The Best 1980s Games for Linux - Page 3

Update : Fizz Quiz added at rank #13.
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Super Dirt Racers (2021)

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early access PC Windows Linux

Drive through water and over bumps and dips. Pick up nitro boosts along the way but use them carefully to beat your rivals.

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  • racing
  • off-road
  • automobile
  • 1980s
  • driving
  • cartoony
  • comedy
  • 3d
  • simulation
  • colourful
  • top-down
  • retro
  • sport
  • old-school
  • cute

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tranceWave NEO (2024)

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tranceWave NEO is a classic arcade twin-stick shmup, inspired by others in the "trance shooter" genre. Move, shoot, survive, and aim for a high score!

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  • twin-stick
  • top-down
  • psychedelic
  • shoot-em-up
  • shooter
  • 1990s
  • abstract
  • 1980s
  • modern
  • minimalist
  • stylized
  • colourful
  • old-school
  • arcade
  • atmospheric

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DROPSOL (2023)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux

DROPSOL is a retro-style arcade game where, equipped only with a parasol that reduces your speed, you have to dodge obstacles and take special items to increase your chances of getting a big score.

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  • attack
  • score
  • procedural
  • 1980s
  • collectathon
  • linear
  • psychedelic
  • retro
  • arcade
  • old-school
  • survival
  • minimalist
  • runner
  • pixel
  • colourful

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Lefties' Righteous Arcade Emporium (2024)

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Linux PC Windows

1 Controller 2 Players 4 games and 16 Modes. Grab a Partner and share your Steam Deck or PC. Defeat your opponent in Tennis, Hockey or Squash. Engage in an old-fashioned Wild West Shoot Out. Race to your Spaceship before the planet explodes. Join forces and save your city from impending destruction.

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  • 2d
  • 1980s
  • split-screen
  • twin-stick
  • runner
  • shooter
  • sport
  • colourful
  • platform
  • stylized
  • pixel
  • racing
  • cartoony
  • cute
  • top-down

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Powers of Hex (2023)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Mac OS Linux

Powers of Hex is a non-linear experience of classic 2D platformers.Play as Hex on a quest to obtain all 6 unique, magic powers from Elfvis.

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  • nonlinear
  • 1980s
  • 2d
  • action-adventure
  • platform
  • magic
  • pixel
  • controller-support

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Skeler Boy (2024)

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Linux PC Windows Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Xbox Series X Xbox One Nintendo Switch j

Experience a nostalgic aesthetic right out of 1970s and 1980s cultural classics, with adventure gameplay and a dark and disturbing narrative!

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  • vision
  • noir
  • 1980s
  • horror
  • investigation
  • dark
  • colourful
  • 3d
  • 2d
  • pixel
  • exploration
  • atmospheric
  • psychological
  • old-school
  • adventure

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OutWave: Retro chase (2023)

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Endless car chase is a fast retro style paced game in which you must collect money and avoid the cops! The game supports Windows, Mac, Linux. Use keyboard or gamepad. Buy and control a cars or motorbikes. Listen to retro music and don't get caught by the cops! The game looks like a gif!

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  • auto
  • 1980s
  • cyberpunk
  • racing
  • simulation
  • 2.5d
  • 1990s
  • rhythm
  • retro
  • cinematic
  • abstract
  • casual
  • 3d
  • exploration
  • arcade

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OutWave (2023)

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PC Windows Linux Mac OS

Endless car chase is a fast retro style paced game in which you must collect money and avoid the cops! The game supports Windows, Mac, Linux. Use keyboard or gamepad. Buy and control a cars or motorbikes. Listen to retro music and don't get caught by the cops! The game looks like a gif!

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  • auto
  • 1980s
  • cyberpunk
  • racing
  • simulation
  • retro
  • 2.5d
  • 1990s
  • rhythm
  • cinematic
  • abstract
  • casual
  • 3d
  • exploration
  • arcade

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Megacopter: Blades of the Goddess (2024)

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Pilot the Megacopter, a sentient weapon that gains power by feeding on the blood of its enemies. Play through the campaign featuring seek and destroy, boss, rescue, and defense missions against the evil reptoid army. Upgrade Megacopter with the fabled AZ-TECH: ancient weaponry and armor.

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  • shoot-em-up
  • humor
  • twin-stick
  • isometric
  • shooter
  • top-down
  • 1990s
  • dark
  • retro
  • action-adventure
  • 1980s
  • vehicle
  • pixel
  • gore
  • arcade

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Deadfall (2023)

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Playstation 3 Linux Xbox 360 PC Windows

Deadfall is a dark, bloody, atmospheric, dynamic, brutal shooter in the spirit of action movies of the 80s and 90s.

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  • shooter
  • spectacle
  • top-down
  • 1990s
  • action-adventure
  • 1980s
  • atmospheric
  • america
  • wargame
  • hero
  • military
  • pixel
  • exploration
  • first-person
  • fight

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