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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A puzzle platformer where changing accessibility settings lets you progress
95% positive
Free
Many Bricks Breaker
A single-player arcade brick breaker with 108 levels to clear
74% positive
112 reviews
Ransack Raccoon
Top-down action-stealth about a raccoon stealing from mall stores
82% positive
Free
Paranormal Night Shift
Anomaly-spotting horror where missing changes can get you killed
93% positive
112 reviews
Demo Saint Slayer: Spear of Sacrilege
NES-style action platformer with a campaign playable in local co-op
95% positive
112 reviews
Hypergalactic Psychic Table Tennis 3000
Pong-style table tennis RPG with spells and paddle romance
91% positive
111 reviews
Synthwave Driver
Endless highway racing with 1980s cars and a synthwave soundtrack
86% positive
111 reviews
The Walking Vegetables
A twin-stick roguelite about looting cities and fighting mutant vegetables
89% positive
110 reviews
Pixel Poops
A one-button arcade game about stopping park joggers with poop
87% positive
Free
Truxton
A vertical arcade shooter with rewind and a beginner mode
95% positive
110 reviews
Demo My Sleeping Girlfriend
Psychological horror about protecting your girlfriend during her nightly sleepwalking
94% positive
110 reviews
The Holiday Story
First-person horror walking simulator set in a holiday toy store
71% positive
110 reviews
Rifter
Fast-paced 2D platforming built around grappling hooks and momentum
92% positive
109 reviews
Rift Loopers
Twin-stick survival shooter with alien swarms and upgrades between runs
72% positive
109 reviews
Trivia Vault: Classic Rock Trivia 2
Timed classic rock trivia where correct answers crack vault codes
64% positive
108 reviews
Breakout: Recharged
Arcade brick-breaking with explosive balls and a weapon-equipped paddle
81% positive
108 reviews
Demo GIGASWORD
A puzzle metroidvania built around the weight of your sword
75% positive
108 reviews
All She Wants For Christmas Is YOU
Christmas horror where everyday objects become weapons against your pursuer
92% positive
108 reviews
Kiloton
Cold War strategy built around diplomacy, proxy wars, and nuclear escalation
96% positive
108 reviews
Demo SOL CRESTA
An arcade space shooter built around docking and rearranging fighters
79% positive
107 reviews
looK INside - Chapter 2
A point-and-click puzzle game tracing a French family through memories
72% positive
106 reviews
Demo HyperParasite
Twin-stick roguelite shooter where you survive by stealing human bodies
84% positive
105 reviews
Awesome Pea
A precision platformer with short stages and no checkpoints
84% positive
105 reviews
Asteroids: Recharged
Arcade space shooting with collectible weapons and defensive power-ups
79% positive
105 reviews