Hidden gem 1980s games
60 overlooked 1980s games that cleared fossick's quality bar, best first.
Tags
Adventure 4168
Casual 3706
Action 3667
2D 3429
Puzzle 2517
Story Rich 2313
Pixel Graphics 2051
RPG 2048
Cute 1975
Strategy 1899
Simulation 1821
Anime 1703
Atmospheric 1692
Exploration 1563
Visual Novel 1459
Female Protagonist 1386
◆ 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
◆ 85A Twisted Tale
🕳 ×8 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Adventure, Indie
▮ ~3k players$18.99
◆ 84The Making of Karateka
🕳 ×5 gap✅ Organic reviews
Action
▮ ~5k players-70% $19.99 $5.99
◆ 84Raindrop Sprinters
🕳 ×4 gap🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Action, Indie
▮ ~3k players-50% $9.99 $4.99
◆ 82Bahnsen Knights
🕳 ×9 gap🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Indie
▮ ~2k players$9.99
◆ 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
◆ 82ふりかけ☆スペイシー
🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Indie
▮ ~10k players$14.99
◆ 81Armored Lab Force VULVEHICLES
🕳 ×4 gap🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Action, Casual
▮ ~2k players$9.99
◆ 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
🕳 ×4 gap🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Action, Indie
▮ ~2k players$14.99
◆ 79The Legend of Skye
🕳 ×3 gap✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Indie
▮ ~5k players$10.99
◆ 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
◆ 79[Speer DX]
🕳 ×3 gap✅ Organic reviews
Action, Indie
▮ ~1k players-80% $4.99 $0.99
◆ 79Interstate Drifter 1999
🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Action, Casual, Indie, Racing, Free To Play
▮ ~12k playersFree
◆ 79Redgar: The Space Viking
🕳 ×4 gap🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~1k players$9.99
◆ 79Paralyzed
🕳 ×5 gap✅ Organic reviews
Indie, Free To Play
▮ ~1k playersFree
◆ 78GOST of Time
🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Action, Adventure
▮ ~1k players$4.99
◆ 78Future Racer 2000
🕳 ×4 gap🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Indie
▮ ~3k players$4.99
◆ 78The Kids We Were
🕳 ×4 gap🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Adventure
▮ ~5k players$15.99
◆ 77Saturnalia
🕳 ×11 gap✅ Organic reviews
Adventure
▮ ~3k players$29.99
◆ 77Chameneon
🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Casual, Indie
▮ ~2k players$1.99
◆ 77Only Pinball
✅ Organic reviews
Action, Casual, Indie, Simulation, Early Access
▮ ~880 players$14.99
◆ 77Snake Pit
🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Casual, Indie
▮ ~1k players$1.99
◆ 76Zodiac DX
🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Action
▮ ~800 players-15% $2.99 $2.54
◆ 76Cheese Runner
🕳 ×3 gap✅ Organic reviews
Casual, Simulation, Strategy
▮ ~1k players$2.99
◆ 76The Immaculate Drag
🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Casual, Indie
▮ ~3k players$1.99
◆ 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
◆ 76Monster Bash HD
🕳 ×25 gap🪙 Buried treasure🔁 Franchise
Action, Adventure
▮ ~4k players$9.99
◆ 76Pants Quest
🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Casual
▮ ~4k players$7.99
◆ 76Duel of games
🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Action, Indie, Free To Play
▮ ~3k playersFree
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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
◆ 75Void Breach
🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Indie
▮ ~2k players-75% $1.99 $0.49
◆ 75烛光迷局 Candlelight
🕳 ×3 gap🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Indie
▮ ~2k playersFree
◆ 75pemsa
🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Action, Adventure, Casual, Free To Play, Indie, Racing, RPG, Strategy
▮ ~6k playersFree
◆ 75Sky Knights
🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Action, Indie, Strategy, Early Access
▮ ~16k players$9.99
◆ 75Dead End City
🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Action, Indie
▮ ~2k players$14.99
◆ 75SPACE MOUSE 35th Anniversary edition
✅ Organic reviews
Action, Casual, Indie
▮ ~1k players$4.99
◆ 75ZADETTE
✅ Organic reviews
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~3k players$5.99
◆ 74Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms
🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation, Early Access
▮ ~3k players$12.49
◆ 74Runner Party
🕳 ×5 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Action, Casual, Indie, Early Access
▮ ~1k players$9.99
◆ 74Night Cascades
🕳 ×3 gap✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Indie
▮ ~6k players$9.99
◆ 74Slayin 2
🌱 Solo grassroots🔁 Franchise✅ Organic reviews
Action, Indie
▮ ~1k players$11.99
◆ 74No Delivery
🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Indie, RPG
▮ ~2k players$5.00
◆ 74Last Time I Saw You
✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Casual, Indie
▮ ~13k players$9.99
◆ 74Quickly, Quackley!
✅ Organic reviews
Action
▮ ~2k players$4.99
◆ 74Donut Dodo
✅ Organic reviews
Action, Indie
▮ ~10k players$9.99
◆ 74Full Metal Sergeant
🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Indie, Simulation, Strategy
▮ ~5k players$9.99
◆ 73Zombie Soup
✅ Organic reviews
Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG
▮ ~4k players$14.99
◆ 73Lost in the Void : Chapter One
🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Indie, RPG, Free To Play
▮ ~1k players$4.99
◆ 73Paranormal Detective: Escape from the 80's
🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Casual, Indie, Simulation
▮ ~4k players$9.99
◆ 72Glypha: Vintage
✅ Organic reviews
Action, Indie
▮ ~800 players$3.99
◆ 72Super Grave Snatchers
🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~2k players$2.99
◆ 72The Legend of The Sacred Stone EX
✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, RPG
▮ ~12k players$7.99
◆ 72spec
🌱 Solo grassroots
Casual, Indie
▮ ~1k players$2.99