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.
METAL SLUG XX
Side-scrolling arcade shooter with branching missions and local co-op
53% positive
1,243 reviews
吞食孔明传 Tunshi Kongming Legends
Turn-based Three Kingdoms RPG with recruitable generals and tactical formations
72% positive
1,243 reviews
Touhou Artificial Dream in Arcadia
First-person dungeon crawler with turn-based battles and capturable clones
96% positive
1,243 reviews
Sky Rogue
Arcade flight combat roguelite across procedurally generated island missions
93% positive
1,232 reviews
Glass Masquerade 3: Honeylines
Relaxed jigsaw puzzles with painted-glass pictures and varied cuts
89% positive
1,219 reviews
Malware
Point-and-click puzzles about outsmarting deceptive 1999 software installers
88% positive
1,216 reviews
Fireboy & Watergirl: Elements
Co-op puzzle platformer about guiding two characters past hazards
85% positive
1,210 reviews
Kao the Kangaroo
3D platformer with boxing, collectibles, and a missing father
77% positive
1,193 reviews
Intergalactic Bubbles
3D bubble-matching puzzle game with combinable powers in space
79% positive
1,191 reviews
沉睡的法则 Things as They Are
Turn-based JRPG about finding a vanished village through exploration
97% positive
1,175 reviews
Daikatana
First-person shooter with time travel and two AI companions
53% positive
1,173 reviews
Disc Room
Room-by-room arcade action dodging deadly discs aboard an orbiting ship
93% positive
1,164 reviews
ARCADE GAME SERIES: PAC-MAN
Classic maze arcade game about dodging ghosts and clearing dots
89% positive
1,161 reviews
Sid Meier's Colonization (Classic)
Turn-based colonial strategy built around trade, expansion, and independence
96% positive
1,156 reviews
Monster Rancher 1 & 2 DX
Monster-raising simulation with CD-title searches and tournament battles
91% positive
1,148 reviews
Warfare Legacy Collection
Side-scrolling strategy across two world wars and shifting front lines
93% positive
1,147 reviews
九州：商旅（Nine Provinces: Caravan）
Open-world trading simulation about building caravans across ancient provinces
91% positive
1,146 reviews
Battlezone 98 Redux
First-person tank combat and real-time strategy across the solar system
91% positive
1,143 reviews
Nancy Drew®: Midnight in Salem
3D detective adventure investigating arson and hauntings in Salem
55% positive
1,143 reviews
Father's Day
First-person psychological horror told through three intersecting character stories
86% positive
1,133 reviews
Super Blood Hockey
Arcade hockey with bloody fights and inmate team management
92% positive
1,122 reviews
Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure
Action RPG with platforming and a hidden monster village
91% positive
1,116 reviews
Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved
2D twin-stick arcade shooter about surviving waves for high scores
91% positive
1,114 reviews
Double Dragon Trilogy
Three side-scrolling arcade beat 'em ups in one collection
54% positive
1,113 reviews