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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.

Broken Sword 2 - the Smoking Mirror: Remastered (2010)
Broken Sword 2 - the Smoking Mirror: Remastered (2010)
Point-and-click mystery adventure with puzzles and a Mayan artifact
91% positive 1,605 reviews
Geometry Wars™ 3: Dimensions Evolved
Geometry Wars™ 3: Dimensions Evolved
Twin-stick arcade shooter with enemy waves across 3D grids
90% positive 1,605 reviews
Cadria Item Shop
Cadria Item Shop
Fantasy shopkeeping simulation with crafting, heroes, and town investment
72% positive Free
Fashion Police Squad
Fashion Police Squad
Retro first-person shooter where each fashion crime needs its own weapon
87% positive 1,599 reviews
Last Call BBS
Last Call BBS
Retro computer puzzle collection spanning factories, circuits, and solitaire
92% positive 1,594 reviews
Shadow Man Remastered
Shadow Man Remastered
Third-person horror action-adventure with exploration, puzzles, and shooting
94% positive 1,589 reviews
Tiny Combat Arena
Tiny Combat Arena
Cold War-style flight sim with custom dogfights and ground strikes
82% positive 1,584 reviews
Ghosts 'n Goblins Resurrection
Ghosts 'n Goblins Resurrection
Side-scrolling action platformer with punishing demon-filled storybook stages
75% positive 1,582 reviews
Commander Keen
Commander Keen
Side-scrolling sci-fi platformers starring a pogo-stick-wielding child hero
93% positive 1,579 reviews
Heavy Bullets
Heavy Bullets
First-person roguelike shooter where spent bullets must be recovered
82% positive 1,568 reviews
TTV2
TTV2
Fast-paced arcade maze game with hazards and little room for error
86% positive 1,566 reviews
Astalon: Tears of the Earth
Astalon: Tears of the Earth
Pixel-art action-platformer where dying lets you upgrade three heroes
90% positive 1,563 reviews
Metal Slug Tactics
Metal Slug Tactics
Turn-based tactical roguelite built around movement and coordinated attacks
77% positive 1,562 reviews
PUSS!
PUSS!
2D bullet-hell action through randomized levels as a trapped cat
88% positive 1,561 reviews
The Bard's Tale Trilogy
The Bard's Tale Trilogy
First-person dungeon RPG trilogy with one party across three adventures
95% positive 1,560 reviews
FACEMINER
FACEMINER
Desktop incremental management game about automating facial data harvesting
90% positive 1,558 reviews
Cyber Shadow
Cyber Shadow
Side-scrolling ninja platformer with unlockable moves and tough bosses
83% positive 1,556 reviews
Indiana Jones® and the Fate of Atlantis™
Indiana Jones® and the Fate of Atlantis™
Point-and-click adventure with branching paths and an Atlantis mystery
94% positive 1,555 reviews
Kero Blaster
Kero Blaster
Side-scrolling platformer about a frog clearing monsters from teleporters
94% positive 1,551 reviews
Crossing Souls
Crossing Souls
2D action-adventure about five friends crossing realms in 1980s California
79% positive 1,551 reviews
梦江湖
梦江湖
Open-world martial arts RPG with turn-based battles and choices
51% positive 1,548 reviews
Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection Vol. 1
Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection Vol. 1
Retro action RPG collection with grid battles and chip deckbuilding
88% positive 1,548 reviews
Tomb Raider III (1998)
Tomb Raider III (1998)
Third-person action adventure built around puzzles and dangerous jumps
84% positive 1,544 reviews
Jets'n'Guns Gold
Jets'n'Guns Gold
Side-scrolling space shooter with customizable ships and crowded enemy waves
87% positive 1,530 reviews