The Best Old-school Games - Page 5

Update : Invention 8 added at rank #1.
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Phenom Overdrive (2024)

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PC Windows

A space adventure across colorful and abstract environments with simple controls and mechanics. Featuring precise, physics based, action. Sometimes a fast-paced thrill. Sometimes a slightly methodic thinker. Sometimes, even, a rage inducing dread. Always exhilarating.

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  • abstract
  • scroller
  • surreal
  • science
  • linear
  • action-adventure
  • multiple-endings
  • sci-fi
  • space
  • survival
  • old-school
  • physics
  • supernatural
  • colourful
  • difficult

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Dawnsbury Days (2024)

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PC Windows

Lead a group of childhood friends through their first adventures in a turn-based tactical RPG played under the rules of PF2E, the second edition of a powerful OGL ruleset. Customize their builds, acquire loot and level up, and ultimately defeat the sinister enemies who threaten your hometown.

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  • rpg
  • turn-based
  • tabletop
  • tactical
  • old-school
  • cinematic
  • character
  • moddable
  • party
  • customization
  • movement
  • grid
  • anime
  • battlefields
  • cute

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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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Dungeon Legends 2: Tale of Light and Shadow (2024)

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PC Windows

Dungeon Legends 2 is the ultimate old-school RPG dungeon crawler with a modern look. Explore a world of magic and danger, engaging in dynamic AI-supported dialogues with NPCs. Develop your character, find 700 items, and battle 30 types of enemies in this epic 15-hour adventure!

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  • dark
  • rpg
  • old-school
  • gothic
  • dungeon-crawler
  • fantasy
  • dragon
  • 1990s
  • magic
  • exploration
  • 3d
  • atmospheric
  • horror
  • survival
  • first-person

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Legends of Amberland II: The Song of Trees (2023)

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PC Windows

Legends of Amberland II: The Song of Trees is a classic western RPG inspired by great 90s era games such as Might & Magic, Wizardry, Ultima, the Gold Box series. Light, fairy tale, epic, heroic, slightly humorous adventure.


  • rpg
  • turn-based
  • old-school
  • party
  • dungeon-crawler
  • classic
  • exploration
  • grid
  • open-world
  • western
  • first-person
  • movement
  • historical
  • 1990s

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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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Magnavody (2023)

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Experience the magic and weirdness of the world's first home video console, the Magnavox Odyssey, lovingly recreated for modern hardware.

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  • education
  • tabletop
  • development
  • board-game
  • retro
  • old-school
  • action-adventure
  • sport
  • abstract
  • historical
  • 1980s
  • minimalist
  • casual
  • tennis
  • arcade

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The Maze Contract (2023)

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PC Windows

The Maze Contract is a single player retro action game with vector-style graphics. It takes a lot of inspiration from the 1980's shoot-em-up arcade games, but with added tactical elements and lots of upgrades for your ship and weapons.

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  • 1980s
  • shoot-em-up
  • old-school
  • top-down
  • loot
  • shooter
  • character
  • arcade
  • vector
  • retro
  • customization
  • exploration
  • aliens
  • action

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True Reporter. Mystery of Mistwood (2023)

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PC Windows

A free detective "Hidden object" game. Solve the crime now!

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  • visual-novel
  • hidden-object
  • investigation
  • hand-drawn
  • old-school
  • detective
  • drama
  • casual
  • atmospheric
  • 2d
  • mystery
  • first-person
  • linear
  • classic
  • rpg

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Ashes of Sombtir (2023)

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PC Windows

Ashes of Sombtir, the rpg where you follow the rules :)

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  • rpg
  • old-school
  • multiple-endings
  • party
  • pixel
  • stylized
  • dark
  • medieval
  • choices
  • colourful
  • 2d

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