simple desktop game.

☑️ Measure your work in a productivity tool.

☑️ Build your own code-checker, calculator or audio player.

✅ And best of all: share them with anyone!

Community Update

We know many of you have been keen to hear what’s next for Retro Gadgets. Launching the Playground, we’re excited to bring new players into the Retro Gadgets community – but our work doesn’t stop there.

We will be sharing new updates on the Retro Gadgets Story Mode and our next steps from Early Access towards full launch in the near future. Be sure to follow our Steam community (👆 top of this page!) to be amongst the first to know or join the official Discord where we’ll keep sharing exclusive previews. Also, a surprise update of Retro Gadgets is going to happen on September 18th, to celebrate Retro Gadgets Playground release!

First look at Retro Gadgets Story Mode in action!

Once again we thank you for your continued patience and trust. We hope you are as excited as we are for what’s to come!

Thanks,

~ Retro Gadgets team

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