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
4,150 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Dragon's Lair
Cartoon arcade adventure where survival depends on timed button presses
78% positive
726 reviews
Force Reboot
A roguelite first-person shooter where health doubles as a timer
94% positive
726 reviews
Demo The Next BIG Thing
Point-and-click adventure about real monsters working in Hollywood
83% positive
725 reviews
Demo Cleo - a pirate's tale
A point-and-click pirate adventure sparked by a mysterious logbook
98% positive
725 reviews
PAC-MAN WORLD 2 Re-PAC
A 3D platforming remake with optional local cooperative play
89% positive
725 reviews
Monster Crown
Turn-based creature-collecting RPG where monsters exchange protection for shelter
65% positive
723 reviews
Demo Oniken: Unstoppable Edition
Side-scrolling action platformer with ninja combat and punishing boss fights
81% positive
722 reviews
SWARMRIDERS
An endless runner with twin-stick shooting from a bike
89% positive
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Ninja Stealth 2
Top-down stealth puzzles with RPG elements and choice-driven endings
70% positive
722 reviews
Bear's Restaurant
Story-driven pixel adventure about food, memories, and the afterlife
95% positive
717 reviews
The Heroes Around Me
A visual novel following family life in 1990s China
95% positive
715 reviews
Ikki Unite
Bullet-hell roguelite with online co-op for up to sixteen players
77% positive
714 reviews
Kaizen: A Factory Story
Factory automation puzzles with an eighties Japanese workplace story
92% positive
713 reviews
Tales of Monkey Island: Complete Season
A comic pirate adventure about curing a Caribbean voodoo plague
88% positive
712 reviews
Demo Legionbound
Fantasy roguelite autobattler with parties of up to 50 heroes
83% positive
710 reviews
Shadowgate
First-person point-and-click adventure through a castle of deadly puzzles
87% positive
709 reviews
Demo Nocturne
A story-driven RPG with rhythm battles in a digital afterlife
98% positive
709 reviews
Aggelos
Retro 2D action RPG with unlockable abilities and tough bosses
77% positive
707 reviews
Demo Vampires Dawn 3 - The Crimson Realm
Open-world pixel RPG with vampires and turn-based party combat
86% positive
706 reviews
BIT.TRIP BEAT
Retro rhythm action with a paddle and incoming beat patterns
81% positive
705 reviews
Path of the Abyss
First-person dungeon crawler with pausable battles and party customization
91% positive
703 reviews
Demo Rising Star 2
Rock band management sim about turning local gigs into tours
93% positive
700 reviews
Demo Gun Rocket
A space arcade game where rocket thrust demands careful control
71% positive
696 reviews
COCKHEAD
A 2D platformer with cartoon genitals as comic characters
66% positive
696 reviews