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.
Explore a festive sunken structure in a tiny submursible and collect mysterious presents for your friends
A low-res demake of Friday Night Funkin' made in PICO-8
Look, walk, and talk like a duck!
Parodic Point n' click Die n' retry adventure
No walking, only dodge rolls.
Steer your car, avoiding obstacles to gain score. "Grazing" an obstacle will increase your score multiplier. Try to beat your hi-score!
How long will you last? How many demons can you banish back to hell? Fight enemies, gather gems dropping from them to level up, don't let the enemies catch you, upgrade your character by choosing a card and survive!
This is a bubble-bobblish platformer game for 1 or 2 player. Mist and Grim must travel through the 22 levels and defeat the overlord.
Explore tide pools and consult the cards as you pick which rumors about yourself to spread.
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 4 key rhythm game inspired by games such as Stepmania & DDR.
Porklike is a classic, turn-based Roguelike with minimalist lo-fi aesthetic. Enter the tower of Wurstlord. Can you make it to the top and steal his legendary Kielbasa? 9 floors of dangerous traps and enemies await you. Only if you move carefully and master your character's abilities will you become the champion of Porklike.
A retro futuristic anti-gravity racing game!
A bite-sized pico8 roguelike.
Pico Life is a demake of Half-Life in PICO-8.
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.
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.
Snacks and spikes are falling from the sky! You, Aspen, must run around dodging the falling spike balls and scoffing the delectable foodstuffs.
PICO-8 port of the iconic SEGA title