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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Night Guard - The Last Shift
Retro first-person horror where routine security work takes a threatening turn
87% positive
Free
Legends of the Universe - StarCore
A spaceship metroidvania where upgrades change how you move
74% positive
126 reviews
Trash Horror Collection 4
Seven short horror games mixing retro scares and toilet humor
85% positive
126 reviews
Digital Meow
A precision platformer with a cat in a digital world
84% positive
126 reviews
The Backrooms: Liminal Space
First-person horror exploration presented as grainy, distorted camcorder footage
91% positive
126 reviews
Floor Plan VR
First-person VR puzzle adventure played entirely inside an elevator
89% positive
125 reviews
AI
Pocket Cars
Arcade combat racing with RC cars and physics-based stunts
87% positive
125 reviews
Geneforge 5: Overthrow
Turn-based fantasy RPG about creating monsters and choosing sides
92% positive
124 reviews
1993 Space Machine
Side-scrolling space shooter with local co-op for four players
76% positive
124 reviews
Dadish 2
A retro 2D platformer with rocket rides and fast-food enemies
96% positive
124 reviews
Batsugun
Arcade bullet hell shooter with experience-based upgrades and multiple ship types
95% positive
124 reviews
Dead Beacon
First-person survival horror with a map you can write on
83% positive
124 reviews
Axyz
A 3D puzzle platformer where changing gravity opens new routes
98% positive
124 reviews
From The Past
First-person horror walking simulator beginning with car trouble in a forest
71% positive
124 reviews
Anomalous
Retro first-person shooter about escaping a city ruined by experiments
83% positive
123 reviews
Demo LOVE 3
A precision platformer with checkpoints you can place yourself
97% positive
123 reviews
Rune Legacy Idle
Fantasy idle RPG with character customization and cooperative adventures
50% positive
123 reviews
The Rocky Horror Show Video Game
A retro platformer through mansion traps, backed by chiptune songs
87% positive
123 reviews
The Roach Hotel
First-person horror in a hotel with shifting walls and roaches
87% positive
Free
Void Source
A side-scrolling arcade shooter where matching weapons increase firepower
81% positive
122 reviews
The Making of Karateka
Interactive documentary tracing a student developer's early martial arts game
98% positive
122 reviews
Demo Abscission
A point-and-click detective story mixing murder investigations with cosmic horror
92% positive
122 reviews
Midnight Special
Point-and-click survival horror about a babysitter's night at a manor
71% positive
122 reviews
Gorble
A physics-based dungeon crawler where you move by flicking a marble
98% positive
Free