The Best 1980s Games for Xbox Series X - Page 2

Update : Tri Breaker: A Sacred Symbols Odyssey added at rank #2.
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Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story (2024)

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j Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Xbox One PC Windows

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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Bloodwash (2021)

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Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 4 Playstation 5 PC Windows Nintendo Switch

A serial killer is terrorizing the city, and Sara's deadbeat boyfriend hasn't done the laundry. Can Sara survive a late-night trip to the laundromat, or will the Womb Ripper perform an early delivery?


  • horror
  • gore
  • 1980s
  • survival-horror
  • walking-simulator
  • first-person
  • fiction
  • dark
  • run-down
  • interactive
  • old-school
  • atmospheric
  • action-adventure
  • crime
  • 3d

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Last Time I Saw You (2024)

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j Nintendo Switch PC Windows Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Xbox One

First loves. Family issues. Yokai. 'Last Time I Saw You' is a coming-of-age adventure set in 1980s Japan. Explore a haunted forest hiding a terrible secret, and interact with a vast cast of friendly and deceitful characters in this beautifully hand-drawn story with some light action elements.


  • hand-drawn
  • emotional
  • 1980s
  • 1990s
  • narrative
  • romance
  • conversation
  • anime
  • exploration
  • stylized
  • story
  • linear
  • supernatural
  • atmospheric
  • mystery

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SUNSOFT is Back! Retro Game Selection (2024)

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Xbox One PC Windows Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X Playstation 5

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!


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

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Prison City (2023)

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Nintendo Switch l Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Xbox Series X Xbox One PC Windows

Prison City is a dystopian, action-packed side-scroller with tight mechanics and intricate level design. Battle techno-terrorists with your chakram and grenades, eat hot dogs for health, and locate contacts to help take down bosses.


  • dystopian
  • retro
  • 1990s
  • crime-ridden
  • 1980s
  • platform
  • 2d
  • post-apocalyptic
  • scroller
  • capitalism
  • side-scrolling
  • cinematic
  • sci-fi
  • pixel
  • action

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Bright Lights of Svetlov (2021)

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Xbox One Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox Series X PC Windows

Bright Lights of Svetlov is a short, story-focused first person quest about a Soviet family facing harsh trials. Set in a fictional provincial town, it carefuly recreates the atmosphere and vibe of mid 1980s.


  • walking-simulator
  • 1980s
  • linear
  • first-person
  • narration
  • immersive
  • drama
  • atmospheric
  • simulation
  • horror
  • exploration
  • fps
  • psychological
  • emotional
  • single-player

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Breakout: Recharged (2022)

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Playstation 5 Playstation 4 PC Windows Nintendo Switch Mac OS Linux Xbox One Xbox Series X

The original brick breaker returns with its toughest challenge yet. Survive as long as you can in arcade or take on one of 50 challenges picking up game-changing power-ups along the way.


  • arcade
  • retro
  • cooperative
  • psychedelic
  • modern
  • 1980s
  • multi-ball
  • family-friendly
  • colourful
  • attack
  • score
  • linear
  • local
  • classic
  • 2d

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Bestial Reception (2023)

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PC Windows Xbox Series X Xbox One l

In the game "Bestial Reception" the strongest survives, grab a weapon and start running towards the enemy. Shoot and destroy everyone who happens to be near you. Get new more powerful weapons with the help of earned gold.


  • idler
  • rogue-like
  • 1980s
  • pixel
  • adventure
  • scroller
  • top-down
  • action
  • retro
  • 2d
  • rich
  • fight
  • shooter
  • cooperative

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Chornobyl Liquidators (2024)

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PC Windows Xbox Series X j Playstation 5

Chornobyl Liquidators is not a fantastic tale of exploring the Zone. It's a story about real people facing a real threat — the CNPP disaster. Invisible radiation, KGB, difficult moral choices... Do you have enough courage and strength to take on this challenge?


  • cold
  • simulation
  • 1980s
  • atmospheric
  • immersive
  • post-apocalyptic
  • emotional
  • choices
  • psychological
  • multiple-endings
  • historical
  • narration
  • action-adventure
  • horror
  • survival

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Brave Soldier - Invasion of Cyborgs (2023)

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Xbox One Nintendo Switch Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Xbox Series X PC Windows

Brave Soldier: Invasion Of Cyborgs is a pixel art platform game with a lot of action. Help the soldier save the world from the Cyborg Invasion! Good Luck!


  • 2d
  • scroller
  • platform
  • action-adventure
  • 1980s
  • 1990s
  • arcade
  • pixel
  • aliens
  • colourful
  • cyberpunk
  • shooter
  • retro
  • action
  • adventure

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