Old school

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...

Dungeons & Dragons Neverwinter Nights 2: Enhanced Edition

Role-playing game, Fantasy, Adventure, Old school, Dungeons, Medieval era

July 15, 2025

Metacritic: 63/100

An updated version of the cult RPG, created according to the rules of D&D 3.5. The game combines a classic party adventure, a deep story campaign and rich character...

Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise Of The Dragons

Side view, Arcade, Platformer, Old school

July 27, 2023

Metacritic: 72/100

The game takes place in the 90s in New York, which survived a nuclear war. The streets are filled with looters and bandits fighting for power. The main characters...

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...

The Sims Legacy Collection

God Simulator, Simulation, Sandbox, Construction, Casual game, Old school

January 31, 2025

The reprint of the original The Sims, which returns to the origins of the legendary series. In the game, you can create your own area, populate it with characters...

Slyders

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

November 24, 2025

Players: 10/10

A hurricane shooter with roguelike elements, reminiscent of a mix of Vampire Survivors and Serious Sam. The events of the game unfold on floating islands that...

The Last Gas Station

Adventure, Simulation, Business / Management, Side view, Casual game, Old school

April 28, 2026

An atmospheric simulator for managing an old gas station, where the familiar routine gradually intertwines with the unsettling mystery of the previous owner's...

The Walking Dead: Streets of Survival

Arcade, Action, Post-apocalyptic, Beat them all, Side view, Old school, Zombies

2027

An arcade beat 'em up in the universe of "The Walking Dead," based on the events of the storyline "All-Out War." The game brings familiar heroes into a brutal...

Reaver

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

2026

A super-fast shooter in which the player goes through various levels and clears out entire hordes of killer machines at speed. The game has a large arsenal of...

Empty Shell

Shooter, Top-down view, Roguelike, Old school

October 16, 2023

A dynamic shooter with black and white pixel graphics and randomly generated locations. The main character is one of the volunteers who explores a secret industrial...

Wizordum

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

November 29, 2023

Players: 8.2/10

A retro game about a magician who goes in search of the source of Chaos. Using a wide arsenal of spells and magical items, the main character makes his way through...

Felvidek

Role-playing game, Medieval era, Old school, Historical, Indie, Turn-based

March 29, 2024

Players: 9.1/10

An old-school RPG about an alcoholic knight wandering through an alternative 15th-century Slovakia. In the story, the land is ravaged by Hussite robbers, Ottoman...

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...

Bloodstained: The Scarlet Engagement

Metroidvania, Action, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy, Anime / Manga, Old school, Mysticism / Supernatural

2026

An action-adventure game set before the events of Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. The game takes you to Gothic medieval England, where the mysterious castle of...

Death Fungeon

Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie, Side view, Casual game, Old school

August 18, 2018

A pixelated game where the protagonist must use wits, cunning, and dexterity to escape a dangerous prison. You can advance slowly, using stealth, or jump on walls...

Crowalt: Traces of the Lost Colony

Adventure, Point & Click, Side view, Detective, Old school

January 6, 2022

Players: 5.5/10

A traditional quest where you need to search, combine, and use items to solve puzzles. The game's plot is based on one of the greatest mysteries in the history of...

Chains of Fury

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

September 16, 2024

Retro shooter with comic-style graphics. During the passage, the player controls the most evil bastard of all the heroes on the planet, who is trying to defeat...

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...

CRUEL

Shooter, First-person view, Procedural generation, Roguelike, Indie, Old school

January 9, 2025

Players: 10/10

An old-school shooter with simplified roguelike elements. The main action takes place in a mysterious hotel, which is inhabited by various monsters and hellish...

Ghetto Zombies: Graffiti Squad

Shooter, Adventure, Top-down view, Post-apocalyptic, Casual game, Old school, Zombies

January 16, 2026

A colorful pixel shooter with a top-down view. The plot centers around a quartet of young mutants, each with a unique fighting style and set of abilities. The game...

Dark Scrolls

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Roguelike, Side view, Fantasy, Old school

June 22, 2026

Metacritic: 63/100

Fantasy action with pixel graphics in the spirit of classic arcades, where you need to fight through hordes of enemies, dodge traps, and defeat bosses. Each run is...

Ecco the Dolphin: Complete

Adventure, Collection, Side view, Casual game, Old school

2027

The return of the iconic Ecco the Dolphin series, more than three decades after its debut on the Sega Mega Drive. The collection brings together classic games about...

The Excavation of Hob's Barrow

Adventure, Horror, Point & Click, Old school, Detective

September 28, 2022

Metacritic: 82/100

Atmospheric pixel art point-and-click quest set in Victorian England, which has become one of the most unexpected hits in the indie genre. The main character is a...

Little Orpheus

Action, Indie, Adventure, Puzzle, Platformer, Science fiction, Side view, Old school

June 12, 2020

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 68/100

Little Orpheus is an adventure platformer with puzzle and action elements in the science fiction genre. 1962 NASA is trying to land a man on the moon. Meanwhile, in...

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...

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...

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...

Son of a Gun

Shooter, Top-down view, Casual game, Old school, Zombies, Science fiction

October 22, 2024

Players: 5.5/10

A dynamic top-down shooter in the spirit of the Alien Shooter series. The plot tells about interplanetary mercenaries who carry out contracts to clear territories...

Mighty Cuphead Adventure

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Side view, Old school

2027

An adventure in the universe of Cuphead, made in the style of classic 8-bit platformers. The project is inspired by the era of home consoles from the late 80s and...

Fear Effect

Action, Shooter, Horror, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Old school

February 25, 2000

The game takes you to a dark Hong Kong in 2052, where reality intertwines with visions from the Chinese hell. The story begins with the funeral of Wee Ming: a crowd...

Kanjozoku Game

Racing, Sports game, Simulation, Old school, Online

July 16, 2022

Players: 8/10

Dynamic racing arcade with cool tuning in the spirit of Need for Speed Carbon, where you can drive legendary Japanese cars through the streets of 90s Osaka. You...

Hyperviolent

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

April 6, 2023

Players: 10/10

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...

Killbug

Shooter, First-person view, Old school

May 4, 2023

The game takes place in the cruel world of insects. The main character is a professional killer beetle who has embarked on a path of revenge against his offenders...

Core Decay

First-person view, Shooter, Old school, Cyberpunk, Science fiction

2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

The main action takes place in 2089. The world is facing problems related to natural resources. The planet is on the verge of ecological collapse. Against the...

Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection

Shooter, Third-person view, First-person view, Star Wars, Science fiction, Old school

March 14, 2024

Metacritic: 58/100

Re-release of the Battlefront duology in the Star Wars universe. Among the features: improved graphics, expanded battles for up to 64 people, bonus cards and...

Retrowave World

Arcade, Racing, Online, MMO, Third-person view, Cyberpunk, Open world, Old school

May 10, 2024

The game takes place in a futuristic version of the 80s. The gamer, alone or with friends, travels to different worlds, where he rides in cars, goes to shops and...

Catgirl

Free game, Adventure, Role-playing game, Old school, Indie, Comedy, Fantasy

May 23, 2025

A pixelated RPG adventure with absurd humor. The story begins with the kidnapping of the best friend, a dog named Mormor. And now, in the role of a cute but...

Nitro Express

Shooter, Side view, Adventure, Old school, Anime / Manga, Combat robots

May 19, 2025

An old-school pixel shooter with anime girls, where the heroine from a special squad fights against maddened robots that have captured Nitro City, a new district of...

THE IRONY

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view, Science fiction, Old school, Metroidvania

2026

A horror platformer inspired by the visual style of PS2-era games and combining dark 2.5D pixel graphics. The player takes on the role of an inspector sent by a...

Mad King Redemption

Action, Adventure, Slasher, Indie, Roguelike, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Old school

May 14, 2026

Players: 1/10

A pixelated co-op game where players destroy hordes of enemies to stop a mad king. There are four characters, each with their own fighting style, stats, and...

Best Games in the Old school genre