Hidden gem 1980s games
60 overlooked 1980s games that cleared fossick's quality bar, best first.
Tags
Adventure 4232
Casual 3762
Action 3739
2D 3472
Puzzle 2552
Story Rich 2342
Pixel Graphics 2083
RPG 2069
Cute 1998
Strategy 1932
Simulation 1855
Anime 1720
Atmospheric 1717
Exploration 1600
Visual Novel 1471
Female Protagonist 1406
◆ 86The Secret of Varonis
🕳 ×5 gap🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure
Indie, RPG
▮ ~3k players-25% $13.99 $10.49
◆ 86Goliath 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
◆ 82Realms of Antiquity: The Shattered Crown
🕳 ×10 gap🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Indie, RPG
▮ ~2k players$20.00
◆ 82Bahnsen Knights
🕳 ×8 gap🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Indie
▮ ~2k players$9.99
◆ 82Caves of Lore
🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Indie, RPG, Strategy
▮ ~6k players$9.99
◆ 81ふりかけ☆スペイシー
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Indie
▮ ~10k players$14.99
◆ 81Rifter
🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Action, Indie
▮ ~4k players$11.99
◆ 81Armored Lab Force VULVEHICLES
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Action, Casual
▮ ~2k players$9.99
◆ 80Hack Grid
🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Casual, Indie
▮ ~1k players-84% $4.99 $0.79
◆ 79Street Cleaner: The Video Game
🕳 ×4 gap🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Action, Indie
▮ ~2k players$14.99
◆ 79Rotund Zero
🕳 ×3 gap🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Action, Casual, Indie
▮ ~1k players$1.99
◆ 79My Night Job
🕳 ×9 gap🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~4k players$9.99
◆ 79Redgar: The Space Viking
🕳 ×4 gap🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~1k players$9.99
◆ 79Interstate Drifter 1999
🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Action, Casual, Indie, Racing, Free To Play
▮ ~12k playersFree
◆ 79The Legend of Skye
🕳 ×3 gap✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Indie
▮ ~5k players$10.99
◆ 79[Speer DX]
🕳 ×3 gap✅ Organic reviews
Action, Indie
▮ ~1k players-80% $4.99 $0.99
◆ 79Paralyzed
🕳 ×5 gap✅ Organic reviews
Indie, Free To Play
▮ ~1k playersFree
◆ 78GOST of Time
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Action, Adventure
▮ ~1k players$4.99
◆ 78The Kids We Were
🕳 ×4 gap🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Adventure
▮ ~5k players$15.99
◆ 78Future Racer 2000
🕳 ×4 gap🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Indie
▮ ~3k players$4.99
◆ 77Chameneon
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Adventure, Casual, Indie
▮ ~2k players-65% $1.99 $0.69
◆ 77Saturnalia
🕳 ×9 gap✅ Organic reviews
Adventure
▮ ~3k players$29.99
◆ 77Snake Pit
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Adventure, Casual, Indie
▮ ~1k players$1.99
◆ 76Only Pinball
✅ Organic reviews
Action, Casual, Indie, Simulation, Early Access
▮ ~880 players$14.99
◆ 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
◆ 76AV-Racer
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Casual, Indie, Racing
▮ ~1k players$4.99
◆ 76The Immaculate Drag
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Adventure, Casual, Indie
▮ ~3k players$1.99
◆ 76Midnight Fury
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Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie, Early Access
▮ ~1k players$3.99
◆ 76Pants Quest
🌱 Solo grassroots🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Casual
▮ ~4k players$7.99
◆ 76Duel of games
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Action, Indie, Free To Play
▮ ~3k playersFree
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◆ 76I tried to remove this but couldn't figure out how
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▮ ~3k players$0.99
◆ 76Monster Bash HD
🕳 ×25 gap🪙 Buried treasure🔁 Franchise
Action, Adventure
▮ ~4k players$9.99
◆ 75GuardGrave
🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Action, Casual, Indie
▮ ~840 players$4.99
◆ 75烛光迷局 Candlelight
🕳 ×3 gap🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Indie
▮ ~2k playersFree
◆ 75pemsa
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Action, Adventure, Casual, Free To Play, Indie, Racing, RPG, Strategy
▮ ~6k playersFree
◆ 75Dead End City
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Action, Indie
▮ ~2k players$14.99
◆ 75Void Breach
🪙 Buried treasure✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Indie
▮ ~2k players-75% $1.99 $0.49
◆ 75Sky Knights
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Action, Indie, Strategy, Early Access
▮ ~16k players$9.99
◆ 75Runner Party
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Action, Casual, Indie, Early Access
▮ ~1k players$9.99
◆ 74ZADETTE
✅ Organic reviews
Action, Adventure, Indie
▮ ~3k players$5.99
◆ 74Transliminal: Beyond The Backrooms
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Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation, Early Access
▮ ~3k players$12.49
◆ 74SPACE MOUSE 35th Anniversary edition
✅ Organic reviews
Action, Casual, Indie
▮ ~1k players$4.99
◆ 74Neon Cyborg Cat Club
✅ Organic reviews
Casual
▮ ~1k players$2.99
◆ 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
◆ 74Night Cascades
✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Indie
▮ ~6k players$9.99
◆ 74Quickly, Quackley!
✅ Organic reviews
Action
▮ ~2k players$4.99
◆ 73Donut Dodo
✅ Organic reviews
Action, Indie
▮ ~10k players-20% $9.99 $7.99
◆ 73Zombie Soup
✅ Organic reviews
Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG
▮ ~4k players$14.99
◆ 73Lost in the Void : Chapter One
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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
◆ 73Last Time I Saw You
✅ Organic reviews
Adventure, Casual, Indie
▮ ~13k players$9.99
◆ 72Paranormal 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
◆ 72Hyper Jam
🌱 Solo grassroots✅ Organic reviews
Action, Indie
▮ ~20k players$12.99