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Games like 198X

30 games that play like it. Add another you loved and the list leans toward it.

198X
198X

Like 198X

30 games, the closest first

  1. 1

    ARCADE GAME SERIES: PAC-MAN

    Much the same as 198X

    Loved · 90%1980s · Retro

  2. 2

    ARCADE GAME SERIES: GALAGA

    198X, but in space

    Loved · 91%1980s · Shoot 'Em Up

  3. 3

    Kung Fury: Street Rage - Ultimate Edition

    198X, but side-scrolling, and harder

    Loved · 90%1980s · Beat 'em up

  4. 4

    1982

    198X, but free to play, and half the hours

    Loved · 94%1980s · Retro

  5. 5

    Distant Space

    198X, but in space, and half the hours

    Liked · 82%1980s · Shoot 'Em Up

  6. 6

    Capcom Arcade Stadium

    198X, but free to play, and a 2D platformer

    Divisive · 56%1980s · Beat 'em up

  7. 7

    Double Dragon Neon

    198X, but co-op, and three times the hours

    Mixed · 77%1980s · Beat 'em up

  8. 8

    Contra Anniversary Collection

    198X, but a 2D platformer, and side-scrolling

    Mixed · 76%Retro · 1980s

  9. 9

    Super Bit Blaster XL

    198X, but PvP

    Loved · 94%Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade

  10. 10

    Retrowave

    198X, but a racing game, and even better loved

    Loved · 95%1980s · Retro

  11. 11

    Planes, Bullets and Vodka

    198X, but top-down, and three times the hours

    Liked · 85%Shoot 'Em Up · Retro

  12. 12

    Distant Space 2

    Much the same as 198X

    Liked · 81%Shoot 'Em Up · Beat 'em up

  13. 13

    Polygoneer

    198X, but harder, and half the hours

    Liked · 80%Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade

  14. 14

    Atari Vault

    198X, but a racing game

    Liked · 83%1980s · Retro

  15. 15

    Cyberhunt

    198X, but a twin-stick shooter, and three times the hours

    Liked · 85%Shoot 'Em Up · 1980s

  16. 16

    Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number

    198X, but a top-down shooter, and seven times the hours

    Loved · 94%1980s · Retro

  17. 17

    METAL SLUG

    198X, but a 2D platformer, and co-op

    Liked · 89%Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade

  18. 18

    METAL SLUG X

    198X, but co-op, and side-scrolling

    Liked · 88%Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade

  19. 19

    UFO 50

    198X, but 11 times the hours, and even better loved

    Loved · 95%1980s · Retro

  20. 20

    Noitu Love 2: Devolution

    198X, but a platformer

    Loved · 92%Beat 'em up · Retro

  21. 21

    99Vidas

    198X, but side-scrolling, and three times the hours

    Mixed · 79%Beat 'em up · 1980s

  22. 22

    Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration

    198X, but PvP, and historical

    Loved · 92%1980s · Shoot 'Em Up

  23. 23

    Capcom Beat 'Em Up Bundle

    198X, but co-op, and three times the hours

    Liked · 88%Beat 'em up · Retro

  24. 24

    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection

    198X, but couch co-op, and twice the hours

    Liked · 88%Beat 'em up · Retro

  25. 25

    Bud Spencer & Terence Hill - Slaps And Beans

    198X, but couch co-op, and twice the hours

    Loved · 91%Beat 'em up · Retro

  26. 26

    Annalynn

    198X, but linear, and even better loved

    Loved · 98%1980s · Arcade

  27. 27

    Huntdown

    198X, but cyberpunk, and four times the hours

    Loved · 95%1980s · Shoot 'Em Up

  28. 28

    Crossing Souls

    198X, but funny, and five times the hours

    Mixed · 79%1980s · Retro

  29. 29

    SEGA Mega Drive & Genesis Classics

    198X, but three times the hours

    Mixed · 79%Retro · Beat 'em up

  30. 30

    Mirage Feathers

    198X, but a bullet hell, and cute

    Loved · 98%Shoot 'Em Up · 1980s

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How this list is made

Each game is measured against each of your picks the way a games-like list measures it: the Steam community tags, Steam genres and IGDB themes they share, each counting for more the fewer games carry it. A game's place is how alike it is to your picks together, as a share of each pick's best match, so one alike to two of them comes before one alike to just one. It must be close to at least one of them, as close as it would have to be on that game's own list.

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