Play that feels like your family.
Bring the people you love into the games you love, and make every adventure a little more personal.
Meet your crewA small screen with a big heart
A little world.
A lot of wonder.
Put your family in the game and give kids a more intentional way to play. Made for little hands, big imaginations, and the people they love.
A little world of our own ✳Hello, we’re Family Retro
The good kind
of getting lost.
In a story. In a challenge. In a little pixel world where someone who looks like you is right there on the adventure.
A world that stays little.
Make space for a favorite game, familiar faces, and a little adventure you can enjoy together.
See the experienceCuriosity comes along.
Rediscover pixel worlds with your family. Start with a game you own and see what we can customize.
Explore the games
A little more play ✳A different kind of screen time
Room to play.
Room to grow.
We know how quickly a tablet can lead from a game to an endless feed. Family Retro is imagined as a small, dedicated place where kids can settle into what’s in front of them.
Beautiful pixel worlds, familiar faces, and adventures you can share. Start by making a favorite retro game feel like your family.
As easy as 1, 2, play
Your people.
Your adventures.
Pick a game
Upload a game file you own. We’ll identify its exact version and show the original characters you can choose from.
Choose your crew
Pick the characters to customize and save their new names. For games with build support, add photos and review your family’s pixel look.
Build and play
For supported builds, approve your sprites, review the finished game, and download your patch.
Good to know
Curious?
We like that.
A few things about Family Retro.
What is Family Retro?
Family Retro brings your family into supported retro games. Create characters from your photos and notes, review their artwork, and approve your customized game.
What makes it different from a tablet?
Family Retro is about personalizing a game you own, rather than browsing an endless feed. A dedicated handheld and original learning games are part of our longer-term vision.
What games can we play?
Original character selection is available for 19 games. Full game builds currently support Streets of Rage 2 and Street Fighter II Turbo; other recognized games let you save your character choices and names. Upload a game you own to check its exact version.
How do family characters work?
Choose a player to replace, add reference photos and a description, then review the character sheet and sample sprites. Once you approve them, we build and check the full game for your review.