Top-Rated Free Old School Games on Steam

55 free Old School games with 500+ reviews and a 70%+ positive rating, newest first.

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Nazi Zombies - Players say: Survive escalating zombie waves alone or in co-op, earning points to repair barriers, buy gear, and open new areas. Players like: Old-School Zombies Feel · Co-op With Friends · Retro Low-Poly Style ·
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Nazi Zombies is a cooperative survival game where players fend off escalating waves of Nazi zombies, earning points by killing zombies and repairing barriers to buy weapons, upgrades, perks, and unlock new map areas to maximize their survival.

Eterspire - Players say: Explore Aetera as a class-based adventurer, taking quests, fighting monsters, upgrading gear, and teaming up for wave-based Trials. Players like: Relaxed MMO Grinding · Charming Art and Characters · Friendly Community ·
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Eterspire is a cozy old-school MMORPG where skill and dedication define your progression. Grind for gear, explore the vibrant world of Aetera, discover new content every two weeks, and join a growing, welcoming community in a free-to-play MMO with PC and mobile crossplay.

Evitania Online - Idle RPG - Players say: Build a class-based hero and helper characters who fight and gather resources offline, then use their gains to craft gear and take on bosses. Players like: Relaxed Idle Play · Easy to Learn · Pixel-Art Style ·
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Online Idle RPG with an open world without the grind of classic MMORPGs. Collect rare loot, develop your character, master professions, craft powerful gear, and defeat challenging bosses as you progress endlessly.

Vampire's Fall 2 - Players say: Explore a vampire-ruled 2D dark-fantasy world, take quests, build vampiric abilities, and fight with tactical turn-based combat. Players like: Tactical Turn-Based Combat · Dark Gothic Atmosphere · Character Build Variety ·
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Rise as a vampire in a handcrafted 2D dark-fantasy RPG. Master devastating powers, confront horrific enemies, and forge your destiny in a world shattered by a brutal civil war between humans and vampires.

IdleOn - The Incremental MMO - Players say: Manage up to 11 class-based heroes in an incremental MMO, fighting monsters, gathering resources, and progressing while away. Players like: Deep Progression Systems · Roster Management · Satisfying Number Growth ·
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The incremental idle MMO where your heroes keep fighting while you're gone! Spend their loot on upgrades, unlock classes from Elemental-Wizard to Cannon-Pirate, and level 20 unique skills like Farming, Sailing, and Construction!

Bouncemasters - Players say: Time a bear’s bat swing to launch a penguin, then bounce through obstacles, collect coins, and push for greater distances. Players like: Addictive Short Runs · YetiSports Nostalgia · Silly Cartoon Humor ·
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Launch a penguin across the globe! Whack, bounce, and soar through crazy obstacles in this fun physics-based arcade game, inspired by the legendary YetiSports! Escape the North Pole and find love - or just keep failing hilariously.

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Sep 29, 2025
95% 👍
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Idle Pixel Fantasy - Players say: Hire fantasy units that farm chests for gold and crystals, unlock new layers, then take on the dragon and prestige. Players like: Cute Pixel Art · Relaxing Background Play · Easy Achievements ·
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Recruit hard-working helpers and magical creatures that automatically collect gold and crystals. Unlock new levels, invest in stronger units, and work your way up to the powerful dragon boss at the top. A relaxing pixel-style idle clicker!

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Sep 22, 2025
78% 👍
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Galaxy Idle Clicker - Players say: Pilot a ship through enemy-filled space, gather resources and prisoners, then automate upgrades and reset for lasting bonuses. Players like: Layered Long-Term Progression · Useful Automation · Rewarding Prestige Resets ·
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Embark on an interstellar journey with Galaxy Idle Clicker! Conquer galaxies, upgrade your spaceship, and face off against a myriad of enemy ships. With engaging minigames, powerful upgrades, GIC delivers an unparalleled idle space adventure. Join the cosmic conquest today and dominate the universe!

Nin Online - Players say: Build a ninja in a three-village MMORPG, train jutsu, complete missions, and navigate open-world battles and village politics. Players like: Ninja World Atmosphere · Helpful Player Groups · Character Customization ·
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Fight and train with powerful Jutsu to rise through the ranks of your village in a ninja open-world MMORPG. Join over a hundred thousand players worldwide. Play now for free!

Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun - Words of Vengeance - Players say: As Malum Caedo, purge Graia’s Chaos forces in a rail shooter where typing Warhammer words fires your weapon. Players like: Typing-Based Combat · Warhammer Setting · Typing Practice ·
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Type like your life depends on it in Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun – Words of Vengeance! Smite the enemies of the Emperor with every keystroke spelling their demise. But every typo could mean the difference between life and death.   

SIGame - Players say: Compete in category-based trivia with friends or bots, race to answer, wager points, and build custom question packs. Players like: Company Quiz Nights · Custom Question Packs · Varied Topic Packs ·
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Exciting quiz game where you can test your knowledge, compete with friends and smart bots, and explore a variety of topics!

Royal Quest Online - Players say: Choose a class in a fantasy MMORPG, quest through monster-filled lands, improve your gear, trade, and battle for dungeons and castles. Players like: Nostalgic MMO Feel · World and Lore · Art and Music ·
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Fantasy comes alive in this vast yet cozy free-to-play MMORPG! Choose between 4 classes and 8 subclasses, explore hundreds of locations, thousands of quests, dive into varied PvE and PvP modes, enter the unique vibrant world, and trade with other players. Play, explore, fight and be victorious!

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Dec 19, 2024
77% 👍
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PAPERHEAD EP.0 - Players say: Escape a blood-streaked cardboard prison in a fast-moving horror FPS, blasting enemies and drawing bombs or doors with a pencil. Players like: Fast, Mobile Combat · Cardboard Horror Style · Pencil World Tricks ·
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In this cute cardboard world, something went horribly wrong... You wake up in a prison cell. A strange voice calls to you from the depths of dark corridors covered in runic symbols and blood. Reload your trusty shotgun and find out... WHY WOULD CARDBOARD... BLEED?

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Nov 14, 2024
94% 👍
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Arcanists - Players say: Build a wizard’s 16-spell loadout and duel in timed, turn-based battles where collapsing arenas pressure the last player or team. Players like: Nostalgic Return · Fun With Friends · Spellbook Strategy ·
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Players take turns in a race against the clock, utilising an array of spells to defeat their opponents in battle! Victory is accomplished by becoming the 'last man standing' (or last team) after all other players have been reduced to zero hitpoints.

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Jul 15, 2024
84% 👍
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Chambers: The Outlaw - Players say: Ride the Wild West, fight through bandit-held territories, duel for respect, and use odd skills in a fast-paced shooter. Players like: Snappy Gunplay · Oddball Western Style · Interesting Upgrades ·
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Take a bite of GETTING CHAMBERED in the Wild West: improvise to survive. Feed and take care of your horses. Open World with warring factions. Skills and upgrades: catch bullets, eat hats, summon bears. Revolver Monsters!

Dave's Fun Algebra Class: Remastered - Players say: Recover eight art-contest papers from a strange school while solving algebra, evading Dave, and using items to survive. Players like: Chaotic School Charm · Memorable Characters · Creative Item Mechanics ·
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Dave's Fun Algebra Class: Remastered is a strategy-based indie game inspired by Baldi's Basics, featuring chaotic and intense gameplay mixed with an old-school psychedelic artstyle. Solve math problems, meet Dave's friends, and uncover the secrets of Dave's school.

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Apr 3, 2024
88% 👍
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Buriedbornes2 - Dungeon RPG - - Players say: Possess corpses, choose routes through dangerous dungeons, and build a turn-based fighter from skills, runes, and gear. Players like: Deep Build Variety · Addictive Dungeon Runs · Dark Art Style ·
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"The oldest and most abhorrent Prophecy has become reality. This is endless and merciless warfare for Buriedbornes, army can revive forever." The long-awaited sequel to the easy-to-play turn-based dungeon RPG series is finally here!

Moonring - Players say: As a Dreamless in a land lit by five moons, explore Caldera, fight in turn-based battles, and choose a path among its gods. Players like: Open-World Discovery · Intriguing Worldbuilding · Retro Art and Music ·
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A dark-fantasy, turn-based, retro-fusion of classic turn-based RPGs and roguelikes, all presented with a unique neon aesthetic.

Eternium - Players say: Choose a Mage, Warrior, or Bounty Hunter and battle through loot-filled stages, drawing gestures to cast skills. Players like: Relaxing Short Sessions · Loot And Progression · Gesture-Based Casting ·
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Hack & slash against the dark forces threatening your home-world. Experience intense tactical fights in this fast paced, old school action RPG.

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Aug 21, 2023
81% 👍
of 4.4k
SOVL: Fantasy Warfare - Players say: Command a fantasy warband in turn-based, dice-resolved battles, building armies and surviving a procedural campaign. Players like: Tabletop-Style Battles · Formation and Positioning · Faction and Unit Variety ·
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SOVL is a ruleset for playing fantasy wargames. It can be played with miniatures on a table or digitally on Steam.

Caliber - Players say: A team-based military shooter where special-forces squads use distinct operators and gear in co-op, PvP, and mixed battles. Players like: Distinct Operator Abilities · Teamwork and Tactics · Co-op With Friends ·
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Caliber is a team-based online shooter focused on special forces units from all over the world. More than 70 operators with unique abilities and weapons as well as various game modes and maps are waiting for you.

EMPTY SHELL: PROLOGUE - Players say: As a volunteer sent to a Japanese island facility, explore shifting corridors, scavenge gear, solve puzzles, and fight creatures. Players like: Industrial Horror Atmosphere · Randomized Replayable Runs · Tense Exploration ·
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EMPTY SHELL: PROLOGUE will throw you in a dark industrial environment, a secret facility on a japanese island. Each volunteer has signed a contract for a "recovery operation" without being privy to too many details. A tense roguelite survival horror with a top down perspective.

Demeo: PC Edition - Players say: Lead a class-based party through turn-based tabletop dungeons, using cards, dice, and teamwork to battle monsters and descend. Players like: Co-op With Friends · Tabletop Game Feel · Distinct Hero Tactics ·
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It’s dangerous to go alone! Grab your friends and assemble a party, because plumbing the depths of Demeo requires strategy, cunning, and teamwork. An award-winning cooperative tabletop adventure for up to four players.

Chicken Invaders Universe - Players say: Join humanity's fight against vengeful space chickens in a top-down shooter of missions, ship upgrades, and galactic exploration. Players like: Childhood Nostalgia · Classic Shooting · Silly Chicken Humor ·
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A deliciously addictive core of finger-blistering shooting action, surrounded by delectable morsels of galactic exploration, spacecraft customization, and community competitions.

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Dec 15, 2022
91% 👍
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A.W.O.L. - Players say: Lead former special-forces soldier Dwayne Allen and his squad in a retro FPS search for their missing commanding officer. Players like: Retro Military Style · Satisfying Gunplay · Distinctive Level Designs ·
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A.W.O.L. is a first-person, mil-spec shooter developed using the Build engine (Duke Nukem 3D, Ion Fury).

REFLEXIA Prototype ver. - Players say: An isolated visual-novel fan is pulled into a dating sim, where dates and dialogue choices give way to a story about fiction and its player. Players like: Fourth-Wall Turns · Emotional Reflection · Memorable Short Story ·
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REFLEXIA's story starts out as a parody of its genre and ends as a psychological drama.

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Aug 31, 2022
95% 👍
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Catto Pew Pew! CLASSIC - Players say: A physics-driven cat arena shooter where shots launch rivals skyward, with four multiplayer modes and matches for up to 16 players. Players like: Playing With Friends · Physics Knockback · Proximity Voice Chat ·
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Catto Pew Pew! CLASSIC is a chaotic physics-based arena shooter where your shots cause your opponent to fly backward. Join the chaos for free!

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Aug 16, 2022
90% 👍
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Magic Rampage - Players say: Choose a fantasy hero, platform through monster-filled dungeons, hunt secrets, and build gear while investigating the king's fate. Players like: Story And Characters · Secrets And Levels · Classes And Builds ·
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Magic Rampage is a fast-paced action RPG platformer with a massive single-player campaign, deep character customization, and challenging dungeons. Master powerful gear, uncover secrets, and test your skills in competitive and PvP modes.

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May 24, 2022
95% 👍
of 1.8k
Cave Crawler - Players say: Jump and shoot your way through five side-scrolling cave levels, avoiding enemies and hazards on the path to a boss fight. Players like: Quick Retro Platforming · Jumping And Shooting · Brief Fun Challenge ·
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Cave Crawler is a short, 2D side-scrolling action platformer. Explore caves filled with interesting enemies and fun platforming challenges.

Jerma & Otto: The Curse of the Late Streamer - Players say: Help perpetually late streamer Jerma finish manor chores through point-and-click exploration, puzzles, and minigames before his stream. Players like: Absurd Humor · Jerma References · Charming Presentation ·
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Jerma985 is late for his stream, again, and it's up to you to help him get ready!

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Oct 8, 2021
96% 👍
of 548
Kakele Online - MMORPG - Players say: Explore a pixel-art fantasy world, fight monsters, complete quests, grow your character, and team up in a cross-platform MMORPG. Players like: Old-School Nostalgia · Abundant Activities · Character Progression ·
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Kakele Online is a 2D MMORPG! It is a cross platform top-down multiplayer open world nostalgic, modern and classic 2D pixel art real time role playing game. Play on Mobile and PC! Player driven economy with fair monetization! Play for FREE!

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Apr 15, 2021
84% 👍
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Evo\Wave - Players say: Play as LAI-6, a small AI platforming through retro game eras, collecting parts and learning skills to repair the world. Players like: Retro-Era Visuals · Collectathon Platforming · Synthwave Soundtrack ·
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Evo\Wave is a 3D platformer featuring LAI-6, an A.I. with a goal to restore the world following the passage of MagnaVex who brought the world back to a retro era. Repair the Evo\Core to progress through the different graphic periods of the video game history!

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Mar 12, 2021
96% 👍
of 523
Old School RuneScape - Players say: Explore Gielinor as an adventurer, training skills, tackling quests and bosses, trading, and choosing PvE or PvP. Players like: Nostalgic Appeal · Long-Term Progression · Flexible Play Styles ·
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The best retro fantasy MMORPG on the planet. Old School is RuneScape but… older! This is the open world you know and love, but as it was in 2007. Saying that, it’s even better than that – Old School is shaped by you, its players, with regular new content, fixes and expansions voted for by the fans!

B100X - Auto Dungeon RPG - Players say: Guide apostle Holly through the Eternal Cave: choose floors, automate turn-based battles, and strengthen her with loot and synthesis. Players like: Equipment Synthesis · Build Experimentation · Background Auto-Battles ·
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Devilishly addictive RPG presented by Nussygame, the developer of "Buriedbornes"!

6 Seasons and a Game - Players say: Play a character in an 8v8 paintball arena match against evil doubles, wrapped in satirical TV-show references. Players like: Faithful Show Tribute · Recreated Show Assets ·
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This is a completely free, volunteer made, multiplayer, satirical parody of common thematic elements found in American broadcast television serieses (yes that's actually a word)

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Jan 9, 2021
89% 👍
of 653
Idle Slayer - Players say: Run and jump through pixel-art worlds to gather coins and souls, unlock upgrades, craft gear, and build a stronger Slayer. Players like: Addictive Progression · Retro Pixel Art · Casual Background Play ·
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Start from nothing and grow into a legendary Slayer. Explore countless dimensions, collect souls, unlock powerful upgrades, craft powerful gear, defeat epic bosses, and enjoy a deep idle RPG with active and offline progression.

Incremental Adventures - Players say: Manage heroes through automated turn-based battles, tuning upgrades and layered prestiges to push their progression ever further. Players like: Offline Progress · Layered Prestige · Flexible Automation ·
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Lead your heroes in their neverending adventures! A minimalistic Idle game where combat is fully automated. It's up to you to make the most of that automation to reach extremely high numbers!

projectM Music Visualizer - Players say: Turn audio from apps or a microphone into animated visuals, browse community presets, and shape effects with mouse input. Players like: Huge Preset Library · Winamp-Era Nostalgia · Music-Reactive Visuals ·
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Experience psychedelic and mesmerizing visuals by transforming music into equations that render into a limitless array of user-contributed visualizations.

Soldat - Players say: A side-view arena shooter where soldiers use military weapons and jetpacks to battle across seven multiplayer modes. Players like: Nostalgic Classic · Fun With Friends · Fast Combat ·
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Soldat is a unique 2D (side-view) multiplayer action game. Soldiers fight against each other in 2D battle arenas using a deadly arsenal of military weapons, across 7 default game modes.

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Apr 15, 2020
94% 👍
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Super Bernie World - Players say: Play as Bernie Sanders in a retro side-scrolling platformer, leaping through U.S. levels and dodging political enemies. Players like: Mario-Style Platforming · Political Humor · Pixel Art ·
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Join Bernie's movement and transform the United States in this free retro 2D platformer.

HYPERFIGHT - Players say: A pixel-art fighter built around lethal hits, where you risk points for special moves in fast solo or multiplayer duels. Players like: Simple Yet Deep · Fast Duels · Movement and Specials ·
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HYPERFIGHT is a fighting game where every hit is lethal, and every win counts. Lightning-fast 1-on-1 duels!

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Mar 7, 2019
89% 👍
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Warspear Online - Players say: Choose a faction and class in a 2D fantasy MMORPG, then quest, gear up, explore dungeons, and battle players in guild wars. Players like: Pixel-Art Nostalgia · Class Variety · Guild-Based Play ·
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Create your hero and dive into an epic 2D MMORPG! Explore a vast open world, conquer castles, battle in free-for-all PvP, team up in guilds, join Alliance wars, explore dungeons, and celebrate with fun in-game events!

Therian Saga - Players say: Guide a fantasy hero through quests, exploration, crafting, and combat, scheduling skill-based actions that continue while you’re away. Players like: Deep Character Systems · Freedom to Progress · Complex Crafting ·
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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.

FINAL FANTASY V (Old ver.) - Players say: Join four heroes on a quest to protect the elemental crystals, battling in real time and combining abilities learned from different jobs. Players like: Flexible Job Builds · Strategic Combat · Memorable Soundtrack ·
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Return to the classic medieval tale of magic, monsters and friendship as FINAL FANTASY V comes to PC!

Subspace Continuum - Players say: Pilot a ship in top-down multiplayer battles, using weapons and team tactics across varied zones and game modes. Players like: Classic Multiplayer Feel · Nostalgic Longtime Favorite · Varied Modes and Ships ·
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THE legendary free online multiplayer space shooter! Addictive, fast-paced, easy to learn, and impossible to master.

Chip's Challenge 1 - Players say: Guide Chip through top-down, grid-based puzzles, collecting computer chips and using keys and blocks to reach each level's exit. Players like: Clever Level Design · Nostalgic Return · Varied Puzzle Mechanics ·
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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.

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May 28, 2015
90% 👍
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Wild Warfare - Players say: Play as armed animal mercenaries in a class-based arcade FPS, fighting in team modes and piloting missile-firing walkers. Players like: Goofy Animal Cast · Fast Arcade Combat · Distinct Class Roles ·
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Wild Warfare is a F2P, multiplayer FPS made for players that enjoy fun and/or being a bear. It's a mix of crazy game modes, balanced classes, simple controls and intense matches. Its got vehicle combat, because why not? You can even be a bunny that clubs people with a wrench, lucky you.

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Jul 15, 2014
72% 👍
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Blood: One Unit Whole Blood - Players say: Betrayed by a dark god, a former servant fights through horror-filled levels with eccentric weapons to exact bloody revenge. Players like: Memorable Spooky Atmosphere · Satisfying Unusual Weapons · Distinctive Dark Humor ·
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You carved your soul to shreds in servitude to a dark god, but false promises and betrayal were your only reward. Now you have a score to settle and it will be measured in blood! Experience the madness in one carnage-soaked package! All the gore, all the unholy war! Zombies, gargoyles, hellhounds and blood-crazed hordes of horrors await!

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Jul 14, 2014
92% 👍
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You Have to Win the Game - Players say: Explore a maze-like retro world, leap past traps, collect treasure, and gain abilities that open new routes. Players like: Retro PC Style · Precise Platforming · Exploration And Secrets ·
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You Have to Win the Game is a free exploration platformer with a retro 1980s PC aesthetic.

Neighbours from Hell Compilation - Players say: As Woody, sneak into your neighbor’s home and holiday destinations to chain pranks, evade detection, and raise your TV ratings. Players like: Childhood Nostalgia · Slapstick Pranks · Puzzle Planning ·
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INTRODUCING THE GAME OF NEIGHBOURHOOD NASTINESS AND COMMUNITY COMMOTION! Living next door to you is a real Neighbour From Hell and it's now time to have your revenge! This compilation includes the original Neighbours From Hell and it's sequel Neighbours from Hell 2: On Vacation.

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Nov 7, 2013
98% 👍
of 3.2k