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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The Warlock of Firetop Mountain
Tabletop fantasy RPG with branching choices and simultaneous turn-based combat
77% positive
361 reviews
Joyville
A horror-puzzle adventure where a teddy bear helps you survive
69% positive
359 reviews
Demo ANOMALITH
Third-person horror shooter about dangerous expeditions into supernatural anomaly zones
77% positive
355 reviews
Saturday Morning RPG
A turn-based RPG where everyday objects become magical weapons
78% positive
350 reviews
Garlic
A precision platformer built around chained dashes through deadly traps
88% positive
348 reviews
Kingdom of Night
Isometric action RPG set in a demon-infested 1980s town
86% positive
346 reviews
Panzer Paladin
Retro action-platformer where you break weapons to cast spells
75% positive
342 reviews
Demo Last Time I Saw You
Hand-drawn 2D adventure about growing up under a hometown curse
97% positive
342 reviews
King's Quest™ Collection
Seven fantasy adventure games built around exploration and puzzles
86% positive
340 reviews
Möbius Front '83
Hex-grid warfare built around the military hardware of the early eighties
74% positive
339 reviews
Snake Classic
A minimalist arcade game built around an ever-growing snake
78% positive
338 reviews
Hyper Chess
Real-time chess where both players move without taking turns
91% positive
338 reviews
Football Game
A point-and-click thriller where a football player's evening turns strange
92% positive
337 reviews
Demo Kumitantei: Old-School Slaughter
A murder-mystery visual novel with deckbuilding and deadly class trials
88% positive
334 reviews
Elle: Portal
A free puzzle platformer about collecting coins and avoiding maze keepers
93% positive
Free
Demo Dragon Fist: VR Kung Fu
First-person VR martial arts fighting with physics-based combat
95% positive
327 reviews
Tetris® Forever
Classic puzzle collection with a mode that jumps between eras
72% positive
327 reviews
BROK the InvestiGator - Prologue
A detective adventure mixing point-and-click puzzles with beat 'em up combat
97% positive
Free
Demo Rush Rally Origins
Top-down rally racing with changing grip across mixed surfaces
95% positive
326 reviews
Wasteland 1 - The Original Classic
A turn-based RPG with lasting consequences in a radioactive desert
81% positive
323 reviews
Virtual Circuit Board
Sandbox logic simulator for drawing and testing your own circuits
92% positive
322 reviews
The End o,,,o
Retro horror platformer running at three frames per second
63% positive
Free
The Legend of The Sacred Stone EX
An action RPG adapted from a Taiwanese hand puppet film
94% positive
320 reviews
Capsa
Open-world social exploration with customizable characters, homes, and vehicles
58% positive
Free