80sReleased Video Games
Video Games Encyclopedia by Gamepressure.com
A list of Released 80s video games sorted by release date.
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Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story
Action 13 March 2024
The second installment in a series of interactive documents dedicated to legendary figures of the gaming industry. Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story lets us look behind the scenes of Llamasoft's most important works and play through 42 games from their portfolio.
Hollow Cocoon
Adventure 07 December 2023
A first-person psychological horror adventure game. Holloy Cocoon is set in the 1980s Japan, in a mountain village terrorised by a bloodthirsty monster. The player must survive and learn the truth about the place.
Arma Reforger
Action 16 November 2023
Arma Reforger is an online shooter that tests the new Enfusion graphics engine ahead of the release of Arma 4. The title is set in 1989 and allows players a lot of freedom to create new content - including gameplay mechanics.
Lake: Season's Greetings
Adventure 15 November 2023
A large expansion to Lake, an open-world third person adventure game. Lake: Season's Greetings stars Thomas Weiss, the father of Meredith, the protagonist of the base game. Working as a courier, he traverses Providence Oaks during winter, delivering Christmas packages.
The Making of Karateka
Action 29 August 2023
An interactive documentary dedicated to an iconic fighting game from the 1980s, developed by Jordan Mechner - the creator of Prince of Persia. The Making of Karateka showcases the creation process of one of the 1980s most iconic games.
Venba
Adventure 31 July 2023
Venba is an intriguing cross between a narrative game and a cooking simulator, telling the tale of a family of Indian immigrants moving to Canada. The player must cook traditional Indian cuisine while witnessing the family's everyday problems.
Kingdom Eighties
Strategy 26 June 2023
The fourth installment in a series of side-scrolling straegy games. Kingdom Eighties: Summer of Greed is set in an American town during the 1980s, which a group of kids must defend from monsters created by the mysterious Greed.
Killer Frequency
Adventure 01 June 2023
An FPP adventure game in the tone of a horror comedy. Killer Frequency takes place in the 1980s United States. The main protagonist is a radio station employee, burdened with determining the fates of the residents of Gallows Creek.
Landlord's Super
Simulation 25 May 2023
A humorous first-person simulator in which we play the role of a real estate caretaker in the UK in the 1980s. The gameplay at Landlord's Super is largely based on construction work. The game was developed by Minskworks studio, known for its successful Jalopy.
HROT
Action 16 May 2023
An old-school FPS set in the depressing 1986 Communist Prague. In HROT we play as a soldier facing strange invaders now dwelling in the city. The player can wield various firearms, a sickle and a hammer, as well as more unusual weapons.
Szybowcowa '87
Adventure 29 December 2022
Szybowcowa '87 is a free educational VR adventure game, created with the help of the Polish Institute of National Remembrance. It transports the player to an apartment, which, during the time of communist reign in Poland, housed a secret printing house of Fighting Solidarity.
Witch on the Holy Night
Adventure 07 December 2022
Witch on the Holy Night is a visual novel adventure game set in the same universe as Tsukihime and Fate/Stay Night. The game is set in 1980s Japan, starring a young witch learning magic from her powerful mentor. The story is fully linear, with no choices to be made.
Antioch: Scarlet Bay
Adventure 25 November 2022
A text adventure game focusing on co-op experience and investigation-related aspects. It was created by Mi-Clos - a French developer. The year is 1983 and the plot is set in the titular Antioch - a fictional town surrounded by sea and mountains. The game follows the adventures of two detectives working on an exceptionally complicated case.
Evidence 111
Adventure 15 November 2022
An original detective adventure game, prepared in such a way as to be accessible to people with visual disabilities. In Evidence 111, we play Superintendent Alice Wells, who follows the trail of a man who knows much more about her than he should.
Regiments
Strategy 16 August 2022
Regiments is a real-time war strategy game. It shows a fictional conflict fought in 1989 between NATO forces and Warsaw Pact armies.
Love, Money, Rock'n'Roll
Adventure 04 August 2022
Love, Money, Rock'n'Roll is a narrative adventure game inspired by Japanese visual novel games. The game tells the story of the son of Soviet immigrants attending a private high school in the Land of the Cherry Blossom.
Cartel Tycoon
Strategy 26 July 2022
Cartel Tycoon is an economic strategy with the goal of building the drug empire. The player's tasks include looking after the crops, fighting against competing organizations and avoiding law enforcement.
American Theft 80s
Action 15 June 2022
American Theft 80s is a thief simulator set in the 1980s in the United States. Game allows you to rob every building you can find. It was developed by the Polish studio Noble Muffins - authors of the well-known Thief Simulator.
Not for Broadcast
Adventure 25 January 2022
A combination of adventure and simulation game that takes us to an alternative, dystopian version of the 1980s. In Not for Broadcast, we decide what message is to come out of the TV news, influencing public opinion.
Martial Law
Adventure 23 December 2021
Free adventure game set in Poland in the 1980s, just after the introduction of martial law. In Martial Law we play a man who wants to keep in touch with his beloved daughter after his wife leaves him.
The Kids We Were: Complete Edition
Adventure 02 December 2021
The Kids We Were: Complete Edition is an adventure game focused on the narrative aspect. We play as a young boy who explores a sleepy Japanese town in search of information about his father.
Industria
Action 30 September 2021
FPS was inspired by such titles as Half-Life 2 and Portal 2. In the game Industria we find ourselves in an alternative world of steam machines, where the main character is looking for her missing loved one. During the game we fight with humanoid robots and gradually learn the secrets of the world.
Lake
Adventure 01 September 2021
Lake is an adventure game with an open world and a TPP view, set in the USA in the 1980s. As a woman named Meredith we travel around Providence Oaks, Oregon at the wheel of a car and deliver packages.
Combat Mission: Cold War
Strategy 30 April 2021
Combat Mission: Cold War is a new part of the strategy series with roots going back to the turn of the 20th and 21st century. The game takes us to the times of the Cold War and offers three different story campaigns. Game was developed by Battlefront studio.