The Best Old-school Games - Page 3

Update : Scott Whiskers in: The Search for Mr. Fumbleclaw added at rank #14.
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Siege Island (2023)

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early access PC Windows various arcade

Step into the world of Siege Island, a tribute to the classic arcade game "Rampart". Prepare yourself for an immersive 3D action-puzzle game that will test your strategic skills and reflexes. As the Orcish fleet draws near, the duty to safeguard your island from their assaults is yours.

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  • old-school
  • tetris
  • puzzle
  • 3d
  • strategy
  • resource-management
  • action
  • reflexes
  • skill
  • tower-defense
  • single-player
  • combat
  • war
  • arcade

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Space Wreck (2023)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Android

Post-apocalyptic retro RPG in space with an extreme focus on role-playing. Inch wide, miles deep - intentionally short yet surprisingly deep and branching adventure with multiple gameplay styles. Combat 100% optional.


  • diplomacy
  • nonlinear
  • multiple-endings
  • post-apocalyptic
  • lore
  • immersive
  • isometric
  • rpg
  • choices
  • space
  • old-school
  • simulation
  • turn-based
  • atmospheric
  • dystopian

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CARNAL (2021)

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PC Windows

A small and challenging retro-fueled FPS straight from the nightmares of 90's millennials. The Sons of Anak are opening portals to extract Dark Matter from the "other side". Combat the possessed soldiers, the manifested demons helping them and any inanimate objects standing in your way!

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  • 1990s
  • first-person
  • old-school
  • 3d
  • shooter
  • retro
  • dark
  • fps
  • america
  • comedy
  • pixel
  • horror
  • sci-fi
  • single-player

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Another Crusade (2023)

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Playstation 5 Xbox One PC Windows Nintendo Switch Playstation 4

Discover a 3d wooden puppet style world while exploring as a platformer, and taking battles in a turn-based combat as an old school RPG where timing and strategy are the keys to victory!


  • rpg
  • turn-based
  • old-school
  • japanese
  • medieval
  • retro
  • colourful
  • jrpg
  • combat
  • mystery
  • fantasy

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Gold Miner (2021)

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PC Windows Android Xbox 360

The Gold Miner is a puzzle game. The goal of the game is to collect all nuggets and jewels in the level and avoid barrels with gunpowder.Collect gems, score points, upgrade your equipment! Try to complete all 20 levels as soon as possible, will you succeed ?!


  • scroller
  • clicker
  • old-school
  • nature
  • arcade
  • casual
  • linear
  • 2d
  • atmospheric
  • achievements
  • challenging
  • classic
  • online
  • skill

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SKALD: Against the Black Priory (2023)

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Mac OS PC Windows

‘SKALD: Against the Black Priory’ is a retro-style party-based RPG set in a grim-dark fantasy world of tragic heroes, violent deaths and Lovecraftian horror. Choice matters as you explore an engaging branching story mixed with crunchy tactical, turn-based combat and character customization.


  • old-school
  • dark
  • rpg
  • fantasy
  • tactical
  • party
  • lovecraftian
  • turn-and
  • gothic
  • cosmic
  • turn-based
  • horror
  • combat
  • pixel
  • dungeon-crawler

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Single Malt Apocalypse (2023)

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Mac OS PC Windows

Not everything is fine in the small mining town of Cinderbrook. Your task is to find out what on earth is happening in the shadows of the town! Solve the mystery in this old-school adventure game with RPG influences!

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  • lovecraftian
  • nonlinear
  • old-school
  • noir
  • detective
  • investigation
  • choices
  • mystery
  • rpg
  • turn-based
  • exploration
  • horror
  • 2d
  • pixel
  • retro

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Ludus Mortis (2024)

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Linux PC Windows

Grid-Based First Person Dungeon Crawler set in a Dark Fantasy version of the Imperial Rome. Create and develop your party, explore catacombs, manage your Gladiatorial School and fight demons and undead to free Rome. Inspired by old-school cRPG from the 80s and 90s.


  • rome
  • party
  • rpg
  • old-school
  • movement
  • dungeon-crawler
  • 1990s
  • classic
  • hand-drawn
  • turn-based
  • grid
  • dark
  • gore
  • fantasy

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Caves of Lore (2023)

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IOS iPhone PC Windows Android

Engage in tactical grid-based combat in this classic-styled fantasy CRPG.


  • rpg
  • old-school
  • tactical
  • fantasy
  • mystery
  • 1990s
  • dungeon-crawler
  • pixel
  • 1980s
  • lore
  • turn-based
  • dungeon
  • exploration
  • dark
  • top-down

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Underrail (2015)

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PC Windows

UnderRail is a post-apocalyptic RPG game with turn-based combat, set in a world of tunnels and stations. You will create a character, explore the environment and uncover secrets as you progress. You will battle enemies using action points, use stealthy play and item crafting to your advantage. There are also psionic abilities that add an extra cyberpunk edge to the game.


What we like:
  • Perk-and-skill based character creation scheme
  • Action point governed combat system
  • Intuitive approach to stealthy play
  • Experience system that rewards exploration and thoroughness over combat prowess
  • Item crafting with meaningful stat choices
  • Psionic abilities for added depth
What could be improved:
  • Flat writing lacks creative spark of older games
  • Overly vague quest journal
  • No world or local map present

  • rpg
  • turn-based
  • isometric
  • old-school
  • classic
  • crafting
  • combat
  • post-apocalyptic
  • exploration
  • stealth
  • retro

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