Top Cult Classic Games
60+ cult classic games ranked by player tags and tunable re-ranking. Related tags include Singleplayer, Adventure, Classic, Retro.
Recommended Cult Classic Games

The Curse of Monkey Island
The only pirate adventure that asks the question: What's sharper, your sword or your wit?

Impossible Creatures Steam Edition
Impossible Creatures is a 3D RTS game that pits the player against an evil villain. Using Earth’s most formidable animals as building blocks, the player must create an army of genetically-altered mutant monsters in a titanic struggle to protect an unsuspecting world.
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- #1 The Curse of Monkey Island87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,014 reviews2018Developer: LucasArtsPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 2.2hMean: 6.1h≥1hr: 59%
The only pirate adventure that asks the question: What's sharper, your sword or your wit?
- #2 Impossible Creatures Steam Edition86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,821 reviews2015Developer: Relic EntertainmentPublisher: THQ NordicPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.3hMean: 6.4h≥1hr: 57%
Impossible Creatures is a 3D RTS game that pits the player against an evil villain. Using Earth’s most formidable animals as building blocks, the player must create an army of genetically-altered mutant monsters in a titanic struggle to protect an unsuspecting world.
- #3 Between Me and The Night77% matchMostly Positive76% of 833 reviews2016Developer: RainDance LXPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 4.6hMean: 23.9h≥1hr: 96%
‘Between Me and The Night' is a surrealist action adventure game that walks the thin path between sanity and madness. Take on the role of a young boy and explore and interact with the mysterious house in which he lives.
- #4 We Love Katamari REROLL+ Royal Reverie72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,594 reviews2023Developer: MONKEYCRAFT Co. Ltd.Publisher: Bandai Namco EntertainmentPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.4hMean: 6.3h≥1hr: 77%
The second title in the Katamari Damacy series has returned in a remastered, powered-up version! This new REROLL comes with improved graphics and gameplay enhancements. In Royal Reverie, roll up katamari as the King of All Cosmos in his boyhood!
- #5 Sam & Max Hit the Road73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,042 reviews2018Developer: LucasfilmPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 1.0hMean: 3.3h≥1hr: 50%
Grab your nightstick, squeal like a siren, and Hit the Road with Sam & Max, Freelance Police, as they attempt to crack their toughest case.
- #6 Metal Wolf Chaos XD72% matchVery Positive84% of 885 reviews2019Developer: General ArcadePublisher: Devolver DigitalPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 2.2hMean: 4.8h≥1hr: 68%
Metal Wolf Chaos XD is a modernized re-release of FromSoftware's 2004 mech shooter with upgraded visual fidelity, refined controls and gameplay, a new save system, and 4K + 16:9 support for modern displays.
- #7 Fenimore Fillmore: The Westerner71% matchVery Positive92% of 111 reviews2017Developer: Casual Brothers Ltd.Platforms: Windows
Fenimore Fillmore: The Westerner. Originally released in 2004 was the best adventures of the year in different countries, and won many awards. Fenimore Fillmore is back now on Steam on amazing remastered version.
- #8 Umineko When They Cry - Answer Arcs68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,511 reviews2017Developer: 07th ExpansionPublisher: MangaGamerPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 16.4hMean: 52.4h≥1hr: 87%
This is the 2nd half of the Umineko When They Cry sound novel series, featuring episodes 5 through 8. This steam version features multi-language options, swap-able renewed character sprites, as well as the original BGMs and un-cut content.
- #9 Shadowgate70% matchVery Positive87% of 710 reviews2014Developer: ZojoiPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 3.1hMean: 4.1h≥1hr: 89%
Thrust into the role of "The Seed of Prophecy," players travel deep into the living castle, in hopes of defeating the evil that dwells within – the dreaded Warlock Lord.
- #10 Voodoo Vince: Remastered69% matchVery Positive92% of 575 reviews2017Developer: Beep Games, Inc.Platforms: WindowsMedian: 3.2hMean: 5.8h≥1hr: 80%
The classic character platformer is back after 13 years and newly remastered! Help Vince run, jump and fight his way through cemeteries, swamps and an evil carnival as he seeks to save his creator Madam Charmaine from the clutches of Kosmo The Inscrutable.
- #11 Lumino City69% matchVery Positive87% of 1,382 reviews2014Developer: State of PlayPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 42mMean: 4.9h≥1hr: 45%
The BAFTA award winning handmade puzzle adventure game made entirely by hand. Explore the city and use your ingenuity to piece together puzzling mechanisms and bring back power to this unique world. Three years in the making, it's handmade entirely out of paper, card, miniature lights and motors.
- #12 Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders68% matchVery Positive88% of 147 reviews2018Developer: Lucasfilm GamesPublisher: LucasfilmPlatforms: Windows, Mac
Space Aliens have built a stupidity machine that's slowly reducing everyone's IQ to single digits. Worse yet, the only person who can stop them is Zak McKracken, reporter for the disreputable National Inquisitor, who dreams up stories about carnivorous cantaloupes and vegetarian vampires.
- #13 Lost Planet® 270% matchMixed66% of 3,056 reviews2010Developer: CAPCOM CO., LTD.Publisher: CapcomPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 2.2hMean: 10.7h≥1hr: 65%
Lost Planet 2, the sequel to Lost Planet™: Extreme Condition, the landmark third-person shooter that sold over 2.3 million units worldwide, is now available on Steam!
- #14 Battle Mages69% matchMostly Positive77% of 226 reviews2014Developer: Targem GamesPublisher: ESDigital GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.3hMean: 4.8h≥1hr: 91%
There is a world which needs your defense. You are the young mage that has just graduated the mages school and you must pass through several hard tests to become a decent defender.
- #15 Battlezone 98 Redux66% matchVery Positive91% of 1,136 reviews2016Developer: Big Boat InteractivePublisher: RebellionPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 4.4hMean: 8.0h≥1hr: 80%
One of the greatest sci-fi strategy games of all time returns with remastered visuals, online multiplayer and near unlimited mod content from Steam Workshop. Experience thrilling first person action and acclaimed RTS in this explosive alternate vision of the 1960s space race.
- #16 Second Sight63% matchVery Positive82% of 315 reviews2021Developer: Free Radical DesignPublisher: THQ NordicPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 42mMean: 3.4h≥1hr: 45%
Combining an atmospheric, psychological thriller narrative with paranormal psychic abilities, stealthy exploration and intense shooter action, Second Sight brings a new dimension to stealth action games, giving players control of a character endowed with incredible psychic abilities.
- #17 CROSS†CHANNEL: Steam Edition62% matchVery Positive90% of 449 reviews2018Developer: MoeNovelPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.1hMean: 20.5h≥1hr: 52%
"This is the Gunjo Broadcasting Club. Is there anyone left out there?” CROSS†CHANNEL is now available to the whole world for the first time ever. Eight students relive an eternally looping week as tensions rise. Can they mend their broken friendships, or are they too far gone to salvage...?
- #18 Quest for Glory 1-560% matchVery Positive95% of 496 reviews2016Developer: SierraPublisher: ActivisionPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 30mMean: 9.4h≥1hr: 44%
The world of Gloriana, with all its wonderful diversity, awaits you.
- #19 Alone in the Dark 160% matchVery Positive92% of 444 reviews2016Developer: InfogramesPublisher: THQ NordicPlatforms: Windows
Alone in the Dark: Classic Collection brings the seminal survival horror masterpieces of the 90's to your PC today.
- #20 Phantasmagoria61% matchVery Positive87% of 529 reviews2016Developer: SierraPublisher: ActivisionPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 30mMean: 6.4h≥1hr: 41%
Master storyteller Roberta Williams challenges you to experience the ultimate interactive nightmare.
- #21 Locoland62% matchVery Positive80% of 187 reviews2015Developer: GromadaPublisher: ESDigital GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.3hMean: 3.6h≥1hr: 91%
Colorful crazy world of a fantastic planet. Bizarre plants, strange landscapes! Under these unusual conditions there arose steam-robots civilization. But there’s no peace there - robots are at war.
- #22 A New Beginning - Final Cut62% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,134 reviews2012Developer: Daedalic EntertainmentPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 1.8hMean: 6.7h≥1hr: 57%
A New Beginning is a cinematic adventure-thriller done graphic novel-style.
- #23 愛神餐館MAX59% matchVery Positive91% of 53 reviews2020Developer: Firedog Creative Company LimitedPlatforms: Windows
Love, restaurant, and RPG adventure all in one, the origin of the "Cupid Bistro!!" series is here! As the main protagonist Rato Coriander, you need to run a bistro as part of your final year assignment. In one year's time, you are the one to decide all different endings with 13 beautiful girls!
- #24 The Next BIG Thing61% matchVery Positive84% of 713 reviews2011Developer: Pendulo StudiosPublisher: Focus EntertainmentPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 1.7hMean: 4.0h≥1hr: 55%
The Next Big Thing is a great adventure game in high definition, loaded with laughs, tributes, mysteries and wacky puzzles!
- #25 Submarine Titans57% matchVery Positive87% of 357 reviews2020Developer: Ellipse StudiosPublisher: Strategy FirstPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 30mMean: 5.5h≥1hr: 41%
Submarine Titans is a real-time strategy video game that takes place in the year 2115 after a comet has struck Earth, driving two human factions, the militant White Sharks and the scientific Black Octopi, to establish underwater bases and fight for dominance over the oceans.
- #26 D: The Game59% matchVery Positive88% of 156 reviews2016Developer: WARPPublisher: Nightdive StudiosPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 2.5hMean: 3.1h≥1hr: 84%
Los Angeles, 1997. There has been a mass murder at a general hospital on the outskirts of downtown. Richter Harris has shut himself up in the hospital and taken hostages, leaving the police helpless and unable to move in.
- #27 Wasteland Remastered59% matchMostly Positive70% of 296 reviews2020Developer: inXile EntertainmentPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.7hMean: 6.8h≥1hr: 63%
The RPG classic rises from the nuclear ashes! Wasteland Remastered is an overhaul of the 1988 title that brought the post-apocalypse to video games. See where the Wasteland series began and experience the character and world the sequels are built on.
- #28 Simon the Sorcerer - Mucusade: 25th Anniversary Edition60% matchMostly Positive70% of 81 reviews2018Developer: MojoTouchPlatforms: Windows
Just when he thought his life was regaining some semblance of normality, Simon's wonder years are once again turned upside down when the evil sorcerer Sordid returns from the grave with only one thing on his mind - revenge!
- #29 Dusk 1262% matchMixed49% of 239 reviews2014Developer: Orion GamesPublisher: ESDigital GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.2hMean: 3.7h≥1hr: 81%
Dusk 12 is a first person shooter, full of action where the player will incarnate two heroes. One of the soldiers of the group, with unknown past and one of the infected men with the virus, who has strength, speed and fortitude beyond human limits.
- #30 Fenimore Fillmore: 3 Skulls of the Toltecs58% matchVery Positive86% of 102 reviews2019Developer: Casual Brothers Ltd.Platforms: Windows
3 Skulls of the Toltecs was one of the last classic point & click adventure release in 1996, now you can play it again in this wonderful remastered version with enhanced graphics up to 4k.
- #31 Collapse59% matchMostly Positive72% of 977 reviews2014Developer: CreoteamPublisher: ESDigital GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 2.5hMean: 3.8h≥1hr: 85%
In 2013 the Central Europe (Ukraine, Kiev) witnessed a catastrophe. Everybody was mystified by its cause. What happened was beyond our comprehension. Somebody called it the collision of worlds or the stratification of two dimensions.
- #32 Deus Ex Machina, Game of the Year, 30th Anniversary Collector’s Edition59% matchPositive83% of 48 reviews2016Developer: Potassium Frog LimitedPlatforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
Back by popular demand, the legendary video game and first ever interactive movie, starring Jon Pertwee (Doctor Who), Ian Dury (the Godfather of Punk), and Frankie Howerd (comic genius). Hailed as a breakthrough in the development of video games, Deus Ex Machina won Game Of The Year, and is currently the subject of movies, books,...
- #33 Night Trap - 25th Anniversary Edition58% matchVery Positive85% of 199 reviews2017Developer: Screaming VillainsPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.0hMean: 4.1h≥1hr: 48%
Night Trap tells the story of five teenage girls spending the weekend at the Martin home. As a member of the Special Control Attack Team, your job is to monitor the home and protect the girls using an intricate system of cameras and traps as it is being invaded by vampires.
- #34 The Stalin Subway60% matchMixed61% of 731 reviews2014Developer: Orion GamesPublisher: ESDigital GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.1hMean: 9.4h≥1hr: 89%
"The Stalin Subway" is a First Person Shooter-style game where the events take place in post-war Moscow. The game allows to plunge into the depressing atmosphere of the Stalin's period and to play as a Soviet officer.
- #35 Legend of Kay Anniversary59% matchMixed69% of 353 reviews2015Developer: KAIKOPublisher: THQ NordicPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 4.0hMean: 5.4h≥1hr: 89%
10 years after its initial release, Legend of Kay - Anniversary is a thoroughly remastered version of the original game: high-resolution textures; new, more detailed character models; modern rendering techniques and crystal-clear surround sound give this great classic a new shine.
- #36 Backyard Baseball '9750% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,172 reviews2024Developer: Mega Cat StudiosPublisher: Playground ProductionsPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.9hMean: 6.7h≥1hr: 62%
Rediscover the joy of the original Backyard Baseball 1997, now updated for modern systems! Build your roster from among the iconic Backyard Kids, aim for those home runs, and various game modes. Relive the magic of this classic baseball game!
- #37 Phantasmagoria 2: A Puzzle of Flesh57% matchVery Positive82% of 232 reviews2016Developer: SierraPublisher: ActivisionPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.5hMean: 12.0h≥1hr: 55%
All Curtis wants is to live a normal, happy life, but something seems to have other plans...
- #38 Pharaoh + Cleopatra54% matchVery Positive92% of 2,561 reviews2016Developer: Impressions GamesPublisher: ActivisionPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.5hMean: 18.4h≥1hr: 55%
Immerse yourself in Ancient Egypt from the age of the great pyramids to the final years of the New Kingdom.
- #39 Armikrog59% matchMixed59% of 1,629 reviews2015Developer: Pencil Test StudiosPublisher: Versus EvilPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 2.1hMean: 3.0h≥1hr: 61%
Armikrog is a unique stop motion clay animated point and click adventure game from the creators of Earthworm Jim and the Neverhood. Unravel the mysteries of the fortress that holds Tommynaut and his blind alien talking dog Beak-Beak captive through exploration and puzzle solving!
- #40 de Blob56% matchVery Positive88% of 424 reviews2017Developer: Blue Tongue EntertainmentPublisher: THQ NordicPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.0hMean: 4.8h≥1hr: 51%
The evil I.N.K.T. Corporation has declared 'Color is a Crime!' and leeched Chroma City of all its beauty and interest. The race to rescue Chroma City has just begun, and only de Blob can save the world from a black-and-white future with his unique abilities to color the world back to life.
- #41 EMERGENCY 256% matchVery Positive84% of 80 reviews2018Developer: Sixteen Tons EntertainmentPlatforms: Windows
Save Lives! When disaster strikes it all comes down to you! Take command of firefighters, doctors and more in this EMERGENCY Classics re-release of EMERGENCY 2. Now playable on modern operating systems!
- #42 Iridion II56% matchPositive85% of 27 reviews2020Developer: Shin'en MultimediaPublisher: Majesco EntertainmentPlatforms: Windows
The Iridions are back! Planet Earth is too far away to offer help. The only chance? A lone powerful spaceship...Yours!
- #43 Codename: Panzers - Cold War58% matchMixed67% of 283 reviews2009Developer: InnoGlowPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 48mMean: 6.9h≥1hr: 48%
Tempelhof, Berlin, dawn of 8th April 1949.A major armed conflict is brewing between the Western powers and the Soviet bloc. The Red Army has been growing ever stronger since the end of World War II. With the growth of their army the Soviets realize that they hold the advantage, and are only waiting for the right moment to attack.
- #44 Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon55% matchVery Positive96% of 167 reviews2014Developer: Access SoftwarePublisher: Nightdive StudiosPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 36mMean: 5.9h≥1hr: 46%
Enter the virtual world of Under A Killing Moon, where it is December 2042, and you, as Tex Murphy, must stop the forces of evil before they destroy mankind and rob you of your next unemployment check. This thrilling and hilarious adventure is unlike anything you've seen before.
- #45 MegaRace 256% matchPositive81% of 47 reviews2017Developer: Cryo InteractivePublisher: MicroidsPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 0mMean: 3.4h≥1hr: 22%
MegaRace 2 is the sequel to 1994's combat racing smash hit and is once again developed by Cryo Interactive. The sequel included several upgrades such as fully rendered 3D cars, new weapons, and track shortcuts.
- #46 STAR WARS™: Dark Forces Remaster50% matchVery Positive90% of 1,571 reviews2024Developer: Nightdive StudiosPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.6hMean: 4.2h≥1hr: 60%
The evil Empire is currently creating a doomsday army behind a veil of secrecy. However, they are no match for the Rebel Alliance's covert operations division. Your mission is to infiltrate the Empire and put an end to their plans for terror and domination.
- #47 Alien Hominid HD50% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 596 reviews2023Developer: The BehemothPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 54mMean: 2.0h≥1hr: 49%
The 2D side-scrolling shooter from The Behemoth is back! With your mighty blaster and a group of mysterious kids by your side, destroy the agency and reclaim your spaceship!
- #48 Beyond Good & Evil - 20th Anniversary Edition50% matchVery Positive82% of 1,409 reviews2024Developer: UbisoftPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 6.2hMean: 9.4h≥1hr: 70%
Embark on this epic adventure in up to 4K 60 fps with improved graphics and audio, a new speedrun mode, updated achievements, and an exclusive anniversary gallery.
- #49 Iridion 3D55% matchMostly Positive75% of 24 reviews2020Developer: Shin'en MultimediaPublisher: Majesco EntertainmentPlatforms: Windows
Iridion 3D is a fast paced 3-D action game that places the player in space as an interstellar prospector returning to Earth after the exploration of the distant Orion System. Upon entering the Earth's gravitational field, it is revealed that the Earth has been invaded by the Iridion Empire.
- #50 The Juicer54% matchVery Positive90% of 351 reviews2015Developer: Anvate GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.6hMean: 4.2h≥1hr: 94%
The game is a cheerful shooter with a user-friendly gameplay in an original setting.
