Popular games built on game engine PICO-8

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

A shoot’em up game with bite-size levels.

You’re a sky-island delivery worker delivering mail to all the nearby islands. Everything runs smoothly until the letters suddenly aren’t being delivered. Find all of the letters and deliver them to their recipients. Maybe they’ll give you something as a thank you.

Ever wonder what Devil May Cry would be like if the entire game was in the air? Climb as high as you can while making sure to be stylish! Rack up kills and altitude while avoiding falling to your death!

A simple tennis game for PICO-8. Play against AI or with up to 4 players in local multiplayer.

Reach the exit avoiding enemies chasing you in turn based system!

Move the dice to destroy all other dice in every level if your value is higher.

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 ?

In dreams, there are people you often meet, towns you often visit, and places you often die. Wake up in the morning and repeat.

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

Astra is the smallest star in Constellation Station. Tired of being picked on, she sets off an adventure to build a new constellation of her own! Run, jump, slide, and float across the galaxy while collecting stardust to build your new home in this retro-inspired Pico-8 platformer.

A Metroidvania without an interconnected world or character upgrades.

In Prince of Prussia, you sneak up on a whole bunch of nazis.

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

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

A boss fight against a charming opponent!

Play the blues like a duck!

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

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!

A PICO-8 demake of Tetris Effect.

Explore tide pools and consult the cards as you pick which rumors about yourself to spread.

Explore planets, collect alien eggs, survive.

Shape of Mind is a simple puzzle game similar to Solitaire card games. Connect shapes by dragging them on the board. Shapes of the same color won't connect. You can move strips of connected shapes by grabbing the top-most shape of a strip. Drop shapes onto the Dreamer to begin a Halo. Shapes in the Halo cannot be removed. Once a Halo is complete the shapes will disappear. Complete three Halos to clear all the shapes and win the game!

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