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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Syder Arcade
A side-scrolling space shooter with enemies attacking from both directions
85% positive
466 reviews
METAL MAX Xeno Reborn
An open-world JRPG about tank combat and a battle dog
68% positive
465 reviews
March of the Living
Zombie survival roguelite with group management and life-or-death decisions
71% positive
463 reviews
Demo Avadon: The Black Fortress
Isometric fantasy RPG with turn-based battles and a conspiracy to uncover
80% positive
462 reviews
UDONGEIN X
Side-scrolling action platformer with bullet dodging and boss-specific mechanics
92% positive
462 reviews
The Mobius Machine
Side-scrolling metroidvania with free aiming and an interconnected alien world
82% positive
459 reviews
Mutant Mudds Deluxe
A precision platformer with paths through foreground and background layers
79% positive
458 reviews
Raid Auctus
Idle RPG where you build and upgrade a raid team
59% positive
454 reviews
Late Homework | 遅れた宿題
Short survival horror about retrieving homework from a monster-haunted school
95% positive
450 reviews
Legend of Himari
Side-scrolling arcade action with combos that make each hit stronger
90% positive
449 reviews
Demo Unusual Findings
1980s point-and-click adventure about three friends tracking a killer alien
86% positive
449 reviews
BeaterCore
Arcade racing with beat-up cars that need repairs and tuning
83% positive
449 reviews
RPG Tycoon
Fantasy kingdom management built around sending heroes on quests
52% positive
447 reviews
Demo Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved
A detective visual novel mixing pixel portraits with pre-rendered backgrounds
93% positive
446 reviews
CALLUS
A psychological horror walking simulator about a mother's controlling attachment
78% positive
446 reviews
Demo 99Vidas
Side-scrolling beat 'em up with four-player local and online co-op
76% positive
445 reviews
2112TD: Tower Defense Survival
Sci-fi tower defense built around turrets, airstrikes, and active abilities
88% positive
444 reviews
Demo Toree Saturn
A 3D platformer where landing a dive boosts your speed
92% positive
443 reviews
Oknytt
Point-and-click adventure with elemental runes and creatures from Swedish folklore
93% positive
442 reviews
Tiny Toy Tanks
An arcade tank shooter with TNT, magnets, and turbo movement
93% positive
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Demo Chronicles of the Wolf
Side-scrolling action adventure with new abilities opening interconnected paths
81% positive
442 reviews
[Bober Bros] No Means Nothing
Choice-driven psychological horror about setting boundaries with a manipulative coworker
94% positive
442 reviews
Paper Sorcerer
Turn-based dungeon crawler with monster allies inside a magical book
82% positive
440 reviews
Putrefaction
First-person horror shooter with infected hordes and giant bosses
68% positive
438 reviews