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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Weeping Falls Massacre
First-person horror about uncovering the truth behind an orphanage massacre
90% positive
Free
Cosmos Bit
A retro space action-platformer inspired by the original Metroid
87% positive
103 reviews
Yars: Recharged
Twin-stick bullet hell where you shoot or bite through defenses
88% positive
102 reviews
Police Quest™ Collection
Detective adventure collection following police officers through murder investigations
82% positive
100 reviews
Maze
A first-person shooter with fast fights across randomly generated levels
91% positive
Free
The Prison
Multiplayer prison RPG about escaping confinement or gaining power inside
44% positive
Free
Convenient
First-person survival horror with escape-room puzzles and a watchful kidnapper
89% positive
99 reviews
Demo Disco Time 80s VR
A VR nightclub simulator with retro music and minigames
62% positive
Free
YinYang Street Ultimate Edition
A hand-drawn horror adventure through a 1980s border town
77% positive
98 reviews
Demo Lost Alone Ultimate
First-person psychological horror built around puzzles and fear of darkness
83% positive
98 reviews
The Rainman
A slasher adventure where a killer hunts whenever it rains
97% positive
98 reviews
Trivia Vault: Auto Racing Trivia
A timed motorsports quiz built around cracking vault codes
75% positive
97 reviews
MeiQi 2022
First-person detective adventure set in China during the 1990s
78% positive
97 reviews
Demo Dexter Stardust : Adventures in Outer Space
A nonviolent point-and-click space adventure told like a cartoon series
94% positive
97 reviews
NIGHT STRIKER GEAR
On-rails arcade shooter with a hovercar and sprite-based 3D visuals
88% positive
97 reviews
Dragon Climax
A side-scrolling beat 'em up with experience-based skills and upgrades
79% positive
96 reviews
Don't Touch this Button!
First-person puzzles where you progress by disobeying the instructions
93% positive
96 reviews
BloodDome Classic
Arcade shooter about surviving enemy hordes with only a pistol
84% positive
Free
Hyperchannel
An endless first-person shooter with rubber hose cartoon visuals
44% positive
Free
Demo Shui's Odyssey
A puzzle adventure about lost memories across three generations
84% positive
95 reviews
Monster Bash HD
Side-scrolling platformer with slingshot combat and kidnapped pets to rescue
94% positive
94 reviews
吞食一统中原Tunshi unifying plains
Turn-based RPG with an extra chapter on your third playthrough
96% positive
94 reviews
Demo GRIDbeat!
A rhythm dungeon crawler where every action follows the beat
100% positive
94 reviews
Cybershock: Future Parkour
First-person parkour runner with high-speed obstacle courses and shooting
94% positive
93 reviews