Desktop Survivors 98 is more than just a retro Windows nostalgia trip

Game details Developer: Brandon Hesslau Publisher: Brandon Hesslau Platform: Windows (reviewed) Release Date: May 20, 2025 ESRB Rating: N/A Price: $4.99 Links: Steam | Official website Is it weird to have nostalgia for an operating system? I don't mean missing a particular feature that's been removed from modern versions or a specific productivity setting that's no longer supported. I mean a sense of longing for the vibes of the computer interface you grew up with, an ache for the aesthetics of user interfaces past. I would have thought I was immune to this particular brand of nostalgia. Then I happened upon Desktop Survivors 98, a new Vampire Survivors-style "bullet heaven" autoshooter that leans hard into the aesthetics of the late '90s Windows machines I grew up with. And while that low-res, 256-color presentation is what drew me in, it was the intriguing mouse-controlled gameplay underneath that has kept me coming back for more retro-styled action all week. Start me up Wh ... Read full article.