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.
Sand:box
A falling-sand sandbox for circuits, contraptions, and destruction
94% positive
1,750 reviews
Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise Of The Dragons
Side-scrolling beat 'em up with tag-team combat and changing stages
86% positive
1,745 reviews
Dread Templar
Retro first-person shooter with demon battles and hidden upgrades
82% positive
1,741 reviews
Freedom Planet 2
Side-scrolling action platformer with four distinct character fighting styles
96% positive
1,739 reviews
Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut
Side-scrolling action platformer with creature transformations and interconnected areas
86% positive
1,738 reviews
Rusted Moss
2D Metroidvania with elastic grappling and freely aimed gunfights
89% positive
1,735 reviews
Parking Garage Rally Circuit
Retro arcade racing through parking garages with drift boosts
96% positive
1,735 reviews
Territory Idle
Single-player incremental strategy about expanding territory and planning resets
79% positive
Free
Super House of Dead Ninjas
Fast-paced 2D action platformer with timed, randomized tower runs
96% positive
1,727 reviews
Princess Maker 2 Refine
Life sim about raising a star-born daughter to adulthood
93% positive
1,725 reviews
Otherworld Legends
Roguelike beat-'em-up with distinct heroes and item-driven builds
67% positive
Free
Kingsway
Fantasy roguelike RPG played through a fictional desktop operating system
92% positive
1,722 reviews
METAL SLUG ATTACK RELOADED
Side-scrolling tower defense with pixel-art armies and deck building
69% positive
1,714 reviews
UBERMOSH Vol.3
Fast-paced pixel bullet hell on a borderless battlefield
92% positive
1,700 reviews
Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus®
Dark 2D puzzle platformer about rescuing Mudokons from corporate exploitation
95% positive
1,692 reviews
Commando Collection
Remastered Flash-era arcade shooters with varied military combat
96% positive
1,677 reviews
Synth Riders
VR rhythm game with dancing, rails, and obstacle dodging
92% positive
1,675 reviews
Trip to Vinelands
Retro arcade maze minigame about surviving consecutive screens
85% positive
1,672 reviews
Isles of Sea and Sky
Open-world block-pushing adventure across islands with unlockable abilities
92% positive
1,660 reviews
Environmental Station Alpha
Retro action platformer with secrets aboard an abandoned space station
82% positive
1,659 reviews
Tribal Hunter
Side-scrolling action platformer where eating enemies changes your size
97% positive
1,659 reviews
STAR WARS™: Dark Forces Remaster
Remastered first-person shooter with Imperial firefights and maze-like missions
89% positive
1,647 reviews
Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2
Retro 2D action platformer with character switching and local co-op
85% positive
1,643 reviews
The Heroic Legend of Eagarlnia
Fantasy grand strategy with recruitable heroes and territorial conquest
85% positive
1,623 reviews