Back to 1998

Back to 1998

Bold Pixel · April 15, 2019 · Adventure, Indie, Casual, Point & Click, Pixel Graphics

Buy Back to 1998 from Steam at $2.99 — the cheapest of 1 store we compare.

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lowest tracked $2.49
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Back to 1998 price by region

Back to 1998 costs £2.09 in the United Kingdom, $2.19 in Georgia (USD), €2.39 in Europe (EUR), $2.99 in the United States, CA$3.39 in Canada, NZ$3.69 in New Zealand, A$4.50 in Australia, R$6.49 in Brazil and zł10.99 in Poland right now.

Cheapest Back to 1998 offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
United Kingdom £2.09 £2.09 — 1
Georgia (USD) $2.19 $2.19 — 1
Europe (EUR) €2.39 €2.39 — 1
United Statesyour region $2.99 $2.99 — 1
Canada CA$3.39 CA$3.39 — 1
New Zealand NZ$3.69 NZ$3.69 — 1
Australia A$4.50 A$4.50 — 1
Brazil R$6.49 R$6.49 — 1
Poland zł10.99 zł10.99 — 1

Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.

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About Back to 1998

Do you love point & click adventures from the 90s? You're in right place! Become a hero, who is solving puzzles in different locations doing his best to get back to his home and family. Lot's of gadgets from those times, good sense of humor and unforgettable dialogs, which will entertain you.

Back to 1998 — game info

Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux / SteamOS
Player modes
Single-player
Controller
Full controller support
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Not recommended Apr 22, 2019
Throws error codes and crashes a lot making the game impossible to play. Would not recommend.
10 found this helpful
Not recommended May 13, 2019
This game is 100% not worth 10 dollars. 2.99 would be acceptable.
7 found this helpful
Recommended Apr 19, 2019
Fun game to play. Takes 2-3 hours to finish, no saving games, so this is an entertainment for one evening. Huge pixels, audio in early-90s point-and-click games style. Mini-games can be frustrating, but they pose a challange. The adventure game part is pretty straightforward, nothing silly. Could be a bit longer though.
6 found this helpful
Recommended Mar 16, 2020
Nostalgia is very strong, with this one. If you remember and liked LucasArts point and click games, this one is for you (especially if you spent your childhood in eastern europe). Nice plot, couple of minigames inside, and graphics...like in early 90s.
2 found this helpful
Not recommended Feb 28, 2023
I barely struggled through 5 minutes, because it got me just 3 minutes to understand that this game is a scam. Or maybe just a very poor job riddled with issues. I would understand if it was some open-source project to contribute to, but this is a legit paid game! 1. The progress doesn't save. It always starts in the very beginning. 2. The mouse controls are jerky. 3. I can confirm that the text is very poorly translated into English, as mentioned by another reviewer. 4. All the sounds appear to be the game author murmuring something in a poor quality microphone. 5. It is not possible to make the text scroll faster and not have it skipped entirely. 6. The text font is out of place. It should have been pixelated, like the whole game. There might be more issues with this game, but I'm getting a refund and not going to go through all of it to find more, there are better games to play and things to do. You'll have a better time playing a random point-and-click adventure from the 90-s, most of them are abandonware, released for free or are very cheap nowadays and run even on modern hardware on DOSBox if you don't have a DOS-compatible PC.
Recommended Jan 31, 2021
Game is a tribute to the old school point and click adventure games. It is short and sweet. There are few things that annoyed me like lack of different colors on subtiltes or one of the minigames but overall I had a fun experience. If U have few free quids/bucks/zloty check this out. You can see that developer has love for OG adventures. Can't wait for second part.

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