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.
An action-adventure platformer where you play as a human that must get to the safety of the underground bunker. There are multiple endings depending on the path you take.
It's your virtual pet Blobby's adventure! Guide him through the virtual world until he reaches the castle in the sky. Defeat the castle boss to win the game. Collect hearts to refill your health.
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.
Enter the catacombs of the Cantina of Eight (that's the name of the community) and search for the Achtefakt! While you're at it save the Cantina residents who have been kidnapped by the zoo (which doesn't actually exist).
Picopolis is a SimCity demake / idle game in which you place roads, residental/industrial/commercial zoning, schools, police departments, hospitals, and various other things. The city will grow depending on housing, jobs, pollution, and crime ratings, and the bigger it gets the more money you make.
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.
A doomed cowboy runs through the desert, pursued by a mystic worm.
A first-person grid-based oldschool mini dungeon crawler inspired by Wizardry/Ultima, created in PICO-8.
A fan-made, fun-sized version of Samurai GUNN 2.
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.
Will you enter the dungeon? Will you survive? Will you make fat stacks of $? Will you transform Gar's Den into Player's Den???
Explore tide pools and consult the cards as you pick which rumors about yourself to spread.
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.
A port of Kian Bashiri's flash game of the same name.
A simple tennis game for PICO-8. Play against AI or with up to 4 players in local multiplayer.
Pico Snail is a Pico-8 game inspired by the musician Snail's House You play as Snail-Chan, and are tasked with defending the Dream castle! You can run, jump, thwack enemies, and use stars you collect for special powers!
A metroidvania with a unique perspective mechanic. Find your missing clothes and confront your tiny brother...
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.
PICO-8 port of the iconic SEGA title
Journey from the Upper Atmosphere through futuristic dystopian cyberscapes, as a Rain Drop.
A tiny metroidvania platformer where you play as a cube. You gain more and more abilities as you progress. There are multiple environments, some collectibles, and you can find a boss fight at the end.
Get back to your nest and finish your nap in this retro-inspired platformer! Pip is a baby pelican that is startled from its sleep during a storm and must find its way back home. Collect the feathers scattered around the island until you have enough strength to flap back to your nest