Best Retro games on PC
Games that imitate or build on styles from earlier eras of gaming, often through pixel art, 2D presentation, or older shooter, platformer, and RPG conventions.
- Pixel art or period-inspired graphics
- Old-school genre conventions
Related: Pixel Graphics, Classic, 1990's, 2D
4,144 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun - Words of Vengeance
An on-rails shooter where fast typing takes down enemy hordes
88% positive
Free
Volgarr the Viking
Challenging 2D Viking platformer built around traps and bosses
81% positive
2,455 reviews
STRAFE: Gold Edition
Roguelike first-person shooter with shifting deep-space levels and heavy gore
72% positive
2,455 reviews
The Happyhills Homicide
Pixel-art horror adventure with murder puzzles and detective work
95% positive
Free
Demo Artis Impact
Turn-based RPG pairing a post-apocalyptic journey with everyday life
85% positive
2,429 reviews
The Death Game Report
Text-based mystery about reconstructing deaths from victims' final records
96% positive
2,428 reviews
Demo MARVEL Cosmic Invasion
Side-scrolling superhero beat 'em up with mid-fight hero swaps
88% positive
2,420 reviews
Demo Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee®
Side-scrolling puzzle platformer about escaping a factory and rescuing workers
90% positive
2,412 reviews
Demo S4U: CITYPUNK 2011 AND LOVE PUNCH
Text-driven adventure about typing replies for clients and shaping relationships
91% positive
2,411 reviews
Impact Point
A top-down arena shooter where the last survivor wins
89% positive
Free
It Steals
First-person survival horror in mazes with monsters that hunt you
98% positive
2,405 reviews
Hotshot Racing
Retro arcade racer with cops, robbers, and exploding cars
77% positive
2,400 reviews
Castlevania Advance Collection
Four retro 2D action games set in Dracula's castle
91% positive
2,380 reviews
Grapple
First-person parkour built around a grappling hook and glider
50% positive
Free
10,000,000
Match-three dungeon runs with RPG upgrades and a score goal
90% positive
2,371 reviews
Demo Ikaruga
Vertical shoot-'em-up where switching colors turns bullets into energy
94% positive
2,368 reviews
Not Tonight
Bouncer simulation about checking IDs under Britain's far-right government
84% positive
2,367 reviews
大千世界
Open-world pixel-art RPG with turn-based battles and flexible questing
86% positive
2,360 reviews
Murder House
Retro survival horror with a killer stalking an abandoned house
94% positive
2,351 reviews
Circuit Superstars
Top-down motorsport racing with tire wear and pit stop strategy
85% positive
2,348 reviews
Don't Escape: 4 Days to Survive
Point-and-click adventure with timed preparations for nightly threats
98% positive
2,330 reviews
Savant - Ascent
Arcade shoot 'em up where collecting music unlocks new abilities
93% positive
2,316 reviews
Demo Broken Reality
Surreal adventure where collecting likes unlocks new areas of the internet
92% positive
2,311 reviews
Backyard Baseball '97
Cartoon baseball with kid teams, pickup games, and seasons
97% positive
2,306 reviews