The Best 1980s Games for Linux - Page 2

Update : KIT-10 added at rank #11.
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KIT-10 (2025)

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KIT-10 is a charming arcade platformer inspired by '80s classics. Use your cat-like reflexes to collect repair items and save your fellow KITs. Stun enemies with your microwave meow and throw them into each other for big combos. Claw your way to the top of the leaderboard! Go KIT-10 go!

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  • 1980s
  • attack
  • score
  • arcade
  • platform
  • 2d
  • cats
  • pixel
  • retro
  • cute

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The Eternal Castle REMASTERED (2019)

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The Eternal Castle [REMASTERED] is a remake of the original "ETERNAL CASTLE" from 1987, with additional game mechanics, sophisticated sound design, polished 2-bit CGA animated graphics, and modernized game design.

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  • cinematic
  • cyberpunk
  • 1980s
  • post-apocalyptic
  • surreal
  • dark
  • action-adventure
  • multiple-endings
  • atmospheric
  • futuristic
  • remake
  • horror
  • sci-fi
  • old-school
  • survival

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Fizz Quiz (2025)

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FizzQuiz is a trivia game with over 100 topics and 10,000 questions. Play alone or with up to 10 friends in seven unique rounds, featuring questions in text, images, models, and audio formats. Test your knowledge, earn points, and defeat your friends. FizzQuiz – challenge your intellect!

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  • trivia
  • america
  • conversation
  • cooperative
  • 1990s
  • 1980s
  • education
  • fiction
  • character
  • choices
  • stylized
  • interactive
  • 3d
  • cute
  • exploration

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Twin Hawk (2024)

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Take on powerful tanks and battleships with the best use of your fighter in this military themed vertical arcade shoot ‘em up by Toaplan! Summon friendly fighter planes to avoid emergencies and increase firepower. Now on PC with modern enhancements!


  • top-down
  • shoot-em-up
  • 1980s
  • vertically
  • scrolling
  • linear
  • shooter
  • 2d
  • military
  • arcade
  • pixel
  • experimental
  • old-school
  • vertical
  • cooperative

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The Night Of The Inquisitor (2023)

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A VHS/PS1 Survival Horror Experience! Play as Emilia, a young woman cursed by an ancient rosary, transported into the Realm of the Inquisitor, a surreal dimension filled with the ghosts victims of the Inquisitor himself. Solve puzzles, free ghosts, and escape the Inquisitor!

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  • horror
  • survival-horror
  • 1990s
  • 1980s
  • assassin
  • thriller
  • retro
  • multiple-endings
  • third-person
  • surreal
  • psychological
  • action-adventure
  • dark
  • atmospheric
  • exploration

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Nightrunner (2024)

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Buckle up in this minimalist retro arcade high score chaser.

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  • noir
  • auto
  • minimalist
  • attack
  • score
  • 1990s
  • racing
  • 1980s
  • arcade
  • abstract
  • stylized
  • driving
  • top-down
  • old-school
  • retro

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Kriss' Journey (2025)

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early access Mac OS Linux PC Windows

A science-fantasy retro-flavoured textual adventure running in your terminal

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  • heavy
  • dialogue
  • text
  • typing
  • 1990s
  • fiction
  • 1980s
  • interactive
  • old-school
  • sci-fi
  • lore
  • retro
  • minimalist
  • fantasy
  • futuristic

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The Ghost of Alcantra (2025)

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The Ghost of Alcantra is a free kinetic romance/mystery vn that alternates between two perspectives, one focusing on a blossoming romantic relationship, and another focused on unraveling a murder mystery.

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  • philosophical
  • visual-novel
  • romance
  • emotional
  • immersive
  • 1990s
  • 1980s
  • linear
  • simulation
  • text
  • life
  • detective
  • comedy
  • stylized
  • first-person

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Escape From Castle Matsumoto (2024)

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Two shinobis race against each other to recover stolen items and escape a Japanese castle, using their wits and tricks to outsmart the opponent. Retro split-screen duel arcade game using pixel art in 3D.

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  • heist
  • split-screen
  • arts
  • ninja
  • martial
  • 2.5d
  • 1980s
  • pvp
  • pixel
  • foreign
  • procedural
  • demons
  • historical
  • tactical
  • arcade

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Time of War - Airstrike (2024)

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early access Linux PC Windows

Dogfight through time! Upgrade your plane, from biplanes to modern fighter jets. Face off against historical and futuristic foes, and dominate the skies!

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  • 3d
  • shoot-em-up
  • transportation
  • flight
  • 1990s
  • 1980s
  • real-time
  • historical
  • alternate
  • tactical
  • simulation
  • family-friendly
  • fight
  • war

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