This post details five top 80s murder mystery party games. All the plots of these mystery-solving games are set in the eighties!
Available in a variety of formats including mystery dinner party kits, boxed investigation games or printable detective games on PDF files. For teens and adults, the 4th game is also designed for all women and so is perfect for a hen party game.
For more decade themed murder mystery games, see my links below.
Top 1980s Murder Mystery Games
These mystery-solving games are all eighties themed games. Including mystery dinner party kits, boxed investigation games or printable detective games. For small or large groups, and for range of ages from teens to adult.
1. A Totally Rad 1980’s Murder
From: Masters of Mystery | Number of Players: 4 to 20 | Age rating: 13+ | Format: Digital Printable Game Kit on USB. Play in-Person or Online | Themes: Eighties, 1980s.
Plot: It’s 1985, and shooting is about to begin on the latest blockbuster movie from the studio of Mr. Honcho L. Stree: Blastdance: the Explosive Teen Musical. The cast of teens (and would-be teens) are assembled, the crew are ready, and visitors to the set are hushed in anticipation. Suddenly, there’s an explosion from the next soundstage, and in blows the body of Mr. Stree himself…
For details of this ’80s game: 1980s Investigation Game Review: A Totally Rad 1980’s Murder.
*A Totally Rad 1980’s Murder by Masters of Mystery available from UK Amazon and US Amazon.
2. 80s Mall Murder Madness
From: Broadway Murder Mysteries | Number of Players: 3 to 20 | Age rating: 18+ | Format: USB Loaded with Printable Game Files.
THE STORY: It’s 1985, and real estate developer and “entrepreneur” Whit Wiley has just cut the ribbon opening the newest marvel in his shopping mall empire: the Wiley Waterside Galleria Mall in Malibu.
Whit was to top the Forbes list of most rich and powerful men of 1985 – until he washed up in the mall fountain, strangled by his skinny tie!
For details of this 80s game: Printable 80s Murder Mystery Game: 80s Mall Murder Madness.
*80s Mall Murder Madness available from UK Amazon and US Amazon.
3. A Pinch of Murder
From: ThinkFun | No. of Players: 1 to 4 | Age: 14+ | Format: Deduction, Mystery-Solving Game.
Plot: In 1983, Harold Green planned to attend his church’s annual summer fair in Melmbury, England. When he never showed up, a casual search for him led to the discovery of his dead body… [Source: Amazon]
Game Play: Logic, Deductive Reasoning, and Critical thinking.
What’s in the box? Notes from the Police, Newspaper Clippings, Local Maps, Suspect Photos & Interviews, Witness Statements, Crime Scene Reports & Photos, Floorplans, Event Documents, Autopsy Reports, Background Checks, Newsletters, CCTV Capture & more.
*A Pinch of Murder available from UK Amazon and US Amazon.
4. The Devil Wears Brevada
From: BestMurderGames | Number of Players: 6-9 or 9-12 – All Women, Hen Party Printable Game | Format: Format: USB Loaded with Printable Game PDFs.
Plot: It’s the flash brash 1980’s. Big perms, big shoulder pads and big attitude! Brevada magazine sales are riding high, blazing a trail other women’s publications can only follow.
The magazine’s New York office suite should be hectic – there’s deadlines to finalise, fashion shoots to organise, designer collections to be evaluated. But all is not well at Brevada…
For details of this 80s game: 1980’s Murder Mystery Hen Party Printable: The Devil Wears Brevada.
*The Devil Wears Brevada available from UK Amazon for 6 to 9 Players and 9 to 12 Players.
5. Secrets of Emerald Hill
From: Professor Puzzle | Number of Players: up to 8 | Age rating: 14+ | Format: Boxed Dinner Party Game.
Plot: In London’s most sort-after postcode sits the exclusive community of Emerald Hill. The snobbish owner, Mr Addington, is found dead on the marble floor of his en suite bathroom, and it was no accident.
Each of the residents, from Tiffany the VHS fitness queen to Keith the daytime soap heartthrob, is hiding an explosive secret, but only one would kill to protect it… [Source: Amazon]
For details of this 80s game: Secrets of Emerald Hill Eighties Mystery Party Boxed Game.
*Secrets of Emerald Hill 80s Mystery Game available from UK Amazon and US Amazon.
More Top Decade Themed Mystery Games
Looking for cool crime party games with era and decade themes? Checkout my top picks for themed detective box kits: Medieval | Pirate | Wild West | Victorian | 1920s | 1930s | 1940s | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1990s.
Investigation Games from Cryptic Killers
1. Murder of a Millionaire (MoaM).
2. Murder at the Movie Theater.
3. Murder of a Musician.
4. Murder of a Marine Biologist.
All Cryptic Killers Games, Listed in Order.
Check out my latest Top Mystery Board Games – New Releases and Reviews.
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