Games like 198X
Looking for games like 198X? Here are top arcade hack and slash recommendations with a fantasy and science fiction focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Crossing Souls, Eastward or Owlboy.
1 71%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, stability73% User Score 425 reviewsCritic Score 70%25 reviewsIt’s 1986 in California and a group of friends will live the summer of their lives after a mysterious discovery in woods outside their quiet town. By uncovering an artifact whose powers they don’t fully understand, these remarkable kids will defy the laws of nature and somehow interact between two planes of reality: life and death. Their curiosity will trigger a series of unexpected events that wi…
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83%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, stability86% User Score 6,554 reviewsCritic Score 80%36 reviewsEastward is a beautifully detailed and charming adventure RPG, from Shanghai-based indie developers, Pixpil and published by Chucklefish. Escape the tyrannical clutches of a subterranean society and join Eastward’s unlikely duo on an exciting adventure to the land above! Discover beautiful yet bizarre settlements and make new friends as you travel across the world by rail. Inspired by 90s Japane…
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85%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, replayability83% User Score 4,036 reviewsCritic Score 87%34 reviewsOwlboy is a platform/action-adventure video game created by Norwegian developer D-Pad Studio. Explore a vibrantly crafted pixel world in this flying adventure platformer. Being a mute, Otus struggles living up to the expectations of owl-hood. Things spiral from bad to worse with the sudden appearance of sky pirates. What follows is a journey through monster infested ruins, with unexpected encounte…
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86%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygrinding, stability85% User Score 518 reviewsCritic Score 79%1 reviewsHorace is a story-driven, pixel-platform adventure peppered with nostalgic, popular culture references which will bring a smile to any gamer who enjoys the 8 and 16 bit era!
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76%Game Brain Scorestory, musicgrinding, replayability84% User Score 3,779 reviewsCritic Score 69%11 reviewsFrom the creator of To the Moon: A simple, wordless 1-hour short about a boy who found an injured bird, told through a blur between reality and imagination. A Bird Story is an interactive pixel animation with the sole purpose of telling a simple story. It is a standalone narrative, with its own beginning and ending.
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87%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsmonetization, grinding91% User Score 9,971 reviewsCritic Score 70%1 reviewsFollow Joe on his journey between past and future in this funky 70's adventure.
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86%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsgrinding, stability90% User Score 2,221 reviewsCritic Score 75%2 reviewsKing’s Quest is a collection of five different chapter releases, each focusing on an untold tale in Graham’s past. In each chapter, an aging King Graham reflects on his life of adventure with his granddaughter, Gwendolyn, while players are transported back to influence first-hand the decisions and events that shaped a kingdom. Embark on an extraordinary journey across the world of Daventry.
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91%Game Brain Scorestory, musicstability, grinding96% User Score 4,778 reviewsCritic Score 80%3 reviewsFreedom Planet is a combat-based platform adventure that pits a spunky dragon girl and her friends against an alien attack force. There's trouble around every turn, from insects to giant robots to sheer explosive destruction, but you'll have a variety of special fighting abilities to blast your way through each stage. As Lilac, you can use Dragon powers to whip enemies with your hair, spin like a…
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87%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsreplayability, grinding90% User Score 3,950 reviewsCritic Score 70%1 reviewsPumpkin Jack is a Spooky Scary 3D platformer in which you embody Jack, the Mythical Pumpkin Lord! Dive into an Epic Adventure through otherworldly landscapes and help the Evil annihilate the Good!
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88%Game Brain Scorestory, graphicsgrinding, stability90% User Score 1,490 reviewsCritic Score 83%2 reviewsPinstripe is an emotionally charged adventure about Hell created entirely by a one-man team over the course of five years. Play as Teddy, an estranged ex-minister forced to venture through the frozen afterlife in search of Bo, his three year old daughter, and her perverse kidnapper. Discover the dark secrets of Teddy's past, and confront his sleazy, demonic nemesis, Mr. Pinstripe.
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