The Best 1980s Games for Xbox Series X - Page 3

Update : Things Too Ugly added at rank #19.
Here are our 10 Best 1980s Games for Xbox Series X, position 21 to 30:
21

Samurai Kento (2023)

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Play as Kento, an Elder Samurai, and face the evil Yokai in this 2D pixelated mini action RPG set in Feudal Japan based scenarios!


  • metroidvania
  • 2d
  • scroller
  • rpg
  • swordplay
  • platform
  • 1990s
  • action-adventure
  • 1980s
  • snow
  • demons
  • colourful
  • magic
  • action
  • pixel

22

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!


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

23

Space Runaway (2022)

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Space Runaway, a compelling intergalactic journey soaked in bullet hell. Enemy vessels, lasers and larger than life bosses coming at you full speed in a 16-bit authentic arcade experience like no other.


  • scroller
  • 1980s
  • arcade
  • nostalgia
  • 2d
  • linear
  • atmospheric
  • sci-fi
  • retro
  • action
  • space

24

Donuts'n'Justice (2016)

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Donuts 'N' Justice is a fast-paced 2d horizontal shoot-'em-up wherein you take the role of one of two Super Cops in the 1980s to defend their city against gangs, violence and corruption.


  • 1980s
  • pixel
  • shoot-em-up
  • 2d
  • local
  • cooperative
  • blood
  • retro
  • violent
  • arcade
  • gore

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