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1982

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2017

Should you play it?

1982 is a FREE retro inspired blasta-thon that will test your gaming skills to the max.

What works

  • Free to play
  • Nostalgic retro arcade style
  • Challenging gameplay with skill expression
  • Multiple game modes and difficulty levels
  • Online leaderboards and achievements

Things to keep in mind

  • No cooperative multiplayer
  • Some players find achievements too difficult or rng dependent
  • Repetitive music and sound effects
  • Potential for hand cramps and eye strain
  • Limited long-term progression and story

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Super Raft Boat Classic

  • Shooting Stars!

  • Horizon Shift

  • Hyperspace Invaders II: Pixel Edition

  • Bit Blaster XL

  • Seraph's Last Stand

Less competitive

Games that feels like 1982 but with less competition against others

  • Nomad Survival

  • Power Fantasy

  • Fray Fight

  • Downwell

  • Overture

  • Lone Fungus

Choose your own criteria ->

Similarity map

How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

1982: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Cooperation, Fellowship, Leadership.

Last update: 03/08/2026