Best Old School games on PC
These are older games and newer titles that use mechanics, structure, or presentation associated with earlier eras of PC gaming.
- Older or retro-inspired design
Related: Classic, Retro, Nostalgia, 1990's
1,711 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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BAZOOKA: Rhythm Game
Four-lane rhythm game with original songs and accompanying music videos
98% positive
686 reviews
Subterrain: Mines of Titan
Turn-based survival RPG exploring Titan's mines to sustain a colony
73% positive
685 reviews
Death of the Reprobate
Point-and-click adventure about doing good deeds in a painted world
96% positive
685 reviews
Demo Never Second in Rome
Turn-based Roman RPG about training and commanding Caesar's soldiers
77% positive
684 reviews
State of War : Warmonger / 蓝色警戒 (Classic 2000)
Old-school real-time strategy with airstrikes and enemy building capture
88% positive
681 reviews
Demo Potato Flowers in Full Bloom
Turn-based dungeon crawler where enemies signal their next moves
95% positive
681 reviews
Demo Bleak Sword DX
Dark fantasy action combat across tiny, cursed diorama battlefields
77% positive
681 reviews
The Crimson Diamond
Text-parser mystery adventure about a geologist investigating a diamond discovery
97% positive
678 reviews
Demo Kainga: Seeds of Civilization
Roguelite village builder where you can tame giant creatures
72% positive
672 reviews
Subspace Continuum
Free-to-play top-down space shooter with varied online battle modes
88% positive
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Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II
Isometric action RPG with dungeon crawling and magical equipment crafting
79% positive
664 reviews
Demo Sniper Killer
Retro horror thriller where you play both detective and killer
86% positive
664 reviews
Demo Platypus Reclayed
A 2D arcade shooter with handmade clay models
98% positive
662 reviews
You Are Empty: Absolute Edition
Linear first-person shooter with grotesque monsters in alternate-history Soviet Kyiv
92% positive
662 reviews
The Fall of the Dungeon Guardians - Enhanced Edition
Grid-based dungeon crawler with real-time battles you can pause
81% positive
660 reviews
Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition
Point-and-click detective adventure with a story that unfolds in real time
73% positive
654 reviews
Orc Incremental
An idle auto battler about drafting and positioning an orc army
74% positive
654 reviews
Alwa's Legacy
A 2D metroidvania with magic upgrades and dungeon puzzles
87% positive
649 reviews
Golden Lap
Minimalist racing management where staffing and pit calls shape seasons
86% positive
649 reviews
Alien Hominid HD
A hand-drawn run-and-gun shooter with burrowing and head-chomping attacks
94% positive
640 reviews
Tostchu
A cooking simulator with psychological horror instead of jump scares
83% positive
640 reviews
Demo THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD 2: Remake
An arcade rail-shooter remake with branching paths and multiple endings
43% positive
640 reviews
FINAL FANTASY IV: THE AFTER YEARS
A 3D party RPG sequel told across ten tales
61% positive
638 reviews
Pieces of me
First-person psychological thriller exploring memories in an empty school
88% positive
634 reviews