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
4,331 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream
Point-and-click horror about five captives tormented by a computer
89% positive
3,967 reviews
Demo The Tiny Bang Story
Hand-drawn point-and-click puzzler about rebuilding a meteor-struck planet
88% positive
3,961 reviews
Polarity
A first-person puzzle platformer built around switching red and blue polarity
78% positive
3,959 reviews
BIT.TRIP RUNNER
Rhythm platformer built around precise jumps and a reactive soundtrack
86% positive
3,952 reviews
Progressbar95
Casual arcade game about filling bars on retro desktops
96% positive
3,936 reviews
Demo The Darkside Detective
Point-and-click comedy about a detective handling supernatural cases
94% positive
3,933 reviews
IMSCARED
First-person pixel horror about finding keys in a deceptive nightmare
95% positive
3,925 reviews
TELEFORUM
Analog horror visual novel centered on a mysterious videotape
92% positive
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Maximum Action
Fast-paced first-person shooter with slow-motion gunfights and sandbox levels
89% positive
3,910 reviews
Music Racer
A rhythm racer that builds courses around your own songs
88% positive
3,897 reviews
Demo StarVaders
Roguelike deckbuilder with grid-based mech combat against alien invaders
97% positive
3,879 reviews
Razortron 2000
Top-down arcade racing through endless traffic and dwindling fuel
87% positive
3,870 reviews
Hammerwatch
Pixel-art dungeon crawler with castle floors and cooperative combat
88% positive
3,847 reviews
Dungeon Clawler
Turn-based roguelite deckbuilder where a claw machine drives combat
88% positive
3,843 reviews
Quake III Arena
Fast-paced arena shooter with weapon pickups and multiplayer matches
95% positive
3,833 reviews
Exit the Gungeon
Arcade bullet-hell platformer with changing guns and elevator battles
75% positive
3,785 reviews
Peaks of Yore
First-person physics climbing where small mistakes mean long falls
97% positive
3,785 reviews
Demo SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance
Hand-drawn ninja action platforming with tools that open new routes
84% positive
3,745 reviews
Castle of Illusion
Disney platformer where Mickey crosses enchanted worlds to rescue Minnie
90% positive
3,731 reviews
Total Annihilation
Large-scale sci-fi RTS with physics-driven battles across land, sea, and air
96% positive
3,724 reviews
Thimbleweed Park™
Point-and-click mystery with five playable characters in a strange town
92% positive
3,721 reviews
Orbt XL
One-button arcade survival built around a black hole's pull
96% positive
3,717 reviews
One Way Heroics
Side-scrolling roguelike RPG where darkness closes in with every move
94% positive
3,714 reviews
Caveblazers
Fantasy action platformer with randomized caves and permanent death
85% positive
3,709 reviews