Popular games built on game engine GB Studio
Hightail is a fast-paced 2D platformer for the Game Boy Color. The game stars Chili, a plucky mouse with a knack for treasure hunting. If there's any chance of encountering treasure, Chili will run, dash, swim, crouch, and twirl their way through any challenge. Hightail takes inspiration from the platforming greats of Wario Land, Sonic, Pizza Tower, Celeste, and more.
A (very small) game boy project - a love letter to developer Louie Zong's college days in boston!
"A horror fiction kinetic novel made especially for the Game Boy (and Super Game Boy)! Go through a linear, zero-choice visual novel made up of 4 short horror vignettes, each inspired by very personal fears and anxieties, and using real photos that [the dev] adapted for the Game Boy- many taken with [their] actual Game Boy Camera! Just a small series of nightmares, all over in about 15 minutes or so. [They] promise~"
An unfortunate adventure game about an apocalypse, and apartment building, and its murderous, cannibalistic landlord. Find hidden items to help your neighbors, seek a way to escape the apartment building, and discover four unique endings based on your choices!
There's Nothing To Do In This Town is a short RPG for the original Nintendo Game Boy set in a dystopian present featuring music snobs, zombies, and alcoholic parents. You can play it through in under an hour.
He Fucked The Girl Out Of Me is a semi-autobiographical narrative visual novel about trauma and sex work made for the GameBoy. The author explains how sex work impacted her life and changed her perception of the world. The game takes approximately 40 minutes to play from start to finish.
Gameboy remake of the original Super Mario Bros
An upcoming game featuring interchangeable limbs that allow for new abilities and secret paths to be found.
Made in Game Boy studio 3.0.3, play a small segment of the catacombs and enjoy skeletons, bats and bone pillars getting in your way as you attempt to level up and farm candles for random drops of hearts, healing potions and the knife sub weapon.
Let It Die is a small point-and-click adventure game that puts you in the shoes of Laura, an intergalactic delivery person who has been sent on a rather peculiar mission by her company.
Fido needs regular nourishment to keep up strength. Strength is used to wag the tail and the tail is used to stop the moles from digging holes. Simply bash the moles on the head with the tail when sitting down.
In 1985, the Darling brothers released a unique game creation utility for the Commodore 16 and Plus/4: Games Designer. At a time when programming knowledge was often a barrier, this tool filled a vital gap by giving young enthusiasts the chance to build their own games with little to no coding experience. It was a groundbreaking effort in bringing game development to a wider audience—especially kids who dreamed of creating their own digital worlds. The original release included three example games, designed to showcase what could be achieved with the software: Space Desert, Creature Crawl, and Road Stunner. This collection brings those titles together once more—both as a tribute to early creativity and as a snapshot of an era when imagination was just beginning to merge with interactivity on home computers.
take care of your ghost friends until they're ready to leave this realm. In ghostfriend, you are in charge of taking care of wayward ghosts who aren't quite ready to leave the mortal realm. watch over them until they grow up and see them off into the afterlife!
A small game about remembering.
A homebrew port of Blastar, developed by Elon Musk (at the age of 12) for the Spectravision in 1984. In this game you have to destroy an alien space freighter, which is carrying deadly Hydrogen Bombs and Status Beam Machines. This game make good use of sprites and animation, and in this sense makes the listing worth checking out.
Hauntsfield is a short Halloween RPG designed for Game Boy. Play time is about 40-60 minutes. The game has spooky themes, but isn't scary and is appropriate for kids & adults alike.
A reimagination of Sonic 1 into a game boy color RPG
You play as Sofia, a plucky little witch that will do whatever she can to save her friends from their terrible curse. Using your two spells, Transmogrification and Bubble Bounce, explore levels, discover secrets, and save your friends.
A slightly naughty GBC-style SHMUP (STG)! Select a Grimoire that contains the power of a magical beast, and wear its power to advance through the stage and defeat the deepest bosses.
Something seems odd when you can't find your faithful friend Squee in the morning. The forest is ill and you'll need your squirrel friend's help to save the animal spirits. Use your witchy powers to discover the true cause of this turmoil and save the forest from its nightmare.