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.
Laser Blast! 3: Fury of the Wizard is a 2d 8-bit rail shooter in the style of Space Harrier. Enemies will periodically fly towards you. Shoot them down while avoiding their attacks. When the sun sets, defeat the level boss to win the game.
This is a small game, that asks the important question... Are you a pro enough gamer to defeat the God of rock paper scissors?
A demake of Inscryption for PICO-8. Your goal is to defeat Leshy.
Mama Cabra is a goat space shooter. Shoot space foes, save sheepies and smell the flowers. Made with Pico-8 for the I, Rebel game jam 2025. Powered by Atari
Send your worker ants to gather resources… amass an army of bugs to defend your queen... build your ant empire and conquer the lawn! A PICO-8 demake of Age of Empires II.
You signed up for the biggest martial-arts challenge in history! In a gauntlet beyond example, contestants from all around the world face myriads of artificial monstrosities to find out who can deal with them performing the most stylish and efficient combos. There’s a twist though - you can only move in accordance with the hand of cards you’re holding. Ah, there’s nothing like the beautiful arbitrariness of game rules...
Take fotos of the bunnies in your garden.
PiColumns is a port of the classic puzzle game Columns to Pico-8.
Slimey, Jump! Is a tiny one-button platformer game with 28 levels and 4 bosses. It's meant to be a simple but challenging game that everyone can enjoy, regardless of their skill level!
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!
Steel Surge: Revolution is a short caravan shmup.
Hug those monster until They become your friend.
A challenging puzzle game in which the player manipulates gravity in order to reach magical, green portals. Place colored boxes on buttons to open gates, avoid spikes, and more!
After Marsho lent his game to a friend awhile back, Mo won't give it back now! It's up to you find the Warp Stars and take it back even if force is needed.
Little Necromancer is a puzzle adventure game inspired by classics like "Adventures of Lolo" or "Ghosts'n Goblins". Help Mortimer, a necromancer apprentice, to travel to the great Necropolis. Resurrect the dead ones along his pilgrimage. But beware! They know no more master.
Train Journey is a 16-cartridge PICO-8 game (the maximum size) about a mysterious train to which the player is seemingly bound. Travel between stops, meet unique characters, and learn their stories. Can you free yourself and return home? Or will you ride the train forever...?
The evil Chiro Empire has captured all of the other Dragon Eggs! It's your job to save them!
Fly your Arwing to victory in this PICO-8 demake of Star Fox. Features 3 levels: Cornerea, Venom and Fortuna.
A mod of the PICO-8 platformer Celeste (now known as Celeste Classic) with new levels and sliding block mechanics.
An homage to Katamari Damacy for Pico8 in 1021 bytes for the #PICO1k jam. Collect enough things with your Katamari ball to reach 64cm as fast as possible to please the King of all Cosmos.
In Sebastian's Quest, you have to shove gems and find the cheese.
Combo Pool is a game made using PICO-8, and the winning entry to p8jam2. It's a game where you throw colored marbles against each other. If two marbles of the same color make contact, they merge and upgrade to the next color. Your lifebar diminish with the number of balls on the field. If you lifebar is empty, you enter in a sudden death mode, and your last ball must save you by removing some balls.