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 Armor
Top-down arcade action through changing floors with limited weapons
83% positive
822 reviews
Wizard And Minion Idle
Fantasy incremental RPG built around idle growth and reincarnation
90% positive
Free
Sherlock Holmes: The Silver Earring
Point-and-click detective adventure investigating murders across Victorian London
59% positive
807 reviews
Balrum
Open-world isometric RPG with turn-based combat, crafting, and farming
79% positive
807 reviews
Cursed to Golf
Side-view roguelike golf through hazardous courses and strict shot limits
72% positive
807 reviews
TY the Tasmanian Tiger 2
Open-world 3D platformer with boomerangs, vehicles, and mechs
95% positive
803 reviews
Tomba! Special Edition
2.5D platform adventure with quests, hidden treasures, and pig enemies
89% positive
793 reviews
Runaway, A Road Adventure
Point-and-click adventure about solving puzzles while fleeing Mafia gangsters
77% positive
791 reviews
Yolk Heroes: A Long Tamago
Virtual pet RPG where you raise an elf for quests
90% positive
791 reviews
Blossom Tales: The Sleeping King
Top-down action adventure through dungeons in a changing bedtime story
86% positive
789 reviews
SimCity™ 3000 Unlimited
Isometric city builder with custom scenarios and player-triggered disasters
84% positive
787 reviews
Rocket Bot Royale
2D tank battle royale with rocket jumps and sinking islands
86% positive
783 reviews
Shardpunk
Turn-based squad tactics and scavenging ahead of a rat horde
93% positive
783 reviews
Actraiser Renaissance
Side-scrolling action and settlement building with real-time defense battles
74% positive
781 reviews
Rift Wizard 2
Turn-based wizard roguelike where found gear reshapes spell builds
92% positive
777 reviews
DEATH IN UNISON
First-person co-op horror with prison duties and walkie-talkie teamwork
96% positive
773 reviews
The Happyhills Homicide 2: Out For Blood
Side-scrolling horror adventure switching between killer, detective, and avenger
96% positive
771 reviews
GUILTY GEAR
Fast 2D fighter with chained attacks and instant kills
79% positive
760 reviews
Hypnagogia 無限の夢 Boundless Dreams
First-person exploration across distinct dream worlds and unsettling nightmares
95% positive
758 reviews
Rise of the Triad: Ludicrous Edition
Remastered first-person shooter with an added episode and multiplayer
92% positive
752 reviews
Karate Master 2 Knock Down Blow
1980s karate fighting game with training, jobs, and tournaments
86% positive
748 reviews
Tales Beyond The Tomb - Pineville Night Stalker
First-person horror exploration tied to a mysterious inheritance in Pineville
83% positive
Free
Escape from Monkey Island™
3D pirate comedy adventure with puzzles and a returning villain
57% positive
740 reviews
Replicube
Programming puzzles where your code recreates 3D voxel objects
97% positive
736 reviews