Hidden gem 1980s games
60 overlooked 1980s games that cleared fossick's quality bar, best first.
Tags
Indie 1559
Adventure 1377
Casual 1331
2D 1205
Singleplayer 1136
Action 1101
Puzzle 950
Story Rich 724
Pixel Graphics 717
RPG 699
Cute 647
Strategy 557
Exploration 551
Anime 529
Simulation 522
Visual Novel 511
◆ 85Caves of Lore
🕳 ×6 gap🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Indie, RPG, Strategy
▮ ~6k players$9.99
◆ 82Redgar: The Space Viking
🕳 ×13 gap🪙 Buried treasure
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~1k players$9.99
◆ 82Realms of Antiquity: The Shattered Crown
🕳 ×24 gap🪙 Buried treasure
Indie, RPG
▮ ~2k players$20.00
◆ 82Rifter
🕳 ×5 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Action, Indie
▮ ~4k players$11.99
◆ 82Donut Dodo
🕳 ×4 gap🌱 Solo grassroots
Action, Indie
▮ ~10k players$9.99
◆ 81No Delivery
🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Indie, RPG
▮ ~2k players$5.00
◆ 80Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms
🕳 ×5 gap🪙 Buried treasure
Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation, Early Access
▮ ~3k players$12.49
◆ 80Duel of games
🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Action, Indie, Free To Play
▮ ~3k playersFree
◆ 80Interstate Drifter 1999
🌱 Solo grassroots
Action, Casual, Indie, Racing, Free To Play
▮ ~12k playersFree
◆ 79Paralyzed
🕳 ×5 gap
Indie, Free To Play
▮ ~1k playersFree
◆ 79The Legend of The Sacred Stone EX
🌱 Solo grassroots
Adventure, RPG
▮ ~12k players$7.99
◆ 79Saturnalia
🕳 ×18 gap
Adventure
▮ ~3k players$29.99
◆ 78Chameneon
🌱 Solo grassroots
Adventure, Casual, Indie
▮ ~2k players$1.99
◆ 78pemsa
🌱 Solo grassroots
Action, Adventure, Casual, Free To Play, Indie, Racing, RPG, Strategy
▮ ~6k playersFree
◆ 77Rotund Zero
🌱 Solo grassroots
Action, Casual, Indie
▮ ~1k players$1.99
◆ 77Bahnsen Knights
🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Indie
▮ ~2k players-65% $3.49
◆ 77GuardGrave
🌱 Solo grassroots
Action, Casual, Indie
▮ ~840 players-80% $0.99
◆ 77Hellfire 1988: An Oregon Story
🌱 Solo grassroots
Adventure, Indie
▮ ~800 players$0.99
◆ 77My Night Job
🕳 ×4 gap🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~4k players$9.99
◆ 76WAVECADE
🕳 ×5 gap
Action, Strategy
▮ ~1k players$9.99
◆ 76Snake Pit
🌱 Solo grassroots
Adventure, Casual, Indie
▮ ~1k players$1.99
◆ 76Midnight Fury
🌱 Solo grassroots
Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie, Early Access
▮ ~1k players$3.99
◆ 76Don't Touch this Button!
🪙 Buried treasure
Casual, Indie
▮ ~5k players$3.99
◆ 76Sky Knights
🌱 Solo grassroots
Action, Indie, Strategy, Early Access
▮ ~16k players$9.99
◆ 76Future Racer 2000
🪙 Buried treasure
Adventure, Indie
▮ ~3k players$4.99
◆ 76Lost in the Void : Chapter One
🌱 Solo grassroots
Adventure, Indie, RPG, Free To Play
▮ ~1k players$4.99
◆ 76烛光迷局 Candlelight
🪙 Buried treasure
Adventure, Indie
▮ ~2k playersFree
◆ 75Neon Cyborg Cat Club
Casual
▮ ~1k players$2.99
◆ 75Neon Souls
Indie
▮ ~1k players$4.99
◆ 75TV Kid
🕳 ×3 gap
Casual, Indie, Strategy
▮ ~2k players$9.99
◆ 75Cannibal Abduction
Adventure, Indie
▮ ~13k players-50% $2.49
◆ 75Dungeons of Dreadrock
🌱 Solo grassroots
Adventure, Casual, Indie
▮ ~18k players$5.99
◆ 75Son of Perun Kharkiv
🪙 Buried treasure
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~3k players$2.99
◆ 74AV-Racer
🪙 Buried treasure
Casual, Indie, Racing
▮ ~1k players$4.99
◆ 74Hyper Jam
🌱 Solo grassroots
Action, Indie
▮ ~20k players-60% $5.19
◆ 74Super Grave Snatchers
🌱 Solo grassroots
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~2k players$2.99
◆ 74Candlelight: Lament
🕳 ×4 gap🪙 Buried treasure
Adventure, Indie
▮ ~4k players$9.99
◆ 74The Walking Vegetables
Action, Indie
▮ ~7k players-90% $0.99
◆ 74Sword of the Samurai
🕳 ×9 gap
Adventure, Simulation
▮ ~6k players$6.99
◆ 73Dungeon Antiqua
🌱 Solo grassroots
Indie, RPG
▮ ~11k players$6.99
◆ 73DUSK '82: ULTIMATE EDITION
Adventure, Casual, Indie, Strategy
▮ ~16k players$6.99
◆ 73Full Metal Sergeant
🌱 Solo grassroots
Indie, Simulation, Strategy
▮ ~5k players-50% $4.99
◆ 73G WARRIOR
🪙 Buried treasure
Action
▮ ~4k players$4.99
◆ 73Hoppy Hop
Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie
▮ ~1k players$2.99
◆ 72Annalynn
🌱 Solo grassroots💎 Genre outlier
Action, Indie
▮ ~23k players-50% $2.49
◆ 71風色幻想6:冒險奏鳴
Adventure, RPG, Strategy
▮ ~5k players$5.99
◆ 71Midnight Special
🌅 Just out
Indie
▮ ~5k players$14.99
◆ 71Clawface
🌱 Solo grassroots
Violent, Gore, Action, Free To Play, Indie
▮ ~7k playersFree
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◆ 71逆乱封神之武王伐纣
▮ ~3k players$4.99
◆ 71Grandpa High on Retro
🌱 Solo grassroots
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~11k players-25% $5.99
◆ 70Night Cascades
✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Indie
▮ ~6k players-70% $2.99
T
◆ 70Trash Horror Collection
▮ ~19k players$5.99
S
◆ 70Sunset Drive 1986
🌱 Solo grassroots
▮ ~9k playersFree
C
◆ 69Convenient
▮ ~4k players$2.99
◆ 69Blank Frame
Indie
▮ ~3k players$2.99
M
◆ 69Maniac Mansion
▮ ~8k players$5.99
F
◆ 68Frontline Crisis
▮ ~12k players$5.99
R
◆ 68Rolling Bird
▮ ~7k players$0.99
◆ 67Islands of the Caliph
Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG
▮ ~10k players$9.99
K
◆ 66King's Quest Collection
🕳 ×11 gap
▮ ~15k players$19.99