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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Super Sami Roll
A physics-based 3D platformer with rolling and tongue grappling
82% positive
183 reviews
Barbotine
Short, experimental horror with apartment exploration and close-range combat
91% positive
183 reviews
Decision Legacy Collection
Top-down action-strategy collection about reclaiming zombie-infested cities and defending kingdoms
85% positive
183 reviews
Employee of The Month
First-person horror about working in a strange rural store
96% positive
182 reviews
Arcadia Cafe
Psychological horror that turns a routine cafe shift into a threat
91% positive
181 reviews
Demo Girlfriend from Hell
A point-and-click puzzle game about sabotaging your boyfriend with traps
83% positive
181 reviews
Cave Crawler 2
Side-scrolling precision platformer with cave hazards and four-direction shooting
90% positive
Free
Restless Grounds
First-person horror shooter where you load every bullet by hand
87% positive
Free
Demo Devilated
First-person shooter where enemy bodies become shields and health
82% positive
179 reviews
DIGITAL EXORCIST case_(0);
Detective visual novel with crime scene investigations and demon encounters
94% positive
Free
Demo Mirklurk: Every Step Matters
Turn-based survival RPG with combat built around weapon attack patterns
96% positive
179 reviews
SunAge: Battle for Elysium
Squad-based real-time strategy where units can switch between combat roles
70% positive
178 reviews
FreeInfantry
A tactical top-down shooter where momentum and ricochets shape firefights
80% positive
Free
Space Elite Force
Side-scrolling space shooter with ship upgrades and local co-op
89% positive
176 reviews
Kingdom Shell
A pixel-art metroidvania combining melee combat, spells, and hidden paths
85% positive
176 reviews
The Chameleon
Stealth built around transforming into enemies and using superpowers
90% positive
175 reviews
Cosmobreeder Yiffai
Retro 2D exploration platformer about rescuing crewmates on an alien world
84% positive
175 reviews
Dverghold
First-person dungeon crawling with turn-based battles and a mercenary camp
90% positive
175 reviews
Queen of Seas
Underwater platformer with coin collecting and scuba suit upgrades
79% positive
174 reviews
Sumatra: Fate of Yandi
A point-and-click adventure about a logger stranded in the jungle
96% positive
174 reviews
3dSen VR
NES emulator that turns supported games into VR voxel dioramas
89% positive
174 reviews
Demo Ruffy and the Riverside
3D puzzle platformer where swapping textures changes objects and paths
84% positive
174 reviews
GHOSTWARE: Arena of the Dead
A retro first-person shooter set in a simulated afterlife
75% positive
173 reviews
Kick Ass Commandos
Top-down shooter where rescued commandos join your growing squad
92% positive
172 reviews