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24 alternatives to Stranger Games

Stranger Things re-imagined as a 1983 game collection.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Stranger Games launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Stranger Play▲62

   Stranger Things the game

   2016 · strangerplay.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Stranger Things: The (Unofficial) Game▲132

   A point-and-click tribute to the Netflix hit

   2016 · infamousquests.itch.io · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Stranger Things: The Game▲209

   Stranger Things is back! Play on your iPhone and Android.

   2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Game Oldies▲72

   Hundreds of free retro games online

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Stranger Things Type Generator▲371

   Create and share your own Stranger Things inspired logo

   2016 · makeitstranger.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   21st Century Game Design▲83

   Who are we designing games for and how do we do it best?

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Retrominder▲119

   Find the names of the best pop culture from the 80's/90's

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Remember This Game?▲83

   A gallery of video game nostalgia

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Rare Replay▲55

   Collection of 30 iconic games Rare games for Xbox One

   2015 · xbox.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Britsoft: An Oral History▲53

    A collective story of the early British games industry

    2015 · readonlymemory.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Trolley Jump - Fly back to the retro world.▲65

    Made by a couple with passion for vintage and retro games :)

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Super Nintendo Classic Edition▲168

    The golden age of 16-bit gaming returns

    2017 · nintendo.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Life is Strange▲104

    What if you could rewind time? App Store's game of the year.

    2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    I made a retro game archive for Polish games▲216

    Hi, As a 8-bit C64 game coder in eaarly 90ties and currently mostly FE-focused dev, decided to give a go to a simple retro game archive. This is purely fun project - so i decided to post it to HN, mayne it'll resonate :)

    2023 · polishpixels.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Gamewheel▲73

    Empowering creators in the digital world

    2015 · gamewheel.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Future Visions▲66

    Original science fiction inspired by Microsoft

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Anagram▲84

    A modern take on a classic game.

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    How Games Move Us: Emotion by Design ▲70

    A look at how games make us feel

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Windows 1.11▲82

    Experience a Windows 1.0 taken over by the upside down 🙃

    2019 · apps.microsoft.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    What Now?▲101

    An emotional and disturbing glitch art experience

    2015 · ariellegrimes.itch.io · its alternatives →

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    Happy Mitten - 37: Board Games, Business, and Protospiel Ann Arbor▲51

    Interviews and play testing with designers and publishers

    2016 · happymittengames.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Getting Gamers▲58

    The psychology of video games

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses▲72

    Ryan Hoover's fave book on The Twenty Minute VC

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Sensible Software 1986–1999▲72

    Rise and fall of one of the most successful games developers

    2015 · readonlymemory.com · its alternatives →

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