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.
Valfaris
Sci-fi side-scrolling shooter with heavy metal and gory combat
82% positive
2,840 reviews
Commandos 2: Men of Courage
World War II stealth tactics with a squad of specialists
86% positive
2,830 reviews
Aliens versus Predator Classic 2000
Sci-fi horror shooter with Marine, Alien, and Predator campaigns
87% positive
2,823 reviews
Crazy Flasher Series 2021
Five 2D Flash action games mixing brawling and shooting
88% positive
2,822 reviews
Don't Escape: 4 Days to Survive
Point-and-click adventure with timed preparations for nightly threats
98% positive
2,817 reviews
Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection
Six classic 2D action platformers with modern difficulty assists
76% positive
2,805 reviews
Not Tonight
Bouncer simulation about checking IDs under Britain's far-right government
82% positive
2,792 reviews
I Expect You To Die
VR escape-room puzzles across deadly secret agent missions
95% positive
2,779 reviews
Silence
Point-and-click adventure about finding your sister between life and death
84% positive
2,770 reviews
Sky Force Reloaded
Top-down arcade shooter with plane upgrades and local co-op
93% positive
2,770 reviews
hexceed
Free hex-grid logic puzzles with Minesweeper-style clues and special tiles
90% positive
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再见断刀
Wuxia mystery visual novel with branching endings and evidence-based accusations
93% positive
2,757 reviews
Castlevania Dominus Collection
Three 2D action RPGs plus two takes on Haunted Castle
94% positive
2,755 reviews
Chasm
Side-scrolling action adventure with a map assembled anew each playthrough
74% positive
2,735 reviews
TY the Tasmanian Tiger
Australian Outback 3D platformer built around boomerangs and collectibles
98% positive
2,733 reviews
Evoland Legendary Edition
Two action RPGs that change graphics and gameplay across eras
81% positive
2,698 reviews
GRANDIA II HD Remaster
Fantasy JRPG with turn-based battles and a mercenary's quest
84% positive
2,662 reviews
Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP
Pixel-art point-and-click adventure with sword fights and musical puzzles
77% positive
2,655 reviews
Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom
Side-scrolling action platformer with monster forms that open new paths
88% positive
2,652 reviews
Mirage Feathers
Anime rail shooter with homing attacks and endless enemy waves
98% positive
2,651 reviews
S4U: CITYPUNK 2011 AND LOVE PUNCH
Text-driven adventure about typing replies for clients and shaping relationships
91% positive
2,648 reviews
La-Mulana
2D action platformer built around cryptic puzzles in ancient ruins
80% positive
2,641 reviews
Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse
Third-person zombie action where enemies become your undead horde
87% positive
2,635 reviews
Rocket Rats
Top-down survivor shooter where rats blast cheese creatures on the moon
94% positive
2,635 reviews