Retro Brawl Latest version: v12.98

92 MB • Updated Jul 10, 2026

Retro Brawl Mod Overview

The Retro Brawl mod revives the classic pixel-style look of Brawl Stars from 2017–2019. This version comes with colorful visuals, smooth animations, and special effects, giving players a nostalgic yet fresh experience. It’s designed for easy play on PCs and mobile devices alike, with a simple interface and responsive controls.

Players can enjoy fast-paced action with 21 unique characters from that era, along with regular updates to keep the gameplay engaging. It’s one of the most complete fan-made mods, blending classic visuals with private-server features for a fun, unstoppable Brawl Stars experience.

Who the Retro Brawl Mod Is For

This mod is aimed at players who want the nostalgia of early Brawl Stars rather than the current live game — think of it as a preserved snapshot rather than a private server that tracks new official updates. As a result, progress here is separate from both the official game and from other private servers on this site.

Core Features & Benefits

Retro Brawl vs. Current Official Brawl Stars

Is the Retro Brawl Mod Safe to Install?

Yes, as long as you download the Retro Brawl mod from a trusted source. It runs on its own separate server, so it doesn’t touch your official Brawl Stars account or data, and installing it won’t get your main account banned.

Good practice either way: don’t sign in with your main Supercell account anywhere in a private server, and always grab updates from a source you trust.

Server Rules

These rules exist to keep the server a safe, fair, and enjoyable place to play. By playing here, you agree to follow them — and to help the team enforce them when needed.

1. Communication & Player Conduct

• Don’t threaten, insult, defame, or discriminate against other players — based on gender, race, nationality, orientation, or similar.
• Don’t provoke others or engage in toxic behavior that stirs up conflict.
• Keep usernames and club names free of insults, provocations, or other inappropriate content.
• Don’t post messages that encourage suicide, violence, or hatred.
• Don’t post hate speech, political campaigning, or religious propaganda.
• Don’t flood chat with mass, repetitive, or otherwise disruptive messages (spam).
• Don’t misrepresent communication with fake quotes attributed to staff, players, or bots.

2. Sharing Information

• Only share outside links — Discord servers, websites, Telegram bots, and similar — if they’re official or approved by the team.
• Don’t post referral links, invite codes, or advertising for other projects.
• Don’t mislead players with false information, fakes, or fabricated “insider” claims.
• Don’t publish another person’s personal information without their consent.
• Don’t post, store, or share sexual, violent, or otherwise shocking (NSFW) material.

3. Software & Technical Interference

• Don’t use third-party software of any kind — cheats, autoclickers, bots, macros, and similar tools.
• Don’t interfere with how the client or server works — no decompiling, debugging, or intercepting/altering network packets.
• Don’t use or spread bugs, exploits, or undocumented mechanics — report them to the team instead.
• Don’t modify the client in any way, including purely visual changes (skins, effects, UI tweaks).
• Don’t attempt to bypass region locks, device restrictions, or other project safeguards.

4. Accounts, Clubs & In-Game Economy

• Don’t sell, transfer, or trade game accounts.
• Don’t sell clubs, roles, boosts, items, in-game currency, or resources.
• Don’t run any commercial activity without the team’s approval.
• Don’t set up fake “official” sites, channels, or groups.
• Don’t run or join a club that engages in win-trading (dishonestly farming trophies).
• Don’t take part in mass collusion, scheming, or coordinated rule-breaking.

The team can ban accounts that break these rules without prior warning. Serious violations can result in a permanent restriction across every project the team runs.

5. Interacting With the Team

• Don’t impersonate staff, moderators, developers, or anyone representing the project.
• Don’t sabotage moderation — for example, by mass-reporting innocent players.
• Don’t deliberately misrepresent facts when contacting support.
• Never attempt to bribe, pressure, threaten, or blackmail the team.
• Don’t take part in efforts to damage the project’s reputation.

6. Abuse & Rule-Skirting

• Don’t deliberately disrupt other players’ matches — no trolling, throwing, or going AFK on purpose.
• Don’t abuse events, reward systems, or the report/complaint system.
• The team can revoke prizes or purchases obtained dishonestly.

7. Reports & Complaints

File rule-breaking reports properly, and send them to @magic_brawl_complaints on Telegram or complaints@magicbrawl.gg (slower to respond, since the team monitors it less actively) — the same Magic Team channel used for their other private servers, including this one. The team typically handles reports within 14 business days. Reports without enough evidence, or that don’t follow this format, may not get a response.

Include as much detail as you can: the usernames involved, when it happened, what happened, and screenshots or video if you have them.

Anonymous, incomplete, or clearly bad-faith reports may be ignored.

How to Install the Retro Brawl Mod

Installing the Retro Brawl mod takes just a few minutes on either platform — no root or jailbreak required. Here’s the process for each:

Android

1. Download the APK using the button on this page.
2. Enable “Install from unknown sources” in your device settings if prompted.
3. Open the downloaded file and tap Install.
4. Launch the game and log in.

Need more detail, including screenshots for each step? See the full Android install guide.

iOS

1. Download the IPA from this page.
2. Sideload it with a tool like AltStore or Sideloadly (this requires a computer).
3. Trust the developer profile in Settings once installed.
4. Enable Developer Mode on the device if the game prompts for it, then launch.

Sideloadly is one of several ways to get the IPA onto your iPhone — see the full Sideloadly install guide for the step-by-step.