Best 1980s games on PC
Games tagged 1980s are set during the decade or draw on its pop culture, visual styles, music, and technology. They span shooters, racing games, strategy titles, and narrative simulations, so gameplay varies widely.
- 1980s settings or retro styling
- Frequent action and shooting
Related: Retro, Action, FPS, Pixel Graphics
820 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Counter-Strike
Competitive tactical FPS where teamwork decides objective-based rounds
97% positive
190K reviews
Poppy Playtime
First-person horror puzzle adventure inside an abandoned toy factory
87% positive
Free
MultiVersus
Warner Bros. crossover platform fighter with two-on-two team battles
77% positive
132K reviews
Hotline Miami
Fast-paced top-down action with lethal combat and rapid retries
96% positive
124K reviews
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
Fast-paced top-down action with brutal combat and shifting factions
94% positive
79K reviews
Arma Reforger
Cold War military sandbox built around realistic tactical combat
76% positive
56K reviews
Generation Zero®
Open-world survival shooter about guerrilla warfare against deadly machines
75% positive
31K reviews
RoboCop: Rogue City
Slow, tank-like first-person gunplay in a story-driven sci-fi city
85% positive
30K reviews
Duck Game
Fast-paced 2D party shooter where armed ducks die in one hit
97% positive
27K reviews
Demo Contraband Police
First-person border checkpoint simulation with searches, chases, and shootouts
94% positive
27K reviews
Far Cry 3 - Blood Dragon
Open-world cyberpunk FPS parodying cheesy 1980s action movies
87% positive
20K reviews
Retrowave
Endless driving game dodging traffic to a synthwave soundtrack
96% positive
16K reviews
WARNO
Cold War real-time tactics with customizable NATO and Warsaw Pact forces
79% positive
15K reviews
Demo Wolfenstein: Youngblood
Co-op first-person shooter about twins searching occupied Paris for their father
44% positive
14K reviews
Demo Automobilista 2
Circuit racing simulator with solo, online, and VR play
89% positive
13K reviews
Not For Broadcast
Live-action news simulation with censorship and branching political choices
94% positive
11K reviews
RetroArch
Free emulation frontend for running and configuring classic games
88% positive
Free
Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit
Pixel-art horror adventure about time travel and evading a pursuer
95% positive
11K reviews
Tiny Rogues
Top-down bullet-hell roguelite built around fast dungeon runs
96% positive
11K reviews
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City – The Definitive Edition
Open-world crime action in a neon-lit 1980s tropical city
82% positive
10K reviews
Demo REPLACED
Side-scrolling cyberpunk adventure about an AI trapped in a human body
85% positive
10K reviews
Vigor
Post-apocalyptic extraction shooter where every supply run risks your gear
47% positive
Free
Demo MULLET MADJACK
Arcade first-person shooter where kills extend your life timer
98% positive
8,737 reviews
Gunner, HEAT, PC!
Single-player Cold War tank simulation with accessible, realistic gunnery
90% positive
8,366 reviews