Popular games built on game engine PICO-8

10.08.2015

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

05.03.2025

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

20.03.2017

Will you enter the dungeon? Will you survive? Will you make fat stacks of $? Will you transform Gar's Den into Player's Den???

25.12.2022

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?

11.03.2018

A two-player juggle fiesta!

31.12.2022

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

06.07.2018

A juicy remake of Breakout/Arkanoid with 15 levels and a high-score list.

12.11.2020

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.

01.10.2021

A PICO-8 port of Irem’s R-Type, featuring the 4 stages in a 32kb cart! (Similar to the PC-Engine port, with 4 in a 256kb hu-card.)

14.08.2022

Crashed on a desolate but mysterious planet you find yourself eye to eye with an ancient civilisation. Explore the planet, find powerful upgrades, and uncover its secrets.

02.09.2018

You play as a bird with a baseball cap on a search to find a new floating island after their first one crumbles. Instead of jumping off platforms, you flap your wings in mid air to propel yourself in the direction you're aiming.

12.10.2020

Provide the service of decorating and cleaning spaces so they spark joy!

03.05.2020

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!

21.06.2020

A retro fan-game and unofficial prequel to Nintendo's Advance Wars series made in the PICO-8 fantasy console.

11.12.2020

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

25.03.2021

In this game you play as a monkey who LOVES BANANAS! As all monkeys he's willing to solve outrageous puzzles to get some bananas.

04.03.2021

You are a star that jumps.

20.08.2022

Hakai is a momentum based aerial fighting game that takes cues from Dragonball Z. Win three rounds to beat your opponent. If the timer runs out, whoever has the lower amount of health wins, and if the players' health are equal it's a draw.

08.07.2016

A small demake of the classic Alone in the Dark in PICO-8 with 3D meshes of the characters ripped from the original game. Choose between Emily Hartwood and Edward Carnby and find your way out of the top two floors of the mansion.

26.08.2016

A first-person grid-based oldschool mini dungeon crawler inspired by Wizardry/Ultima, created in PICO-8.

16.12.2023

In this falling block puzzle game, position your pieces wisely to make clusters of 4+ blocks of the same color. The bigger the cluster, the more points you'll get. Most importantly, if you manage to chain cluster destructions with the fall of the blocks, you'll multiply your points. Three different modes are available (after being unlocked), each one having a different rhythm.

10.08.2016

This is a one button dueling game. Hold to run, let go before passing to attack. Whoever hits hardest wins.

11.03.2023

CrossGunr: Infinite is a caravan shooter, and sequel to CrossGunr, developed for PICO-8.

03.10.2020

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