Popular games built on game engine GB Studio
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.
Pyrotoad is an action platformer where you leap, shoot, and puzzle your way through 35 challenging stages. Harness flame powers, unlock new moves, and battle through diverse biomes in your quest to reclaim Pyrotoad’s stolen sunglasses!
The Metamorphosis Collection contains three original horror games, linked together by the theme of transformation. Explore the depths of human psychology with these stories crafted by the award-winning game designer Ben Jelter. Just be careful… as you play, you may find yourself transformed as well! Opossum Country In Opossum Country, you play as a food delivery guy who needs to make a delivery at a trailer park. What seems like another day at work quickly unravels. Can he complete his delivery or will his curiosity lead to his ultimate demise? Decline In Decline, you play as an elderly police detective on the verge of retirement. Wrestling with cognitive decline, she attempts to solve the seemingly simple case. Though, things may not be as they seem as rumors spread about something called the ‘Glitch Witch’… Specimen 134 In Specimen 134, you play as a regular kid named Jason who starts to notice some very unusual things going on in his town. His friend David asks him if he wants to explore the woods but he might not like what he finds there…
A demake of Yume Nikki for the Game Boy. The goals are to walk around and collect "Effects" by interacting with objects and other characters.
Back in January of 2022, Robert Dorman released a video on Art Carts. He asked the question "What would a book look like on a Game Boy". I was inspired by this thought and the end result is this - "The Ungrateful Son" by the Brothers Grimm, adapted for the Game Boy.
Squarenose has been diligently working for Doctor Megan in the True Pasta laboratories, where genetically modified animals have been testing experimental new pet food. The perfect formula will be used to produce meaty rings that will be eaten by cats and dogs in our sweet homes. But disaster has struck as the experimental pet food has driven the animals into a wild frenzy; surely it is foul play! Old Ram, the leader in the pet food market, will stop at nothing to maintain its dominance in the lucrative industry. Can Squarenose survive the relentless aggression of the wild animals that are approaching?
Worried about your friend, you stop by his apartment to check in on him...only to discover he's nowhere to be seen and the apartment is barricaded and bloodied. See You... is a horror-themed Game Boy Color point & click prototype that lasts only a few minutes.
Ofelia left her hometown years ago, estranged from her mother and most of the family; her grandmother her only link to the past she cut ties with. But as she receives the news her grandmother has passed away, Ofelia has to return to Tor Marina once more...
A remake of the original "Dhilly Game 6" focused on giving the game more polish.
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.
The Warp Coin Catastrophe is a visual novel game. The Warp World Crew is in trouble, and they need your help! Someone has eaten all the Warp Coins made by Marianne's Chocolate! Use all of your skills and know-how to find the evidence that will clear your friend’s name and prove their innocence!
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.
Welcome to Resident Evil: Grim Beginnings - an solo developed, Game Boy demake of the original Resident Evil.
Monster of the Weekend is a short, lighthearted adventure/virtual pet game, where what you feed to your little monster will determine how it grows and changes.
A devastating virus threatens to cripple the Galactic Federations Chief Neural Core, threatening to put an end to intergalactic travel and turning a galaxy-spanning empire into mere island settlements - disconnected and alone. Ikalo Pann, Captain of the Starship Leviathan, must track down the source of this virus and bring the unknown terrorists before the Federation to answer for their crimes. An encrypted message sent by a dead man offers a single thread to unwind the mystery. Within are galactic coordinates and a brief message: "Come find me, Pann..." Join Ikalo as she solves hundreds of complex puzzles, explores planets for clues and uncovers a deep science fiction mystery.
Explore the weird and cute post-apocalyptic world of The Outskirts while collecting coins and mysterious ancient treasures like floppy disks and cassette tapes Wink is taking inspiration from Gameboy classics like Super Mario Land 2 and Link's Awakening, but doing its own little thing.
Introducing "GB Lunar Lander" – the ultimate lunar landing adventure designed exclusively for the iconic Game Boy! Defy gravity, navigate treacherous terrain, and prove your piloting skills in space. Embark on a nostalgic journey as an intrepid astronaut tasked with safely landing spacecraft on the rugged lunar surface. With retro '1-bit' aesthetics and addictive gameplay, GB Lunar Lander merges classic charm with modern mechanics for an unforgettable lunar odyssey. Guide your spacecraft through obstacles, counteract lunar gravity, and touch down on designated landing zones. But beware of escalating challenges like asteroids and treacherous caverns! Inspired by "Lunar Lander 1979" and "Lunar Lander" for the gameboy(it was only released in Japan!)
Bristle and the Artificial Invasion is a platformer game made in GB Studio that tells the story of a paintbrush named Bristle, whose planet is invaded by an army of artificially generated monsters. It's up to Bristle to rescue his friends and save any neighboring planets affected by this catastrophe.