The Best Retro Games for PC Windows - Page 2

Update : VISCO Collection added at rank #27.
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Cathedral (2019)

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Playstation 3 PC Windows Mac OS Linux Nintendo Switch

Enter a mysterious world and play as a knight trying to find his way home in Cathedral. With unique abilities and challenging bosses, explore the vast world full of secrets and mysteries. Jaw-dropping retro-inspired graphics and smooth controls make the game visually appealing. If you're a fan of Metroidvania games, Cathedral is worth checking out.


What we like:
  • Precise controls
  • Well-designed world
  • Challenging bosses
  • Varied quests
  • Generous checkpointing
What could be improved:
  • Charm system is underwhelming
  • Tedious exploration
  • Artificial backtracking
  • Overpowered enemies

  • platform
  • retro
  • metroidvania
  • boss
  • first-person
  • exploration
  • dungeon
  • shooter
  • boss-fight
  • puzzle
  • difficult
  • nes
  • fight
  • fps
  • vertical

12

Blaster Master Zero 3 (2021)

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86
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Xbox Series X Xbox One PC Windows Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch

Blaster Master Zero 3 is the ultimate mutant blasting action game that will leave you on the edge of your seat! This hybrid side-scrolling and top-down action game will take you on an epic journey through various dimensions. With a variety of new abilities and weapons at your disposal, you can travel through super-dimensional space and reverse the situation with the VRV system. Don't miss the epic conclusion of the Jason Saga!

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What we like:
  • Continuation of the storyline from the first 2 games
  • Compatible with controllers
  • Retro graphics style
  • Retro music
  • Multiple endings
What could be improved:
  • High difficulty curve
  • Confusing storyline if the first 2 games are not played
  • PC version has weird technical issues

  • platform
  • top-down
  • retro
  • metroidvania
  • boss
  • dungeon
  • side-scrolling
  • pixel
  • boss-fight
  • classic
  • anime
  • 2d
  • old-school
  • action
  • futuristic

13

Dread Templar (2023)

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PC Windows

Dread Templar is a fast-paced hardcore old-school FPS, combining classic 90s shooter and modern FPS elements. Unlock and combine dozens of weapon upgrades and skills, embrace the Dread Force and obliterate hordes of fiendish enemies. Become the scariest thing in hell and get your revenge!


  • shooter
  • first-person
  • retro
  • fps
  • bullet
  • demons
  • time
  • archery
  • 1990s
  • ninja
  • superhero
  • wave

14

HROT (2023)

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PC Windows

HROT is a single-player retro FPS set in a small socialist country neighboring Soviet Union (Czechoslovakia) after an unspecified disaster in 1986. Those times were dark and terrifying and so is the game.


  • first-person
  • retro
  • shooter
  • fps
  • blood
  • alternate

15

Angry Video Game Nerd I & II Deluxe (2020)

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85
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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox One Mac OS Linux

He's gonna take you back to the past . . . again!

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  • platform
  • retro
  • blood
  • difficult
  • scroller
  • boss
  • man
  • memes
  • funny
  • hardcore

16

Nightmare Reaper (2019)

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Xbox Series X Nintendo Switch Playstation 5 Playstation 4 PC Windows

Progress through the cursed depths of a nightmare while finding an arsenal of powerful weapons and improving your abilities along the way. This retro-inspired FPS with looter shooter and rogue-lite elements breaches the wall between classic and modern gameplay.


  • shooter
  • first-person
  • fps
  • loot
  • retro
  • violent
  • old-school
  • rogue-like

17

Axiom (2021)

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85
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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Android Playstation 4

In a cyberpunk world where giant corporations take advantage of their power, only those with the ability to enter the human mind can stop corruption at its source. You are a mind assassin called Miles and this mind-bending first-person action-adventure is your story of revenge.

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  • platform
  • metroid
  • retro
  • boss
  • exploration
  • classic
  • boss-fight
  • sci-fi
  • combat
  • fight
  • old-school
  • challenging
  • shooter
  • adventure

18

Kalinur (2023)

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97
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Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X Playstation 5 Playstation 4 PC Windows Xbox One

Defeat the mage Kalinur and bring peace back to the kingdom in this mini metroidvania with a lot of action.

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  • metroidvania
  • 2d
  • swordplay
  • retro
  • fantasy
  • platform
  • demons
  • pixel
  • dark
  • adventure
  • exploration
  • medieval
  • action
  • nonlinear

19

Taito Milestones 2 (2023)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Playstation 4

10 entertaining classics from Taito’s history featuring various genres and themes. Also included: Solitary Fighter, The Legend of Kage, Liquid Kids and Dinorex.


  • shooter
  • arcade
  • retro
  • platform
  • vertical
  • fight
  • multi-directional
  • various
  • ninja
  • compilation
  • boss
  • side-scrolling
  • classic
  • dinosaurs
  • cute

20

Forgive Me Father (2022)

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75
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Xbox One Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Forgive Me Father is a dark retro horror FPS set in a comic book style world inspired by the novels of H.P. Lovecraft. As the only one left with full senses, you begin a journey in search of answers and relief. How long can you last?


  • shooter
  • first-person
  • fps
  • retro
  • lovecraftian
  • horror
  • psychedelic

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