The Best 1980s Games for Nintendo Switch - Page 3

Update : PicoMix by NuSan added at rank #31.
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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.

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

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198X (2019)

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famicom/nes Xbox One Nintendo Switch PC Windows Playstation 4

198X is not just a beat ’em up, a shoot ’em up, a racing game, a ninja game and an RPG. This is a love letter to the golden age of arcade games – yet with a scope that was never possible in the actual 1980s. It’s a story about finding yourself – and your self-confidence – in the world of video games. A coming-of-age story told through multiple game genres, worlds and characters. Feel the sensation of fighting, shooting, driving, jumping and role-playing – combined with emotional, cinematic storytelling. And what happens when the line between reality and game starts to blur…?

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  • 1980s
  • arcade
  • nazi
  • platform
  • beat-em-up
  • retro
  • pixel
  • compilation
  • local
  • classic
  • novel
  • side-scrolling
  • futuristic
  • remake
  • short

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Bud Spencer & Terence Hill - Slaps & Beans 2 (2023)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch

After the shipwreck in Africa, Bud and Terence save a village from criminals and make their way home on a raft loaded with bananas. But of course it wouldn't be a Bud and Terence adventure if everything went according to plan.

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  • 4-player
  • local
  • 2d
  • cooperative
  • 1980s
  • pixel
  • scroller
  • comedy
  • family-friendly
  • retro
  • funny
  • fight
  • arcade
  • party
  • relaxing

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Things Too Ugly (2025)

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Playstation 5 PC Windows Xbox One Nintendo Switch

Clock in at TEREBRO INC. for the night shift in 1986. Protect the company's legacy as Risk Assessment Data Processor. Equipped with era-specific technology, navigate through obscured narratives to shape the company's future.


  • conspiracy
  • experimental
  • psychological
  • short
  • mystery
  • horror
  • simulation
  • 1980s
  • puzzle
  • immersive
  • retro
  • story
  • thriller
  • sci-fi
  • narrative

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Prison City (2023)

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Nintendo Switch l Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Xbox Series X Xbox One PC Windows

Prison City is a dystopian, action-packed side-scroller with tight mechanics and intricate level design. Battle techno-terrorists with your chakram and grenades, eat hot dogs for health, and locate contacts to help take down bosses.


  • dystopian
  • retro
  • 1990s
  • crime-ridden
  • 1980s
  • platform
  • 2d
  • post-apocalyptic
  • scroller
  • capitalism
  • side-scrolling
  • cinematic
  • sci-fi
  • pixel
  • action

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The Eternal Castle REMASTERED (2019)

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Linux Mac OS Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch PC Windows

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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SUPER SHAKING GIRL!!! (2024)

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Nintendo Switch j PC Windows

Shake things up with SUPER SHAKING GIRL!!!, an exhilarating action game that'll have you shaking sodas to propel yourself through the air! Shake, fly, rinse, and repeat... The sky's the limit!


  • attack
  • score
  • america
  • 2d
  • pixel
  • cyberpunk
  • space
  • 1980s
  • fantasy
  • cute
  • retro
  • casual
  • controller-support
  • single-player
  • action

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The Hokkaido Serial Murder Case The Okhotsk Disappearance ~Memories in Ice, Tearful Figurine~ (2024)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch

The legendary Okhotsk Disappearance... is coming back.


  • 1980s
  • multiple-endings
  • adventure
  • mystery
  • 2d
  • investigation
  • fiction
  • drama
  • conversation
  • choices
  • interactive
  • graphic
  • detective

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Full Quiet (2023)

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PC Windows Xbox One Nintendo Switch

In this open-world game of survival, mystery and adventure you must learn how Pap and his radio buddies maintained their radio grid, protected the lands they now walk and silenced the forest in order to find your missing son.

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  • souls
  • survival-horror
  • hunting
  • 1980s
  • metroidvania
  • retro
  • action-adventure
  • puzzle
  • exploration
  • pixel
  • survival
  • horror
  • 2d
  • adventure
  • open-world

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Atari Mania (2022)

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Playstation 5 PC Windows Nintendo Switch Playstation 4

Atari Mania is a microgame collection wrapped in an hilarious retro-driven narrative of exploration and surprise. You play as the Caretaker of the Atari Vault, the storehouse of classic Atari games.


  • pixel
  • comedy
  • retro
  • arcade
  • boss
  • classic
  • fiction
  • 1980s
  • dark
  • warioware
  • bite-sized
  • point-and-click
  • exploration
  • 1990s
  • interactive

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