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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Demo Chest Buster
Idle combat built around smashing chests for stronger loot
93% positive
178 reviews
9th Dawn II
Open-world action RPG with loot hunting and moving-platform puzzles
82% positive
177 reviews
The Beggar's Ride
A puzzle-platformer where ancient masks let you reshape the world
82% positive
177 reviews
Lode Runner Legacy
Puzzle platformer about collecting stolen gold and dodging enemies
80% positive
177 reviews
Tempest 4000
Arcade tube shooting across geometric stages with leaderboard score chasing
69% positive
177 reviews
INPUT6
First-person horror where switching factory sections helps you escape a robot
95% positive
177 reviews
Evil is Back
First-person horror shooter retelling the first two Evil Dead films
89% positive
177 reviews
Quarion
A short 2D metroidvania centered on platforming and exploration
95% positive
177 reviews
BastionOS
Incremental tower defense with aimed artillery and a growing arsenal
97% positive
177 reviews
Foghorns Drown
First-person psychological horror about ferrying passengers across a foggy lake
77% positive
177 reviews
Space Elite Force
Side-scrolling space shooter with ship upgrades and local co-op
89% positive
176 reviews
TTV3
Reflex-based arcade maze game about escaping screens filled with hazards
85% positive
176 reviews
Kingdom Shell
A pixel-art metroidvania combining melee combat, spells, and hidden paths
85% positive
176 reviews
House of Rules
Horror puzzle adventure about a mansion job with strange rules
90% positive
176 reviews
Demo Gimmick! 2
A puzzle platformer where you throw and ride bouncing stars
88% positive
176 reviews
Backyard Football '99
Arcade American football with cartoon teams and rule-bending power-ups
94% positive
176 reviews
Alpacapaca Dash
An endless runner starring alpacas that shoot enemies with lasers
88% positive
175 reviews
Ghoulboy - Dark Sword of Goblin
Retro action platformer where thrown spears serve as platforms
81% positive
175 reviews
When I Was Young
2D action-adventure with tough combat in the Vietnam War
72% positive
175 reviews
The Chameleon
Stealth built around transforming into enemies and using superpowers
90% positive
175 reviews
Demo Cyclopean: The Great Abyss
Turn-based dungeon crawler where underworld creatures can become your allies
85% positive
175 reviews
Cosmobreeder Yiffai
Retro 2D exploration platformer about rescuing crewmates on an alien world
84% positive
175 reviews
Dverghold
First-person dungeon crawling with turn-based battles and a mercenary camp
90% positive
175 reviews
Queen of Seas
Underwater platformer with coin collecting and scuba suit upgrades
79% positive
174 reviews