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
871 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Falling-note rhythm game where you switch between melodies and drums
87% positive
144 reviews
Baki Hanma: Blood Arena
2D arcade fighting with Punch-Out-style timing and anime martial arts
76% positive
143 reviews
Super Roboy
Hand-drawn sci-fi Metroidvania where defeated enemies grant new skills
93% positive
142 reviews
MarginCall
Stock trading simulation with prices driven by competing simulated traders
75% positive
142 reviews
The Cursed Hour
Co-op horror puzzle game about destroying relics in a haunted mansion
28% positive
Free
Demo Run TavernQuest
A text adventure where you interpret another player's commands
94% positive
140 reviews
Psychopathy Assessment
VHS-style psychological horror that begins with a psychopathy test
69% positive
140 reviews
WARPZONE DRIFTER
A reflex-driven arcade drifting game with no way to brake
80% positive
139 reviews
Bombing!!: A Graffiti Sandbox
First-person graffiti sandbox where you can paint on every surface
91% positive
139 reviews
Super Cakeboy
Side-scrolling action platformer with a baker and pastry-based weapons
99% positive
Free
Trash Horror Collection 3
First-person horror shorts inspired by cult movies and crude comedy
86% positive
139 reviews
NAMCO MUSEUM ARCHIVES Vol 2
An 8-bit action collection with save states and rewind
85% positive
137 reviews
Yin-Yang Ping-Pong
An idle desktop toy where balls move on their own
96% positive
Free
3D Escape Room: Detective Story
3D escape-room mystery built around codes and mechanical contraptions
70% positive
136 reviews
Game Tycoon 2
Game development management sim with decades of changing technology
39% positive
135 reviews
Below The Ocean
Underwater puzzle platformer built around swinging on an oxygen tether
99% positive
135 reviews
Skogdal
Roguelike deckbuilder with recruitable townsfolk and cards you can fuse
99% positive
134 reviews
Demo Murder at the Birch Tree Theater
Point-and-click murder mysteries set behind the scenes of community theater
96% positive
134 reviews
Saturnalia
Third-person horror adventure through a village reshaped when everyone dies
91% positive
133 reviews
Full Metal Sergeant
Boot camp management with twelve weeks to prepare a squad
86% positive
133 reviews
Gnome Online
Sandbox MMORPG with real-time combat and guild wars over territory
77% positive
133 reviews
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CD Market - Music Label Sim
Record label management sim through changing eras of music
94% positive
133 reviews
Nirvana Pilot Yume
Arcade spaceship racing paired with a branching sci-fi romance
76% positive
132 reviews
Fairune Collection
Retro adventure RPGs where finding the route is the puzzle
86% positive
132 reviews