Popular games built on game engine PICO-8

10.08.2015

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

12.09.2023

Cipher-8 is a brain-twisting minimalist arcade puzzler where you push numbers into a grid and manipulate them with randomly drawn special abilities. Blitz mode is all about frantic combo streaks. In puzzle mode you can analyze every move. Both modes scale infinitely in their difficulty.

16.11.2016

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

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30.06.2025

Scale ancient castle walls and dash over deadly pits. Every leap, wall jump, and dash costs you precious health. Navigate 16 challenging levels, find the key, and reach the exit before your health runs out.

11.03.2020

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.

15.09.2023

The Shadow King has invaded the castle belonging to the Knights of Valor and they need your help to get it back! Explore the massive castle in this metroidvania and help the fallen knights back to their former glory! Upgrade your moves and weapons along the way as you fight minions, defeat bosses, find secrets, and unravel what has happened.

23.01.2026

A noisy, pixellated vampire platformer set in the Nevada desert. When Ysabel, a vampire living in Reno, finds her brother dead with a strange crucifix-like structure attached to him, she finds herself compelled to take revenge on the humans that murdered him.

13.05.2025

A clone of PakuPaku — built using PICO-8, with no external sprites or assets. It’s basically a one-button game: Press any arrow key to flip your direction. Eat pellets. Dodge the ghost — unless you're powered up. Fast, focused, and minimal. Just pixels, logic, and a bit of chaos. Made as a small learning project.

29.06.2021

A "One Level Concept" Demake of Contra for PICO-8!

21.06.2022

A demake of Castlevania in PICO-8

22.10.2023

A Pizza Tower Demake for PICO-8.

25.05.2020

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

13.12.2018

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

03.05.2021

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

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05.07.2025

01.02.2019

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

29.05.2016

This is a bubble-bobblish platformer game for 1 or 2 player. Mist and Grim must travel through the 22 levels and defeat the overlord.

16.07.2019

Do you love WarioWare? And do you love PICO-8? What we if we combine them into one game that you can play in your browser, right now? Includes 68 microgames made by 50+ developers.

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!

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.

02.12.2019

Winter is coming (as every year actually...), time for some skiing! Enjoy going down the slope, trying to beat your previous track record or freeriding skills! Grab coins or perform tricks for some extra time bonus - watch out for off track hazards!