Popular games built on game engine GB Studio
Dog's Muck Island is a short Gameboy game inspired by Link's Awakening's fetch quest. Play in your browser or on a real Gameboy or Analogue Pocket.
Press the B button to cuss.
Melanie and the Magic Forest is a relaxing, no combat Game Boy adventure game filled with magic, quirky characters, and late 90's/early 2000’s references. Explore the Magic Forest as Melanie and help your fellow residents. Grow some vegetables, make new friends, and most importantly - pet the dog!
Explore an ancient tomb, solve some puzzles, maybe find a secret room and find your way out.
A small 2D platformer developed in GBStudio for the Gameboy Color, featuring external music with CD quality and Chiptune style.
Play as Ramuel, a young boy who destroys his enemies with his Gun-Lighter. Get inside a haunted building and eradicate the menace!
If you look up the word Frog, detective, and prequel...well...you'd be reading a book and not playing this unofficial prequel to the Frog Detective games! So put down that book and pick up the gauntlet that has been thrown down at your feet, to solve a mystery like no other. Best played on an actual Game Boy (a pocket would be best!) Download the ROM at the bottom of the page and use an emulator like BGB, Sameboy or MGBA to play!
Fable: 20th Anniversary Demake is a pixelated nostalgia trip to the world of Albion, reimagined for the Game Boy Color. This game is a passionate homage to the iconic 2004 RPG Fable, meticulously recreating its first full level with a retro aesthetic that mimics the 8-bit era. Players step into the role of the fledgling Hero again, embracing a top-down perspective reminiscent of classic handheld RPGs. Although the mechanics have been simplified for the control scheme of Game Boy Color, the spirit of Fable is intact with key nuances like basic combat, character interactions, and item collection. The standout feature of this demake is the inclusion of voiced cutscenes - a technical marvel on the GBC hardware that amplifies immersion to new heights. Accompanied by a chiptune version of the iconic Fable soundtrack, players experience a unique blend of storytelling and action that aligns with the charm of retro gaming.
Deadeus is an authentic horror Gameboy game developed using Chris Maltby’s GB Studio engine, Featuring music by Stuart Busby. The game centers around a small boy who has a prophetic nightmare telling him everyone will die in 3 days and that he has to investigate his village to see how he can save them, if at all. The game has 11 endings and no direct path leaving it up to the player to decide which is the best course of action. The game comes as a ROM file, to play it you will need to download an emulator to your device. The game is also playable on an original Gameboy using a flashcart or other emulation cartridge.
A platformer with speedrunning aspirations on which the player controls a featureless humanoid through 7 levels that at a certain point and filling a "gauge" they will turn into its second form (a.k.a Speedfreak) that possesses pretty much the same moveset but with slightly improved stats.
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.
RTA Run!! is an unofficial action game starring RTA-chan from “RTA in Japan.”
Borbo's Quest is a short adventure game in which you play as Borbo, a 10 year-old kid set on a quest to retrieve their stolen birthday cake. Journey through a charming puzzle-filled world to track down Nasty Cake Jake and retrieve your precious cake.
"Do I Pass" is a visual novel where you play as a transgender woman who is worried about if she passes or not. With the help of a magical webpage she becomes a ghost and peeks into the minds of others to determine how they feel about her.
You're the captain of a Bio-Submarine! A living submarine that gains power from flesh! Cruise through the Deep Sea and devour your enemies!
Curiosity didn't kill the cat, but it will kill 150 million sperm cells. Created in a few forgetful weeks as a companion piece to Ferarum but it's alright as a standalone too.
A small Game Boy game about sushi & cats made in GB Studio!
In the 1990s Nintendo made a deal with Philips to develop 3 Zelda titles. The first 2 were side scrolling platformers, similar to Zelda II, and the third was a traditional top-down action adventure game. Zelda’s Adventure looked interesting and it would be fun to play on a portable system. The Game Boy was chosen because of the existing Zelda games on the system. The game sticks to the aesthetics of Link’s Awakening, but also incorporates some features from Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Seasons. This is a complete port of the CDi original and was developed in GB Studio, with a few modifications.
A metroidvania for the GBC
You control a dog. Everything else is open to interpretation.
Magic and Legend: Star Seekers is an arcade platformer with the goal of collecting stars across multiple levels themed on locations around the world with a variety of other game styles in between. The second in a planned trilogy of homebrew games.
A new and original game for the Gameboy, Fall from Space is a non-linear action RPG with an epic story spanning a solar system.
Let's go on a journey to break the lewd demonization curse placed on the main character, Mr. Swordsman. A swordsman who was a soldier in the royal capital on the northern continent, but was cursed by the "Demon Lord," a powerful demon, to become a lewd demon. During his wandering journey, he received a blessing from the spirit of the fountain and was able to control the curse to some extent. In order to completely break the curse, he sets out on a journey.
The Darkness Guild is lost in Unknown Space! Go on a top down, bite-sized adventure and blast off to three far out planets. Explore Unknown Space from your ship and collect resources to change the ship's look for the climactic Shoot 'Em Up battle! Do you have what it takes escape from Unknown Space?