The Best 1980s Games for Linux - Page 3

Update : The Legend of Skye added at rank #10.
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OutWave: Retro chase (2023)

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Endless car chase is a fast retro style paced game in which you must collect money and avoid the cops! The game supports Windows, Mac, Linux. Use keyboard or gamepad. Buy and control a cars or motorbikes. Listen to retro music and don't get caught by the cops! The game looks like a gif!

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  • auto
  • 1980s
  • cyberpunk
  • racing
  • simulation
  • 2.5d
  • 1990s
  • rhythm
  • retro
  • cinematic
  • abstract
  • casual
  • 3d
  • exploration
  • arcade

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Escape From Castle Matsumoto (2024)

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Two shinobis race against each other to recover stolen items and escape a Japanese castle, using their wits and tricks to outsmart the opponent. Retro split-screen duel arcade game using pixel art in 3D.

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  • heist
  • split-screen
  • arts
  • ninja
  • martial
  • 2.5d
  • 1980s
  • pvp
  • pixel
  • foreign
  • procedural
  • demons
  • historical
  • tactical
  • arcade

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RetroRange (2022)

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A casual retro cyberpunk sandbox first-person shooter with object destructive physics.

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  • first-person
  • shoot-em-up
  • destruction
  • 1980s
  • sandbox
  • cyberpunk
  • cartoony
  • shooter
  • colourful
  • fps
  • sniper
  • family-friendly
  • atmospheric
  • old-school
  • casual

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Space Mergers (2024)

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Space Mergers is a satisfying fast-paced puzzle game that encourages critical thinking. Combine blocks to create combos and gain points, reach the highest score you can! There is over a million different ways to play, enjoy some endless fun.

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  • attack
  • score
  • logic
  • shoot-em-up
  • space
  • 1980s
  • bullet-hell
  • abstract
  • arcade
  • retro
  • 2d
  • pve
  • pixel
  • colourful
  • puzzle

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Cash Cow DX (2024)

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Holy cow, it’s all about the moooney! Run, jump and slide in this udderly jolly adventure to reclaim your fortunes from those sneaky Pig Pockets. Tough as nails and no continues: let's go!

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  • attack
  • score
  • scroller
  • 2d
  • 1980s
  • arcade
  • retro
  • old-school
  • platform
  • funny
  • colourful

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Skeler Boy (2024)

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Experience a nostalgic aesthetic right out of 1970s and 1980s cultural classics, with adventure gameplay and a dark and disturbing narrative!

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  • vision
  • noir
  • 1980s
  • horror
  • investigation
  • dark
  • colourful
  • 3d
  • 2d
  • pixel
  • exploration
  • atmospheric
  • psychological
  • old-school
  • adventure

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tranceWave NEO (2024)

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tranceWave NEO is a classic arcade twin-stick shmup, inspired by others in the "trance shooter" genre. Move, shoot, survive, and aim for a high score!

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  • twin-stick
  • top-down
  • psychedelic
  • shoot-em-up
  • shooter
  • 1990s
  • abstract
  • 1980s
  • modern
  • minimalist
  • stylized
  • colourful
  • old-school
  • arcade
  • atmospheric

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Lefties' Righteous Arcade Emporium (2024)

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1 Controller 2 Players 4 games and 16 Modes. Grab a Partner and share your Steam Deck or PC. Defeat your opponent in Tennis, Hockey or Squash. Engage in an old-fashioned Wild West Shoot Out. Race to your Spaceship before the planet explodes. Join forces and save your city from impending destruction.

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  • 2d
  • 1980s
  • split-screen
  • twin-stick
  • runner
  • shooter
  • sport
  • colourful
  • platform
  • stylized
  • pixel
  • racing
  • cartoony
  • cute
  • top-down

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Abandonware: The Horror Collection (2023)

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A lo-fi collection of horror mini games that begins to warp and shift as you uncover more. Play and watch the lines blur between fiction and reality in this one-of-a-kind experience.

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  • immersive
  • abstract
  • text
  • top-down
  • action-adventure
  • hidden-object
  • gothic
  • 1980s
  • emotional
  • minimalist
  • pixel
  • investigation
  • exploration
  • crime
  • drama

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Unread Messages (2023)

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Unread Messages is a retro-inspired cyberpunk puzzle game where you deliver texts by making connections between cell towers. Alongside your AI companion, FASMA, solve confounding levels and uncover the secrets hidden within Simullect Inc's computers.

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  • cyberpunk
  • 2.5d
  • isometric
  • artificial
  • intelligence
  • 1980s
  • dystopian
  • retro
  • pixel
  • minimalist
  • sci-fi
  • futuristic
  • puzzle
  • movement

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