Popular games built on game engine PICO-8

10.08.2015

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

15.09.2023

The Shadow King has invaded the castle belonging to the Knights of Valor and they need your help to get it back! Explore the massive castle in this metroidvania and help the fallen knights back to their former glory! Upgrade your moves and weapons along the way as you fight minions, defeat bosses, find secrets, and unravel what has happened.

15.04.2017

Micro Murder is a game of ballistic extermination for 1 or 2 tactical modules, organic or otherwise. Assert your domination over four pictoresque and extremely resource-rich celestial bodies using a flexible arsenal designed to fit any situation.

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30.06.2025

Scale ancient castle walls and dash over deadly pits. Every leap, wall jump, and dash costs you precious health. Navigate 16 challenging levels, find the key, and reach the exit before your health runs out.

27.03.2023

Jump and fight your way up through this vertical platformer through various short levels, and challenge yourself to keep up the combo's.

15.01.2020

A simple endless game that made during SGDQ 2020.

29.06.2021

A "One Level Concept" Demake of Contra for PICO-8!

21.06.2022

A demake of Castlevania in PICO-8

22.10.2023

A Pizza Tower Demake for PICO-8.

30.09.2021

A Pac-Man clone for PICO-8. You control Pic and your goal is to eat all pills to win the maze.

22.07.2018

The door is locked. You'll have to explore a dangerous dungeon full of traps and monsters and find 6 lost gems to open the door and Get Out!

14.07.2017

Nobody knows why - it's just always been this way. Our chance of survival is to absorb all the Green Orbs floating around, while avoiding certain death by touching the Lava - all before the time runs out!

18.04.2018

An aquatic action game. Swim sword first into the deep to destroy the evil at the heart of the ocean.

14.12.2021

A browser based holiday themed bowling game.

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05.07.2025

04.06.2016

You are a worm. Worms love eating fruit, even though it makes them poop. But this is a good thing: poop becomes flowers and flowers bring much joy to the world. Eat fruit, avoid poop, flowers increase the score multiplier, eating flowers makes the multiplier smaller.

14.02.2025

My version of the Atari's arcade game Night Driver and Dr. Reiner Foerst's Nürburgring 1.

25.05.2020

A short atmospheric platformer with metroidvania elements made in 10 days as a game jam entry for RNDGAME 2020.

13.03.2024

This game was made in 2 weeks for the Acerola Jam 0. It's a puzzle game wher you have to make the withe with the rgb color in boxes and other forms.

15.06.2024

Move a worm to carve the object across 17 thrilling levels!!

03.10.2020

Swim under the sea with this hungry cephalopod and meet the other marine dwellers in this straight forward arcade adventure.

02.05.2025

Pixel Rift Adventure is a fast‑paced Pico-8 roguelike dungeon crawler that blends the room‑by‑room exploration of classic Zelda titles with the procedural unpredictability and challenge of Binding of Isaac. Each floor is a freshly generated grid of interconnected rooms, packed with randomized enemies, destructible obstacles, and hidden treasures. Your hero starts modestly equipped—three hearts, basic sword reach, and no special powers—but every playthrough offers new opportunities to power up via treasure chests, vending machines, and a unique letter‑collecting mechanic. The heart of the game lies in its letter system. Scattered throughout the dungeon are consumable letters that spell out SUBPIXEL and MATTA. Completing the former permanently extends your sword’s reach; completing the latter grants a limited‑use ranged projectile attack. Vending machines sprinkled on each level sell letters for coins you’ve hoarded, adding a strategic layer: do you spend now for a chance at a powerful upgrade, or save for health and keys? Boss rooms punctuate your descent, each featuring a thematic “family” of bosses—wiggling slime overlords, spectral ghost generals, and subterranean plant tyrants—that grow tougher as you advance. Defeating a boss opens a portal to the next floor, and reaching level 10 without succumbing to traps or overwhelming odds crowns you the ultimate Pixel Rift champion. Tight controls, i‑frames after damage, and a reactive HUD keep you always in the action—dive in, adapt on the fly, and see how far you can go!

03.01.2019

A PICO-8 demake of Tetris Effect.

16.02.2024

Driftmania is an arcade time trial racing game. Your goal is to get the fastest possible time on each of the 15 challenging tracks