Games like 198X on PC
Closest overall match: Minoria (★ 3.5). Highest rated: My Friend Pedro at ★ 3.9. Quickest to finish: Slipstream at about 1 hours.
These 12 games score highest on our similarity model for 198X — weighted by shared tags, genre overlap, rating proximity and release era. The strongest common threads are Singleplayer, Steam Achievements and Partial Controller Support.
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68%
1. Minoria
Shares Partial Controller Support, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; same release year.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 73
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 73%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
-
67%
2. Crossing Souls
Shares 1980s, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 71
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 51%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
-
64%
3. DARQ
Shares Partial Controller Support, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.3 higher; same release year.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 70
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 83%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
-
64%
4. The Gardens Between
Shares 1980s and Singleplayer; rated 0.3 higher; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 79
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 80%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
61%
5. Pine
Shares Partial Controller Support, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.9 lower; same release year.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 2.6
- Metacritic
- 48
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 30%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
-
61%
6. Slipstream
Shares 1980s and Singleplayer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Metacritic
- 74
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 51%
- Shared genres
- Indie
-
60%
7. My Friend Pedro
Shares Partial Controller Support and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 higher; same release year.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 70%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, 11, Indie
-
59%
8. Shing!
Shares Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 1.2 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 2.3
- Playtime
- 1h
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, 11, Indie
-
58%
9. The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters
Shares Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 71%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
-
57%
10. Underhero
Shares Partial Controller Support, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 43%
- Shared genres
- 3, Indie
-
57%
11. Maid of Sker
Shares Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 3.1
- Metacritic
- 64
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 80%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
-
57%
12. Double Dragon: Neon
Shares 1980s, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 71
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 57%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, 11, Indie
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like 198X on PC?
On our similarity model, Minoria is the closest match to 198X on PC — shares Partial Controller Support, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; same release year.
Which game like 198X is rated highest?
My Friend Pedro holds the highest player rating in this list at 3.9/5 from 745 players.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against 198X on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
Base game data via RAWG.