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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.

DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition
DX-Ball 2: 20th Anniversary Edition
Retro brick breaker with new boards and power-ups
96% positive 521 reviews
Jagged Alliance 1: Gold Edition
Jagged Alliance 1: Gold Edition
Turn-based tactics with mercenaries and an island to reclaim
78% positive 512 reviews
Max Manos
Max Manos
Timed incremental game about destroying shapes and buying upgrades
92% positive 512 reviews
Ultimate ADOM - Caverns of Chaos
Ultimate ADOM - Caverns of Chaos
Traditional roguelike dungeon crawler with procedural levels and character builds
50% positive 511 reviews
The Beekeeper's Picnic - A Sherlockian Adventure
The Beekeeper's Picnic - A Sherlockian Adventure
Cozy point-and-click adventure where mysteries interrupt Holmes's picnic plans
97% positive 511 reviews
Forsaken Frontiers
Forsaken Frontiers
Co-op extraction horror in abandoned facilities beneath endless winter
81% positive 510 reviews
WARCANA
WARCANA
Fantasy base defense strategy with deckbuilding and rival armies
63% positive 508 reviews
Indiana Jones® and the Infernal Machine™
Indiana Jones® and the Infernal Machine™
Third-person action adventure with platforming, puzzles, and Cold War intrigue
80% positive 507 reviews
Quest for Glory 1-5
Quest for Glory 1-5
Fantasy adventure RPGs with puzzles and characters carried between games
95% positive 506 reviews
Weapon of Choice DX
Weapon of Choice DX
Side-scrolling run-and-gun action with branching paths and character-specific weapons
77% positive 502 reviews
Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment
Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment
Side-scrolling action platformer with wall climbing and aerial scythe attacks
94% positive 493 reviews
Kingpin — Life of Crime
Kingpin — Life of Crime
First-person revenge shooter with gang recruits and cash for weapons
81% positive 491 reviews
SiN Gold
SiN Gold
First-person shooter against a corporation's mutant army in Freeport
80% positive 490 reviews
GranAge
GranAge
Free-to-play side-scrolling action RPG built around collectible combat abilities
75% positive Free
Tower of Kalemonvo
Tower of Kalemonvo
Isometric action RPG with random floors and classless builds
84% positive 479 reviews
Descent
Descent
First-person spaceship shooter through twisting mines with full three-dimensional movement
96% positive 478 reviews
STAR WARS™ - X-Wing Special Edition
STAR WARS™ - X-Wing Special Edition
Single-player space combat sim with Rebel missions against the Empire
78% positive 478 reviews
MicroTown
MicroTown
Medieval town builder about managing villagers and production chains
95% positive 478 reviews
Bang Average Football – Play, Manage, Create
Bang Average Football – Play, Manage, Create
Top-down arcade soccer with club management and local multiplayer
95% positive 469 reviews
Anode Heart
Anode Heart
Top-down creature-collecting RPG where monster resets raise their level caps
91% positive 468 reviews
Final Upgrade
Final Upgrade
Space factory-building strategy game with custom ships and automated supply chains
76% positive 465 reviews
Q REMASTERED
Q REMASTERED
Physics puzzle game where drawn shapes solve tricky challenges
83% positive 465 reviews
Wizardry: Labyrinth of Lost Souls
Wizardry: Labyrinth of Lost Souls
First-person dungeon crawler with six-person parties and tough battles
71% positive 462 reviews
Eador: Genesis
Eador: Genesis
Turn-based fantasy strategy with province management and tactical battles
84% positive 461 reviews