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
4,341 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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DoDonPachi Resurrection
Top-down bullet-hell shooter with bullet-canceling and laser clashes
95% positive
1,084 reviews
Blaster Master Zero
An action-adventure combining tank platforming with top-down combat on foot
92% positive
1,083 reviews
INCISION
Retro first-person shooter with alternate firing modes for every weapon
84% positive
1,082 reviews
Super Sanctum TD
Tower defense with player-built mazes to delay advancing alien waves
85% positive
1,081 reviews
Tyrant's Realm
Dark fantasy roguelite with Souls-style combat and PS1-style visuals
83% positive
1,080 reviews
Arcadegeddon
Third-person roguelite shooter with co-op runs inside an infected arcade game
76% positive
Free
S.W.I.N.E. HD Remaster
Real-time tank battles between rabbits and pigs, without base building
93% positive
1,076 reviews
Monster Rancher 1 & 2 DX
Monster-raising simulation with CD-title searches and tournament battles
89% positive
1,076 reviews
Demo Bloodthief
Fast-paced dungeon runner combining momentum-based parkour with melee combat
95% positive
1,076 reviews
Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2
Retro first-person shooter with a Space Marine or Sister of Battle
95% positive
1,076 reviews
Demo inKONBINI: One Store. Many Stories
A convenience store adventure built around routine tasks and branching conversations
86% positive
1,075 reviews
Sid Meier's Colonization (Classic)
Turn-based colonial strategy built around trade, expansion, and independence
96% positive
1,073 reviews
The Disney Afternoon Collection
Six retro Disney action games with rewind and timed challenges
87% positive
1,072 reviews
Slipstream
Arcade racing with branching road trips and rival drivers
89% positive
1,069 reviews
Cirno! Lifts a Boulder
3D collectathon platformer about gathering strength to move a boulder
98% positive
1,069 reviews
Rift Wizard
Turn-based fantasy roguelike with spell combinations and permanent death
92% positive
1,066 reviews
Demo Rush Rally 3
Rally racing across varied surfaces with car tuning and damage
94% positive
1,061 reviews
Stuck In Time
Idle fantasy adventure where planned routes extend each run
84% positive
1,060 reviews
Chip's Challenge 1
Top-down puzzle game with timed mazes, movable blocks, and traps
89% positive
Free
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Fickle Card Legend
Action RPG where cards become fighters in real-time battles
64% positive
1,058 reviews
Anodyne
Top-down action-adventure through a dream world, armed with a broom
86% positive
1,054 reviews
HYPERFIGHT
A 2D fighting game where every hit is lethal
89% positive
Free
Mago
Pixel-art platformer with wand puzzles and occasional mecha levels
93% positive
1,053 reviews
Kingdoms of the Dump
Turn-based RPG with grid battles, timed hits, and platforming
93% positive
1,052 reviews