The Best 1980s Games - Page 4

Update : Blitzr Ball added at rank #1.
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Reflectron (2024)

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early access PC Windows

Reflectron: A captivating minimalist arcade game with a geometric twist, blending classic, intuitive gameplay with a sleek, modern design. Engage in a series of increasingly challenging levels, invoking nostalgia with every turn.

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  • runner
  • minimalist
  • arcade
  • 1980s
  • 1990s
  • attack
  • score
  • 2d
  • action
  • physics
  • arena
  • competitive

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SUNSOFT is Back! Retro Game Selection (2024)

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SUNSOFT revival commemoration! Three carefully selected songs from SUNSOFT's works from the 1980s: "Wings of Madura," "53 Stations of the Tokaido," and "Ripple Island" are included!

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  • japanese
  • 1980s
  • rpg
  • retro
  • 2d
  • jrpg
  • pixel
  • scroller
  • action
  • platform
  • adventure
  • anime
  • romance

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DeResolution (2024)

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PC Windows

BANG...You awake to find yourself in a foreign place called the BIT-GRID. Explore, fight, and throw your vorpal frisbee to escape this digital landscape.

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  • cinematic
  • 1980s
  • psychedelic
  • cyberpunk
  • souls
  • stylized
  • retro
  • pixel
  • action-adventure
  • abstract
  • 1990s
  • single-player
  • 3d

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Mow That Lawn (2024)

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Action-packed sidescrolling gardening-shooter, with colorful comicbook-style graffics and gameplay inspired by the arcade-machines of the early 80's. Mow that lawn, jump over the holes and don't let piles of dirt, animals, drones-with-water-balloons or mischievous friends, get in your way.

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  • comic
  • scroller
  • shoot-em-up
  • 1980s
  • 2d
  • book
  • nature
  • tutorial
  • platform
  • arcade
  • retro
  • attack
  • score
  • colourful
  • hand-drawn

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BlitzBot (2024)

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PC Windows

BlitzBot is a minimalist and modern arcade game that expands the air hockey genre. Take control of a robot and dive into dynamic and thrilling battles, where the objective is to score more goals than your opponent. Utilize the unique abilities at your disposal to destabilize and take the lead.

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  • minimalist
  • 1980s
  • modern
  • tennis
  • hockey
  • 1990s
  • sport
  • arcade
  • stylized
  • 3d
  • colourful
  • top-down
  • retro
  • casual
  • pvp

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Historical Invaders (2024)

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PC Windows

The most wicked men that ever lived on earth. Authoritarians, dictators, and tyrants, from Hitler to Stalin, they are all back. Historical Invaders it's a fixed shooter game where you are the chosen one to annihilate the demons of our past and save mankind.

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  • 2d
  • shoot-em-up
  • bullet-hell
  • dystopian
  • emotional
  • 1980s
  • hand-drawn
  • action-adventure
  • conspiracy
  • stylized
  • cyberpunk
  • top-down
  • pixel
  • aliens
  • colourful

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SCP: Descent (2024)

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PC Windows

Inspired by SCP-087, step into the shoes of an unfortunate student long before the stairwell became legend. Follow the clues left by those who came before, your only choice is to descend.

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  • lovecraftian
  • 1980s
  • conspiracy
  • horror
  • atmospheric
  • dark
  • 3d
  • realistic
  • first-person
  • puzzle
  • surreal

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Operator Ace's Simple Infinite Survival (2024)

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early access PC Windows

O.A.S.I.S is a simple wave based Zombie survival shooter, that combines the best elements of classic arcade-style shooters with the atmosphere of an alternate 80's dystopian world. Just relax and Have some fun, Solo or with up to 3 friends.

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  • shooter
  • dystopian
  • first-person
  • shoot-em-up
  • 1980s
  • zombies
  • cyberpunk
  • cartoony
  • stylized
  • fps
  • arcade
  • multiple-endings
  • cooperative
  • wave
  • pve

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Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story (2024)

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42 of the weirdest, trippiest, sheepiest games ever created. Enter the mind of Jeff Minter, the legendary creator of Attack of the Mutant Camels, Gridrunner, and Tempest 2000, in this interactive documentary from Digital Eclipse.


  • platform
  • precision
  • psychedelic
  • documentary
  • controller-support
  • shoot-em-up
  • shooter
  • interactive
  • surreal
  • 1980s
  • arcade
  • abstract
  • retro
  • pixel
  • 1990s

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Gunstorm (2024)

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PC Windows

Gunstorm is a space shooter loaded with playability. Wave after wave of alien craft attack your agile ship. Use the mouse to control your ship at the speed of thought in a perfectly balanced game that starts easy and gradually gets more difficult.

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  • top-down
  • shooter
  • 1980s
  • shoot-em-up
  • space
  • arena
  • arcade
  • 2d
  • 3d
  • procedural
  • old-school
  • funny
  • bullet-hell
  • single-screen

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