The Good Old Days Reviews

The Good Old Days is ranked in the -1th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
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Athanasios Aravositas
Top Critic
4 / 10
Jan 31, 2026

Attempting to channel that special The Goonies magic, indie metroidvania The Good Old Days borrows its premise and aesthetics (kind of) but stumbles in execution. The muddy level design, punishing backtracking and the especially poor controls are hard to stomach, and despite being made with multiple runs in mind, this ultimately isn’t fun or worth finishing even once.

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8.5 / 10.0
Nov 13, 2025

Old-school-infused 2D Metroidvania adventure that pays homage to the 1980s

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