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
1,806 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
Retro side-scrolling platformer with four campaigns and local battles
95% positive
15K reviews
Demo White Knuckle
First-person roguelite climbing with momentum, horror, and permadeath
98% positive
15K reviews
F.E.A.R.
First-person horror shooter with slow-motion gunfights and paranormal threats
93% positive
15K reviews
Look Outside
Turn-based survival horror RPG inside a monster-filled apartment building
98% positive
15K reviews
Idle Slayer
Pixel-art incremental platformer mixing active play with offline progress
81% positive
Free
Songs of Conquest
Turn-based fantasy strategy with tactical battles and kingdom building
85% positive
13K reviews
RIFT
Free-to-play fantasy MMORPG with flexible classes and roaming invasions
74% positive
Free
Post Void
Fast-paced first-person shooter where kills refill a liquid-filled idol
97% positive
12K reviews
Half-Life 2: Deathmatch
Multiplayer first-person shooter where physics turns objects into weapons
89% positive
12K reviews
Mortal Online 2
First-person sandbox MMORPG with full-loot PvP and classless progression
58% positive
12K reviews
Friends vs Friends
Fast-paced first-person shooter where cards disrupt competitive matches
83% positive
12K reviews
Suzerain
Text-based political RPG where presidential choices reshape a nation
92% positive
11K reviews
RetroArch
Free emulation frontend for running and configuring classic games
88% positive
Free
FlyKnight
First-person dungeon crawler with limb-targeting combat and co-op
96% positive
11K reviews
SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE
First-person roguelike shooter where time moves only when you do
85% positive
10K reviews
Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition
Party-based fantasy RPG with tactical, real-time-with-pause combat and consequential choices
91% positive
9,887 reviews
Demo Absolum
A fantasy beat 'em up with spells and roguelite runs
91% positive
9,749 reviews
SUPERHOT VR
VR puzzle shooter where your movement controls time
76% positive
9,643 reviews
Quake II
Classic sci-fi first-person shooter with campaigns, co-op, and deathmatch
94% positive
9,187 reviews
SimCity™ 4 Deluxe Edition
Single-player city builder focused on regional planning and transportation
81% positive
8,955 reviews
DOOM 64
Single-player first-person shooter hunting demons through abandoned Mars facilities
92% positive
8,885 reviews
Demo FAITH: The Unholy Trinity
Retro pixel horror about exorcising demons across three chapters
94% positive
8,848 reviews
Return to Castle Wolfenstein
World War II shooter mixing military combat and occult horror
92% positive
8,702 reviews
REFLEXIA Prototype ver.
A psychological horror visual novel that questions dating-sim conventions
97% positive
Free