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Postal 2 Redux - a game in the Old school genre

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

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

A remaster of the controversial shooter Postal 2 from 2003. The main character in the game is a certain Dude, who is used to solving his problems in the most...

Overcome Your Fears - Caretaker

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Old school, Walking Simulator

Game released: PC → 20 October 2025

Players: 4/10

Psychological horror that immerses you in a disturbing story where the ordinary gradually gives way to the inexplicable. At the center of the events is Steve...

Dome Keeper

Action, Adventure, Business / Management, Post-apocalyptic, Roguelike, Survival, Old school, Procedural generation

Game released: PC → 27 September 2022

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Dome Keeper is an exciting post-apocalyptic survival game with roguelike elements, a side view and resource management. As you progress, you will have to mine...

Command & Conquer Red Alert 2 and Yuri's Revenge

Strategy, Top-down view, In real time, Old school

Game released: PC → 8 March 2024

Players: 10/10

The complete edition of the classic strategy game Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2, which includes the expansion Command & Conquer: Yuri's Revenge...

Castlevania Dominus Collection

Action, Adventure, Old school, Platformer, Collection, Metroidvania, Fantasy

Game released: PC → 27 August 2024

Players: 6/10

Metacritic: 91/100

A collection of classic Castlevania games, including Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin and Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia, previously...

Thief: The Dark Project Remastered

Action, Adventure, Stealth, First-person view, Exploration, Old school, Medieval era

Game in development: PC → зима 2026-2027

The game brings back the iconic stealth-action Thief: The Dark Project from 1998 in a refreshed form, preserving the atmosphere and features of the original. As...

Clock Tower: Rewind

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

Game released: PC → 28 October 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...

Lunacid

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

Game released: PC → 31 October 2023; Early Access: PC → 15 March 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...

Bloodshed

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

Early Access: PC → 12 December 2024; Game released: PC → 22 May 2025

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...

Kanjozoku Game

Racing, Sports game, Simulation, Old school, Online

Game released: PC → 16 July 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...

MARVEL MaXimum Collection

Arcade, Fighting, Platformer, Collection, Side view, Old school

Game released: PC → 27 March 2026

Metacritic: 70/100

A collection that brings together six classic Marvel games from arcade machines, Sega Genesis, NES, and Super Nintendo. Various display options can be used to...

Iron Blight

Shooter, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Old school, Zombies, Survival horror

Game in development: PC → 24 August 2026

Anticipation Rating: 5/10

Atmospheric survival horror set in a cold city of the Eastern Bloc, engulfed in fear and despair. Trapped among the ruins and surrounded by monsters, the main...

Contra: Operation Galuga

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

Game released: PC → 12 March 2024

Players: 7.4/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Reimagining of the original side-scrolling shooter Contra from 1987. The game includes new levels, enemies, game mechanics, and a weapon system. The story mode...

Tokyo Xtreme Racer

Racing, Old school

Early Access: PC → 23 January 2025; Game released: PC → 25 September 2025

Players: 8.7/10

A racing game set in an alternate future version of Tokyo, where the city's streets have been turned into closed circuits for high-speed racing. The player can...

Deus Ex Remastered

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk, Science fiction, Old school

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

The remaster brings back the iconic immersive simulator in a new form, preserving the dark cyberpunk atmosphere while adding a modern level of graphics and...

The Sims 2 Legacy Collection

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

Game released: PC → 31 January 2025

The reprint of the original The Sims 2, where the fate of the characters are intertwined through generations. In the game you can choose life goals for Sims...

Darkenstein 3D

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

Game released: PC → 21 October 2025

Players: 6.2/10

A retro game inspired by classic shooters like Wolfenstein and Doom. The protagonist is an American drifter stranded in enemy territory in 1940s Germany. He...

SCP – Containment Breach

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Free game, Science fiction, Survival, Exploration, Old school, Procedural generation

Game released: PC → 20 February 2026

Players: 10/10

The events of the game unfold in one of the secret complexes of the Foundation — an organization that researches and contains anomalous objects and artifacts that...

Cheap Car Repair: Welcome to Nowhere

Action, Simulation, Business / Management, First-person view, Free game, Old school

Game released: PC → 11 May 2026

Players: 7/10

Free prologue for the mechanic simulator Cheap Car Repair. Janusz is trying to survive and develop his own auto repair shop in a remote Polish village of the 90s...

Creepy Support

Adventure, Simulation, Indie, Text quest, Comedy, Old school

Game released: PC → 14 July 2026

A nonlinear quest that offers the chance to become a support staff member for people facing paranormal phenomena. Players need to give advice and hope that it will...

Scott Pilgrim EX

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Beat them all, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Old school

Game released: PC → 3 March 2026

Metacritic: 75/100

An action adventure based on the comic book series of the same name and made in the format of a pixel beat-em-up. Players have to save Toronto from chaos caused by...

Huntdown: Overtime

Action, Shooter, Cyberpunk, Roguelike, Side view, Old school

Early Access: PC → 7 May 2026; Game in development: PC → 2027

Players: 5.5/10

Prequel to the action-platformer Huntdown. The events unfold in futuristic New Detroit in the year 2084 — a grim metropolis where corporations have replaced...

Vicious Red

Space, Action, Survival horror, Third-person view, Old school

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 9.5/10

The game takes place in an alternate universe of the recent past on a Soviet space station shrouded in a terrible virus. The main character is an ordinary worker...

Old School Rally

Arcade, Racing, Sports game, Old school

Early Access: PC → 19 July 2024; Game released: PC → 3 December 2025

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...

ANIMAL WELL

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

Game released: PC → 9 May 2024

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 89/100

An old school metroidvania with a focus on exploration and puzzle solving that will require the player to think outside the box to achieve results. In the game you...

T.D.Z. 4 Chapter 1 - Arrival

Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Old school

Game released: PC → 2 September 2025

Players: 8.3/10

A story-driven shooter set in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Exclusion Zone. The main character is the stalker Yaroslav, who goes to Pripyat in search of his...

C.A.S.T.

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

Early Access: PC → 9 December 2024; Game released: PC → 14 July 2025

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...

Jackal

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

Game released: PC → 5 February 2026

Players: 10/10

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...

White Knuckle

Adventure, Action, First-person view, Parkour, Platformer, Old school, Roguelike

Early Access: PC → 17 April 2025; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 9.6/10

A hardcore roguelike platformer that focuses on speed climbing and inventory management. Using the physics of movement, momentum and precision, you have to rise...

Erannorth Renaissance

Role-playing game, Adventure, Turn-based, Mysticism / Supernatural, Old school

Game released: PC → 6 October 2025; Early Access: PC → 25 July 2024

Players: 10/10

A story-driven role-playing game that combines interactive novel-style storytelling with turn-based combat and a deep character customization system. The player...

Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise Of The Dragons

Side view, Arcade, Platformer, Old school

Game released: PC → 27 July 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...

Vampire Syndicate: Gangs of MoonFall

Role-playing game, Adventure, First-person view, Adult game, Turn-based, Cyberpunk, Open world, Old school

Game in development: PC → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 10/10

An adventure role-playing game that takes gamers to a cyberpunk setting where gangs of vampires operate. The player acts as a familiar of one of the ancient vampire...

Fading Afternoon

Action, Adventure, Beat them all, Indie, Side view, Old school

Game released: PC → 14 September 2023

Metacritic: 77/100

An atmospheric pixel adventure about Seiji Maruyama — an aging yakuza who has just been released from prison and finds himself at a crossroads. The story unfolds in...

Gravelord

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

Early Access: PC → 22 January 2025; Game released: PC → 21 May 2026

A dynamic old-school shooter inspired by classic Doom and Quake. The main character is the undertaker Quido, who wants to avenge his father. As he progresses, he...

Neon Inferno

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

Game released: PC → 20 November 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...

Catto Pew Pew!

Shooter, Online, First-person view, Indie, Free game, Casual game, Comedy, Old school

Early Access: PC → 16 August 2022; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 1/10

Catto Pew Pew! is a free multiplayer first-person shooter about white cats. To win, players must literally push their opponent out of the arena. The game features...

Moros Protocol

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

Game released: PC → 18 September 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...

GEX Trilogy

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

Game released: PC → 16 June 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...

Blood: Refreshed Supply

Shooter, Online, First-person view, Old school

Game released: PC → 4 December 2025

Players: 10/10

A remaster of Blood, the developers have improved the graphics, controls, updated the multiplayer, and much more. The game features 42 levels with numerous enemies...

Legacy of Kain: Ascendance

Action, Platformer, Side view, Fantasy, Old school, Gothic

Game released: PC → 31 March 2026

Players: 9.9/10

Metacritic: 54/100

Old-school action-platformer in the Legacy of Kain series with dynamic battles and a vertical level structure, where players explore the dark world of Nosgoth...

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