The Best 1980s Games

Update : PlanckMan added at rank #1.
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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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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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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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The Precinct (2025)

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Averno City, 1983. Gangs rule the streets and your father lies restless in his grave. Clean up the city, uncover the truth, and embark on thrilling vehicle chases through destructible environments in this neon-noir action sandbox police game.

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  • noir
  • heist
  • sandbox
  • nonlinear
  • simulation
  • investigation
  • 1980s
  • procedural
  • immersive
  • detective
  • crime
  • neon-noir
  • top-down
  • driving
  • open-world

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Vendetta Forever (2025)

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Welcome to cult action paradise. Vendetta Forever is the critically acclaimed love letter to cult action cinema that combines iconic, cinematic inspired scenes with exhilarating VR action, powered by LO-KILL-MOTION. Shoot to kill. Kill to move.

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  • shooter
  • shoot-em-up
  • heist
  • vr
  • 1980s
  • 1990s
  • stylized
  • fps
  • pirates
  • western
  • first-person
  • manipulation
  • time
  • action
  • puzzle

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Starlight Squad (2025)

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Lead an elite squad of heroines in this high-energy vertical shmup! Blast through enemy waves, dodge deadly patterns, and take down epic bosses as you fight to free the galaxy from the grip of the Merlian Empire.

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  • top-down
  • pixel
  • shooter
  • 1990s
  • action-adventure
  • 1980s
  • arcade
  • retro
  • space
  • colourful
  • 2d
  • adventure
  • action
  • sci-fi
  • futuristic

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Killer Karnival (2025)

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Killer Karnival is a first-person survival horror stealth game ​where players are trapped in an abandoned carnival ​and hunted by killer clowns, each with unique senses. The player must escape by solving puzzles while remaining hidden to avoid becoming the carnival's next victim.

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  • 1980s
  • hidden-object
  • action-adventure
  • survival-horror
  • dark
  • exploration
  • realistic
  • first-person
  • strategy
  • choices
  • stealth
  • puzzle
  • adventure
  • amusement
  • action

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Jaleco Sports Bases Loaded (2025)

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Bases Loaded brings classic baseball action back! Featuring a unique behind-the-pitcher view, 12 teams, arcade-style gameplay, and intense umpire disputes, this NES & SNES favorite delivers fast-paced fun. Play a full season or a quick game—step up to the plate and swing for the fences today!


  • sport
  • 1990s
  • 1980s
  • baseball
  • cooperative
  • family-friendly
  • local
  • linear
  • pixel
  • 2d
  • old-school
  • retro
  • controller-support
  • multiplayer
  • fast-paced

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Blitzr Ball (2025)

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An arcade style game where you control a bumper to bounce the blitzr ball! Destroy all blocks to beat levels. Discover power ups and unlock perks to help you along the way!

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  • arcade
  • casual
  • 1980s
  • pixel
  • 2d
  • action
  • old-school
  • single-player

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