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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Chernobyl: Origins
A puzzle adventure where wrong decisions can cost your life
84% positive
79 reviews
The Secret of Varonis
Game Boy-style RPG with distinct growth rules for each race
100% positive
79 reviews
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Liminal Lane
First-person walking simulator through surreal spaces drawn from everyday life
76% positive
79 reviews
Demo Ire: A Prologue
First-person horror with a stalking monster aboard a haunted ship
59% positive
79 reviews
冒险村传说（Tales of Legends）
A pixel-art RPG linking dungeon exploration with village development
60% positive
78 reviews
Trivia Vault: Tennis Trivia
A tennis quiz where faster answers earn more in-game cash
68% positive
78 reviews
Demo Interference: Dead Air
A sci-fi adventure about managing a crisis by radio
69% positive
78 reviews
Demo 文字遊戯(日本語版)
A word-puzzle adventure where changing text changes the world
92% positive
78 reviews
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Reflex Unit: Strike Ops
Isometric vehicle combat balancing firepower, fuel, and carrying capacity
82% positive
78 reviews
哪吒传奇
Free-to-play inn simulation with guest services and online multiplayer
71% positive
Free
8-bit Adventure Anthology: Volume I
Three 8-bit point-and-click adventures spanning fantasy, horror, and noir
94% positive
77 reviews
Trivia Vault: Movie Trivia
A timed movie trivia game with vault codes to crack
73% positive
77 reviews
Post Soviet Zombies
Top-down zombie shooter set in a post-Soviet city
90% positive
77 reviews
Awesome Pea 2
A side-scrolling precision platformer with green, Game Boy-style pixel art
91% positive
77 reviews
Demo CHR$(143)
Physics-based engineering puzzles built around construction, programming, and automation
94% positive
77 reviews
Duloga
A reverse arcade shooter about deciding who the police shoot
86% positive
Free
revere
Point-and-click survival horror with puzzles to solve and creatures to repel
64% positive
Free
Kraino Origins
Retro action platformer combining fast melee combat with magic abilities
91% positive
77 reviews
MATRESHKA
Horror puzzle adventure about escaping a building with unpredictable residents
79% positive
77 reviews
The Hokkaido Serial Murder Case The Okhotsk Disappearance ~Memories in Ice, Tearful Figurine~
Graphic detective adventure investigating murders across Tokyo and Hokkaido
94% positive
77 reviews
East Wood Carnival
First-person horror about solving puzzles to escape an abandoned carnival
77% positive
Free
Demo Herb Tea Man
A story-led shopkeeping adventure rooted in traditional Chinese medicine
92% positive
77 reviews
Bytecollector
A casual incremental game about collecting bytes with drawn loops
78% positive
77 reviews
Demo Bahnsen Knights
A branching visual novel about an undercover investigation into a cult
95% positive
76 reviews