Run thousands of community-made gadgets as standalone apps — from games to music tools and retro utilities. Retro Gadgets Playground is a free, easy way to explore the Retro Gadgets universe.
Release Date:
Sep 18, 2025
Publisher:
General / Cinematic | Retro Gadgets Playground
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About This Software

🔧 Retro Gadgets Playground

Discover, run, and play with thousands of amazing community-made gadgets — for free!

Welcome to Retro Gadgets Playground, your standalone launcher for gadgets built by players in the hit game Retro Gadgets. With Playground, you can download, install, and run community-made gadgets as if they were standalone apps — no programming knowledge required, no need to own the main game!

🎛️ From mini-games and music players, to retro-style utilities, quirky desktop companions, creative tools, and beyond — there are thousands of gadgets waiting to be discovered. Launch them from your desktop, run them at startup, or keep your favorites running side-by-side like you're back in the golden age of computing.

🖥️ What You Can Do in Retro Gadgets Playground:

  • Browse a huge library of player-made gadgets
    Explore a growing collection of original gadgets built in the Retro Gadgets editor.

  • Run gadgets like real applications
    Each gadget runs in its own window. Launch them directly from the Playground or create desktop shortcuts for easy access.

  • Auto-launch at startup
    Want your pixel pet or retro to-do list always running in the background? Add gadgets to your Windows startup with a click.

  • Run multiple gadgets at the same time
    Mix and match — run a chiptune music player, a calculator, and a minigame, all at once.

🎮 Thousands of Gadgets. One Playground. Infinite Nostalgia.

Every gadget you find in the Playground was made by a player in Retro Gadgets — a powerful electronics sandbox where creativity knows no bounds. Playground is completely free, and it’s the perfect way to experience what the community is making.

Love what you see? You can get Retro Gadgets to start building and sharing your own creations.

System Requirements

    Minimum:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS *: Microsoft Windows 8 / 8.1 / 10 (64 bit)
    • Processor: Intel Core2Duo 2GHz or AMD equivalent (or better)
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Intel HD series 5000 (or better) or discrete video card
    • DirectX: Version 9.0
    • Storage: 300 MB available space
    Recommended:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Microsoft Windows 10 (64 bit) / 11
    • Processor: Intel Core i5 series or AMD equivalent (or better)
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM
    • Graphics: 512 MB DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics card (shader model 4)
    • DirectX: Version 9.0
    • Storage: 300 MB available space
* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.
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