Old school for PC — top best games in the Old school genre / Page 16

City of None - a game in the Old school genre

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy, Old school, Metroidvania, Exploration

Game in development: PC → 2027

Old-school metroidvania from the creators of Celeste and TowerFall. Players need to explore a dark metropolis inhabited by strange spirits, fierce beasts...

Shadow Wrangler

Action, Platformer, Side view, Arcade, Puzzle, Old school

Game released: PC → 23 March 2015

Shadow Wrangler is a hardcore side-scrolling puzzle platformer with lots of traps. In the game, gamers must help the shadows of the main character find a way out of...

Chicken Invaders Universe

Free game, Arcade, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Top-down view, Action, Old school

Early Access: PC → 16 April 2021; Game released: PC → 15 December 2022

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 90/100

A free arcade shooter set in the futuristic parody universe of Chicken Invaders. The player finds himself at the forefront of a battle against invading...

AQtion

Shooter, Online, First-person view, Free game, Old school, Action

Game released: PC → 2 June 2022

Steam: 79/100

AQtion is an online shooter with a first-person view. You'll play as if you were the action hero that spawned one of the most popular and influential games of all...

Insurrection: Cyborgs Awakening

Action, Arcade, Fighting, Cyberpunk, Old school, Online, Science fiction

Early Access: PC → 27 July 2022

Steam: 58/100

Insurrection: Cyborgs Awakening is an old-school cyberpunk action game for multiple players. You'll have to navigate through the neon city of Beat Bay, a place...

The Fall of Eskaria

Free game, Side view, Platformer, Action, Fantasy, Old school, Arcade

Game released: PC → 22 June 2020

Players: 5.9/10

Steam: 71/100

The Fall of Eskaria is a free-to-play side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with cartoon graphics. This is the story of a common man defending his country. One...

Empty Shell: Prologue

Shooter, Top-down view, Old school, Roguelike, Horror

Game released: PC → 6 January 2023

Players: 6.2/10

Steam: 94/100

A dynamic game with a top-down view, black and white pixel graphics and randomly generated locations. The main character is one of the volunteers who explores a...

Aashaa

Side view, Platformer, Old school, Action, Adventure, Casual game

Game released: PC → 27 January 2023

Players: 4/10

Steam: 95/100

A pixel platformer about Princess Aashau, who was thrown into the depths of the kingdom's dungeon. The dungeon, built many years ago, is a very dangerous place. To...

Digs

Isometric, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Strategy, Old school

Early Access: PC → 31 July 2023; Game released: PC → 19 October 2023

Steam: 67/100

The player digs a mine and defends a chest of gold on randomly generated maps by placing towers, traps and obstacles. The main character must go through the...

Mega City Police

Roguelike, Action, Shooter, Top-down view, Science fiction, Procedural generation, Old school

Game released: PC → 28 July 2023

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 76/100

The main action takes place in the city of Mega City, which is mired in crime. Various thugs are roaming around, the MegaCorp corporation has plunged people into...

Randy Blaster 3D

Free game, Shooter, First-person view, Comedy, Old school, Action, Survival

Game released: PC → 25 December 2023

Steam: 62/100

Free pixel retro shooter in the spirit of the first DOOM (1993) and Duke Nukem (1991), where players take on the role of a muscular guy with guns fighting...

Vimana

Arcade, Shooter, Science fiction, Top-down view, Action, Old school

Game released: PC → 1 February 2024

Steam: 94/100

The once prosperous planet has been consumed by madness. There are only a few righteous souls left. They must restore peace to their world by reviving the sacred...

Ruindog: Prologue

Free game, Action, Third-person view, Roguelike, Old school

Game released: PC → 22 February 2024

A futuristic action game in which the player runs around the planets, destroys enemies in the form of various creatures in a limited time, and also earns tokens for...

Moonshot - The Great Espionage

Free game, Platformer, Puzzle, Detective, Old school, Stealth, Action

Game released: PC → 30 July 2021

Steam: 96/100

A free fantasy platformer with stealth elements, set in an alternate 60s. The main character is a spy who must reveal classified NASA...

Garbanzo Quest

Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Comedy, Old school, Indie

Game released: PC → 4 September 2024

Steam: 98/100

The main character is a character named Garbanzo, whose main weapon is his saliva. It is with the help of spitting at his opponents that he will have to clear his...

Veil Transfer

Arcade, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Mysticism / Supernatural, Old school, Business / Management

Game released: PC → 22 September 2024

Steam: 95/100

A short game in which the main character explores dark locations with opponents. Monsters called "Veela" hide in human bodies and control them. You can interrogate...

Chronicles of Vipers

Free game, Shooter, First-person view, Old school, Action, Adventure

Game released: PC → 20 June 2023

Steam: 85/100

A free old-school shooter inspired by the VHS era and 16-bit games. The main character is CIA agent Steven Rogers, who in the story is trying to free his colleagues...

Sync Or Sink

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op), Casual game, Exploration, Old school, Action, Online

Early Access: PC → 1 October 2025

Steam: 87/100

A cooperative game in which the main characters find themselves on a sinking submarine. They'll have to communicate via radio and work as a team to solve puzzles...

Pingorile

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Action, Old school

Game released: PC → 22 December 2025

Players: 10/10

Steam: 90/100

A game about a pixelated penguin collecting yellow parrots to fulfill his dream of learning to fly. A mysterious ostrich from a TV show promised that whoever finds...

Almohadin: escape from the basement

Platformer, Indie, Free game, Side view, Comedy, Old school, Action

Game released: PC → 15 May 2025

Steam: 84/100

A free side-scrolling platformer inspired by retro arcades. Players can go through a story mode with increasing difficulty levels and a narrative in the format of a...

Streetball The Mecca

Arcade, Basketball, Sports game, Free game, Side view, Casual game, Old school

Early Access: PC → 24 April 2023; Game in development: PC → 2027

Steam: 83/100

Arcade basketball game that combines elements of streetball and fighting. Players participate in one-on-one matches on urban courts, using unique moves, tricks, and...

Actua Soccer 2

Third-person view, Sports game, Old school

Game released: PC → 1997

Steam: 80/100

Actua Soccer 2 is a sports game with a third-person view from the developers of the studio Gremlin Interactive Ltd.. The main publisher of the game is Gremlin...

Imperivm 3: The Great Battles of Rome

Role-playing game, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Historical, Old school

Game released: PC → 21 December 2004

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 71/100

Imperivm 3: The Great Battles of Rome is an isometric role-playing game with elements of strategy, business simulation and historical game from developers from...

Aztec: Empire of Blood

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Historical, Old school

Game released: PC → 1 March 2000

Steam: 90/100

Aztec: Empire of Blood is a top-down strategy game with a dash of fantasy and history from Philos Laboratories. The game is published by Ubisoft. Aztec: Empire of...

ExpandoScape

Platformer, Side view, Arcade, Puzzle, Old school

Game released: PC → 5 September 2019

ExpandoScape is an old school puzzle platformer with traps and a side view. You will manage blocks to pave the right path for the...

SuperMash

Arcade, Indie, Simulation, Action, Japanese role-playing game, Stealth, Old school

Game released: PC → 13 January 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 58/100

An exciting game that mixes several genres. The game takes place in a video game store, where a brother and sister find a mysterious console. It is impossible to...

DreadStar: The Quest for Revenge

Action, Shooter, Beat them all, Role-playing game, Arcade, Top-down view, Indie, Futurism (Future), Old school

Game released: PC → 20 October 2020

Steam: 72/100

DreadStar: The Quest for Revenge is an arcade retro-shooter with a role-playing progression system and a top-down view. The developers were inspired by another...

Bone Dust

Free game, Shooter, Horror, Demons, Old school, Action

Early Access: PC → 21 February 2023; Game released: PC → 20 April 2023

Steam: 83/100

A free, dynamic arena shooter about a horror circus wizard who uses playing cards as weapons. The game has one arena, three types of monsters and one...

Cybergeist

Arcade, Runner, Third-person view, Action, Free game, Casual game, Cyberpunk, Old school, Racing

Game released: PC → 13 November 2020

Steam: 87/100

A pixelated cyberpunk runner in which players play as an android trying to escape from the...

Heal & Hurt

Shooter, First-person view, Online, Old school, Free game

Game released: PC → 24 February 2023

Steam: 81/100

Heal & Hurt is an old-school, multi-player first-person shooter. As an angel, you can fly through the sky and destroy your opponents from above. Like a skeleton...

Chefy-Chef

Action, Adventure, Casual game, Platformer, Puzzle, Fantasy, Old school

Game released: PC → 7 May 2022

Steam: 90/100

Chefy-Chef is an action-adventure game with puzzle elements in the fantasy and retro genre. Pineapple and radish salad is Chef's favorite dish. Once again going to...

Veritas Tales: Witch of the Dark Castle

Role-playing game, Old school, Adventure

Game released: PC → 8 July 2026

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 76/100

A fantasy adventure in a reading-focused format, where opening the book turns the reader into more than a spectator. Veritas Tales: Witch of the Dark Castle was...

Hammer Kid

Free game, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy, Old school, Arcade

Game released: PC → 13 March 2023

Steam: 77/100

A little boy, armed with a hammer, confronts a terrible villain and his monsters. The hero travels through four mystical lands, where he meets dozens of enemies and...

Hell Of A Racket

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Free game, Comedy, Old school, Demons, Sports game

Game released: PC → 1 May 2023

Steam: 91/100

A free-to-play, old-school arena shooter about a fallen angel seeking redemption. He was tasked with punishing those who do not play the sacred sport of tennis...

Lantern of Worlds

Free game, Adventure, Role-playing game, Old school

Game released: PC → 5 October 2017

Steam: 68/100

A free role-playing game based on European and Arabic tales. The plot tells about a character whom the king sends on a diplomatic mission to Sultan Mehmet the...

Anachronism

Free game, Simulation, Text quest, Casual game, Old school, Indie, Visual novel

Game released: PC → 4 May 2021

Steam: 66/100

An old-school simulator of online communication, set in 1999, during the time of floppy disks and tube monitors. The main character finds a mysterious RemoteBoards...

CAT AND LADDER CLIMB

Free game, Platformer, Side view, Online, Old school, Action

Game released: PC → 12 June 2023

Steam: 87/100

A free pixel platformer with 2D graphics, in which the player helps a cat climb as high as possible. To do this, you need to jump on platforms and pass various...

Ascendant Infinity

Shooter, Online, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Tactics, Cooperative (co-op), Old school

Game in development: PC → 2026

An online shooter made in the style of old sitcoms from the 70s and 80s. The main action of the game takes place in a futuristic biopunk world, where almost...

Ruindog

Action, Third-person view, Roguelike, Old school

Game released: PC → 13 May 2024

A futuristic action game in which the player runs around planets, destroys enemies in the form of various creatures in a limited time, and also earns tokens for...

Squeaky Squad

Free game, Platformer, Side view, Roguelike, Action, Futurism (Future), Science fiction, Old school, Arcade

Game released: PC → 29 March 2024

Steam: 78/100

A black-and-white roguelike platformer with pixel graphics, in which the hero fights an army of rodents that have infested the ship. The game world is a large...

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Best Games in the Old school genre for PC