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Games like 198X and Stardew Valley

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

198X
198X
Stardew Valley
Stardew Valley

More like 198X

21 games closest to 198X of your picks

  1. 1

    ARCADE GAME SERIES: PAC-MAN

    Much the same as 198X

    Loved · 90%1980s · Retro

  2. 2

    ARCADE GAME SERIES: DIG DUG

    Much the same as 198X

    Loved · 90%1980s · Retro

  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

    Atari Vault

    198X, but a racing game

    Liked · 83%1980s · Retro

  11. 11

    Retrowave

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

    Loved · 95%1980s · Retro

  12. 12

    Yakuza 0

    198X, but open world, and 24 times the hours

    Loved · 95%Beat 'em up · 1980s

  13. 13

    UFO 50

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

    Loved · 95%1980s · Retro

  14. 14

    Planes, Bullets and Vodka

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

    Liked · 85%Shoot 'Em Up · Retro

  15. 15

    Distant Space 2

    Much the same as 198X

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

  16. 16

    Polygoneer

    198X, but harder, and half the hours

    Liked · 80%Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade

  17. 17

    Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number

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

    Loved · 94%1980s · Retro

  18. 18

    Cyberhunt

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

    Liked · 85%Shoot 'Em Up · 1980s

  19. 19

    SEGA Mega Drive & Genesis Classics

    198X, but three times the hours

    Mixed · 79%Retro · Beat 'em up

  20. 20

    METAL SLUG

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

    Liked · 89%Shoot 'Em Up · Arcade

  21. 21

    Crossing Souls

    198X, but funny, and five times the hours

    Mixed · 79%1980s · Retro

More like Stardew Valley

9 games closest to Stardew Valley of your picks

  1. 22

    Coral Island

    Much the same as Stardew Valley

    Liked · 89%Farming Sim · Agriculture

  2. 23

    My Time at Portia

    Stardew Valley, but single-player

    Loved · 91%Farming Sim · Life Sim

  3. 24

    Fields of Mistria

    Stardew Valley, but single-player, and half the hours

    Loved · 97%Farming Sim · Life Sim

  4. 25

    My Time at Sandrock

    Stardew Valley, but an action RPG

    Liked · 88%Farming Sim · Life Sim

  5. 26

    Sun Haven

    Stardew Valley, but half the hours, and more divisive

    Liked · 80%Farming Sim · Life Sim

  6. 27

    Dinkum

    Stardew Valley, but co-op, and half the hours

    Loved · 92%Farming Sim · Agriculture

  7. 28

    Roots of Pacha

    Stardew Valley, but co-op, and with romance

    Loved · 94%Farming Sim · Life Sim

  8. 29

    DAVE THE DIVER

    Stardew Valley, but a management game, and a third of the hours

    Loved · 96%Farming Sim · Agriculture

  9. 30

    Littlewood

    Stardew Valley, but a city builder, and a third of the hours

    Loved · 93%Life Sim · Agriculture

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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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