Old school

Shooter, Stealth, First-person view, Science fiction, Futurism (Future), Adventure, Old school

April 30, 2025

Metacritic: 79/100

A stealth shooter with an unusual approach to stealth and interaction with the environment. The plot centers on a barefoot spy who must sneak past enemies and...

Hyperviolent

Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Science fiction, Space, Survival horror, Old school

April 6, 2023

The abandoned asteroid Commodus 27-C, once a thriving mining community, is now awash in chaos and bloodshed. A distress signal leads the hero to the heart of...

Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound

Indie, Platformer, Side view, Old school

July 31, 2025

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Pixel game from the Ninja Gaiden series. Ryu Hayabusa goes to America, where he must fulfill the will of his father. At this time, an army of demons penetrates the...

He is Coming

Roguelike, Old school, Role-playing game, Fantasy, Card game, Turn-based, Procedural generation

July 17, 2025

Players: 10/10

An ancient enemy returns and the Demon King threatens the world with destruction once again. During the day, the hero goes in search of weapons, artifacts and...

Rough Justice: '84

Strategy, Detective, Business / Management, Isometric, Old school

March 13, 2023

A strategy game inspired by board games. The gamer uses dice and cards to run a private security agency. It is necessary to hire new workers and send them to...

Moros Protocol

Shooter, First-person view, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op), Old school, Procedural generation, Replayability

September 18, 2025

Players: 1/10

An old-school shooter set aboard an abandoned warship transformed into a labyrinth of nightmares. Without memories or allies, only the survival instinct and a...

#DRIVE Rally

Racing, Sports game, Indie, Old school

September 25, 2024

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 63/100

A stylish racing game dedicated to the motorsport era of the 90s. Players can get behind the wheel of legendary rally cars including Das Holzwagen, The Doggo and...

Lunacid

Action, First-person view, Fantasy, Dungeons, Old school, Metroidvania

March 15, 2022

Players: 9.6/10

Long ago, a huge beast emerged from the sea and covered the land with a poisonous fog. Now those deemed undesirable are thrown into a huge well that has become a...

Killing Time: Resurrected

Shooter, First-person view, Old school, Horror, Adventure

October 18, 2024

Players: 10/10

Re-release of Killing Time with updated graphics. The game takes place in the early 1930s. An Egyptology student finds himself in a mysterious mansion where some...

Blacktooth: A Head Over Heels Adventure

Platformer, Isometric, Puzzle, Old school

May 4, 2026

Continuation of the iconic puzzle-platformer Head Over Heels from 1989. The project is the result of nearly forty years of development history and recreates the...

Bloodshed

Shooter, First-person view, Roguelike, Fantasy, Old school, Demons

December 12, 2024

Players: 6.8/10

The main character battles endless waves of enemies and confronts an ominous cult whose members want to resurrect an ancient deity to bring about the apocalypse...

Chop Goblins

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Comedy, Old school

December 12, 2022

Players: 10/10

Chop Goblins is an old-school first-person shooter from the creators of DUSK. The plot follows a hero who breaks into a nearby museum to rummage through the...

Easy Delivery Co.

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Casual game, Exploration, Open world, Old school

September 18, 2025

Players: 9.8/10

An atmospheric open-world game in which a delivery cat roams around a snowy mountain town, delivering cargo and meeting its mysterious inhabitants. The visual style...

Phantom Fury

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Old school, Science fiction

April 23, 2024

Metacritic: 65/100

Continuation of the retro shooter Ion Fury. The game's plot once again tells the story of Shelly "Bombshell" Harrison, who spent several years in a coma after the...

Exophobia

Shooter, First-person view, Old school, Exploration, Metroidvania, Science fiction

July 23, 2024

An old-school pixel shooter made in the Metroidvania format and inspired by projects from the 90s. The main action takes place on a spaceship that was captured by...

Scathe

Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op), Old school, Demons

August 31, 2022

Metacritic: 61/100

The main character is Bane, overseer of the legion of hell, forged from the earth by the Creator himself. He, like his fallen relatives before him, will have to...

Forgive Me Father 2

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Old school

October 19, 2023

Players: 9.9/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Continuation of the Priest's story from Forgive Me Father. The player fights Lovecraftian nightmares using a wide range of weapons that can be further upgraded...

Old School Rally

Arcade, Racing, Sports game, Old school

July 19, 2024

An old school racing game inspired by the original PlayStation. Old School Rally offers fast-paced, arcade-style gameplay with an emphasis on driving skills and...

River City Girls Zero

Arcade, Side view, Fighting, Anime / Manga, Music game, Adventure, Cooperative (co-op), Old school

February 14, 2022

Metacritic: 68/100

River City Girls Zero is a cooperative Beat 'em up action game with 16-bit graphics, which tells the story of four characters: Kunio, Riki, Misako and Kyoko. In the...

Shovel Knight Dig

Arcade, Platformer, Roguelike, Side view, Fantasy, Old school, Medieval era, Procedural generation

September 23, 2022

Players: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 83/100

A fast-paced action platformer with roguelike elements set in the Shovel Knight universe. Shovel Knight embarks on a new adventure, digging ever deeper in search of...

FUMES

Racing, Old school, Action, Post-apocalyptic, Open world

July 28, 2025

Players: 5.5/10

A combat race inspired by the golden era of the car action genre. The game features a procedurally generated map, rally-inspired physics, and an original driving...

New Joe & Mac - Caveman Ninja

Side view, Platformer, Arcade, Cooperative (co-op), Old school

December 2, 2022

Remake of the classic platformer Joe & Mac: Caveman Ninja from 1991. One night, people from one tribe stole all the women from another tribe. Cro-Magnons Joe...

illWill

Shooter, First-person view, Old school

April 13, 2023

Players: 7.3/10

A stylish and brutal old-school shooter that is a mixture of Doom, Quake, Blood and Serious Sam with a dash of madness and beautiful graphics. The game does not...

GEX Trilogy

Collection, Action, Platformer, Comedy, Old school, Adventure, Third-person view

June 16, 2025

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 67/100

A collection of three cult platformers about a chatty gecko named Gex. The games combine satirical humor, pop culture references, and crazy levels inspired by TV...

C.A.S.T.

Shooter, Horror, Third-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Old school, Zombies

December 9, 2024

Players: 10/10

A cooperative game set in an alternate 1950s Europe. A squad of gamers explores dark locations where they encounter monsters and anomalies. On each map you will...

Fashion Police Squad

Shooter, Indie, First-person view, Comedy, Adventure, Old school

August 15, 2022

Players: 9.3/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Fashion Police Squad is a fast-paced, old-school first-person shooter where you'll proudly serve as the Fashion Police, solving fashion crimes, collecting clothes...

Old School

Action, Open world, Third-person view, Adventure, Old school

October 6, 2023

Players: 8.9/10

A fun school student simulator in which you can create your own character and attend various classes to gain the knowledge necessary to obtain a diploma. The game...

Retrowave

Arcade, Racing, Third-person view, Indie, Casual game, Cyberpunk, Futurism (Future), Runner, Old school

May 7, 2022

Players: 10/10

Retrowave is an exciting racing arcade game with a third-person view. In the game you will find an atmosphere of neon lights, an abundance of palm trees, synthwave...

Prison City

Side view, Platformer, Action, Science fiction, Old school

August 29, 2023

Players: 8.2/10

The events of the game take place in 1997. The city of Detroit has become an impenetrable mega-prison. One day, a group of terrorist hackers seized control of this...

Anima Flux

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Old school, Metroidvania

October 7, 2024

Players: 8.9/10

A cooperative game that pits two genetically modified soldiers against mutants in a deserted space city. Each character has their own characteristics and skills...

Demonic Supremacy

Shooter, First-person view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Old school, Demons

July 28, 2023

A whirlwind old-school shooter set in the year 3481. An infernal tower arose on the surface of the planet, and with it hordes of bloodthirsty demons and monsters...

PO'ed: Definitive Edition

Old school, Shooter, First-person view, Space

May 16, 2024

An updated version of the 1995 retro space shooter, inspired by the cult Doom and Quake. The main character of the game is a crew member of the military starship...

Minishoot' Adventures

Shooter, Casual game, Top-down view, Old school, Metroidvania

April 2, 2024

Metacritic: 87/100

A colorful metroidvania about flying on a spaceship. The game's story revolves around a certain Exile who came to the surface, destroyed the protagonist's village...

Selaco

Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Science fiction, Indie, Old school

May 31, 2024

Players: 9.3/10

A fast-paced shooter inspired by the classic games F.E.A.R., Quake and Doom. The style is based on F.E.A.R. — one of the most iconic action films of the...

Clock Tower: Rewind

Adventure, Side view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Exploration, Old school, Gothic, Survival horror

October 28, 2024

Metacritic: 68/100

Re-release of the 16-bit horror [url=https://vgtimes.ru/games/clock-tower-1997/] Clock Tower[ /url]. The game tells the story of orphan Jennifer. She ended up in...

Look Outside

Role-playing game, Adventure, Horror, Top-down view, Turn-based, Old school

March 21, 2025

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Old-school horror with elements of RPG and survival, set in an ordinary apartment building that has become a trap after a mysterious phenomenon. Anyone who dares to...

Jackal

Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Old school, Procedural generation, Indie

February 5, 2026

The game tells the story of a Las Vegas hitman who challenged the crime bosses. The player moves through procedurally generated levels, where the location of...

Slaps And Beans

Action, Adventure, Arcade, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Old school

December 15, 2017

Metacritic: 63/100

Slaps And Beans is a retro-style game about Terence Hill and Bud Spencer, Italian actors who together made many action-packed comedies and spaghetti westerns...

Bloodhound

Shooter, First-person view, Old school, Demons, Indie

July 18, 2023

Players: 6/10

The main character is a member of the Order of the Gate Keepers, who must monitor the portals to hell and prevent demons from entering our world. He wages a...

Neon Inferno

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Old school

November 20, 2025

Metacritic: 74/100

Old-school cyberpunk action that combines elements of a side-scroller and a "target" type shooter, where the action unfolds simultaneously on multiple planes of the...

Best Games in the Old school genre