Old School Games (also known as Classic Games) is the collection of the older console, personal computer, and arcade video games in the contemporary times. Usually, Old School Games are based upon systems that are discontinued or obsolete. Old School video game has three main activities such as port, retro-gaming emulation, and vintage. Ported Old School video games enable the player to play on modern hardware via compilations or ports while Vintage include games that are played on the original hardware. Emulation involves new systems simulating old gaming systems. Old School term could use the newer game, but with elements similar to those of older video games such as an Old School Role-playing, which introduces Turn-based Combat and an Isometric perspective view. In Old School video games, the player will experience the Pixel-Graphics, Graphic Adventure, Shooting, Arcade, and Racing genres of 80s and 90s.

17 Best Old School Games for Mac OS

#1 My Night Job

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My Night Job is an Action, Pixel Graphics, Horror Survival, and Single-player video game with light Beat ‘em up element developed by Webcore Games and published by BitCompiser Interactive. The game takes place in an abandoned mansion populated with brutal monsters. You assumes the role of the hero, who can use a variety of weapons to rescue innocents and his skins from the monsters. Over sixty weapons available from floor lamps to chainsaws, vases to shotguns and axe to hammers. It brings fast-paced, action-packed and 80s horror movie setting with unique challenges. You explores the world from a side-scroll perspective and can use a variety of weapons to smash monsters to save the people. There are different levels take place in the old-school themed world. Encounter more than 11 types of monsters and defeat them using over sixty unique weapons. My Night Job includes prominent features such as Abandoned Mansion, Old School Feel, Achievements, Endless Horror, 60 Weapons, and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.

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#2 SunAge: Battle for Elysium

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SunAge: Battle for Elysium is a blend of Strategy, Base Building, Sci-fi, and Isometric Strategy elements developed and published by Vertex4 Entertainment Ltd. The game brings a beautiful 2D graphics mixed with all new features that the player expect from an old school game. There are three distinct races available such as Sentinel, Raak-Zun, and Human. Each race has its unique units, technological advantages, buildings, and disadvantages. It consists of over twenty-five challenging missions across three campaigns. In the game, the player assumes the role of the commander with a task to build his base, recruit his army and participate in battlefield where he must command his army against enemies and crush them before they destroy the player’s base. The game rewards the player with points which can be used to unlock additional stuff. As the commander, the player controls, land vehicles, mechs, and soldiers to defeat the enemies. SunAge: Battle for Elysium includes prominent features such as 3 Distinct Races, Compelling Story, 25 Missions, Alternate Combat Modes, and more.

#3 Hack Run Zero

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Hack Run Zero is an Adventure, Puzzle and Hacking Simulation developed and published by I273 LLC for multiple platforms. It is the second title in the Hack Run video game and offers you an opportunity to test your hacking skills as you hack your way through massive and strange secret organizations to find out their hidden agendas. The game uses old school prompts to assist you to manipulate from system to system. Once you take over the user account, you will get more and more information about the organization and the employees that work in the organization. Your mission starts when you receive a not about your love who has been kidnapped. You must fulfill the demands of the kidnapper to save your love. There are more than seventy levels available, and each level has a set of objectives that you have to complete at any cost. With exciting gameplay, superb levels, and smooth controls, Hack Run Zero is the best game to play.

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#4 Shadowgate

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Shadowgate is a Graphic Adventure, Point and Click and Single-player video game developed by Icom Simulations, Inc. and published by Mindscape. The game takes place in the castle known as Shadowgate, the residence of an evil lord named as Warlord. The player assumes the role of the protagonist, a warrior, and his primary objective is to rescue the world by defeating the lord, who is struggling to release the demons from hell. The game has a variety of puzzles, and the player must solve throughout a series of levels to progress through the match. The player explores the environment from a first-person perspective and can interact with objects and environment using point and click interface. During the gameplay, the player can collect different objects and can use them when needed. It features classic soundtracks with old school graphics and lets the player immerse himself in puzzle gameplay experience. With cool mechanics, exciting gameplay, and brilliant visuals, Shadowgate is the best game to play.

#5 10000000 (Ten Million)

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10000000 (Ten Million) is a Role-playing, Puzzle, Match-3, and Single-player video game created by EightyEight Games. The game puts you in the role of the protagonist who is an adventurer and trapped in a dungeons. You have to earn at least ten billion points to escape through the dungeons. There are a set of levels and each level is full of challenges such as monsters, treasures and quests. The game revolves around match-3 gameplay, in which you have to match three same orbs to smash and complete each level by repeating the similar method. Each level is challenging as compared to last, so be careful because the game features monsters also that makes it more tough. To generate melee attacks, loot, resources, and others you have to slide rows and columns to combine three similar ones. You can use resources to level-up and get more points. There are some tasks that you must face and complete such as Kill monsters to search loot, find wood and stones to make your castle strong. Sixty Objectives, Twenty different Monsters ,Find items, Fast-paced, Old School Music, and Retro Graphics, 10000000 (Ten Million) is the best game to play.

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#6 Nexuiz

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Nexuiz is a Single and Multiplayer FPS video game developed by Alientrap. The core game-play of Nexuiz is heavily inspired by Quack and is built using a modified Quake gaming engine. The game provides with hundreds of inbuilt and user created maps, fifteen characters to choose between, ultra-realistic graphics, whole lot of traditional and non-traditional weapons and a fast-paced game-play. In single-player mode you can play the game in campaign but the multiplayer mode allows you to take part in different gaming modes like Team Deathmatch, Capture the Flag, and Survival etc. Nexuiz also provides with an old school type of game world setting so the game seems a little bit more engaging and playable. Game objectives are to kill the enemies, earn experience points and defeat the bosses. You can use the earned experience points to buy upgrades to improve your skills and fire power. Nexuiz is one of the best replacements to Serious Sam because it provides with a great resemblance to a lot of thing. You’ll definitely enjoy playing.

#7 Mercenary Kings

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Mercenary Kings is another great title that offers aesthetics similar to Contra series games and provides with a brillian Action filled Shooting and Run and Gun experience. This addictive Action, Side-Scrolling, Run and Gun video game offers fantastic Crafting options and allows you to loot whatever you want. Mercenary Kings features beautiful old school combat system similar to the one in award winning Metal Slug, Contra and Monster Hunter series and offers action-packed encounters with enemies and bosses. Interaction with NPCs, Crafting weapons and other items, multiple challenging game missions, Multiplayer Co-op support, brilliant visuals and an immersive game-play, Mercenary Kings is a fun game to play.

#8 Urban Terror

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Urban Terror by Silicon Ice Development and Frozen Sand, LLC is an Action, RPG and MMO-FPS video game. The game is a cool blend of games like Unreal Tournament, Counter Strike and Far Cry 4 and provides with a resembling game-play and mechanics and has a deep influence on the story. Old school settings, a number of amazing weapons and skills, state of the art graphics details, multiple types of enemies and an open world are the key elements of Urban Terror that offer unlimited entertainment to all the hardcore FPS gaming enthusiasts. Like a lot of other FPS games, Urban Terror tasks you to complete a number of game objectives such as targeting and eliminating the enemies, destroying the facilities and recovering a number of things and engage yourself into fast-paced action, game-play and earn experience points. The experience points can be used to buy upgrades and stuff such as weapons, armors etc. Urban Terror focuses mostly on Multiplayer gaming, so it allows you to engage in different game modes with or against your friends and other online players and enjoy the ultimate fun.

#9 Braveland

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Braveland is a wonderful Turn-based Strategy video game with amazing Indie aesthetics. This brilliant Old School takes you to an amazing Hexagonal grid-based setting and allows you to Explore, Craft, engage yourself into addictive and quite epic Turn-based Combats and be part of the legions of finest warriors of the time. Complete the ultimate goal of the game, that is to defeat the invading enemies and eventually save your world and people and become a skilled Commander of your army. The game allows you explore a massive game map, travel to any location easily, encounter your enemies randomly, collect a number of rare and quite valuable artifacts, use a number of fantastic combat skills and tricks, use upgrade to enhance your character’s talents and enjoy immersing yourself into an epic gameplay experience ever. With a fantastic game-play, great story and brilliant visuals, Braveland is a fun game to play and enjoy.

#10 Cube 2: Sauerbraten

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Cube 2: Sauerbraten is a Quake-like FPS (First-person Shooter), Single-player and Multiplayer video game available to play on Cross-platform. The game comprises a level editor and takes place in the stunning location, in which the player assumes the role of the protagonist. It has several modes such as Capture, Free-for-All, Capture the Flag, Teamplay, and more. In the beginning of the game, the player needs to select his playable character from available and jump into the world to battle against other players to earn points. In Capture mode, two teams can battle against each other for control of points available on the map while in Capture the Flag mode, two teams can fight to capture the flag of each other and struggle to return it to their bases. It offers the similar gameplay to the original Cube, and deals with fun and Old-school death match elements. During the gameplay, the player can use a series of weapons and can kill enemies to earn points. Cube 2: Sauerbraten includes prominent features such as a Mini-Map, First-person Exploration, Action-packed Gameplay, Open Environment, and more.

#11 Teslagrad

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Teslagrad is a Puzzle-Platform, Single-player and Side-scroll video game created and published by Rain Games for cross-platform. The game is set in the 2D world and mixes the puzzle, platform and action elements to offers the challenging gameplay. In the game, the electromagnetic and magnetism powers are the key to exploring the environment of the game, and thereby find out the secrets kept in the abandoned Tesla Tower. It introduces the minimal combat element joined with electronic puzzle sections. The game takes place in the steampunk-themed world focused on old Europe, offering the non-linear gameplay with the hand-drawn environment. During the gameplay, the player guides the protagonist, a young boy, who discovers himself embroiled in the forgotten conspiracy. Teslagrad includes prominent features such as Complex Puzzles, Explore the 2D Environment, Visual Storyline, Old-school Boss Fight, and more. Try it out, and you’ll like it.

#12 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (also known as Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone) is an Action-Adventure, Third-person Perspective and Single-player video game with an emphasis on Platform elements developed by Argonaut. The game offers a stunning gameplay inspired by the movie of the same name. It plot follows the protagonist named as Harry Potter, who finds out that he is a wizard, and is sent to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry where the protagonist makes new friends and get magical training, along his best friends to fend off the lord Voldemort from returning to power. The player takes on the role of the protagonist, Harry Potter (the leading role in the game) and explore the world from a third-person view, fulfill the objectives of each mission and receive experience points which can be used to unlock additional content, magic tricks and more. He can move in any direction, encounter NPCs, and collect gems scattered around the level. He can run, jump, and attack his way through multiple levels to advance through the game. With best mechanics, superb controls, and addictive gameplay, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone is the best game to play.

#13 ACE Academy

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ACE Academy is a Visual Novel, Role-playing, Anime-based, and Single-player Dating Simulation with an emphasis on Adventure elements developed and published by PixelFade Inc. The game takes place in the futuristic year 2049, where mechanized robots called GEAR were created for military and used them in the sports industry and commonplace. The massive use and the popularity of the robots have built a new academy called Cenorobotics. According to the story, the protagonist finds himself transferring to ACE Academy, a school for robot studies in fictional Japan. The primary objective of the player is to locate a team who accept him, and his old generation gear to use in the tournament. In front of advanced technologies, the research of the protagonist is hopeless. The game mixes the romance, sci-fi, and visual novel elements to offers a brilliant gameplay with hundreds of choices. Explore the storyline, interact with non-player characters, make the decision and select the choice to progress through the story. The game introduces multiple ending systems, depending on the action or decisions taken by the player. With superb gameplay and brilliant graphics, ACE Academy is the brilliant video game to play.

#14 Starflight

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Starflight developed by Binary Systems and published by Electronic Arts is a Role-playing, Adventure and Single-player video game. The game is about exploration, adventure, and space and it takes place in the futuristic year 4620. It casts the player in the role of the protagonist, a captain who is sent on an epic adventure to explore the massive galaxy. It uses old-school graphics and features eight space fearing races, five of which can be used as the part of the crew of the player. There are lots of challenging tasks, and the main objective of the player is to explore the space environment, fight enemies and score the points to unlock further content. The game starts on the fictional planet called Arth, a place for survivors. Due to radiation, the people are forced to live beneath the crust of the planet for centuries. In the game, the player needs to explore the solar systems, find clues, discover rare artifacts, and the enemy species before they destroy his homeland. Starflight offers prominent features such as a variety of Levels, Exploration, Space Fearing Races, etc. Try it out, and have fun.

#15 Long Live the Queen

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Long Live the Queen is a Female Protagonist, Visual Novel, Anime-based, and Single-player Role-playing Simulation developed and published by Hanako Games. The story of the game centers on the beautiful princess who is training to become the ultimate queen after her mother’s death. According to the story, the Queen Nova has died and her daughter, who is fourteen years old princess named as Elodie, leaving her school life to become the queen. Lots of people in the Kingdom are trying to take advantage of the queen’s death and struggle to kill the young girl before she becomes queen. The main task of the game is to keep the Princess Elodie alive for next forty weeks until she turned fifteen and became a queen. The player must explore the story and schedule the weekly lessons for the protagonist including foreign affairs, self-defense, expression, logistics, economy, doublespeak, and more. The game features multiple ending systems based on the decision taken by the player. With the superb story, addictive gameplay, and wonderful visuals, Long Live the Queen is the best game to play and enjoy.

#16 Seduce Me the Otome

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Seduce Me the Otome is an Anime-based, Visual Novel, Romance and Single-player Dating Simulation developed and published by Michaela Laws. The game takes place in the stunning world based on High School and puts you in the role of the senior with your two fellows named as Suzu Cappini and Naomi Patterson. You are the Harold Anderson’s granddaughter, who is the founder and CEO of Anderson Toys, a company, offering amazing products for children. Suddenly one day, you are called to attend the funeral of your grandfather. After the funeral, you come to know that you have inherited his massive estate. Your father advise you to move into your estate immediately. On next day, when you arrives into your estate, you discovers five injured, a very handsome man on the floor. A mysterious group of misfits attacked on them and run to locate shelter. Progress through the story, unearth the secrets, and solve mysteries. Seduce Me the Otome offers prominent features such as Changeable Characters, Original Soundtracks, Twenty-two Possible Endings, and more. Try it out, if you love playing Visual Novel Simulations.

#17 Hero Boy

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Hero Boy is an Action, 2D, Beat ‘em up, and Single-player video game created by Crowned Daemon Studios. The game combines the elements of horror, zombies, and fighting. It takes place inside the notebook of Max who is an eight-year-old boy. Max is a strange boy suffering from horror dreams. According to the story, the world is invaded by Zombies who slowly converting all the human population into zombies. You can get into the role of the Max and your objective is to fight against zombies and save your world and school. Explore various environments, complete each level, maintain your health and score the highest points. You can use your punch, kick, and weapons to defeat enemies. Defeat the hordes of zombies using combos which will let you perform special moves that damage all zombies around you. With the use of your points, you can unlock further content in the game. The game includes a huge range of enemies to fight. With detailed environment, addictive gameplay, and superb mechanics, Hero Boy is the wonderful game to play and enjoy.