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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.

Related: Retro, Action, FPS, Pixel Graphics

820 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.

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Stay Out of the House
Stay Out of the House
Retro survival horror about escaping a cannibal butcher's house
93% positive 1,892 reviews
Retro City Rampage™ DX
Retro City Rampage™ DX
Open-world crime action with pixel art and pop-culture parody
89% positive 1,881 reviews
Yakuza 0 Director's Cut
Yakuza 0 Director's Cut
A crime brawler with three fighting styles for each protagonist
81% positive 1,876 reviews
Narita Boy
Narita Boy
2D action-adventure with sword fights across a retro digital kingdom
78% positive 1,850 reviews
DRAGON QUEST I & II HD-2D Remake
DRAGON QUEST I & II HD-2D Remake
Two fantasy RPG remakes you can play in either order
83% positive 1,818 reviews
STASIS
STASIS
Isometric point-and-click horror aboard a spacecraft descending into Neptune's clouds
80% positive 1,763 reviews
FATAL FRAME / PROJECT ZERO: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse
FATAL FRAME / PROJECT ZERO: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse
Third-person survival horror where photographs ward off island ghosts
89% positive 1,685 reviews
Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium
Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium
Classic arcade collection with rewind and online scoreboards
68% positive Free
Tenebris Somnia Demo
Tenebris Somnia
Pixel-art survival horror that switches to live-action at key moments
94% positive 1,628 reviews
Super Woden: Rally Edge
Super Woden: Rally Edge
Arcade rally racing with cars to buy, upgrade, and customize
96% positive 1,627 reviews
Duck Season
Duck Season
VR duck shooting with a horror story behind the game
85% positive 1,621 reviews
Tiny Combat Arena
Tiny Combat Arena
Cold War-style flight sim with custom dogfights and ground strikes
84% positive 1,605 reviews
Landlord's Super
Landlord's Super
First-person construction sim in 1980s Britain, brick by brick
80% positive 1,552 reviews
Crossing Souls
Crossing Souls
2D action-adventure about five friends crossing realms in 1980s California
79% positive 1,551 reviews
Commando Collection
Commando Collection
Remastered Flash-era arcade shooters with varied military combat
96% positive 1,498 reviews
Contra Anniversary Collection
Contra Anniversary Collection
Classic side-scrolling shooters collected for solo or local co-op
76% positive 1,493 reviews
Bright Lights of Svetlov
Bright Lights of Svetlov
A first-person walking simulator where household chores reveal family troubles
93% positive 1,471 reviews
Backrooms: Lost Tape
Backrooms: Lost Tape
Horror walking simulator with puzzles and hostile entities in liminal spaces
81% positive 1,454 reviews
Ghosts 'n Goblins Resurrection
Ghosts 'n Goblins Resurrection
Side-scrolling action platformer with punishing demon-filled storybook stages
74% positive 1,378 reviews
Bloodwash
Bloodwash
First-person horror about a late-night laundromat and a serial killer
92% positive 1,373 reviews
'83
'83
Squad-based tactical shooter set during a Cold War turned hot
67% positive 1,370 reviews
Liquidators
Liquidators
First-person horror about keeping Chernobyl liquidators alive through radioactive hazards
95% positive Free
Anemoiapolis: Chapter 1
Anemoiapolis: Chapter 1
First-person horror exploration through an underground neighborhood that keeps changing
82% positive 1,251 reviews
Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed Ecto Edition
Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed Ecto Edition
Asymmetric ghost-hunting matches with four hunters and one ghost
89% positive 1,204 reviews