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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Fantasy Empires
Old-school fantasy strategy with kingdom management and real-time battles
84% positive
37 reviews
Demo Rolling Bird
Retro side-scrolling shooter built around fast, endless arcade action
97% positive
36 reviews
Mnemonimov
Assembly programming sandbox for building games on a monochrome console
97% positive
35 reviews
Angel Made
Open-world party RPG about exorcisms, conflict, and reluctant love
100% positive
32 reviews
Pizza Hero
Arena survival shooter starring a pizza with upgradeable toppings
97% positive
31 reviews
Micro Stream RPG
Auto-play dungeon RPG controlled by your Twitch chat
90% positive
30 reviews
Mighty Marbles
Physics puzzles where you control the course, not the marble
96% positive
24 reviews
Demo AI
Roots of Harmony
Text-based colony strategy where beliefs determine recruits and resources
96% positive
23 reviews
Demo Master of Luna
Turn-based fantasy 4X with spellcasting and tactical army battles
95% positive
22 reviews
Demo Towerix91
Incremental tower defense with a retro computer interface
91% positive
22 reviews
Caverna
Turn-based digital board game about dwarf farming and cavern building
71% positive
21 reviews
C:\raft
A crafting roguelike with dungeons generated from your own files
65% positive
20 reviews
Demo ChatTDT: Tower Defense Twitch
Pixel-art tower defense shaped by your active Twitch chat
90% positive
20 reviews
Demo Frantic Dimension
Retro twin-stick shooter about looting an alien fortress and escaping
95% positive
19 reviews
電視夢工場
Retro television station management sim about schedules, stars, and ratings
53% positive
19 reviews
Demo CLAWPUNK
2D action platformer with cat fighters and fully destructible environments
94% positive
17 reviews
Demo Mothership Down
Physics puzzles about plotting lander routes through underground moon caves
100% positive
17 reviews
Demo Pathos
Traditional roguelike with permadeath and the option to resurrect
100% positive
16 reviews
Demo Golden Hornet
Side-scrolling helicopter shooter combining hostage rescues with twin-stick combat
100% positive
15 reviews
Battle for Asciion
Side-scrolling arcade shooter with graphics made entirely from ASCII text
83% positive
12 reviews
Demo DarkBlood -ReVerse-
Dark fantasy RPG where rewinding time lets you retry negotiations
55% positive
11 reviews
Demo Knockout 2: Wrath of the Karen
Arcade boxing in a world where fighting replaces the law
78% positive
9 reviews
FreeCell Solitaire Collection
Single-player card collection with 20 FreeCell solitaire variants
38% positive
8 reviews
Demo Two Sides of Hell
Twin-stick shooter where you switch between soldier and demon forms
75% positive
8 reviews