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.
Battletoads
Side-scrolling brawler with cartoon humor and varied arcade challenges
68% positive
2,402 reviews
Hotshot Racing
Retro arcade racer with cops, robbers, and exploding cars
77% positive
2,400 reviews
WAVESHAPER
Minimalist 2D arcade score attack with escalating difficulty
88% positive
2,386 reviews
Ikaruga
Vertical shoot-'em-up where switching colors turns bullets into energy
95% positive
2,372 reviews
10,000,000
Match-three dungeon runs with RPG upgrades and a score goal
90% positive
2,371 reviews
System Shock: Enhanced Edition
First-person sci-fi adventure with hacking on a rogue AI's station
89% positive
2,367 reviews
Tomb Raider II (1997)
Third-person action adventure with puzzles and a globe-spanning artifact hunt
87% positive
2,365 reviews
大千世界
Open-world pixel-art RPG with turn-based battles and flexible questing
86% positive
2,362 reviews
Aurelia
Adult point-and-click RPG with pixel art, dating, and dungeons
95% positive
2,351 reviews
Murder House
Retro survival horror with a killer stalking an abandoned house
95% positive
2,345 reviews
Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage
Technical 3D martial arts fighter with grounded, brisk matches
71% positive
2,326 reviews
Ara Fell: Enhanced Edition
Turn-based RPG with open exploration across a cursed floating world
94% positive
2,321 reviews
Paper Bride
Point-and-click horror mystery about a missing bride and Chinese folklore
91% positive
2,303 reviews
Zaccaria Pinball
Digital pinball with classic Italian machines and modern reworkings
79% positive
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Backyard Baseball '97
Cartoon baseball with kid teams, pickup games, and seasons
97% positive
2,293 reviews
Castlevania Anniversary Collection
Eight classic side-scrolling action games about fighting Dracula
82% positive
2,289 reviews
PAC-MAN 256
Endless arcade maze runs with ghosts and a chasing Glitch
92% positive
2,286 reviews
SharpShooter3D
Old-school first-person shooter with violent combat and dystopian themes
96% positive
2,285 reviews
STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II
First-person Star Wars shooter with lightsabers and Force powers
81% positive
2,272 reviews
Caesar™ 3
Roman city-building strategy centered on trade, industry, and defense
93% positive
2,258 reviews
Old School Rally
Retro-style arcade rally racing across dirt, tarmac, and snow
89% positive
2,249 reviews
ZeroRanger
Vertical arcade shooter with dense bullets and unlockable weapons
96% positive
2,246 reviews
Warsim: The Realm of Aslona
Text-based fantasy kingdom sim about ruling through war, trade, and court
96% positive
2,222 reviews
Grandpa High on Retro
Retro third-person shooter with crude humor and neighborhood combat
89% positive
2,207 reviews