The Goldbergs: Back to the 80s

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3.8
5.66K reviews
5L+
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Content rating
Teen
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About this game

Help Adam, Barry, and Erica Goldberg get to the top of their school’s “Cool List” and become the most popular kids in town!

The official idle tap game of The Goldbergs hit comedy TV show. The Goldbergs: Back to the 80s is an idle game where you build your popularity by managing the social life of the Goldbergs teenagers Adam, Barry and Erica in the 80s.

Tap to collect Cool Points, make Friends, and become totally popular in this narrative driven idle game! Upgrade and automate your idle hangouts to shoot straight to the top of the teenage food chain in Jenkintown!

Were you ever popular in high school? Ever make it to the top of the Cool List? Now's your chance! As the true king or queen of the social ladder, you'll collect and upgrade characters straight from the TV show and boost your cool rating to open new hangouts. Get new characters by collecting cards, then level them up by collecting nostalgic 80s themed items like vhs tapes, arcade tokens, and sunglasses!

Your cool rating is key to completing the idle game popularity challenges and climbing the Cool List! But don't get too comfortable at the top - your beloved "smother" Beverly is always trying to "help" and one wrong step will leave you embarrassed by your parents, at the bottom of the cool list! You'll go from ruling the mall to hiding out in the computer lab faster than you can say "gag me with a spoon"!

Tap your way through 80s themed arcade style boss fights against Beverly, Murray, and even Coach Mellor. As hard as you try to be cool, you'll lose it all at the end of each episode. But don’t have a cow, you’ll be rewarded with some choice 80s nostalgia to decorate your bedroom!

IDLE ADVENTURE SET IN THE 80s WITH NEVER ENDING FUN
Follow hilariously relatable characters through comedic cutscenes with plotlines and characters straight from the tv show. Relive the life you had, or wish you had as a teenager in the 80s. Whenever you need your 80s fix, new stories and live-events are always being added to The Goldbergs idle game!

TAKE PART IN 80s THEMED LIVE EVENTS
Ramp the nostalgia levels to the max with free and addicting time-limited events. Think you can jump to the top of the Cool List by becoming the Smashball campion? Can you defeat your enemies to rule the arcade? Play and tap through hilarious live events to win prizes that will help you become the coolest teenager in school.

WHO NEEDS MONEY? MAKE FRIENDS AND BECOME POPULAR
Click and tap to build and manage activities alongside Jenkintown's radical residents. From classic 80s activities like Hanging at the Mall or watching The Big Game to others straight from “The Goldbergs” TV show like Smashball and 80s Movie Parodies!

FREE IDLE TYCOON FUN
Join in the tap and idle games fun where you collect cards and characters to boost your cool rating. Too lazy to work? No duh, so are we! Join in the idle game fun when you collect cards and characters to automate your hangouts. The game plays itself while you're away! Become a true idle tycoon.

Join The Goldbergs' Adam, Erica, and Barry on a free idle quest to be cool and relive a world of acid-washed jeans, giant cell phones, and huge hair!

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The Goldbergs TM & © 2020 Sony Pictures Television Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Please note that The Goldbergs: Back to the 80s is free-to-play experience (F2P), but some game items are available for purchase using real money.

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Updated on
12 Oct 2025
Available on
Android, Windows*
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Ratings and reviews

3.9
5.22K reviews
Shawn Adamson
16 September 2020
The show is great. This game, not so much. The gameplay is unbalanced in that it takes waaay too much time to advance in anything. (or you can pay for in game currency) that's a shame because the writing and animation are both good. I played it constantly during the summer when I had some time off, and I never even got close to finishing an event! I know that they say that you can compete without spending $, but I'd love to see numbers on that if they have any. I suspect it's not too common.
32 people found this review helpful
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East Side Games Studio
16 September 2020
Hey, Shawn! We are sorry you're not enjoying the game. We are doing our best to make it great for the fans. I'll let our balance team know about your feedback. If you would like to share more ideas on how to make it better, please let us know at facebook.com/goldbergsgame or support@goldbergsgame.zendesk.com. Cheers!
Peter Wright
11 May 2020
Fun game for a show I LOVE! The game is watching the shoe while playing. Each episode has a storyline from the show most fans will recognize watching. It can be challenging to figure out the mechanics of how to play the game, but it's repetitive so you catch on. I've enjoyed the timed events, even though sometimes completing them can be difficult. Frankly, i love the show so much, so playing the game just gives me more time with these characters!
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East Side Games Studio
11 May 2020
Hello, Peter! Thanks for your positive feedback! We are very glad you are enjoying the game! Come join our community at facebook.com/goldbergsgame and let us know how we can make the game even better for players like you.
M G
8 March 2021
I like the game, since the last games started my main quest screen is moving very slow, but the side quest was moving at regular speed. The side game is over, but the main screen is still moving slow, and you can't move to the top. You can click on the rooms to get the money, or the guy on the skate board, but you can't move to the top of the screen.
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East Side Games Studio
9 March 2021
Hey, Matt! We are sorry you are running into this problem. Could you please tap the "Help?" button on the top-right corner of the loading screen and submit a support ticket or email us at support@goldbergsgame.zendesk.com? We will do our best to solve your issue as quickly as possible. Looking forward to helping you!

What's new

Hey Goldbergs fans, we’re going back to the 80s for even more fun! New in this release:

- Fixed purchases and subscription not working
- Several technical improvements & bugfixes

Have fun and join our community at http://www.facebook.com/goldbergsgame and let us know how we can make the game even better for you!