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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Active Soccer 3
Retro arcade soccer with custom tactics and multiple camera views
69% positive
131 reviews
Centipede: Recharged
Top-down arcade bug shooting with bombs, rail guns, and slow-motion
85% positive
130 reviews
Dot's Home
A point-and-click story tracing a family's housing struggles through time
82% positive
Free
Scary Horror
An analog horror adventure with a neighborhood-wide bottle hunt
87% positive
Free
Demo Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit
Side-scrolling platform shooter with alternate paths through monster-filled stages
80% positive
130 reviews
Demo Laser Tag Massacre
Retro survival horror inspired by slasher movies from the eighties
84% positive
129 reviews
Trivia Vault: 1980's Trivia
A timed eighties quiz built around cracking vault codes
68% positive
128 reviews
For Your Tranquility
Point-and-click detective game where autopsies help you solve a murder
72% positive
128 reviews
PUSHER - Drug Tycoon
Drug-dealing management sim about market timing and building a criminal business
85% positive
128 reviews
Rally Arcade Classics
Arcade rally racing with cars spanning four decades of motorsport
78% positive
128 reviews
Get Out ! A "Very Bad Dreams" Story
VR survival horror inspired by 1980s slasher movies
96% positive
128 reviews
Snowball!
Arcade pinball through a homemade maze of snow and obstacles
87% positive
127 reviews
風色幻想6:冒險奏鳴
Fantasy tactical RPG with customizable character growth and skill combinations
85% positive
127 reviews
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Spire of Ash
Dark-fantasy auto-battler with five-hero teams and detailed equipment crafting
58% positive
Free
Trash Horror Collection 4
Seven short horror games mixing retro scares and toilet humor
85% positive
126 reviews
Hidden Arcade: Hundreds of Ghosts!
A hidden-object game about rescuing ghosts from arcade machines
93% positive
Free
The Backrooms: Liminal Space
First-person horror exploration presented as grainy, distorted camcorder footage
91% positive
126 reviews
Donuts'n'Justice
Fast-paced arcade shooter about cops battling gangs in the 1980s
81% positive
125 reviews
Demo PalmRide
Retro arcade driving where staying on the road is the challenge
87% positive
125 reviews
Lonely Knight
Third-person medieval action-adventure about a knight's quest for vengeance
58% positive
Free
魔導聖戰:風色幻想
Turn-based fantasy RPG where badges let you change character classes
83% positive
125 reviews
The Spy Who Shrunk Me
First-person stealth where you shrink yourself and enemy guards
69% positive
124 reviews
Space Adventure Cobra - The Awakening
Side-scrolling action platformer adapting an anime about a space pirate
74% positive
124 reviews
G.I. Joe: Wrath of Cobra
Side-scrolling beat 'em up with cartoon heroes and local co-op
56% positive
123 reviews