Popular games built on game engine PICO-8

10.08.2015

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

08.11.2025

A faithful tribute that captures every little detail of the original game developed by Nintendo in 1984. Test your reflexes in this PICO-8 demake of the NES classic!

09.07.2016

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 ?

11.11.2021

Yep, just a normal day. Nothing weird is going to happen at all.

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!

18.04.2018

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

02.09.2018

A Metroidvania without an interconnected world or character upgrades.

01.11.2020

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

17.07.2022

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

14.12.2021

A browser based holiday themed bowling game.

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.

31.08.2019

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

10.01.2026

In Space Corgi 2: Snowhound Protocol, you solve puzzles using the power of teamwork. Created for CorgiJam!

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.

04.03.2018

2018 7DRL You are an elven hunter on quest to defeat whatever beast has been terrorising the forest, armed with you bow and a couple of arrows you set out.

03.03.2024

A free sokoban-like game with RPG items and Monsters, inspired by the game Dungeon and Puzzles by Nekolyst, made in PICO-8.

01.07.2024

A tiny challenging arcade shoot’em up where you shoot down quirky aliens to save your planet. Evade bullets, shoot enemies, get upgrades, survive through challenging waves to defeat the final boss, "The Monke".

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.

30.07.2023

A break-neck taxi driving game. Welcome to the Whiplash Taxi Company, where our motto is "The slower you're there, the lower the fare!" As a valued employee and taxi driver, your job is to pick up passengers and deliver them to their destination as fast as possible, by any means necessary. Passengers are easy to spot, just look for the big red arrows over their heads.

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.

22.10.2018

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

17.09.2021

A demake of Frostpunk for PICO-8. Welcome to the frigid wastes of Northern England. The world is cooling, London is in disarray, and there is no end in sight. You are charged with helping your group of refugees survive the cold. This task will be daunting and dangerous, but you are not without hope.

16.07.2019

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