The Best 1980s Games for Xbox One - Page 3

Update : Things Too Ugly added at rank #25.
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Bud Spencer & Terence Hill - Slaps & Beans 2 (2023)

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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.


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

22

Prison City (2023)

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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

23

Bright Lights of Svetlov (2021)

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Bright Lights of Svetlov is a short, story-focused first person quest about a Soviet family facing harsh trials. Set in a fictional provincial town, it carefuly recreates the atmosphere and vibe of mid 1980s.


  • walking-simulator
  • 1980s
  • linear
  • first-person
  • narration
  • immersive
  • drama
  • atmospheric
  • simulation
  • horror
  • exploration
  • fps
  • psychological
  • emotional
  • single-player

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Chornobyl Liquidators (2024)

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Xbox One Playstation 5 PC Windows Xbox Series X

Chornobyl Liquidators is not a fantastic tale of exploring the Zone. It's a story about real people facing a real threat — the CNPP disaster. Invisible radiation, KGB, difficult moral choices... Do you have enough courage and strength to take on this challenge?


  • cold
  • 1980s
  • simulation
  • immersive
  • atmospheric
  • post-apocalyptic
  • emotional
  • multiple-endings
  • choices
  • psychological
  • narration
  • historical
  • survival
  • action-adventure
  • horror

25

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

26

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.


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

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Bestial Reception (2023)

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In the game "Bestial Reception" the strongest survives, grab a weapon and start running towards the enemy. Shoot and destroy everyone who happens to be near you. Get new more powerful weapons with the help of earned gold.


  • idler
  • rogue-like
  • 1980s
  • pixel
  • adventure
  • scroller
  • top-down
  • action
  • retro
  • 2d
  • rich
  • fight
  • shooter
  • cooperative

28

Alien Cat Story (2024)

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PC Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X

Help the cat survive and repair his flying ship after an accident on an unknown planet. Use dexterity and ingenuity to overcome obstacles, fight enemies and solve puzzles. Exciting adventures are waiting for you ahead!


  • 2d
  • platform
  • scroller
  • puzzle
  • 1990s
  • 1980s
  • top-down
  • arcade
  • cute
  • pixel
  • casual
  • colourful
  • family-friendly
  • space
  • logic

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Samurai Kento (2023)

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Play as Kento, an Elder Samurai, and face the evil Yokai in this 2D pixelated mini action RPG set in Feudal Japan based scenarios!


  • metroidvania
  • 2d
  • scroller
  • rpg
  • swordplay
  • platform
  • 1990s
  • action-adventure
  • 1980s
  • snow
  • demons
  • colourful
  • magic
  • action
  • pixel

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Brave Soldier - Invasion of Cyborgs (2023)

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Brave Soldier: Invasion Of Cyborgs is a pixel art platform game with a lot of action. Help the soldier save the world from the Cyborg Invasion! Good Luck!


  • 2d
  • scroller
  • platform
  • action-adventure
  • 1980s
  • 1990s
  • arcade
  • pixel
  • aliens
  • colourful
  • cyberpunk
  • shooter
  • retro
  • action
  • adventure

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