Popular games built on game engine PICO-8

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

Hit the slopes, turn by turn! Play cards, clear gates, and don't crash!

A cute little metroidvania with challenging combat and witchcraft.

try to get some rest, don't miss your stop

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!

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

P.Craft is a crafting game made using Pico 8. You wake up on a deserted island, and you have to survive. Gather materials and build your tools. Explore the area and find a cave. Will you find a way to escape the island ?

A one level PICO-8 demake of Rez for the Dreamcast by Morgan Quirk.

Massive open world pirate adventures!

An isometric bird-based demake of the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater series.

Wander the Cosmos is a space exploration game in which you, the pilot of a spacecraft called The Discovery, have been sent on a mission by the Galactic Federation to gather data on any & all celestial objects you come across during your travels.

Sybil's Tail is a tiny, 15-30 minute long platformer made for PICO-8. Run, jump, slide, grab, and toss your way through 6 bite-sized areas as you search for a mysterious meteorite that fell nearby!

Jump, Roll, Hop and Dive your way through sharp caves to rescue your friends.

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!

Try to get the frogs to the top of the screen to fed, by playing cards

In Cave of Cards, you clear dungeons by making poker hands.

This sci-fi themed platformer is the sequel to Laser Blast! Play as the advanced robot Atom Girl and progress through a platforming level, defeating enemy forces along the way. Destroy the end boss to complete Atom Girl's mission and buy her time to repair herself so that she can escape the planet Garlock-7, where a hostile force has taken over.

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

A roguelike action-platformer where you use upgradeable weapons to combo powerful enemies to their doom! Overcome tough fights, platforming challenges, puzzles, and more in your effort to free the titan who is incarcerated in the shifting prison's depths.

Survive waves of enemies on a hostile alien world and contend with random modifiers every 10 seconds. Find new weapons scattered across the map. Watch your stats and try to use the most optimal damage type. How many waves will you survive?

A two-player juggle fiesta!

A demake of Japan's best selling action game Thexder in PICO-8.

Pushamo is an arcade push-em-up that challenges you to organize different shapes into squares to clear blocks and earn points! It's no easy task, though - as you push on, shapes will come faster and more frequently until you find yourself as overwhelmed as you are engrossed.

Inspired by the release of CorgiSpace and SEBI16, the author wanted to try out PICO-8. Here is the result! His first PICO-8 game, made between January 18th-22nd of 2026.