The Best 1980s Games for IOS iPhone

Update : WALLS added at rank #6.
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Ghost Town (2021)

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Ghost Town is a single player VR puzzle-adventure from the makers of The Room. London, 1983. Edith Penrose is a ghost hunter, busy exorcising her way through the city's restless spirits. But after her brother goes missing Edith must draw upon her wits & supernatural talents to unravel the mystery.


  • vr
  • 1980s
  • supernatural
  • cinematic
  • magic
  • atmospheric
  • mystery
  • detective
  • puzzle
  • investigation
  • horror
  • linear
  • tactile
  • story
  • demons

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Dexter Stardust: Adventures in Outer Space (2022)

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A Spacey Classic Point and Click Adventure for All!


  • cartoony
  • cinematic
  • clicker
  • science
  • comic
  • fiction
  • point-and-click
  • adventure
  • visual-novel
  • choices
  • interactive
  • 1980s
  • hand-drawn
  • book
  • anime

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The Kids We Were (2020)

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Android IOS iPhone PC Windows Nintendo Switch

A cinematic adventure game with a heavy focus on narrative.


  • voxel
  • 1980s
  • adventure
  • narrative
  • story
  • retro
  • drama
  • emotional
  • puzzling

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Hannah (2024)

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Hannah is a 3D puzzle-platformer game. You play as Hannah, whose doll goes missing and now must rescue it and try to understand her nightmares by making an internal journey to her childhood and find out what went wrong.


  • stealth
  • surreal
  • retro
  • psychological
  • survival
  • 1980s
  • single-player
  • adventure
  • puzzle
  • horror
  • -----------------------
  • story
  • dark
  • 3d
  • surrealist

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Define (2025)

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As the game progresses, the speed at which the fruits fall will increase, making the game more challenging. Players need to react quickly and accurately determine the landing points of the fruits in order to achieve higher scores.


  • 2d
  • 2.5d
  • casual
  • 1980s
  • puzzle
  • fight
  • platform
  • detective
  • skill

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WALLS (2025)

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A procedural generated singleplayer horror game. Dodge the ghosts, locate the keys. Try not to get too close to them, otherwise they will chase you.


  • 3d
  • faith
  • cinematic
  • hidden-object
  • rogue-like
  • 1980s
  • collectathon
  • minimalist
  • aliens
  • physics
  • walking-simulator
  • demons
  • dark
  • procedural
  • runner

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Brucie's Arcade (2024)

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A retro arcade game bundle where you must manage a restaurant through four mini-games: Ingredient Run, Cooking, Serving, and Stacking Leftovers. Each game offers unique challenges packaged up in a familiar, replayable arcade format.


  • 1980s
  • collectathon
  • retro
  • cooking
  • time-management
  • arcade
  • management
  • 2d
  • strategy
  • top-down
  • third-person
  • colourful
  • pixel
  • exploration
  • logic

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Aurora Hills: Chapter 1 (2024)

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Aurora Hills: Chapter 1 is the first part in series of point and click puzzle adventure games. Follow the journey of Ethan Hill, a park ranger tasked with investigating strange disappearances from the region to uncover the mystery of Aurora Hills!


  • mystery
  • cinematic
  • point-and-click
  • hidden-object
  • 1980s
  • puzzle
  • nature
  • 2d
  • park
  • adventure
  • exploration
  • realistic
  • thriller
  • first-person
  • atmospheric

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Differentiate (2024)

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This game immerses players in the vast expanse of a blue sky and sea, taking on the role of a courageous pilot.


  • difference
  • 2d
  • fiction
  • mind-teasing
  • interactive
  • 1980s
  • rpg
  • adventure
  • puzzling
  • platform
  • story

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Alphabear: Words Across Time (2020)

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- Dictionary update. - Other minor fixes/changes.


  • strategy
  • turn-based
  • grid
  • rpg
  • 1980s
  • puzzle
  • third-person
  • military
  • friends-and-family
  • simulation
  • funny
  • chess
  • subscription
  • tile
  • grand

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