Hidden gem 1980s games
60 overlooked 1980s games that cleared fossick's quality bar, best first.
Tags
Adventure 4168
Casual 3707
Action 3670
2D 3418
Puzzle 2520
Story Rich 2302
Pixel Graphics 2046
RPG 2043
Cute 1974
Strategy 1907
Simulation 1815
Anime 1705
Atmospheric 1688
Exploration 1559
Visual Novel 1453
Female Protagonist 1382
◆ 87The Secret of Varonis
🕳 ×6 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Indie, RPG
▮ ~3k players-25% $13.99 $10.49
◆ 87Goliath Depot
🕳 ×7 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Action, Indie
▮ ~3k players$6.99
◆ 85The Making of Karateka
🕳 ×6 gap✅ Organic reviews
Action
▮ ~5k players-70% $19.99 $5.99
◆ 84Raindrop Sprinters
🕳 ×4 gap📈 Rising🪙 Buried treasure
Action, Indie
▮ ~3k players-50% $9.99 $4.99
◆ 82Realms of Antiquity: The Shattered Crown
🕳 ×10 gap🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Indie, RPG
▮ ~2k players$20.00
◆ 82Caves of Lore
🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Indie, RPG, Strategy
▮ ~6k players$9.99
◆ 82Armored Lab Force VULVEHICLES
🕳 ×4 gap🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Action, Casual
▮ ~2k players$9.99
◆ 82ふりかけ☆スペイシー
🌱 Solo grassroots📈 Rising✅ Organic reviews
Indie
▮ ~10k players$14.99
◆ 81Bahnsen Knights
🕳 ×6 gap🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Indie
▮ ~2k players-65% $9.99 $3.49
◆ 81The Legend of Skye
🕳 ×3 gap✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Indie
▮ ~5k players$10.99
◆ 80Rifter
🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Action, Indie
▮ ~4k players$11.99
◆ 80Hack Grid
🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Casual, Indie
▮ ~1k players-84% $4.99 $0.79
◆ 80Street Cleaner: The Video Game
🕳 ×3 gap🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Action, Indie
▮ ~2k players$14.99
◆ 80GOST of Time
🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Action, Adventure
▮ ~1k players$4.99
◆ 79[Speer DX]
🕳 ×3 gap📈 Rising✅ Organic reviews
Action, Indie
▮ ~1k players-80% $4.99 $0.99
◆ 79My Night Job
🕳 ×9 gap🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~4k players$9.99
◆ 79Rotund Zero
🕳 ×3 gap🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Action, Casual, Indie
▮ ~1k players$1.99
◆ 79Interstate Drifter 1999
🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Action, Casual, Indie, Racing, Free To Play
▮ ~12k playersFree
◆ 79Paralyzed
🕳 ×5 gap✅ Organic reviews
Indie, Free To Play
▮ ~1k playersFree
◆ 79The Kids We Were
🕳 ×4 gap🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Adventure
▮ ~5k players$15.99
◆ 78Only Pinball
✅ Organic reviews
Action, Casual, Indie, Simulation, Early Access
▮ ~880 players$14.99
◆ 77Future Racer 2000
🕳 ×4 gap🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Indie
▮ ~3k players$4.99
◆ 77Saturnalia
🕳 ×13 gap✅ Organic reviews
Adventure
▮ ~3k players$29.99
◆ 77Chameneon
🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Casual, Indie
▮ ~2k players$1.99
◆ 77Monster Bash HD
🕳 ×26 gap🪙 Buried treasure🔁 Franchise
Action, Adventure
▮ ~4k players$9.99
◆ 77The Immaculate Drag
🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Casual, Indie
▮ ~3k players$1.99
◆ 77Zodiac DX
🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Action
▮ ~800 players-15% $2.99 $2.54
◆ 77Snake Pit
🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Casual, Indie
▮ ~1k players$1.99
◆ 76Redgar: The Space Viking
🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~1k players-85% $9.99 $1.49
◆ 76Cheese Runner
🕳 ×3 gap✅ Organic reviews
Casual, Simulation, Strategy
▮ ~1k players$2.99
◆ 76Pants Quest
🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Casual
▮ ~4k players$7.99
◆ 76AV-Racer
✅ Organic reviews
Casual, Indie, Racing
▮ ~1k players$4.99
◆ 76Midnight Fury
🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie, Early Access
▮ ~1k players$3.99
◆ 76Duel of games
🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Action, Indie, Free To Play
▮ ~3k playersFree
◆ 76Void Breach
🕳 ×3 gap🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Indie
▮ ~2k players-75% $1.99 $0.49
◆ 76ZADETTE
✅ Organic reviews
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~3k players$5.99
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◆ 75I tried to remove this but couldn't figure out how
🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
▮ ~3k players$0.99
◆ 75GuardGrave
🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Action, Casual, Indie
▮ ~840 players$4.99
◆ 75SPACE MOUSE 35th Anniversary edition
✅ Organic reviews
Action, Casual, Indie
▮ ~1k players$4.99
◆ 75Sky Knights
🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Action, Indie, Strategy, Early Access
▮ ~16k players$9.99
◆ 75烛光迷局 Candlelight
🕳 ×3 gap🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Indie
▮ ~2k playersFree
◆ 75Dead End City
🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Action, Indie
▮ ~2k players$14.99
◆ 75pemsa
🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Action, Adventure, Casual, Free To Play, Indie, Racing, RPG, Strategy
▮ ~6k playersFree
◆ 75Runner Party
🕳 ×5 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Action, Casual, Indie, Early Access
▮ ~1k players$9.99
◆ 74Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms
🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation, Early Access
▮ ~3k players-20% $12.49 $9.99
◆ 74Last Time I Saw You
📈 Rising✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Casual, Indie
▮ ~13k players$9.99
◆ 74No Delivery
🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Indie, RPG
▮ ~2k players-50% $5.00 $2.50
◆ 74Quickly, Quackley!
✅ Organic reviews
Action
▮ ~2k players$4.99
◆ 74Donut Dodo
✅ Organic reviews
Action, Indie
▮ ~10k players$9.99
◆ 73Zombie Soup
✅ Organic reviews
Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG
▮ ~4k players$14.99
◆ 73spec
🌱 Solo grassroots
Casual, Indie
▮ ~1k players$2.99
◆ 73Lost in the Void : Chapter One
🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Indie, RPG, Free To Play
▮ ~1k players$4.99
◆ 73Full Metal Sergeant
🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Indie, Simulation, Strategy
▮ ~5k players-50% $9.99 $4.99
◆ 73Paranormal Detective: Escape from the 80's
🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Casual, Indie, Simulation
▮ ~4k players$9.99
◆ 73Hyper Jam
🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Action, Indie
▮ ~20k players$12.99
◆ 73Glypha: Vintage
✅ Organic reviews
Action, Indie
▮ ~800 players$3.99
◆ 73クビトリドオルズ・レトリーバー: 島津怪談01
✅ Organic reviews
Action, Indie
▮ ~2k players$6.99
◆ 72Night Cascades
✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Indie
▮ ~6k players-70% $9.99 $2.99
◆ 72The Legend of The Sacred Stone EX
✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, RPG
▮ ~12k players$7.99
◆ 72Super Grave Snatchers
🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~2k players$2.99