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
1,023 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
Undertale
Story-rich pixel RPG where choices lead to multiple endings
97% positive
342K reviews
Vampire Survivors
Pixel-art action roguelite built around surviving supernatural hordes
98% positive
266K reviews
ULTRAKILL
Fast-paced retro FPS where blood restores health and stylish kills score
97% positive
244K reviews
Cuphead
Hand-drawn run-and-gun action built around difficult cartoon boss battles
96% positive
222K reviews
Half-Life
Classic sci-fi first-person shooter mixing alien combat and environmental puzzles
96% positive
164K reviews
Celeste
Difficult 2D precision platformer about climbing a mountain and persevering
97% positive
148K reviews
DELTARUNE
Chapter-based pixel RPG with choices and bullet-dodging battles
98% positive
137K reviews
Hotline Miami
Fast-paced top-down action with lethal combat and rapid retries
97% positive
128K reviews
MECCHA CHAMELEON
Online hide-and-seek party game where hiders paint themselves to blend in
88% positive
89K reviews
To the Moon
Pixel-art adventure through memories to fulfill a final wish
96% positive
87K reviews
Papers, Please
Dystopian document-checking simulation where every stamp carries consequences
97% positive
81K reviews
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
Fast-paced top-down action with brutal combat and shifting factions
94% positive
80K reviews
Katana ZERO
Fast-paced 2D action-platformer with instant deaths and time manipulation
98% positive
76K reviews
Pizza Tower
Fast-paced 2D platformer built around movement, exploration, and score attacks
98% positive
73K reviews
Broforce
Chaotic 2D run-and-gun action with co-op and destructible terrain
97% positive
61K reviews
SANABI
Pixel-art cyberpunk platformer built around chain-hook movement and combat
97% positive
45K reviews
Firework
Chinese horror mystery told through exploration and puzzles
98% positive
44K reviews
Super Meat Boy
Fast-paced 2D precision platforming through hundreds of deadly levels
94% positive
39K reviews
Duck Game
Fast-paced 2D party shooter where armed ducks die in one hit
97% positive
39K reviews
Mouthwashing
First-person psychological horror aboard a wrecked space freighter with dwindling supplies
95% positive
39K reviews
Rivals of Aether
Fast pixel-art platform fighter with elemental powers and community-made fighters
96% positive
38K reviews
Legend of Mortal
Choice-driven wuxia RPG where personality reshapes stories and combat
77% positive
38K reviews
Return of the Obra Dinn
First-person detective mystery aboard an abandoned 1800s merchant ship
97% positive
35K reviews
Command & Conquer™ Remastered Collection
Two classic base-building RTS games remastered with expansions and multiplayer
91% positive
35K reviews