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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Demo Hero's Hour
Fantasy strategy RPG with turn-based planning and real-time army battles
78% positive
4,868 reviews
Eternium
Free-to-play dungeon crawler with swords, spells, guns, and loot
81% positive
Free
Demo The World of Kungfu: Dragon and Eagle
Turn-based martial arts RPG with rival factions and branching choices
61% positive
4,823 reviews
Wasteland 2: Director's Cut
Isometric tactical RPG with turn-based squad combat and consequential choices
82% positive
4,802 reviews
Demo Beyond Citadel
Anime-style first-person shooter with jamming guns and apocalyptic enemies
96% positive
4,675 reviews
Risen 3 - Titan Lords
Open-world action RPG with guild choices and nonlinear quests
73% positive
4,654 reviews
Rock 'N' Roll Defense
Tower defense with speakers protecting a concert from enemy waves
88% positive
4,510 reviews
Tomb Raider I (1996)
Third-person tomb exploration with platforming, puzzles, and combat
85% positive
4,388 reviews
Demo Painkiller Hell & Damnation
Fast-paced first-person shooter fighting demon hordes through Purgatory
78% positive
4,355 reviews
FATE
Single-player fantasy dungeon crawler built around loot and procedural floors
95% positive
4,326 reviews
Wolfenstein 3D
Retro first-person shooter about escaping a maze-like Nazi fortress
93% positive
4,287 reviews
Chicken Invaders Universe
Top-down arcade shooter against chickens across a galaxy of missions
91% positive
Free
Mega Man Legacy Collection
Six classic 8-bit action platformers with remixed challenge stages
88% positive
4,229 reviews
Neighbours back From Hell
Point-and-click puzzle comedy about pranking a neighbor without getting caught
95% positive
4,229 reviews
DRAGON QUEST III HD-2D Remake
Classic fantasy JRPG remade in 2.5D with turn-based party combat
75% positive
4,189 reviews
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
Mission-based stealth action with multiple ways to eliminate targets
80% positive
4,181 reviews
PAPERHEAD EP.0
Fast-paced horror shooter set in a blood-soaked cardboard world
93% positive
4,127 reviews
Unsorted Horror
First-person horror shorts built around machinery in dark dystopian settings
97% positive
Free
Dungeon Siege
Isometric action RPG with a growing party and continuous world
81% positive
4,077 reviews
Demo Hard Reset Extended Edition
Old-school first-person shooter with upgradeable weapons and destructible cyberpunk environments
81% positive
3,984 reviews
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream
Point-and-click horror about five captives tormented by a computer
89% positive
3,967 reviews
Progressbar95
Casual arcade game about filling bars on retro desktops
96% positive
3,936 reviews
Maximum Action
Fast-paced first-person shooter with slow-motion gunfights and sandbox levels
89% positive
3,910 reviews
BROKE PROTOCOL
Open-world city roleplaying sandbox with moddable vehicles and rules
74% positive
Free