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.
The Inner World
A 2D point-and-click adventure about a world losing its wind
89% positive
1,525 reviews
Over 9000 Zombies!
Top-down zombie shooter with endless waves and buildable defenses
87% positive
1,523 reviews
STAR WARS™: Bounty Hunter™
Third-person action adventure with blaster combat and optional bounties
79% positive
1,522 reviews
Re-Volt
Arcade combat racing with remote-control cars on oversized everyday tracks
90% positive
1,517 reviews
GearCity
Historical car company management sim spanning vehicle design and finance
90% positive
1,515 reviews
Game Dev Story
Game studio management sim about training staff and making hits
90% positive
1,509 reviews
Talented
Arcade roguelite shooter with randomized skill trees each run
92% positive
1,507 reviews
Contra Anniversary Collection
Classic side-scrolling shooters collected for solo or local co-op
76% positive
1,493 reviews
The Shell Part I: Inferno
Detective visual novel with branching choices and a dark mystery
90% positive
1,491 reviews
Half Minute Hero: Super Mega Neo Climax Ultimate Boy
Fast-paced fantasy RPG built around 30-second quests and boss fights
86% positive
1,481 reviews
Z
Real-time strategy where robot armies race to capture territory
76% positive
1,476 reviews
Mind Scanners
Dystopian psychiatry sim with arcade-style treatments and ethical choices
75% positive
1,472 reviews
Capcom Beat 'Em Up Bundle
Seven side-scrolling arcade brawlers with local and online co-op
88% positive
1,466 reviews
Aberoth
Retro fantasy MMORPG with open-world PvP and permanent dropped items
64% positive
Free
METAL SLUG 2
Side-scrolling arcade shooter with six missions and local co-op
89% positive
1,445 reviews
Car Manufacture
Early 20th-century factory sim about building and managing car production
66% positive
1,415 reviews
Heroine's Quest: The Herald of Ragnarok
Point-and-click adventure RPG with Norse mythology and class-specific puzzles
88% positive
Free
Khimera: Destroy All Monster Girls
Free 2D platformer about punching pirates and reclaiming treasure
96% positive
Free
Ambidextro
Timed precision platformer where each hand controls a character
98% positive
1,407 reviews
Vangers
Open-world driving adventure through a surreal future shaped by conflict
94% positive
1,393 reviews
The Boba Teashop
First-person shopkeeping horror where routine boba orders turn unsettling
94% positive
1,391 reviews
Kathy Rain 2: Soothsayer
Point-and-click mystery where a broke detective investigates serial murders
96% positive
1,381 reviews
Level Devil
2D platformer with surprise traps and local two-player races
92% positive
1,378 reviews
Tap Heroes
Puppet-stage idle RPG where clicks and heroes defeat bosses
73% positive
1,372 reviews