Games that need Microsoft Windows to run. It's been popular since the early 1990s, and is now a requirement for playing almost all modern PC games (with macOS and Linux support slowly becoming more popular). Theoretically, a modern machine is compatible with all of the games listed; however, many need fixes due to changes that have been made over the past 25 or so years, with the very old 16-bit ones requiring an emulator on 64-bit systems due to support being axed.
This list is sorted by minimum OS version necessary (at least, the one listed on Minimal Requirements). Many of these will still be compatible with later versions, but some may not. Games that are compatible with DOS and Windows should be listed on the IBM Personal Computer page under DOS Games. Web Games should typically be listed on that page since they're often playable on all systems as just about all internet browsers on all systems should be compatible.
- 3-D Ultra Pinball
- Arcade America
- Bad Toys
- Bug!
- Castle of the Winds
- Comet Busters!
- Dark Seed II
- Dare to Dream
- Ecco the Dolphin
- Full Tilt! Pinball
- Garfield: Caught in the Act
- In the 1st Degree
- Iron Helix
- Izzys Adventure
- Metal Marines
- Minesweeper
- Myst
- Puyo Puyo
- Pyst
- Shivers
- SimTower
- SkiFree
- Sonic's Schoolhouse
- Star Trek: Klingon
- Total Distortion
- Urban Runner
- The Yukon Trail
- Zeddas Servants Of Sheol
- Zoop
- 3-D Ultra Lionel Traintown
- 3-D Ultra Pinball: Creep Night
- 3-D Ultra Pinball: Thrill Ride
- Actua Sports
- Premier Manager 97
- Actua Golf 2
- Actua Soccer 2
- Actua Ice Hockey
- Premier Manager 98
- Actua Tennis
- Actua Golf 3
- Actua Soccer 3
- Actua Pool
- Premier Manager Ninety Nine
- Actua Ice Hockey 2
- Age of Empires II
- Airfix Dogfighter
- Anachronox
- Ancient Evil
- Aquanox
- Balls of Steel
- Black & White
- Blackout
- Black Dahlia
- Colobot
- Comix Zone
- Counter-Strike
- Diablo II
- Discworld Noir
- Disney's Animated Storybook
- Disney's Hades Challenge
- Disney's Villains' Revenge
- Endorfun
- Escape from Monkey Island
- Fallout 2
- The Fairly Odd Parents Shadow Showdown
- Far Gate
- Final Fantasy
- Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned
- Gex
- Giants: Citizen Kabuto
- Glover
- Grim Fandango
- Ground Control
- Half-Life
- Hitman: Codename 47
- Homeworld
- Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising
- Incoming!
- The Incredible Machine
- In the Hunt
- Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds
- Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
- Jurassic Park: Trespasser
- Kao the Kangaroo
- King's Quest: Mask of Eternity
- The Longest Journey
- Lords of Magic
- Medal of Honor: Allied Assault
- Mega Man X
- Metal Gear Solid
- Myth: The Fallen Lords
- The Neverhood
- Odium
- Quake III: Arena
- Quest for Glory V
- Pharaoh
- Pro Pinball
- Re-Volt
- Riven
- Sid Meiers Alpha Centauri
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Summoner
- SWAT 3
- Tropico
- Ultima IX
- Bandits Phoenix Rising
- Crazy Frog Racer
- Crazy Taxi
- Cute Knight
- Deus Ex: Invisible War
- The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
- Fur Fighters
- Gothic
- Haegemonia: Legions of Iron
- Harbringer
- Hitman
- Hulk
- Hyperballoid
- Insaniquarium
- Irisu Syndrome!
- Jets'n'Guns
- Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis
- Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude
- Mega Man X8
- Meritous
- Night Fire
- Nosferatu: The Wrath of Malachi
- Outcast
- Psychonauts
- The Shell Of Permafrost
- The Simpsons: Hit & Run
- The Sims
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Space Colony
- SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom
- Super Columbine Massacre RPG!
- SWAT 4
- The Thing (2002)
- Touhou Project
- Tropico 2
- True Crime: Streets of LA
- Wetrix
- Zapper
- Act of War
- Agent Hugo
- Around the World in 80 Days
- The Battle for Middle-earth
- Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg
- Call of Juarez
- Cold Fear
- Cradle Series
- Cradle of Rome
- Cradle of Persia
- The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
- Far Cry
- Gish
- Grand Theft Auto
- Hitman: Blood Money
- Luxor
- Magic Shop
- Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault
- Miss Management
- Musaic Box
- Peggle
- Project: Snowblind
- Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords
- Quake IV
- Solitaire Cruise
- Sonic Riders
- Spandex Force
- Sudeki
- Touhou Luna Nights
- Touhou Project
- World of Warcraft
- You Are Empty
- 0 A.D.
- 1000Amps
- 140
- 20XX
- 3Tones
- 4 Elements
- 60 Seconds!
- 80 Days
- 9.03m
- Aberoth
- Ace of Spades
- Aces Wild: Manic Brawling Action
- Adventures of Pip
- Alien Rage
- Aliens: Colonial Marines
- Alone in the Dark (2008)
- Always Sometimes Monsters
- The Amber Throne
- Amihailu In Dreamland
- Among the Sleep
- And Yet It Moves
- The Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures
- Armortale
- Assassin's Creed
- Astebreed
- Audiosurf
- Back To Bed
- Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge
- Banzai Pecan
- BattleBlock Theater
- Battlerite
- Battlestations: Pacific
- Beat Cop
- Bee Movie Game
- BioShock
- Blackguards
- BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger
- Borderlands
- Botanicula
- Breakneck City
- Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
- Brütal Legend
- Bunny Must Die
- Call of Duty
- Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood
- Caster
- Castle Crashers
- Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2
- The Cave
- Citizens of Earth
- Cogmind
- Contrast
- Costume Quest
- CrossCode
- Crysis
- Cyber Shadow
- Dandara
- Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble!
- Darkest Dungeon
- Dark Messiah of Might and Magic
- Desktop Dungeons
- The Desolate Hope
- Devil's Dare
- Diablo III
- DLC Quest
- Don't Starve
- Dungeon Defenders
- Eco-Match
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two
- Fallout
- Far Cry
- Final Fantasy XIII
- The First Olympic Tidy Up
- Fishdom
- Five Nights at Freddy's
- Forager
- Forever Home
- Freedom Planet
- Front Mission Evolved
- Game Dev Tycoon
- Garfield Kart
- Garry's Mod
- Geometry Dash
- Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure
- Grand Theft Auto IV
- Grapple Force Rena
- Grim Dawn
- Gryphon Knight Epic
- Half-Life 2
- Hate Plus
- A Hat in Time
- Hatoful Boyfriend
- Hoard
- How To Survive
- Human: Fall Flat
- Hunted: The Demon's Forge
- Iconoclasts
- If My Heart Had Wings
- Ironcast
- Jazzpunk
- Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass
- Jolly Rover
- The Journey Down
- Joylancer: Legendary Motor Knight
- Just a Cleric
- Just Ignore Them
- Karateka
- Kingsway
- Left 4 Dead
- Legend of Fae
- The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky
- Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust
- LocoCycle
- Loser Reborn
- Machina of the Planet Tree -Planet Ruler-
- Machinarium
- Maelstrom (2007)
- Medal of Honor: Airborne
- Minecraft
- Mini Ninjas
- Naissance E
- Necrovision
- Nexomon
- Ninja Blade
- Oh...Sir!! The Insult Simulator
- Oh...Sir! The Hollywood Roast
- Olli Olli
- Outlast
- Overload
- Papers, Please
- Papo & Yo
- PAYDAY: The Heist
- Portal 2
- Princess Evangile
- Princess Remedy In a World of Hurt
- Progressbar 95
- Puzzle Quest 2
- Rabi-Ribi
- Rayman Legends
- Realm of the Mad God
- Resident Evil
- River City Ransom: Underground
- Rock of Ages
- RosenkreuzStilette
- The Saboteur
- Sabrina The Teenage Witch: Brat Attack
- Sapper - Defuse the Bomb Simulator
- The Secret Monster Society
- Shakedown: Hawaii
- Shakes And Fidget
- The Sims 3
- Soma Spirits
- Soma Union
- Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing''
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- South Park: The Stick of Truth
- Spec Ops: The Line
- SpeedRunners
- Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy
- Spore
- The Stanley Parable
- The Starry Midnight We Make
- Stay! Stay! Democratic People's Republic of Korea!
- Street Fighter IV
- Street Fighter X Tekken
- Super Rad Raygun
- Surgeon Simulator 2013
- Take On Helicopters
- Team Fortress 2
- Terraria
- Touhou Project
- Tower! 2011
- Toy Odyssey: The Lost and Found
- Tropico
- Video Game/Tropico 3
- Video Game/Tropico 4
- True Crime: New York City
- Turning Point: Fall of Liberty
- Underrail
- Undertale
- Unreal Tournament III
- Who's Your Daddy?
- The Witcher
- Wizorb
- You Tubers Life
- 12 is Better Than 6
- 30XX
- Acaratus
- Age of Conan
- Anarcute
- Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
- The Beginner's Guide
- BioShock Infinite
- Black Mesa
- Broforce
- Deponia
- Eterium
- Eufloria
- Factorio
- Gems of War
- Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy
- GhostControl Inc.
- Guncraft
- Hatred
- Hitman: Absolution
- Joe's Diner
- Leisure Suit Larry
- Mortal Kombat X
- Noita
- Northgard
- Odallus: The Dark Call
- One Shot
- Outlast II
- Pit People
- Project CARS
- Project Nimbus
- Savant: Ascent
- Sid Meier's Starships
- Sigma Theory
- Stardew Valley
- Subnautica
- Touhou Project
- Towerfall
- Treasure Adventure Game Treasure Adventure World]]
- Tropico 5
- War Thunder
- Wells
- 10th Corpse
- 2Dark
- 60 Parsecs!
- 7 Days to Die
- 911 Operator
- Abandon Ship
- Absented Age: Squarebound
- Above Snakes
- Absolver
- Act of Aggression
- The Adventures Of Elena Temple
- Adr1ft
- Afterparty
- Agony (2018)
- AI: The Somnium Files
- A Juggler's Tale
- Aka Manto
- Albert And Otto
- Albino Lullaby
- American Theft80s
- Among Us
- Ancestors Legacy
- Antihero
- Ape Out
- Aquarist
- Aragami
- ARK: Survival Evolved
- Armello
- Artifact
- Ashes of the Singularity
- Ashen
- Assassin's Creed
- Astroneer
- Atelier
- Atelier Rorona: The Alchemist of Arland
- Atelier Totori: The Adventurer of Arland
- Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of Arland
- Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book
- Atelier Firis: The Alchemist and the Mysterious Journey
- Atelier Lydie & Suelle: The Alchemists and the Mysterious Paintings
- Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk
- Atom RPG
- Aviary Attorney
- Axiom Verge 2
- Ayo the Clown
- Baba Is You
- Bacon Man: An Adventure
- Ballistic NG
- Ballpoint Universe Infinite
- Balthazar's Dream
- Battleborn
- BattleTech (2018)
- Beat Saber
- Binky Show
- Biomutant
- Black Future '88
- The Blackout Club
- Blacksad: Under the Skin
- Blame Him
- Blasphemous
- Bleeding Sun
- Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
- Bloons Tower Defense 6
- Blues and Bullets
- Boogeyman
- Borderlands 3
- Brawlout
- Bug Fables
- Call of Duty: WWII
- Carrion
- Case 00: The Cannibal Boy
- Case 02: Paranormal Evil
- Celeste
- Chuchel
- Citizens of Space
- Civilization VI
- Clustertruck
- Code Vein
- CompactO
- The Company Man
- Cooking Simulator
- Coromon
- Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
- The Crew 2
- Cuphead
- Cyberdimension Neptunia: 4 Goddesses Online
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Dance of Death: Du Lac and Fey
- Dandy Ace
- Danganronpa
- Dark Deity
- Dark Devotion
- Darksiders III
- Dark Souls
- Date Night Bowling
- DayZ
- Dead by Daylight
- Dead Cells
- Dead Rising 4
- DEEEER Simulator
- Destiny 2
- Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
- Devil May Cry 5
- Dicey Dungeons
- Disco Elysium
- Disgaea
- Dishonored Series
- Doki Doki Literature Club!
- Donut County
- DOOM (2016)
- Dorfromantik
- Dota 2
- Double Dragon Neon
- Dragon Ball
- Dream Daddy
- Duck Season
- Dying Light
- The Elder Scrolls Online
- Eldest Souls
- ELEX
- Elsinore
- The End Is Nigh
- Escape from Tarkov
- Escape Simulator
- Eternal Radiance
- Eternal Twilight
- Even For Eternia
- The Evil Within 2
- Fade to Silence
- FAITH: The Unholy Trinity
- Fall of Light
- Fallout
- Familia
- Far Cry
- Figment
- Filament
- FILMECHANISM
- Final Fantasy XV
- Flashing Lights
- FORCED
- Forgotton Anne
- For Honor
- forma.8
- For the King
- Fortnite
- Foxhole
- Framed
- Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle
- Frostpunk
- Full Metal Furies
- Full Metal Furies
- Furi
- Gang Beasts
- Gato Roboto
- Genshin Impact
- Get Packed: Fully Loaded
- Ghostrunner
- Giga Wrecker
- God's Trigger
- Golf With Your Friends
- Gone Golfing
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Graze Counter
- The Great Gaias
- GreedFall
- Green Hell
- GRIS
- Grounded
- GTFO
- Gwent: The Witcher Card Game
- Hades
- Happy Game
- Hargrave
- Headlands
- Hearts of Iron IV
- Heist Simulator
- Hell Girls
- The Henry Stickmin Collection
- Her Majestys Spiffing
- Hero King Quest: Peacemaker Prologue
- Hitman 2
- Hollow Knight
- Humankind
- HuniePop 2
- I Am Setsuna
- Immortal Redneck
- Immortals Fenyx Rising
- Imperator: Rome
- Indivisible
- Infinitode 2
- Injustice 2
- Inscryption
- Instruments Of Destruction
- Intrepid Izzy
- I Love You, Colonel Sanders!
- The Jackbox Party Pack
- Jalopy
- Jenny LeClue
- Jet Lancer
- Jotun
- Journey On
- Jump Force
- Jump King
- Jupiter Hell
- Just Die Already
- Just Shapes & Beats
- Kamiko
- Katana ZERO
- Keep Out
- Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
- Killer7
- Kerbal Space Program
- Kung Fu Kickball
- Kurtz Pel
- The Legend of Heroes - Trails
- Life Is Strange: Before the Storm
- Little Bug
- The Longing
- Lorelai
- Lost Ruins
- Lumberhill
- Luminous Plume
- Max Payne 3
- Mega Man 11
- Mega Man X DiVE
- Minoria
- Monster Hunter: World
- Monster Prom
- Mortal Kombat 11
- Mortal Shell
- Motor Town: Behind the Wheel
- Moving Out
- Muse Dash
- My Friend Pedro
- My Hero One's Justice
- My Summer Car
- My Time at Portia
- Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker
- Necropolis
- Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl
- NieR: Automata
- Night in the Woods
- Nira
- No Man's Sky
- Numina
- Ocean's Heart
- Obduction
- >OBSERVER_
- Octogeddon
- Octopath Traveler
- One Piece: World Seeker
- One Way Heroics
- Oninaki
- Ori and the Blind Forest
- The Outer Worlds
- Oxenfree
- PAYDAY 2
- PC Building Simulator
- Pendragon
- People Playground
- Persona 4: Arena Ultimax
- Phantom Brave
- Phantom Brigade
- Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
- Physical Exorcism: Case 01
- Pikuniku
- Pillars of Dust
- Pixel Piracy
- Polandball
- Pool Panic
- Praey For The Gods
- Priest Simulator
- Princess Remedy In A Heap Of Trouble
- Prodeus
- Pureya
- Puyo Puyo eSports
- Puyo Puyo Tetris
- Quake Champions
- RAD
- Radiant Arc
- Rage 2
- Raw Footage
- RealityMinds
- Rebel Inc.
- Red Dead Redemption II
- Resident Evil 2 (Remake)
- Return Of The Obra Dinn
- Reventure
- RimWorld
- Rise Of The Third Power
- Rise of the Tomb Raider
- Rivals of Aether
- Road Builder
- Road Maintenance Simulator
- Rocket League
- Rust
- Saga
- Sailaway - the Sailing Simulator
- Saurian
- Scrap Mechanic
- Scrapnaut
- Sea Salt
- Secret Ponchos
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
- The Sexy Brutale
- Shadow Complex Remastered
- She Dreams Elsewhere
- Shovel Knight
- Silver Chains
- The Sims 4
- Singled Out
- Skul: The Hero Slayer
- Slime Rancher
- Smashroom
- SnowRunner
- Soaring Machinariae
- SolSeraph
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Soulcalibur VI
- South Park: The Fractured but Whole
- Spectacular Sparky
- Spiritfarer
- Spyro Reignited Trilogy
- Star Ocean: The Last Hope
- Startup Company
- Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
- Steep
- Stellaris
- Street Fighter V
- Streets of Rage 4
- Sundered
- Superhot
- SuperMash
- Super Seducer
- Swords & Souls: Neverseen
- Sword of Paladin
- Tales of Berseria
- Talisman: Digital Edition
- The Talos Principle
- Tamarin
- Tekken 7
- Terminator: Resistance
- Them's Fightin' Herds
- They Are Billions
- Time Warpers
- Tokyo Xanadu
- Toodee and Topdee
- Touhou Project
- Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters
- Trillion: God of Destruction
- Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince
- Tropico 6
- Tunche
- The Turing Test
- Tyranny
- ''Ultimate Fishing Simulator'
- Unpacking
- Untitled Goose Game
- Valheim
- Voodoo Vince: Remastered
- Wandersong
- We Happy Few
- Welcome To Elk
- What Lies in the Multiverse
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
- The Witness
- Wolfenstein: Youngblood
- World of Warships
- World's End Club
- XCOM 2
- Yakuza 0
- Yooka-Laylee
- Ys
- Zero Escape
- Zombie Exodus
- Atelier
- Balan Wonderworld
- FAIRY TAIL (2020)
- Five Nights At Freddys VR Help Wanted
- Hexceed
- It Takes Two (2021)
- Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory
- Lobotomy Corporation
- Machina of the Planet Tree -Unity Unions-
- Microsoft Solitaire Collection
- Neptunia Virtual Stars
- OMORI
- Persona
- Persona 4 Golden
- Persona 5 Strikers
- Plague Inc.
- PowerWash Simulator
- Puyo Puyo Tetris 2
- Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne HD Remaster
- Snake Pass
- Sonic Dash (discontinued)
- Touhou Kouryuudou ~ Unconnected Marketeers
- Trials of Mana
- Tribal Hunter
- Aeon Drive
- ANNO: Mutationem
- Back 4 Blood
- BattleToads (2020)
- Bendy and the Ink Machine
- Candy Crush Jelly Saga
- Candy Crush Saga
- Candy Crush Soda Saga
- Cowboy Life Simulator
- Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time
- Crystal Project
- Deathloop
- Death Stranding
- Dragon Quest XI
- Drawn to Life: Two Realms
- Electrician Simulator
- Endling Extinction Is Forever
- Epiphany City
- Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
- Far Cry 6
- Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade
- Food Truck Simulator
- Get in the Car, Loser!
- Godfall
- Guardians of the Galaxy (2021)
- Half-Life: Alyx
- Halo Infinite
- Hanako
- Happy's Humble Burger Farm
- Hell Let Loose
- Iron Harvest
- JARS
- Kingdom Hearts
- Labyrinth Legend
- Legend of Mana
- Little Nightmares II
- Mafia Definitive Edition
- Marvel's Avengers
- Moe! Ninja Girls
- The Medium
- Monster Hunter (PC)
- Move or Die
- NEO: The World Ends with You
- Nier
- OlliOlli World
- One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows
- Orangeblood
- Phantasy Star Online 2
- Phasmophobia
- Poppy Playtime
- Revita
- RP Golf Legends
- Scarlet Nexus
- Spelunky 2
- Spirit of the North
- SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated
- Sprint Vector
- Super Real Mahjong Love 2~7!
- Super Sami Roll
- Teardown
- Temtem
- Trash Quest
- Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion
- We Were Here
- Yakuza: Like a Dragon
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links
- 1213
- 2
- 7Days (2013)
- 8Bit Killer
- Abmneshi The Prophecy
- Action Fish
- Adventures in the Galaxy of Fantabulous Wonderment
- Afraid of Monsters
- Air Control
- Akatsuki Blitzkampf
- All Of Our Friends
- Anatomy
- Ao Oni
- Arcadia: Order Of The Bit
- Arena.Xlsm
- Aurora (4X)
- Au Sable
- Battle Of The Sands
- Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing
- Binary Boy
- BitBuddy
- Blood Over
- Blue Wish Resurrection
- A Blurred Line
- Brawlhalla
- Catacomb Snatch
- Changed
- Craz'd!
- Crypt Worlds
- Deus Ex
- Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance
- Eiyuu
- Elden Ring
- Elona
- Go Beryllium!
- The God of Crawling Eyes
- Golden Logres
- Helltaker
- Infested
- Jinni Zeala
- Jumper
- Juniper's Knot
- Kaiju Wars
- Little Nemo And The Nightmare Friends
- Lose/Lose
- Lunacy Star
- Lyle in Cube Sector
- Medicalat
- Mega Man Legends
- Mortal Kombat 4
- Off
- Outcry
- Poacher
- Prayer Of The Faithless
- Puyo Puyo Sun
- rRootage
- Ruff Times
- Spectacle
- Sunset Over Imdahl
- Super Smash Land
- Treasure Hunter Man 1
- Turovero: The Celestial Tower
- Twilight Refrain