Modojo @ Shacknews Mobile Game of the Year 2025 - Retro Slam Tennis

New Star Games has delivered yet another premium mobile sports game.

Retro Slam Tennis flew under the radar this year, but those who knew, knew. It’s the latest video game from New Star Games, the BAFTA-winning studio behind Retro Bowl. Retro Slam Tennis takes those same modern-retro sports sensibilities and applies them to tennis.

In Retro Slam Tennis, players can rise through the ranks, taking on the best tennis players the world has to offer while advancing their career and making a name for themselves. Of course, with stardom comes unique problems, and this game forces players to balance and manage their relationships with friends and family as they become a tennis superstar.

We here at Shacknews are big fans of a mobile game that can be played with one hand, and Retro Slam Tennis is part of that club. It’s got a variety of courts, difficulty options, and enough content to make it an easy pick-up-and play option when you’re waiting in line, on a plane, or looking to distract yourself during a meeting.

Retro Slam Tennis isn’t just a great game that happens to be available on mobile devices, it was designed to be great on mobile devices. New Star Games does excellent work, and we’ll be there on day one for whatever the next retro sports title they’ve got up their sleeve is.