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Welcome to the 1980s! This is a city which just started to develop, and you're in charge of this small urban village. How will the city's future be tied to this place? Manage your land, construct new buildings, explore the stories, and find out the ultimate fate of this urban village!

1980 is a strategy, management and city builder game developed and published by Merxon22.
Released on August 31st 2020 is available on Windows and MacOS in 2 languages: English and Simplified Chinese.

It has received 672 reviews of which 601 were positive and 71 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.4 out of 10. 😎

The game is free to play on Steam.

The Steam community has classified 1980 into these genres:

Strategy Management City Builder Turn-Based Strategy 2D Free to Play Hand-drawn Building 1980s Resource Management Indie Singleplayer

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Windows
  • OS: Windows 10
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  • OS: macOS

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Frequently Asked Questions

1980 is free to play on Steam.

1980 is not on sale because is already free to play on Steam.

1980 received 601 positive votes out of a total of 672 achieving a rating of 8.39.
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1980 was developed and published by Merxon22.

1980 is playable and fully supported on Windows.

1980 is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

1980 is not playable on Linux.

1980 is a single-player game.

1980 does not currently offer any DLC.

1980 does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

1980 does not support Steam Remote Play.

1980 does not currently support Steam Family Sharing.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for 1980.

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1980
Free to play
8.4
601
71
Game modes
Online players
0
Developer
Merxon22
Publisher
Merxon22
Release 31 Aug 2020
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