Best Old School Games on Steam
Games using older genre rules, difficulty, presentation, pacing, or design values.
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1ULTRAKILL - ULTRAKILL is a fast-paced ultra-violent retro FPS that combines the skill-based style scoring of character action games with the unadulterated carnage inspired by the best shooters of the '90s. Rip apart your foes with varied destructive weaponry and shower in their blood to regain your health.
Sep 3, 2020
In this game, you can…
- toss a coin, shoot it midair, and ricochet the bullet into an enemy you can't even see.
- heal by getting right up next to enemies and absorbing their blood while you keep fighting.
- punch your own shotgun blast so it explodes on impact instead of just firing normally.
- time that coin shot at the apex so the bullet splits and detonates into a bigger hit.
- parry enemy attacks by punching them, including reflecting projectiles back at whoever fired them.
- swap between a big stack of guns mid-fight to cancel animations and fire faster without ever slowing down.
- chase perfect level ranks by optimizing routes and shaving tiny fractions of a second off your clear time.
- fight an endless survival arena where waves keep escalating until you finally die.
- spawn 10,000 rats in a sandbox, ground-slam, and crash the game and your PC.
2Megabonk - Smash your way through endless waves of enemies and grow absurdly powerful! Grab loot, level up, unlock characters and upgrade to create unique and crazy builds as you fend off hordes of creatures!
Sep 18, 2025
In this game, you can…
- bunny hop, slide down cliffs, use enemy knockback as a boost, and chain so much speed you're basically flying around the map.
- roll boulders into enemies, knock over towers, and use ramps and cliffs as part of the fight.
- push a movement build so fast the game can crash from the speed.
- chain sprinting, jumping, and sliding while you auto-bonk everything nearby and loot and XP gems explode across the map.
- unlock Monke, climb walls, and stack orbiting axes until your build snowballs into a totally different run.
- play as a skateboarding skeleton, launch off hills for big air, and throw bones at slimes while you keep comboing movement.
- assemble weird item synergies run by run, like crit and knockback setups or pistols plus poison flasks plus a sword for boss fights.
3Wolfenstein: The New Order - Wolfenstein®: The New Order reignites the series that created the first-person shooter genre. Wolfenstein offers a deep game narrative packed with action, adventure and first-person combat.
May 19, 2014
In this game, you can…
- storm a beachfront fortress, then later end up in space on a Nazi moon base.
- dual-wield basically every weapon, including shotguns, assault rifles, and laser guns.
- find a hidden Wolfenstein 3D-style game inside the modern campaign.
- stab Nazis from stealth with a knife or a silenced pistol, then instantly switch to loud firefights when you're spotted.
- take out commanders first so they stop calling in reinforcements during a fight.
- choose which comrade dies early on, then play through two different timelines.
- climb towers, fire giant cannons, and crush massive Nazi robots during the opening assault.
- wake up after a 14-year gap to a world where the Nazis won and the resistance is underground.
4The Henry Stickmin Collection - A choose-your-own-path where failing is more fun than succeeding.
Aug 7, 2020
In this game, you can…
- shrink your character in a graphics editor to fit through a tunnel on top of a speeding train.
- call in your buddy Charles for help and watch his "assistance" turn into a whole new kind of chaos.
- reach the finale and combine earlier endings into new routes that branch into multiple distinct storylines.
- choose between attacks like a knife or a yo-yo and get fully animated, wildly different outcomes either way.
- click a character who only appears for a split second to snag a hidden bio before the scene moves on.
- pick the "wrong" option on purpose just to see a spectacular fail scene play out like a mini-sketch.
- escalate from a simple bank job into airship infiltrations, complex prison breaks, and a much bigger conspiracy without slowing down.
- replay a 30-minute run and realize there are hours of alternate fails, secrets, and endings hidden behind different choices.
5Firework - An accidental fire at a funeral forces the police to re-investigate a closed case of massacre. Lin Lixun participates the re-investigation by chances. As the investigation goes deeper, the past of the victims gradually emerges. However, the case becomes more bewildering.
Feb 3, 2021
In this game, you can…
- reopen a closed massacre case when a funeral coffin catches fire.
- talk to the dead to pull out hidden memories that advance your investigation.
- watch the world abruptly shift between reality, remembered scenes, and the realm of the dead as you chase clues.
- follow a routine murder inquiry in a mountain village until you're uncovering each victim's past life, one by one.
- reconstruct what happened to a family from scattered clues, only for the presumed murder-suicide to collapse into a different tragedy.
- stumble into a nasty jump scare by interacting with a TV at just the wrong time.
- uncover a grim family history tied to an illegal underground ancient-artefact trade intertwined with murder and local myths.
- hit a climax where multiple myths, family sins, and earlier scenes suddenly click into one explanation all at once.
6Loop Hero - The Lich has thrown the world into a timeless loop and plunged its inhabitants into never ending chaos. Wield an expanding deck of mystical cards to place enemies, buildings, and terrain along each unique expedition loop for the brave hero.
Mar 4, 2021
In this game, you can…
- design the world with cards while your hero walks the loop on autopilot.
- fight enemies that leave behind follow-up fights, like killing a wolf and then fighting its ghost, then its ghost's ghost.
- beat a chapter boss and keep looping anyway, turning the map into a high-risk resource harvest instead of an endpoint.
- combine nine mountains into one giant peak that changes what you get from it.
- set up tile combos where placing one thing next to another creates entirely new effects, enemies, or rewards.
- push your luck each loop: bank everything at camp, bail early and lose some, or keep going until death takes more.
- swap gear mid-expedition to reshape your build while combat plays itself.
- turn your camp into a growing upgrade engine that unlocks new cards, classes, perks, and permanent buffs.
- build an intentional monster farm by packing the loop with spawners you can barely survive for better payouts.
7Touhou Mystia's Izakaya - A brand new pixel art restaurant simulator based on the Touhou Project! Play as Mystia, the owner of a small izakaya. Collect ingredients by day, cater to the customers by night, learn recipes from familiar characters, and become the best izakaya owner in all of Gensokyo!
Oct 1, 2021
In this game, you can…
- literally sing to your food to boost it, then earn buffs like tossing orders to tables instead of walking them over.
- decode rare customers' cryptic food hints using their likes, dislikes, and past visits, then build a dish that hits multiple preference tags.
- chain rare-guest satisfactions into combo rewards that snowball into spell-card effects, bonus resources, and huge profits.
- scavenge for ingredients on a strict day schedule, where every trip, chat, or quest burns a limited time slot.
- improvise dishes by manually adding ingredients to a base recipe to give it extra tags and match someone's weird cravings.
- preload your night by choosing cookware and station setups that trade off speed, follow-up orders, and handling special guests.
- expand from a tiny food cart into a larger izakaya with more capacity and cooking space, unlocking new equipment along the way.
- befriend characters to unlock recipes and recruit them as helpers, then send them on ingredient-gathering expeditions to keep you stocked.
8DOOM + DOOM II - Developed by id Software, and originally released in 1993 and 1994, the definitive, newly enhanced versions of DOOM + DOOM II are available as a combined product.
Aug 3, 2007
In this game, you can…
- play a new episode with an incinerator flamethrower and a CALAMITY BLADE that replaces the BFG with a room-clearing firestorm.
- jump into cross-platform co-op or deathmatch with 16-player online support, local split-screen, and 26 new deathmatch maps.
- scour maps for hidden routes and secret rooms that can stockpile ammo and gear for later levels.
- blast demons with a Super Shotgun that turns fights into positioning puzzles.
- start with a pistol, then carry your supplies between levels as new weapons and enemy types force constant loadout decisions.
- pick between the original MIDI soundtrack and the remixed IDKFA versions on the fly.
9Shadow Warrior - Shadow Warrior is a bold reimagining of the classic 3D Realms’ shooter from independent developer Flying Wild Hog (Hard Reset) starring the legendary and quick-witted warrior Lo Wang.
Sep 26, 2013
In this game, you can…
- find a hidden rabbit scene, hit one, and trigger a flaming demon-rabbit while heavy metal suddenly starts blasting.
- upgrade weapons into ridiculous alternate fires, like a rocket launcher that launches all its ammo at once.
- use demon artifacts like a disembodied head that shoots eye lasers and a heart that can kill demons in a blast.
- spin your katana in a full circle and cut down everything around you.
- chop enemies apart so precisely you can tear off limbs and stop certain attacks mid-fight.
- dash constantly through arena ambushes, chaining movement and melee while waves of enemies pour in from every side.
- carry your entire arsenal at once and swap freely between katanas, shotguns, crossbows, flamethrowers, and rockets on the fly.
- rate your fights like a performance, getting scored after you wipe out a cluster of enemies based on how you did.
10DUSK - Battle through an onslaught of mystical backwater cultists, possessed militants & even darker forces as you attempt to discover just what lurks beneath the Earth in this retro FPS inspired by the '90s legends.
Dec 10, 2018
In this game, you can…
- start impaled on a meat hook, tear yourself free, grab sickles, and immediately carve through the cult that strung you up.
- grab a powerup that turns time into a "only moves when you move" state, then sprint through a fight in stop-and-go bursts.
- flush toilet paper, books, skulls, and even human entrails down toilets.
- run at breakneck speed, chain huge jumps with mid-air flips, and keep perfect aim while you never take fall damage.
- rotate your gun instead of reloading, then grab a nearby object and throw it as a weapon.
- pick up boulders and hurl them at enemies until they explode into chunks.
- use your sickles to reflect enemy projectiles back at whoever fired them.
- carry every weapon at once, from dual pistols and a super shotgun to a crossbow that pierces and a mortar you can detonate mid-air.
- slide or dodge-roll under incoming attacks, then pop up and blast enemies point-blank with a sawn-off shotgun.
