Best 1980s Games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated 1980s games.

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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 -10% 8.78€
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 -78% 4.53€
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% 0.46€
Rating 7.3
Release 21 May 2019
Neon Boost Neon Boost is a frenetic First Person Platformer based on mechanics like Rocket-Jump or Wall-Run. Run across 3 different worlds to get the best times!

Price Free to play
Rating 8.6
Release 20 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 -66% 6.85€
Rating 7.8
Release 16 May 2019
Micro Mages Micro Mages is a platformer developed for the original 8-bit NES console. Now on Steam! ROM included. Play solo or with up to 4 players simultaneously. Compete over score or cooperate to overcome challenging levels.

Price 8.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 01 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% 5.21€
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% 2.22€
Rating 7.1
Release 26 Mar 2019
Castle Break Breakout game + physics + shooting + building. Use your mouse like in air hockey to kick enemy bombs back into the evil Black Castle! Destroy enemy towers rockets and lasers. Build your base to protect your little dudes - you need them to win

Price -80% 0.99€
Rating 8.1
Release 19 Feb 2019
Hyper Jam Battle it out local and online in this neon-soaked arena brawler full of lethal weapons, stackable perks, furious combat and a killer synthwave soundtrack.

Price 12.79€
Rating 8.7
Release 12 Feb 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 -71% 4.33€
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
Maximum Action MAXIMUM Action is a brutal and satisfying physics-based first person shooter influenced by Hong Kong cinema, heroic slow motion bloodshed, and old-school FPS ACTION.

Price 19.50€
Rating 8.7
Release 19 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 0.99€
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 -88% 3.79€
Rating 6.8
Release 29 May 2018
RetroMaze A relaxing Retrowave stylized maze game that increases the difficulty as you progress through the levels. RetroMaze has 30 levels and a beautiful visual concept, as well as an exciting soundtrack.

Price -30% 0.70€
Rating 9.1
Release 21 May 2018
Slipstream Arcade-style racing game inspired by the spirit of the early 90s, with drifting mechanics and exotic tracks.

Price -94% 0.68€
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 -79% 2.68€
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% 0.99€
Rating 7.6
Release 13 Feb 2018
PAKO 2 Getaway driving and gun shooting action in two alternative camera views

Price 4.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 16 Nov 2017
The Gallery - Episode 2: Heart of the Emberstone Embark on the sci-fi epic that started it all at the dawn of modern VR, setting standards for roomscale movement and interaction for years to come. Winner of over 30 awards including "VR Game of the Year", The Gallery is VR's premier adventure series.

Price 12.49€
Rating 7.8
Release 18 Oct 2017
Pinball FX Classic Pinball FX Classic is the biggest, most community focused pinball game ever created. Multiplayer matchups, user generated tournaments and league play create endless opportunity for pinball competition.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.5
Release 26 Sep 2017
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
Sky Knights Prove your skills as a pilot in this action-packed multiplayer dogfighting game. Take part in 4 vs 4 battles and outmaneuver opponents, master a variety of jets and weapons, support allied ground troops, and land on the runway. Only a well-orchestrated team of pilots can bring down the enemy bases.

Price 9.99€
Rating 8.7
Release 27 Jul 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 -97% 0.44€
Rating 9.1
Release 27 Jul 2017
1982 1982 is a FREE retro inspired blasta-thon that will test your gaming skills to the max.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.8
Release 28 Jun 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 -93% 0.35€
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 -94% 0.60€
Rating 8.4
Release 27 Feb 2017
CAYNE Hadley wakes in a facility. She is 9 months pregnant. They want her baby... CAYNE is the FREE, isometric horror game from the creators of STASIS.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.8
Release 24 Jan 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 -80% 0.20€
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% 0.46€
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

Most played 1980s games


155 players

1,546
270
Rating 8.2

118 players

1,872
709
Rating 7.0

53 players

10,897
687
Rating 9.1

29 players

1,744
301
Rating 8.2

21 players

15,566
2,168
Rating 8.6

16 players

3,299
108
Rating 9.3

9 players

14,516
691
Rating 9.3

8 players

296
33
Rating 8.3

7 players

4,888
211
Rating 9.2

7 players

5,504
1,369
Rating 7.8