Best Old School Games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated old school games.

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SUPERHOT VR Lose track of what’s real. Commit yourself, body and mind. Confront the evocative, elegantly brutal world of SUPERHOT VR. Enemies pouring into the room from all sides, dozens of bullets coursing through the air... Wait. Something seems different in here...

Price -80% 4.72€
Rating 7.3
Release 25 May 2017
Cyberhunt Cyberhunt is a retro procedurally generated twin stick shooter, that takes you back to the sweet to the sweet arcade machines era!

Price -93% 0.35€
Rating 8.0
Release 19 May 2017
WAVESHAPER WAVESHAPER is a minimalist score attack game in which you attempt to stop the 2D vector menace, one obstacle at a time.

Price 1.89€
Rating 8.5
Release 03 May 2017
aMAZE 2 aMAZE 2 is a straightforward and surprisingly-difficult celebration of the simple beauty of the maze.

Price -75% 0.51€
Rating 8.1
Release 21 Apr 2017
Full Throttle Remastered Originally released by LucasArts in 1995, Full Throttle is a classic graphic adventure game from industry legend Tim Schafer, telling the story of Ben Throttle; butt-kicking leader of biker gang the Polecats, who gets caught up in a tale of Motorcycles, Mayhem and Murder.

Price -89% 1.73€
Rating 8.8
Release 18 Apr 2017
Therian Saga Therian Saga is a MMORPG that tries to stand out of the crowd by offering a compelling storytelling surrounded by a massive mathematical set of rules that define the world your hero will evolve in. It could be said that it borrows elements from old-time MUD games, strategy games and even tabletops RPG.

Price Free to play
Rating 6.8
Release 27 Mar 2017
Low Magic Age Adventure and fight in a medieval fantasy open world! Build heroic characters with various abilities, travel through villages, cities, or perilous dungeons. Strategic turn-based combat system and advanced character building - Fog of war, charging and flanking, and more in the fast-paced Arena mode.

Price -86% 2.19€
Rating 8.6
Release 10 Jan 2017
Kick Ass Commandos Lock and Load! It's time to Kick-Ass. Grab your machine gun, flamethrower, rocket launcher, and grenades. Assault the enemy base and free commandos to join your team while you destroy everything in sight. Make your way through enemy bunkers to rescue your comrades, and kill everyone you encounter!

Price -92% 0.56€
Rating 8.6
Release 17 Nov 2016
Razortron 2000 RAZORTRON 2000 is a retro top-down endless racing game. Try to beat your highscore, unlock new cars and climb your way to the top of the leaderboards on this love letter to coin eater arcade machines era!

Price -93% 0.35€
Rating 8.2
Release 12 Oct 2016
Rock 'N' Roll Defense Rocked by an explosive soundtrack, choose your band, place your equipments and defend the Rock 'N' Roll from everyone and everything who try to pull it down, on a totally hardcore tower defense!

Price -94% 0.30€
Rating 8.3
Release 10 Aug 2016
The Eyes of Ara Explore a vast, mysterious castle riddled with secret rooms and challenging puzzles in this award-winning puzzle adventure.

Price -66% 4.31€
Rating 7.9
Release 19 Jul 2016
Unforgiving Trials: The Darkest Crusade Embark on an epic adventure to save the lands. Form a party by selecting 4 different adventurers from a pool of over 12 unique classes. Battle your way through the cursed lands scaling the highest mountains and exploring the darkest dungeons. Face more than 30 unique challenging bosses in order to reach the capital of the kingdom.

Price 0.99€
Rating 6.3
Release 15 Jun 2016
Dungeon Escape Challenging 2D platformer with simple graphics and a great chiptune soundtrack.

Price -88% 0.35€
Rating 7.6
Release 27 May 2016
March of the Living Roguelike-like inspired by FTL and popular zombie fiction. Guide a group of survivors to a rumoured safe haven.

Price -92% 1.31€
Rating 6.8
Release 20 Apr 2016
1993 Space Machine Space shooters never die. 1993 is a testament to that. 1993 is a classic shoot em up celebrating games like Gradius, R-Type and Life Force.

Price -95% 0.52€
Rating 6.7
Release 28 Mar 2016
The Count Lucanor Pixel adventure inspired by classics like Zelda and Silent Hill.

Price -75% 2.38€
Rating 8.9
Release 03 Mar 2016
Balrum Balrum is an old-school, turn-based, open world RPG with deep tactical combat. Explore a huge living fantasy world with dozens of side quests next to an epic main quest. Grow your own crops, build your home, and craft your own custom items.

Price -94% 0.98€
Rating 7.6
Release 29 Feb 2016
The Quest The Quest is a beautifully hand-drawn open world role playing game with old school grid-based movement, turn based combat and intricate quests. Explore a huge world, full of challenging mysteries and dangerous monsters!

Price -50% 4.99€
Rating 8.1
Release 19 Feb 2016
Bit Blaster XL Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!

Price -45% 0.55€
Rating 9.3
Release 22 Jan 2016
UnderRail UnderRail is an old-school turn-based isometric role-playing game that features a large open post-apocalyptic world, deep and challenging combat and an intricate storyline.

Price -79% 3.15€
Rating 8.5
Release 18 Dec 2015
Turok A world where time has no meaning - and evil knows no bounds. Torn from a world long gone, the time traveling warrior Turok has found himself thrust into a savage land torn by conflict.

Price -97% 0.76€
Rating 9.0
Release 17 Dec 2015
The Fall of the Dungeon Guardians - Enhanced Edition In this tactical combat & dungeon crawler mash-up, explore a massive dungeon, full of danger, mystery and secrets. Fight your way through hordes of enemies and powerful creatures, with your tank, healer & damage dealers party.

Price 19.99€
Rating 7.9
Release 06 Nov 2015
Twinsen's Little Big Adventure 2 Classic Twinsen's Little Big Adventure 2 Classic is a retro action-adventure game originally released in 1997. After saving the world from the evilish Doctor Funfrock, Twinsen is now ready to face a new threat coming from outer space.

Price 9.99€
Rating 9.1
Release 20 Oct 2015
Twinsen's Little Big Adventure Classic Twinsen's Little Big Adventure is a retro action-adventure game originally released in 1994. Equipped with your Magicball, you will have to face the evil Dr. Funfrock to save your girlfriend and the world of Twinsun.

Price 9.99€
Rating 8.1
Release 20 Oct 2015
The Age of Decadence The Age of Decadence is a turn-based, hardcore role-playing game set in a low magic fantasy world. The game features a detailed skill-based character system, multiple skill-based ways to handle quests, choices & consequences, and extensive dialogue trees.

Price -94% 0.94€
Rating 7.9
Release 14 Oct 2015
Mega Man Legacy Collection Mega Man Legacy Collection is a celebration of the 8-bit history of Capcom’s iconic Blue Bomber featuring faithful reproductions of the series’ origins with the original six Mega Man games.

Price -85% 2.27€
Rating 8.3
Release 24 Aug 2015
Putrefaction Putrefaction is a First Person Shooter with horror elements, lots of enemies and weapons, heavily inspired by old-school shooter classics.

Price 2.99€
Rating 6.7
Release 07 Aug 2015
Age of Fear: The Undead King Play as either Sir Edward, a noble Knight defending the Human Kingdom, or Krill, a wicked Necromancer with an unearthly lust for power! The Age of Fear series is a deep and complex turn-based strategy (full of humour!) that fuses a tabletop wargame with RPG elements.

Price -87% 2.65€
Rating 8.2
Release 26 Jun 2015
Streets of Fury EX Fight the gangs of Paris in this action packed Beat'Em up. Up to 4 players can join in, to cooperate, or fight against each other! Many unlockables, game modes, crazy combos and devastating furies await you in this deep fighting game.

Price -93% 0.73€
Rating 9.0
Release 25 Jun 2015
Monument Oldschool FPS. Hardcore classic gameplay action. Huge hordes of monsters. Blood. Horror. Fun. Each level is unique and not similar to the previous. You need to survive in this dangerous world and become the best evil shooter.

Price 1.99€
Rating 7.2
Release 05 Jun 2015
Chip's Challenge 1 Before Chip can join the Bit Busters computer club and hang out with the girl of his dreams, Melinda the Mental Marvel, he must solve all 144 challenging puzzles. Your bird's-eye view can help Chip rush through the puzzles and mazes before he's deleted by monsters, traps and the passage of time.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.4
Release 28 May 2015
Fine Sweeper Fine Sweeper is a Minesweeper variant with additional features such as a campaign mode, “classic mode”, item drops, leader-boards, and achievements.

Price 5.89€
Rating 8.2
Release 25 May 2015
FINAL FANTASY IV: THE AFTER YEARS Take part in the epic sequel that unfolds nearly two decades after the events of FINAL FANTASY IV. Now enhanced for Windows PC.

Price -73% 4.01€
Rating 6.1
Release 11 May 2015
Koi-Koi Japan [Hanafuda playing cards] "Hanafuda" is a traditional Japanese card game. Now you can enjoy "Koi Koi," its most well-known variation, in a purely Japanese milieu with elegant and refined graphics. Online Multiplayer!!

Price -75% 2.51€
Rating 8.7
Release 27 Apr 2015
Domestic Dog Have you ever wanted to be a dog? Well now you can, kinda...

Price 5.19€
Rating 7.6
Release 10 Apr 2015
War for the Overworld War for the Overworld is an unholy union of Dungeon Management and Strategy that rewards all those villainous thoughts you’ve been having. Craft your own perilous dungeon and defend it against pesky heroes who keep exploring it and taking your stuff.

Price -87% 3.80€
Rating 8.4
Release 02 Apr 2015

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