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.
Circuit Superstars
Top-down motorsport racing with tire wear and pit stop strategy
85% positive
2,621 reviews
Goodbye Deponia
Point-and-click comedy where three Rufuses solve puzzles together
89% positive
2,601 reviews
Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap
Side-scrolling action platformer where defeated dragons change your form
85% positive
2,595 reviews
Double Dragon: Neon
Side-scrolling beat 'em up with co-op and mixtape powers
77% positive
2,578 reviews
Purple Place - Classic Games
Casual minigame collection for baking cakes, matching cards, and dressing up
86% positive
2,576 reviews
The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav
Fantasy point-and-click adventure where hostile crows disrupt a kingdom
87% positive
2,562 reviews
Siralim Ultimate
Creature-collecting dungeon RPG with deep six-monster team crafting
93% positive
2,544 reviews
Castlevania Advance Collection
Four retro 2D action games set in Dracula's castle
92% positive
2,535 reviews
秦殇 (Prince of Qin)
Alternate-history action RPG with real-time battles and branching quests
79% positive
2,528 reviews
FINAL FANTASY V
Turn-based pixel RPG built around flexible job and ability combinations
90% positive
2,517 reviews
The Dark Eye: Memoria
Fantasy point-and-click adventure connecting two lives across centuries
89% positive
2,516 reviews
MARVEL vs. CAPCOM Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics
Seven arcade classics pairing crossover fighters with one beat 'em up
94% positive
2,514 reviews
A Legionary's Life
Text-based Roman soldier RPG with turn-based combat and permadeath
87% positive
2,498 reviews
Forgive Me Father 2
Retro first-person shooter with Lovecraftian enemies and comic-book art
82% positive
2,494 reviews
Kung Fury: Street Rage - Ultimate Edition
Retro arcade beat 'em up with endless Nazi fights
90% positive
2,490 reviews
PAC-MAN™ CHAMPIONSHIP EDITION 2
Fast-paced arcade maze game with ghost trains and score attacks
70% positive
2,476 reviews
8-Bit Armies
Blocky real-time strategy with base building and fast military battles
81% positive
2,473 reviews
The Last Door - Collector's Edition
Point-and-click horror about a cryptic letter and Victorian secrets
95% positive
2,472 reviews
Mega Man X Legacy Collection 2
Four-game action platformer collection spanning 2D and 3D eras
77% positive
2,470 reviews
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
Peace, Death!
Arcade sorting game where a Reaper assigns souls to afterlives
93% positive
2,446 reviews
Revita
Twin-stick roguelite platformer where upgrades cost your health
81% positive
2,438 reviews
It Steals
First-person survival horror in mazes with monsters that hunt you
98% positive
2,405 reviews