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.
Lode Runner Legacy
Puzzle platformer about collecting stolen gold and dodging enemies
80% positive
177 reviews
Cosmobreeder Yiffai
Retro 2D exploration platformer about rescuing crewmates on an alien world
84% positive
175 reviews
Superstar Racing
Free-to-play arcade racing across tracks tied to Formula events
62% positive
Free
Ball of Wonder
Circus-themed brick breaker with clowns, varied objectives, and co-op
64% positive
170 reviews
Best Plumber
Top-down pipe puzzles where you race to route water
70% positive
168 reviews
Nancy Drew®: Trail of the Twister
Point-and-click detective adventure investigating accidents among storm chasers
70% positive
166 reviews
Sword and Fairy Inn
2D inn management and dating sim with cooking duels
58% positive
159 reviews
PENGUIN HOTEL -Chapter 1-
First-person horror adventure with camera puzzles and penguin threats
88% positive
Free
Princess Maker 2 Regeneration
Child-raising simulation where your decisions shape your daughter's adulthood
63% positive
153 reviews
Athena Crisis
Turn-based sci-fi tactics with campaigns and player-made battle maps
80% positive
153 reviews
Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure
2D platformer about an alien climbing walls to rescue his parents
88% positive
152 reviews
Realms of Arkania 1 - Blade of Destiny Classic
Classic first-person fantasy RPG about finding a weapon against orcs
73% positive
151 reviews
VASARA Collection
Top-down arcade shooters with flying motorcycles in sci-fi feudal Japan
81% positive
151 reviews
Aura of Worlds
Side-scrolling roguelite platformer where you turn traps against enemies
91% positive
151 reviews
Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders
Point-and-click adventure about four people trying to stop aliens
89% positive
150 reviews
Real Heroes: Firefighter HD
First-person firefighting action with rescues across Los Angeles
90% positive
148 reviews
Sub Command
Submarine simulation with sonar tracking and three playable vessels
75% positive
146 reviews
Gensei Suikoden Plus
Top-down pixel art RPG with side-view martial arts battles
90% positive
146 reviews
Rogue Port - Red Nightmare
Turn-based pixel RPG with calendar-linked portals and crop growing
77% positive
144 reviews
Super Roboy
Hand-drawn sci-fi Metroidvania where defeated enemies grant new skills
93% positive
142 reviews
Nancy Drew®: Tomb of the Lost Queen
Point-and-click detective adventure investigating accidents at an Egyptian tomb
88% positive
141 reviews
Pixel Descent
Twin-stick dungeon roguelite with bullet-hell combat and permanent upgrades
84% positive
141 reviews
MySims™ Kingdom
Casual adventure across varied lands, building customizable contraptions
92% positive
141 reviews
REKT! High Octane Stunts
Arcade stunt driving with trick combos and score challenges
94% positive
140 reviews