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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Threes!
An endless puzzle about sliding and combining numbered tiles
97% positive
60 reviews
Balls of Steel
Top-down pinball with classic tables and Atari arcade themes
55% positive
60 reviews
The Third Shift
Retro horror adventure where dialogue choices lead to different endings
95% positive
60 reviews
Butterflies
Open-world skating platformer with graffiti and momentum-based movement
58% positive
Free
Kickback: Shoot to Move! 👾
Top-down arena shooter where firing weapons also moves your vehicle
100% positive
60 reviews
Acorn Cop
Arcade shooter about destroying acorns without hitting people or animals
83% positive
Free
Demo Alien Strike: Blasting the Intruders
A side-scrolling run-and-gun shooter with local co-op for three
85% positive
60 reviews
DOSMan: Space Aliens in Space!
Retro first-person shooter set on a planet under alien invasion
88% positive
60 reviews
Upfall
A precision platformer about bouncing on bubbles to escape
100% positive
Free
Sir! I'd Like To Report A Bug!
Side-scrolling platformer about surviving a game tester's glitching commute
59% positive
59 reviews
PARKAN: THE IMPERIAL CHRONICLES
Open-world space simulator with boarding battles and planetary colonization
85% positive
59 reviews
Demo Kaiju Big Battel: Fighto Fantasy
Turn-based RPG about monster wrestlers chasing a villain through time
100% positive
59 reviews
aMAZE Gears
A maze puzzle game where touching traps restarts the level
78% positive
59 reviews
Arcane Golf
Physics-based mini-golf puzzles with magical hazards across dungeon courses
95% positive
59 reviews
Yet Another Hero Story
A point-and-click adventure about an unlikely hero rescuing a noblewoman
81% positive
59 reviews
Nordic Warriors
Real-time tactics about leading small warbands against undead hordes
83% positive
59 reviews
Warlock Bentspine - Toilet Edition
An action platformer with two routes through each stage
90% positive
Free
Super Night Riders S1
Arcade motorcycle racing against the clock, from daylight to sunrise
93% positive
59 reviews
Zombie Arena
First-person zombie shooter with endless waves and cooperative survival
66% positive
59 reviews
BLOODKILL
Old-school first-person shooter with bunny hopping and hordes of monsters
76% positive
59 reviews
Demo Star Racer
Retro arcade combat racing where boosting and healing share energy
92% positive
59 reviews
Terrifier: The ARTcade Game
Side-scrolling horror beat 'em up about sabotaging a movie production
59% positive
59 reviews
Retro Endurance 8bit
Retro arcade collection with rapid switches between game genres
100% positive
59 reviews
Demo Alliance Peacefighter
First-person space combat with ship power and shield management
83% positive
59 reviews