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Top 1980s Games

60+ 1980s games ranked by player tags and tunable re-ranking. Related tags include Singleplayer, Atmospheric, Retro, Indie.

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  1. #1 Hotline Miami
    98% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 127,670 reviews2012
    Developer: Dennaton GamesPublisher: Devolver Digital
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 4.3hMean: 11.1h≥1hr: 85%

    Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.

  2. #2 Far Cry 3 - Blood Dragon
    98% matchVery Positive87% of 19,701 reviews2013
    Developer: Ubisoft MontrealPublisher: Ubisoft
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 3.6hMean: 7.2h≥1hr: 84%

    Far Cry® 3: Blood Dragon is THE Kick-Ass Cyber Shooter.Welcome to an 80’s vision of the future. The year is 2007 and you are Sargent Rex Colt, a Mark IV Cyber Commando. Your mission: get the girl, kill the baddies, and save the world.

  3. #3 Retrowave
    97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 15,540 reviews2022
    Developer: RewindApp
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 2.6hMean: 8.7h≥1hr: 72%

    Neon lights, palm trees, synthwave, '80s supercars speeding down an endless highway... Welcome to the world of Retrowave!

  4. #4 Contraband Police
    93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 25,591 reviews2023
    Developer: Crazy RocksPublisher: PlayWay S.A.
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 8.0hMean: 16.9h≥1hr: 91%

    Take over the duties of a border guard inspector in a communist country of the 80's. Smuggling, corruption and forgery are the order of the day here. Be vigilant and earn the respect of your superiors.

  5. #5 OutDrive
    94% matchMostly Positive76% of 4,642 reviews2016
    Developer: DNVR Prod
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 3.2hMean: 13.0h≥1hr: 82%

    Put the pedal to the metal or your girl will die! Experience the atmosphere of the world inspired by 80s with their neon lights, VHS tapes and synth pop. Buckle up! Gaming experiment in genre of music runner - not a game, aesthetic concept.

  6. #6 Not For Broadcast
    88% matchVery Positive94% of 12,650 reviews2022
    Developer: NotGamesPublisher: tinyBuild
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 3.2hMean: 6.3h≥1hr: 81%

    A new political Party has won a landslide in the General Election, and for some reason the editor at the news station you work at has done a runner. Now it’s up to you, the Janitor, to take over the editing booth in this tumultuous time - will you help the government, or stand in their way?

  7. #7 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City – The Definitive Edition
    85% matchVery Positive83% of 9,211 reviews2023
    Developer: Rockstar Games
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 8.6hMean: 29.6h≥1hr: 76%

    Welcome to the 1980s. From the decade of big hair and pastel suits comes the story of one man's rise to the top of the criminal pile. Grand Theft Auto returns with Tommy Vercetti’s tale of betrayal and revenge in a neon-soaked tropical town full of excess and brimming with possibilities.

  8. #8 Beat Cop
    85% matchVery Positive82% of 6,185 reviews2017
    Developer: Pixel CrowPublisher: 11 bit studios
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 3.3hMean: 5.3h≥1hr: 85%

    A retro, pixel art style adventure in New York, inspired by ’80s cop shows. You are Jack Kelly and you’ve been framed for murder. Now as a regular beat cop you have to find out, who did that. Expect thick crime story, a lot of black humour and all the other things you can find on the streets of Brooklyn.

  9. #9 198X
    84% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,159 reviews2019
    Developer: Hi-Bit Studios
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 1.4hMean: 9.5h≥1hr: 62%

    Part 1 of arcade epic 198X. A coming-of-age story told through multiple games and genres. Experience the thrill of shooting, driving, jumping, fighting and role-playing in 5 full-blown arcade stages – combined with cinematic pixel-art storytelling.

  10. #10 Crossing Souls
    84% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,543 reviews2018
    Developer: FouratticPublisher: Devolver Digital
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 4.8hMean: 6.1h≥1hr: 88%

    California, 1986: A group of friends discover a mysterious pink stone that allows travel between two realms. This gang will live the summer of their lives in an adventure that will get them involved in a government conspiracy. Control five kids with special skills while fighting and solving puzzles.

  11. #11 Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit
    82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,925 reviews2024
    Developer: Mega Cat Studios
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 4.8hMean: 23.6h≥1hr: 87%

    Survive five nights of terror in this chilling adventure game. Travel between time periods to solve puzzles, gather clues, and outrun the threat relentlessly pursuing you. Move swiftly and stay hidden, and you may just survive. But be careful—it's not just your own life that’s on the line this time.

  12. #12 [Nightmare Files] Clap Clap
    81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,309 reviews2024
    Developer: Raycastly
    Platforms: Windows

    Clap Clap is a short indie horror game that puts you in the shoes of a house sitter, experiencing strange occurrences in a seemingly ordinary home.

  13. #13 Double Dragon: Neon
    82% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,572 reviews2014
    Developer: WayForwardPublisher: Midnight City
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 3.6hMean: 6.3h≥1hr: 90%

    BRO-TACULAR! Legendary martial artists, Billy and Jimmy Lee return in this creative re-imagining of the classic beat ‘em up, Double Dragon Neon. Fight your way through countless henchmen including Linda and Abobo on your way to rescue the love of your life, Marian!

  14. #14 Gunner, HEAT, PC!
    81% matchVery Positive92% of 8,079 reviews2022
    Developer: Radian Simulations LLC
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 4.3hMean: 11.3h≥1hr: 80%

    Gunner, HEAT, PC! (GHPC) is a simulation game about modern mounted combat, with special attention to authenticity and fun.

  15. #15 Love, Money, Rock'n'Roll
    81% matchMostly Positive79% of 7,152 reviews2022
    Developer: Soviet Games
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 11.4hMean: 38.0h≥1hr: 91%

    Love, Money, Rock'n'Roll: the romanticism of the Eighties, mystery and intrigues, betrayal and sacrifice, hatred and passion — all this and more in the new game from the creators of the legendary visual novel Everlasting Summer!

  16. #16 PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
    80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,183 reviews2023
    Developer: Square Enix
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 8.8hMean: 10.2h≥1hr: 87%

    How far would you go to bring someone back from the dead? Discover the depths that some will go to in this horror-adventure game.

  17. #17 Killer Frequency
    80% matchVery Positive93% of 6,160 reviews2023
    Developer: Team17
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 4.1hMean: 5.0h≥1hr: 76%

    Killer Frequency is a first-person horror puzzle game set in 1987, that puts you in the role of a late-night radio talk show host in small town America whose callers are being stalked by a mysterious killer.

  18. #18 Murder House
    80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,337 reviews2020
    Developer: Puppet Combo
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 2.5hMean: 5.0h≥1hr: 68%

    A local news team breaks into an abandoned house to chase a salacious ghost story... until a MANIAC chases them! ...VHS era 80's slasher. PS1 style survival horror!

  19. #19 Stories Untold
    80% matchVery Positive87% of 5,505 reviews2017
    Developer: No CodePublisher: Devolver Digital
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 2.6hMean: 3.0h≥1hr: 75%

    Stories Untold is a compilation tape of four experimental adventures, including a remaster of the original hit episode “The House Abandon”.

  20. #20 Buddy Simulator 1984
    79% matchVery Positive93% of 4,346 reviews2021
    Developer: Not a Sailor Studios
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 4.3hMean: 7.1h≥1hr: 88%

    Thanks to next generation AI technology, BUDDY SIMULATOR 1984 simulates the experience of hanging out with a best buddy! Your buddy learns from you, constantly adapting to your interests and personality. But most importantly, your buddy can play games with you!

  21. #21 Lake
    78% matchVery Positive87% of 5,864 reviews2021
    Developer: GamiousPublisher: Whitethorn Games
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 3.8hMean: 7.2h≥1hr: 72%

    It's 1986 - Meredith Weiss takes a break from her career in the big city to deliver mail in her hometown. How will she experience two weeks in beautiful Providence Oaks, with its iconic lake and quirky community? And what will she do next? It's up to you.

  22. #22 Cleared Hot
    77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,902 reviews2025
    Developer: Not Knowing CorporationPublisher: MicroProse Software
    Platforms: Windows, Linux
    Median: 1.6hMean: 2.5h≥1hr: 66%

    CLEARED HOT is a nostalgic helicopter shooter with satisfying physics and light tactical elements. Shoot, dodge, move your squad around the battlefield, and pick up almost anything with your rope and magnet.

  23. #23 Capcom Arcade Stadium
    78% matchMixed55% of 4,761 reviews2021
    Developer: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 48mMean: 13.7h≥1hr: 47%

    Relive the Capcom classics! Get 1943 -The Battle of Midway- and game logo wallpapers free with your download!

  24. #24 Martial Law
    75% matchVery Positive92% of 3,856 reviews2021
    Developer: FIXER
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

    Martial Law is a game about difficulties that came with Communism in Poland. The story is shown from the perspective of a man who is abandoned because of his low social status. He tries his best to be there for his daughter despite the difficulties.

  25. #25 STONKS-9800: Stock Market Simulator
    75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,179 reviews2023
    Developer: TERNOX
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 3.1hMean: 11.3h≥1hr: 68%

    Simulator of an 80s Japanese stock market businessman. Chill, catch a retro vibe and watch your profits grow in the text-based game STONKS-9800.

  26. #26 Razortron 2000
    75% matchVery Positive86% of 3,260 reviews2016
    Developer: NukGames
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 3.9hMean: 7.6h≥1hr: 91%

    RAZORTRON 2000 is a retro top-down endless racing game. Try to beat your highscore, unlock new cars and climb your way to the top of the leaderboards on this love letter to coin eater arcade machines era!

  27. #27 DRAGON QUEST I & II HD-2D Remake
    74% matchVery Positive85% of 2,022 reviews2025
    Developer: Square Enix
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 9.7hMean: 22.2h≥1hr: 84%

    DRAGON QUEST I & II HD-2D Remake is a stunning reimagination of the first two legendary adventures in The Erdrick Trilogy, brought together in one package.

  28. #28 Venba
    73% matchVery Positive93% of 3,726 reviews2023
    Developer: Visai Games
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 1.8hMean: 7.8h≥1hr: 78%

    Venba is a short narrative cooking game, where you play as an Indian mom who immigrates to Canada with her family in the 1980s. Cook various dishes and restore lost recipes, hold branching conversations, and explore South Indian food in this story about family, love, and loss.

  29. #29 UnMetal
    73% matchVery Positive94% of 3,617 reviews2021
    Developer: @unepic_franPublisher: Versus Evil
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 3.1hMean: 4.9h≥1hr: 81%

    UnMetal is a 2D stealth action-adventure that pays homage to the classics with a healthy dose of humor and satire. You play as Jesse Fox, who is definitely NOT an elite commando, under arrest for a crime he didn't commit, and must escape a covert military base using his wits and fists.

  30. #30 Kung Fury: Street Rage - Ultimate Edition
    74% matchVery Positive90% of 2,491 reviews2015
    Developer: Hello There Games
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 2.2hMean: 3.5h≥1hr: 75%

    The original epic introduction to the eternal KUNG FURY beat ‘em up saga. New stages, and the Hackademy. Both THE ARCADE STRIKES BACK and the A DAY AT THE BEACH campaign.

  31. #31 Bright Lights of Svetlov
    73% matchVery Positive93% of 1,402 reviews2021
    Developer: Vladimir Cholokyan
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 1.9hMean: 2.6h≥1hr: 86%

    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.

  32. #32 Pinball FX
    73% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,765 reviews2023
    Developer: Zen Studios
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 1.8hMean: 27.0h≥1hr: 61%

    Pinball FX is digital pinball evolved. Get the highest score on tables inspired by the biggest brands in entertainment. New tables arrive frequently!

  33. #33 MOLE
    71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,515 reviews2026
    Developer: Off Black CreationsPublisher: Oro Interactive
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 3.4hMean: 3.2h≥1hr: 82%

    Pilot the MOLE, a monstrous post-war drilling machine built to descend deep below the Slavic soil. Fix failing systems, follow voices of the dead, and pray you can survive whatever is sharing your coffin. Will the vessel or your mind break first?

  34. #34 Neon Drive
    72% matchVery Positive83% of 2,178 reviews2016
    Developer: Fraoula
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 2.3hMean: 3.5h≥1hr: 76%

    Neon Drive is a slick retro-futuristic, '80s inspired arcade game that will make your brain melt. You've been warned.From beautiful cityscapes and ocean roads to exploding enemy spaceships, Neon Drive has it all.

  35. #35 Grandpa High on Retro
    70% matchVery Positive89% of 2,123 reviews2025
    Developer: Ashnell GamesPublisher: Ashnell Games
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 1.0hMean: 1.2h≥1hr: 49%

    Grandpa goes on a third person, action adventure killing rampage, with his grandson after his smoking session was interrupted by a phone call.

  36. #36 Distant Space
    70% matchVery Positive82% of 3,450 reviews2016
    Developer: PixelMouse
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 3.6hMean: 9.2h≥1hr: 78%

    Distant Space are present the arcade game of cosmic fights in arcade style of the 80's, this is a game where you can control the spaceship and forced to destroy extraterrestrials, which are moving in the certain order.

  37. #37 The Gallery - Episode 1: Call of the Starseed
    70% matchVery Positive83% of 1,522 reviews2016
    Developer: Cloudhead Games Ltd.
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 1.2hMean: 1.9h≥1hr: 53%

    Embark on the sci-fi epic that started it all at the dawn of modern VR, setting standards for roomscale movement and interaction for years to come. Winner of over 30 awards including "VR Game of the Year", The Gallery is VR's premier adventure series.

  38. #38 Retro City Rampage™ DX
    70% matchVery Positive88% of 2,428 reviews2014
    Developer: Vblank Entertainment, Inc.
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 4.8hMean: 5.9h≥1hr: 83%

    OPEN-WORLD carjacking goes back to the '80s in this 8-BIT nostalgic throwback. Run missions! Outrun the law! Rampage the city with weapons, power-ups and vehicles!

  39. #39 Cannibal Abduction
    69% matchVery Positive96% of 371 reviews2023
    Developer: Tomás EsconjaureguyPublisher: selewi
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 1.9hMean: 2.5h≥1hr: 74%

    The family is hungry and he must provide, VHS slasher survival horror.

  40. #40 Ghosts 'n Goblins Resurrection
    69% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,568 reviews2021
    Developer: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 2.0hMean: 3.7h≥1hr: 65%

    Watch as this nostalgic yet completely reimagined storybook world unravels before your very eyes. Taking cues from both Ghosts 'n Goblins and Ghouls 'n Ghosts and giving birth to something entirely new, Resurrection is a title worthy of its name.

  41. #41 Amenti
    69% matchVery Positive80% of 2,351 reviews2025
    Developer: Darkphobia Games
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 1.4hMean: 1.6h≥1hr: 72%

    A photographer enters the Great Pyramids to photograph Pharaoh Rudamon’s remains, but is soon overwhelmed by a sinister curse, as the ancient tomb awakens dark forces that claw at his sanity.

  42. #42 ARCADE GAME SERIES: PAC-MAN
    69% matchVery Positive90% of 1,149 reviews2016
    Developer: BANDAI NAMCO Studios Inc.Publisher: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 12mMean: 2.8h≥1hr: 24%

    First released in arcades in 1980, the masterpiece PAC-MAN comes to Steam! Move PAC-MAN up, down, left, and right to avoid the ghosts and gobble up all the Pac-Dots!

  43. #43 Dragon's Lair
    69% matchMostly Positive77% of 722 reviews2013
    Developer: Digital Leisure Inc.
    Platforms: Windows, Linux
    Median: 30mMean: 4.1h≥1hr: 30%

    Haven't heard of Dragon's Lair?! Well, you play the heroic Dirk the Daring, a valiant knight on a quest to rescue the fair princess from the clutches of an evil dragon! Originally released in the summer of 1983, Dragon's Lair has solidified itself as a cultural icon in gaming.

  44. #44 Black Future '88
    69% matchMostly Positive72% of 749 reviews2019
    Developer: SUPERSCARYSNAKESPublisher: Good Shepherd Entertainment
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 30mMean: 7.7h≥1hr: 35%

    Black Future ’88 is a Synth-Punk roguelike 2D action Shooter. Vertically climb an always evolving procedural tower to reach the top and kill its insane owner…before your heart explodes. Shoot, slash, dash and upgrade yourself to survive the endless waves of Homicidal AI, Traps & Colossal Wardens.

  45. #45 Stay Out of the House
    68% matchVery Positive94% of 1,875 reviews2022
    Developer: Puppet Combo
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 3.1hMean: 6.6h≥1hr: 82%

    Can you escape the home of a cannibal serial killer? It's only a matter of time until you're dinner!

  46. #46 HUNTDOWN: OVERTIME
    67% matchVery Positive88% of 850 reviews2026
    Developer: Easy Trigger GamesPublisher: Coffee Stain Publishing
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

    Corporations turned crime-infested streets into profit margins for bounty hunters and John Sawyer is going to make a killing. Hunt, die, upgrade, repeat in this explosive roguelite prequel where every strategic upgrade strips away more flesh and builds a cybernetic fighter one chrome limb at a time.

  47. #47 沉默的蟋蟀
    68% matchVery Positive90% of 1,305 reviews2023
    Developer: 蓬莱飞鱼工作室Publisher: 噪点游戏 SERICA GAMES
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 7.3hMean: 24.6h≥1hr: 76%

    《沉默的蟋蟀》是一款以斗蟋蟀为主题的“收集+养成”游戏。在一个叫做大夏国的地方,四季皆可斗蟋蟀,人人酷爱斗蟋蟀,斗蟋蟀是全民娱乐,更是最重要的产业之一。你可以去冲击天梯第一,也可以选择组建自己的蟋蟀战队去角逐全国联赛总冠军,更可以追求传说中的无双虫王!

  48. #48 Tiny Combat Arena
    68% matchVery Positive82% of 1,579 reviews2022
    Developer: Why485Publisher: MicroProse Software
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 1.0hMean: 4.6h≥1hr: 49%

    Tiny Combat Arena is an approachable combat flight simulator sporting a stylized look and various game modes. Dogfight your way in the Arena and in Quick Action or craft your own scenarios and take part in a vast war with objectives and friendly armies to support.

  49. #49 Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed Ecto Edition
    67% matchVery Positive90% of 1,277 reviews2023
    Developer: IllFonicPublisher: IllFonic Publishing
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 5.6hMean: 10.5h≥1hr: 87%

    This is an asymmetrical game of hide and seek. In true form to IllFonic’s past titles, this title is a 4v1 setup where players will either play as part of a team of new Ghostbusters or a singular Ghost.

  50. #50 Karate Master 2 Knock Down Blow
    68% matchVery Positive86% of 746 reviews2015
    Developer: Crian Soft
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 3.6hMean: 4.7h≥1hr: 87%

    Karate Master 2 Knock Down Blow is a fighting game that mixes elements of RPG, simulation and arcade, in an explosive combination to relieve the Beat'em up genre!

  51. #51 A Summer's End - Hong Kong 1986
    67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,227 reviews2020
    Developer: Oracle and Bone
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 3.8hMean: 4.8h≥1hr: 69%

    A Summer's End is a visual novel set in 1980s Hong Kong. It tells of a love story between two women. Lush and vibrant visuals, the game features over 400 unique hand-drawn artwork inspired by Asian cinema and 1980s anime.

  52. #52 Bloodwash
    67% matchVery Positive92% of 1,394 reviews2021
    Developer: Black Eyed PriestPublisher: Torture Star Video
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 1.7hMean: 2.0h≥1hr: 86%

    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?

  53. #53 ARCADE GAME SERIES: DIG DUG
    67% matchVery Positive89% of 647 reviews2016
    Developer: BANDAI NAMCO Studios Inc.Publisher: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 12mMean: 2.8h≥1hr: 23%

    First appearing in arcades in 1982, Dig Dug finally comes to Steam! Control Dig Dug to make underground tunnels and inflate or crush the enemies!

  54. #54 RetroMaze
    66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,596 reviews2018
    Developer: Durven Studios
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 36mMean: 4.5h≥1hr: 35%

    A relaxing Retrowave stylized maze game that increases the difficulty as you progress through the levels. RetroMaze has 30 levels and a beautiful visual concept, as well as an exciting soundtrack.

  55. #55 The Lancaster Leak - Entity Exam
    66% matchVery Positive86% of 586 reviews2024
    Developer: Jeremy FischerPublisher: Jflyer Games
    Platforms: Windows, Mac

    YOU CONTROL THE FOUND FOOTAGE. Another tape has been leaked, this time a recording of a training protocol. By answering questions and resisting jumpscares, can you beat the Entity Exam?

  56. #56 Slipstream
    66% matchVery Positive88% of 1,739 reviews2018
    Developer: ansdor
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 30mMean: 3.2h≥1hr: 35%

    Arcade-style racing game inspired by the spirit of the early 90s, with drifting mechanics and exotic tracks.

  57. #57 Oniken: Unstoppable Edition
    66% matchMostly Positive79% of 979 reviews2014
    Developer: JoyMasher
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 3.4hMean: 4.9h≥1hr: 89%

    When a global war nearly decimated humankind, an evil military organization called Oniken takes advantage of the situation to dominate and oppress the few remaining survivors. Even though any resistance to this organization seemed hopeless, a small rebel movement organizes strikes against Oniken.

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