The Best 1980s Games

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THE GIRL FROM GUNMA Kai acecaaaaaaaa (2025)

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This game is a retro-style 2D side-scrolling shooting game. Easy one-button operation. It is expressed with graphics and sounds (MSX) typical of the Japanese 80's. The overall structure is psychedelic and crazy, but that's the kind of game it is, so don't worry about it.

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  • 2d
  • shooter
  • on-rails
  • humor
  • scroller
  • bullet-hell
  • 1980s
  • lore
  • surreal
  • dark
  • comic
  • retro
  • cute
  • pixel
  • pseudo-retro

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Vertex (2025)

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A 2-D, top-down, line-drawing, sci-fi, action-strategy game, Vertex demands your attention while challenging your reflexes. Whether you're travelling on new or existing orthogonal lines, your goal is simple: capture a percentage of the total screen area while avoiding enemy droids!

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  • top-down
  • casual
  • action-strategy
  • 1980s
  • stylized
  • colourful
  • 2d
  • arcade
  • action
  • reflexes
  • linear
  • old-school
  • retro
  • controller-support
  • sci-fi

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PlanckMan (2025)

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PlanckMan is a grid based puzzle game that tests your skill at maintaining your tail, one step at a time. Eat red pellets to regain your tail, and yellow pellets to grow. Do not hit or lose your tail, or else you will lose the game! How high can you get? Includes extra benefits for purchasing.

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  • precision
  • 1980s
  • abstract
  • minimalist
  • 1990s
  • cyberpunk
  • family-friendly
  • platform
  • stylized
  • colourful
  • historical
  • top-down
  • alternate
  • pixel
  • puzzle

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Forgotten Beginnings: A New Afterlife (2025)

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An RPG Maker MZ game done in the style of a 1980s NES RPG, with a NES-styled (but not NES authentic) soundtrack.

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  • nes
  • 1980s
  • rpg
  • party
  • sprite
  • styled
  • turn-based
  • pixel

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Zenvader (2025)

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Zenvader is a super retro shooter mixed with roguelite elements. Dodge the barrage of bullets, improve your unit, and try to defeat the Alien King!

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  • bullet-hell
  • shooter
  • 1980s
  • aliens
  • rogue-like
  • top-down
  • retro
  • space
  • old-school
  • pixel
  • controller-support
  • card
  • rpg

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Los Angeles 1985 (2025)

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“Los Angeles 1985” is a yuri romance kinetic novel bathed in neon heat. Two intimate tales follow four women as they navigate desire, heartbreak, and passion under the electric skies of LA. Love burns brightest after dark.

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  • lgbtq
  • 1980s
  • visual-novel
  • america
  • simulation
  • romance
  • dating-sim
  • story
  • retro
  • colourful
  • anime

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Run Jump Climb Disarm (2025)

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Run, jump, and climb your way through 20 uniquely themed levels and disarm all bombs before time runs out.

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  • 1980s
  • platform
  • retro
  • precision
  • 2d
  • pixel
  • arcade
  • casual

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Synthwave Driver (2025)

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A nostalgic road trip on an endless highway, driving iconic '80s cars through a neon-filled paradise. Let the synthwave soundtrack guide you toward the horizon, leading you into a world of nostalgic vibes.

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  • auto
  • 1990s
  • cyberpunk
  • 1980s
  • psychedelic
  • simulation
  • runner
  • rhythm
  • dystopian
  • attack
  • score
  • racing
  • old-school
  • retro
  • relaxing

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Tales From Hoia Baciu Forest (2025)

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Stranded in the depths of an eerie forest after your car breaks down, you set out in search of help. But as you navigate the darkness, an unseen presence stalks you—until it finally strikes. The adventure begins. First-person horror that will introduce you to Hoia Baciu lore.

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  • horror
  • 1980s
  • gothic
  • action-adventure
  • dark
  • comedy
  • nature
  • first-person
  • drama
  • 3d
  • exploration
  • casual
  • psychological
  • mystery
  • adventure

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Galdia (2025)

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Craft, build, explore, survive! Your destiny awaits in this 8-bit sandbox adventure where farming, dungeon-delving, and battling fearsome bosses will test your skills and unleash your creativity.

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  • 1980s
  • building
  • nonlinear
  • crafting
  • hidden-object
  • sandbox
  • rpg
  • time-management
  • base-building
  • retro
  • top-down
  • action
  • pixel
  • 2d
  • dungeon

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