Best 1980s Steam Games on Sale

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Willy Morgan and the Curse of Bone Town A letter from 10 years ago, an intricate web of lies to unravel and a mystery to solve. Explore an unconventional town of pirates, dive into the past, collect items and look for clues to help Willy find out what happened to his father...

Price -23% 12.99€
Rating 8.3
Release 11 Aug 2020
Panzer Paladin Hop in the Paladin power armor, seize melee weapons from the demonic invaders and give them a taste of their own medicine!

Price -96% 0.78€
Rating 7.2
Release 21 Jul 2020
Super Bit Blaster XL A SUPER throwback to the classic quarter eating arcade games of the 80's. Super Bit Blaster XL is an (even more) enhanced version of the retro styled, addictive, and fast paced arcade shoot 'em up!

Price -80% 0.59€
Rating 8.8
Release 16 Mar 2020
Mainframe Defenders MAINFRAME DEFENDERS - Turn-based tactics centered around gear and unit customization. It offers simple combat, high replayability, and tons of loot. Items don't just provide stats boost, but also offer distinct mechanics that can be combined into powerful builds.

Price -93% 0.39€
Rating 8.3
Release 25 Feb 2020
Black Future '88 Black Future ’88 is a Synth-Punk roguelike 2D action Shooter. Vertically climb an always evolving procedural tower to reach the top and kill its insane owner…before your heart explodes. Shoot, slash, dash and upgrade yourself to survive the endless waves of Homicidal AI, Traps & Colossal Wardens.

Price -99% 0.38€
Rating 6.9
Release 21 Nov 2019
RAD RAD is a 3D action rogue-like set in a post-post-apocalyptic world, where humanity has faced armageddon not once, but twice.

Price -97% 0.66€
Rating 7.1
Release 19 Aug 2019
198X Part 1 of arcade epic 198X. A coming-of-age story told through multiple games and genres. Experience the thrill of shooting, driving, jumping, fighting and role-playing in 5 full-blown arcade stages – combined with cinematic pixel-art storytelling.

Price -92% 0.89€
Rating 7.3
Release 20 Jun 2019
Duck Season PC An experimental first person narrative sending you back to Summer 1988 and you have a one day rental of Duck Season. Dive into the mystery and work through the hidden secrets spilling out of the cursed cartridge. The full hit VR game playable on your traditional flat screen!

Price -9% 8.88€
Rating 8.8
Release 17 Jun 2019
Contra Anniversary Collection The Contra Anniversary Collection brings this classic Run and Gun franchise back to modern platforms and a new generation of gamers.

Price -76% 4.97€
Rating 7.3
Release 11 Jun 2019
American Fugitive FREE UPDATE; STATE OF EMERGENCY, OUT NOW! Framed for your father’s murder, you’ll need to do whatever it takes to unveil the real culprit. Tackle thrilling missions for the criminal underworld - just don’t let the cops track you down!

Price -98% 0.51€
Rating 7.3
Release 21 May 2019
Castlevania Anniversary Collection Konami's Castlevania Anniversary Collection traces the origins of the historic vampire franchise. Included is a unique eBook with details provided by developers, artists and others inspired by the Castlevania legacy which sheds a fresh light into the world of Castlevania.

Price -74% 5.34€
Rating 7.8
Release 16 May 2019
Arcade Classics Anniversary Collection 8 KONAMI arcade classics of the 80s, from Nemesis to TwinBee. Including bonus eBook packed with new information never before revealed to the public.

Price -74% 5.37€
Rating 6.1
Release 18 Apr 2019
Generation Zero® Generation Zero is a stealth-action shooter where you wage guerilla warfare against lethal mechanical enemies. Explore a vast open world map inspired by the Swedish Cold War era, take part in the resistance alone or with up to three friends in seamless co-op.

Price -92% 2.23€
Rating 7.1
Release 26 Mar 2019
The Eternal Castle [REMASTERED] 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.

Price -68% 4.82€
Rating 8.2
Release 05 Jan 2019
I am not a Monster: First Contact Retro sci-fi tactical turn-based strategy with an exciting storyline. The Albatross space liner is overrun by lizard-like monsters that can infect humans and turn them into their own kind. Save the passengers and defeat the hostile creatures.

Price -97% 0.33€
Rating 7.4
Release 27 Sep 2018
Verlet Swing Verlet Swing brings you energetic swinging in a world that would be best described as a fever dream. Swing fast, don't crash and reach the goal as fast as possible!

Price -97% 0.49€
Rating 8.3
Release 18 Sep 2018
Ding Dong XL A fast-paced, neon-infused arcade game with simple one-button controls! Addictive, easy to learn, and perfect for quick sessions. Challenge yourself to beat your high score while waiting in queue for another game!

Price -51% 0.49€
Rating 9.1
Release 15 Jun 2018
Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection Celebrate Street Fighter’s historic legacy with the Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection. In this collection of 12 Street Fighter games, four groundbreaking titles let you hop online and relive the arcade experience through the online Arcade Mode or play with friends.

Price -86% 4.36€
Rating 6.8
Release 29 May 2018
Slipstream Arcade-style racing game inspired by the spirit of the early 90s, with drifting mechanics and exotic tracks.

Price -88% 1.17€
Rating 8.4
Release 21 May 2018
The friends of Ringo Ishikawa A highschool gang leader Ringo Ishikawa trying to live through his last autumn before graduation. With his best friends.

Price -78% 2.86€
Rating 8.5
Release 17 May 2018
Crossing Souls California, 1986: A group of friends discover a mysterious pink stone that allows travel between two realms. This gang will live the summer of their lives in an adventure that will get them involved in a government conspiracy. Control five kids with special skills while fighting and solving puzzles.

Price -94% 0.98€
Rating 7.6
Release 13 Feb 2018
Duck Season The game of your dreams just dropped, DUCK SEASON, a hunter with ridiculous graphics. Luckily, it's summer vacation and Mom just surprised you with a one day rental of it! Unfortunately, as you binge play it becomes apparent that all is not right with Duck Season...

Price -22% 15.32€
Rating 8.1
Release 14 Sep 2017
Polygoneer Test your reflexes in POLYGONEER, defend yourself from prolygonal shapes taht comes from everywhere, just hitting is not enough you need to match the right color shot to the polygon too! Are you ready for the challenge?

Price -93% 0.35€
Rating 7.6
Release 24 Aug 2017
The Darkside Detective Grab your trench coat, tune your sixth sense and join the Darkside Division as they investigate the outright bizarre, the downright dangerous and the confusing cases of Twin Lakes. Flesh-hungry tentacles, mafian zombies, and the occasional missing sock are no match for The Darkside Detective.

Price -95% 0.79€
Rating 9.1
Release 27 Jul 2017
Cyberhunt Cyberhunt is a retro procedurally generated twin stick shooter, that takes you back to the sweet to the sweet arcade machines era!

Price -94% 0.30€
Rating 8.0
Release 19 May 2017
Beat Cop A retro, pixel art style adventure in New York, inspired by ’80s cop shows. You are Jack Kelly and you’ve been framed for murder. Now as a regular beat cop you have to find out, who did that. Expect thick crime story, a lot of black humour and all the other things you can find on the streets of Brooklyn.

Price -96% 0.74€
Rating 8.0
Release 30 Mar 2017
Stories Untold Stories Untold is a compilation tape of four experimental adventures, including a remaster of the original hit episode “The House Abandon”.

Price -96% 0.43€
Rating 8.4
Release 27 Feb 2017
Distant Space Distant Space are present the arcade game of cosmic fights in arcade style of the 80's, this is a game where you can control the spaceship and forced to destroy extraterrestrials, which are moving in the certain order.

Price -78% 0.22€
Rating 7.5
Release 20 Dec 2016
Planes, Bullets and Vodka Fly through danger filled procedurally generated tunnels, avoiding thousands of enemies, on this throwback to the golden age of arcade games.

Price -93% 0.35€
Rating 8.2
Release 13 Dec 2016
Maize Maize is a first-person adventure game about what happens when two scientists misinterpret a memo from the U.S. Government and create sentient corn. And that last sentence is pretty much the least ridiculous thing about the game.

Price -96% 0.44€
Rating 7.8
Release 01 Dec 2016
Razortron 2000 RAZORTRON 2000 is a retro top-down endless racing game. Try to beat your highscore, unlock new cars and climb your way to the top of the leaderboards on this love letter to coin eater arcade machines era!

Price -93% 0.35€
Rating 8.2
Release 12 Oct 2016
The Warlock of Firetop Mountain The Warlock of Firetop Mountain is a tabletop adventure come to life! This fantasy solo RPG combines unique, simultaneous turn-based combat with a journey that changes based on each figurine you take into Firetop Mountain! Which hero will you take into Zagor's lair THIS time?

Price -98% 0.41€
Rating 7.1
Release 30 Aug 2016
Rock 'N' Roll Defense Rocked by an explosive soundtrack, choose your band, place your equipments and defend the Rock 'N' Roll from everyone and everything who try to pull it down, on a totally hardcore tower defense!

Price -94% 0.30€
Rating 8.3
Release 10 Aug 2016
Lucius Demake Lucius game has been demade, and is now ready for mayhem. Enjoy all the gore now in fewer pixels and fewer colors. The original game has been fully demade to achieve the atmosphere of an 80's style gory adventure. Lucius is now killing all the pixels and there isn't a damn thing anyone can do about it.

Price -89% 0.57€
Rating 8.7
Release 08 Aug 2016
WASTED Get wasted or get wasted trying in WASTED, a roguelike post-apocalyptic pub crawler. Fight tooth and nail, bullets and baseball bats in search of Booze, gain strange mutational Hangovers, and explore the Coolers in search of powerful weapons, armor, and a nice stiff drink to top it all off.

Price -40% 7.81€
Rating 7.4
Release 07 Jun 2016
Neon Drive Neon Drive is a slick retro-futuristic, '80s inspired arcade game that will make your brain melt. You've been warned.From beautiful cityscapes and ocean roads to exploding enemy spaceships, Neon Drive has it all.

Price -78% 2.23€
Rating 8.0
Release 12 May 2016

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185 players

1,506
262
Rating 8.2

104 players

1,852
697
Rating 7.1

36 players

3,177
101
Rating 9.3

35 players

15,566
2,168
Rating 8.6

31 players

10,897
687
Rating 9.1

21 players

1,744
301
Rating 8.2

20 players

5,504
1,369
Rating 7.8

12 players

14,516
691
Rating 9.3

9 players

4,818
207
Rating 9.2

6 players

275
27
Rating 8.4