Popular games built on game engine PICO-8
A hardcore platform game for the PICO-8 fantasy console.
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.
Brutal Pico Race futurist racing game on Pico8 by Yourykiki - The Lurking Engine
CrossGunr: Infinite is a caravan shooter, and sequel to CrossGunr, developed for PICO-8.
Help the magical bunny girl to survive for 10 minutes against hordes of evil. Collect gems to get new skills, find bunnies to heal, carrots to recharge. This is tiny roguelike bullet heaven with a bunny girl made for Pico-8 fantasy console.
An open-world rpg for Pico-8, where you can catch, train, and battle with over 100 varieties of monsters! Gameplay is performed by navigating the overworld until you encounter either a wild Eidolon or an opposing trainer, which transitions the game to battle mode. Battle mode uses turn-based mechanics across a grid to allow you to fight - until all foes are defeated!
Light matches and read cards. Choose a card to burn & learn a little about yourself.
Alpine Ascent is a little chill climbing platformer made for PICO-8. The green bar represents your stamina. When it reaches zero, you cannot climb or jump. You can replenish stamina by landing, or using a green stamina coin. Collecting gold coins will increase your maximum stamina. You will slip down when climbing on ice blocks. You cannot climb on obsidian blocks, and magma blocks will quickly drain your stamina while you climb them. For an extra challenge, try to get to the top of the mountain without letting your stamina reach zero, or collect all the coins!
A low-res demake of Friday Night Funkin' made in PICO-8
Ever wonder what Devil May Cry would be like if the entire game was in the air? Climb as high as you can while making sure to be stylish! Rack up kills and altitude while avoiding falling to your death!
A retro futuristic anti-gravity racing game!
A bite-sized pico8 roguelike.
Blood of Vladula Jr. is a 2D platformer inspired by the platformers on the Nintendo Game Boy system. Jump, run, bonk monsters on the head, and turn into a bat, through 8 different levels, including a final boss stage. Help Count Vladula jr. regain the respect of the monster community and defeat his arch-nemesis.
Hug those monster until They become your friend.
Transform your enemies into cake with your electric beams. Eat cake to gain back lost health. Maximize you health and beam power by eating golden cakes dropped by demons Hover while shooting electric beams
An update to CrossGunr: - New Graphics and Adjusted Music - Less slowdown, smoother gameplay - New EX mechanic ( bubbles ) - no bar gained during EX's, will make it a bit harder but still tuned to perfection! - Repair Locator - Boss Healthbars - Score differential - 5 Scores saved on cart - Restart Run in Menu (For when the run is forfeit.. - Reset Scores in Menu
CrossGunr is a bullet hell inspired caravan shmup for the pico-8, made for the Lazy Devs Basic Shmup Game Jam, and with the help of Lazy Devs Academy Tutorials.
The Land of Miskatonia needs a hero to save it from the evil Faxon and its minions. Can you be that hero? Explore Miskatonia and its settlements, talk to its residents, build up your skills, and finally challenge Faxon in its secret lair. Minima is an adventure RPG in the style of the older Ultima games (Ultima I, Ultima II, Ultima III, Ultima IV, & Ultima V) as played on the Commodore 64 and 128 computers. Just like the original Ultima games, it includes a world view, enterable towns, and 3D dungeon displays. It also features graphics, sound effects, and music that should help one recollect those classics. More importantly, it is a fully playable (and winnable) game with its own backstory, plot, setting, and characters.
A PICO-8 demake of iii, a little "catroidvania" about a one-eyed cat leaving his comfort zone. Explore underground caverns, gain vision of other dimensions, help the inhabitants, and expand your horizons.
The 2025 PICO-8 Advent Calendar is here! Busy little devs elves have been hard at work these past couple of months crafting you some holiday cheer. Please enjoy a new game, toy, or demo each day.
In Mole Mole, you have to blow stuff up and take a nap.
PiColumns is a port of the classic puzzle game Columns to Pico-8.
A two-player competitive pong rpg! In addition to playing pong, both players also gain XP/gold that can be used to level up, spawn units, make buildings, cast spells, etc.
In Bandit Accountancy, you sort gems using a gamepad or the arrow keys.