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
1,808 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Amok Runner
Open-world action adventure where a spreading disease turns townspeople into enemies
60% positive
199 reviews
Demo Top Racer Collection
A 16-bit arcade racing collection with split-screen and online competition
88% positive
199 reviews
Vulture for NetHack
Isometric roguelike with random dungeons and permanent death
71% positive
198 reviews
Raptor: Call of the Shadows (1994 Classic Edition)
Top-down scrolling shooter where destroyed targets fund your ship upgrades
92% positive
198 reviews
Tinytopia
A city builder with toy buildings and physics-based stacking challenges
86% positive
196 reviews
Demo Strange Pong
Paddle-and-ball arcade game with level modifiers and boss fights
96% positive
Free
Demo Cult of PiN
Roguelike pinball with destructible bumpers and upgrades that change runs
74% positive
196 reviews
The Dark Eye : Book of Heroes
Cooperative fantasy dungeon crawling across procedurally generated maps
40% positive
194 reviews
Demo Spectacular Sparky
Side-scrolling run-and-gun action starring a rabbit who hunts space fugitives
87% positive
194 reviews
Secret Agent HD
2D puzzle platformer with classic missions and a level editor
98% positive
193 reviews
River City: Rival Showdown
Side-scrolling beat 'em up with RPG mechanics and branching endings
52% positive
193 reviews
Demo BioMenace Remastered
A remastered 2D run-and-gun platformer about rescuing hostages from monsters
99% positive
193 reviews
TARTARUS
First-person puzzle adventure with spaceship systems controlled through typed commands
52% positive
192 reviews
PROTOTYPE原型
A cyberpunk visual novel about artificially recreating the human mind
84% positive
Free
Beyond Hanwell Teaser: The Royal Hallamshire
First-person horror teaser with multiple routes through a hospital
86% positive
Free
Pixel Ripped 1989
A VR adventure balancing handheld gaming with classroom distractions
83% positive
190 reviews
Robot Wants It All
A robot platforming collection built for runs against the clock
89% positive
190 reviews
Bighead Runner
A pixel-art arcade runner built around chasing higher scores
69% positive
190 reviews
Glitchpunk
Top-down cyberpunk action with hacking and escalating police chases
47% positive
190 reviews
Demo ARKOS
First-person fantasy shooter with magic and destructible voxel environments
78% positive
190 reviews
Demo LOST SPHEAR
A Japanese RPG where memories restore pieces of the world
58% positive
189 reviews
Demo 拯救大魔王2:逆流 Falsemen2:Upstream
A turn-based fantasy RPG where you play the villain
60% positive
189 reviews
Demo Dead Season
Turn-based zombie tactics where making noise draws more enemies
69% positive
189 reviews
Sapo 3D
3D platformer where a frog collects flies to unlock levels
95% positive
187 reviews