Popular games built on game engine PICO-8

10.08.2015

A hardcore platform game for the PICO-8 fantasy console.

01.01.1982

Tutankham is a combination of the maze, action and shoot 'em up genres. Taking on the role of an explorer grave robbing Tutankhamun's tomb, the player is chased by creatures such as asps, vultures, parrots, bats, dragons, and even curses, all that kill the player on contact. The explorer can fight back by firing lasers at the creatures, but he can only cover the left and right directions. The player is also endowed with a single screen-clearing "flash bomb" per level or life. Finally, each level has warp zones that teleport the player around the level, which enemies cannot use. To progress, the player collects keys open locked doors throughout the levels, searching for the large exit door. Optional treasures can be picked-up for bonus points. Each level has a timer; when it reaches zero the explorer can no longer fire lasers, and once a level is cleared the remaining time is converted to bonus points.

30.07.2022

Dodge, evolve, survive in this survival shmup. Help vampire hunter Liz Belmont to survive until dawn. Except dawn will never come.

04.04.2022

Survive being chased by a rolling snowball with a crafty penguin. Pickup, combine, and throw objects to delay the snowball’s inevitable descent! Throwing objects at the snowball chips away at its continually growing volume, while throwing them at other objects can craft tools to better suit your survival.

25.03.2021

In this game you play as a monkey who LOVES BANANAS! As all monkeys he's willing to solve outrageous puzzles to get some bananas.

13.12.2020

A gardening roguelike made in PICO-8 for PROCJAM 2020. The player takes the role of a gardener trapped within Father Time's watchtower, who must both tend the plants on each floor and escape the tower before illness claims their life.

15.08.2026

Help Mr. Swop find stars by swapping tiles around.

01.07.2024

A tiny challenging arcade shoot’em up where you shoot down quirky aliens to save your planet. Evade bullets, shoot enemies, get upgrades, survive through challenging waves to defeat the final boss, "The Monke".

09.01.2021

An explosive homage to the old-time multiplayer classic made with PICO-8! In this game, your goal is to drop bombs on the battlefield to eliminate all other players in time and be the last manbomber standing. The game can be played with up to 4 players battling each other. While in the 2-player mode, both players can use the same keyboard to control their manbomber, a controller for each player is required for all other modes. Any Controller which can be connected to your device will do!

30.06.2016

A doomed cowboy runs through the desert, pursued by a mystic worm.

21.10.2016

Pixel Session Vol.1 is a collection of 5 extra-polished eye-candy arcadey jam-style games, exploring experimental and minimalist gameplay and graphics! The Games GET DEEP INTO DESCENT GET LIGHTNING IN LIGHTNER GET WATCHED BY B1G BR0TH3R GET CLONES IN CHARGING PANIC GET BURSTING WITH CHROMA CANNON Each game is based on one simple but special gameplay mechanic and built around this mechanic. With a focus on visual feedback, the five games are fine examples of colorful video game juiciness. The results are five eye-candy arcadey games that will have you say "ok just one more time" a lot of times.

02.09.2020

A PICO-8 demake of of the PSP game Every Extend Extra, an arcade game about detonating your ship, causing colourful chain reactions in the enemies, granting you points.

02.02.2024

Dodge bullets and fight off the militarized police force defending a corporate toxic sludge pipeline.

20.03.2018

Build a vast interstellar empire in 30 minutes flat.

20.12.2024

Basil's off on her adventures again, scattering dandelions and finding butterfly friends.

11.12.2020

Explore an archipelago, encounter fellow explorers, and seduce and haggle with them to help you complete your map!

27.04.2025

Snekburd is a Pico-8 demake of Snakebird, by Noumenon Games, with new puzzles and mechanics! Navigate the snakebirds to eat all the fruit and head through the portal to complete the levels on each island. The first island's levels should serve as a quick tutorial to new players or a refresher for returning ones. The full game has about 70 levels in it, ranging from a little tricky to absurdly hard, and is available for free (donations enabled with Noumenon Games' permission).

07.08.2015

A retro futuristic anti-gravity racing game!

23.06.2026

You have nine lives. Make them count. Ninja Cat Remewstered is a challenging fast-paced platformer where a lone cat seeks to prove himself to the big bosses of the world. Starting with only shuriken on hand, he will find tools throughout his journey, laying claim to gold while he's at it! ...But stay aware! There are a variety of relentless enemies and hazards that will stand between him and his goals.

23.04.2018

A turn-based asteroids / snake / roguelike for LD41. VYPERSPACE is an asteroids game, you shoot asteroids to break them into smaller chunks before you can destroy them. Sometimes there is ore inside. VYPERSPACE is a snake game, you eat ore to grow longer and need to avoid running into your own tail. VYPERSPACE is a roguelike, it is a keyboard-driven turn-based tile-grid game of delaying permadeath by emergent hazards that only move when you do.

07.04.2020

The classic 16-bit-era action puzzle game returns again - enhanced and remastered. Pico de Pon brings favorite characters from across the PICO-8 library together for intense block-swapping battle.

01.03.2023

Sokoblox is a hybrid of two classic puzzle games: Sokoban (the push puzzle) and Bloxorz (the rolling block puzzle).

11.03.2023

A metroidvania with a unique perspective mechanic. Find your missing clothes and confront your tiny brother...

10.05.2024

Select numbers that add to ten, to remove them from the board. How high can you score in just 2 minutes?