8 Bit games

Browse 76 short 8 Bit games you can play on ShortPlay.

Just One Boss cover

Just One Boss

By ayla~nonsense

A boss fight against a charming opponent!

action

Rocket Run cover

Rocket Run

By Ben James

Retro thrust and shoot-em-up

action

Dino Strike cover

Dino Strike

By Ben James

ZX Spectrum demake of Dino Crisis

action

Stackpack cover

Stackpack

By Ben James

Navigate and tidy up a sprawling warehouse

action

The Lost Caves cover

The Lost Caves

By Ben James

Explore underground caves in search of treasure

platformer

Xfire cover

Xfire

By Ben James

Simple turn-based combat

strategy

Life cover

Life

By pke1029

LD46 entry, a game based on Conway's Game of Life.

sim

Runic Moon cover

Runic Moon

By pke1029

Under a shadowy sky, a young witch works tirelessly and ever faster to keep the moonlight full...

survival

Headed Home cover

Headed Home

By Fiddlebog

Help these creatures repair their crashed ships and return home!

puzzle

Endless One cover

Endless One

By sirmilkman

There is more to learn

adventure

Repower cover

Repower

By Ravernt

Puzzle game with grappling hook and power mechanics

puzzle

Nuclear Rain cover

Nuclear Rain

By aznoqmous

Rogue like top down shooter inspired by Nuclear Throne and Risk of Rain

action

What Friends Are For cover

What Friends Are For

By shin

Game Boy puzzle platformer where you befriend your enemies to save the day!

platformer

Pogo Betty cover

Pogo Betty

By NPJarcade

"Pogo to the stars and back!"

action

Blight Knight cover

Blight Knight

By NPJarcade

Purge the land of the cursed blight!

action

Mod O Bot cover

Mod O Bot

By Ismael Rodriguez

Some assembly required!

platformer

Slay N Save cover

Slay N Save

By NPJarcade

Slay monsters, save the princess!

platformer

Lunchtime Lillys cover

Lunchtime Lillys

By Ismael Rodriguez

Help feed a cute little frog named Lilly!

puzzle

Special Delivery cover

Special Delivery

By Ismael Rodriguez

Move the box through the sorting factory.

platformer

3heroesquest cover

3heroesquest

By Danilo Freire

Runner + Platform + Puzzle = 3 Heroes on a quest to stop an evil entity

platformer

Death Percent 2 cover

Death Percent 2

By iangogo

Speed running game where you must save enough time to battle the final boss

platformer

Shoot Stuff cover

Shoot Stuff

By Gabriel Cornish

An Arcade Game You Can Finish In One Sitting

platformer

Agab cover

Agab

By ayla~nonsense

The journey of a green slime that would like to be red.

platformer

Pillars C64 cover

Pillars C64

By Arlasoft

A version of the classic puzzle game 'Columns' for the Commodore C64

puzzle

Spore Storm cover

Spore Storm

By HugBug

An 8-bit nes-style game in the Ascendant universe.

action

Dashosaur Dx cover

Dashosaur Dx

By Sleeping Panda

A short precision platformer for the Gameboy featuring Roxy, a cute dashosaurus.

platformer

Ninja Vs Knights cover

Ninja Vs Knights

By Mr.Rafael

Could one single assassin conquer over an army of iron warriors?

platformer

Starbust cover

Starbust

By rujogames

my entry for Ludum Dare #30 (2014) (mobile-friendly)

action

Ten Levels cover

Ten Levels

By rujogames

game made for “Ludum Dare #26” (2013)

action

Kubka cover

Kubka

By rujogames

Ludum Dare #34 Entry (2015) (mobile-friendly)

platformer

Flappy Ducky cover

Flappy Ducky

By Achie

Flappy game for the #OneLevelGameJam

platformer

Swarmed cover

Swarmed

By Jammigans

Battle the swarmlord and its minions in a spore-filled atmosphere in Swarmed.

shooter

Verintia cover

Verintia

By playinstinct

Open world RPG for the original Game Boy

rpg

At The Same Time cover

At The Same Time

By Vimlark

Platforming while your controls move all characters on screen.

platformer

Magic Water cover

Magic Water

By Vimlark

Ghosts'n Goblins inspired platformer made in 12 hours!

platformer

Rain Culture cover

Rain Culture

By NuSan

Play a god and solve plant-based puzzles

puzzle

Cyclo 8 cover

Cyclo 8

By NuSan

A physic bike game

platformer

Defacto cover

Defacto

By NuSan

Build a big automated factory on an isolated asteroid, sell your products and send rockets into space.

sim

Pcraft cover

Pcraft

By NuSan

Gather materials, build your tools and explore the island.

adventure

Emuurom cover

Emuurom

By borbware

Nonviolent creature-scanning metroidvania

platformer

Mimic cover

Mimic

By sourencho

Mimic animals to take their form!

puzzle

Gravity God cover

Gravity God

By Pedroleum

Challenge the God of Gravity in this Rhythm-Based Platformer!

platformer

Nadine's Fleet cover

Nadine's Fleet

By KuroGamedev

Nadine, the rogue AI, has set it's sights on war with humanity. Time to take it out.

arcade

Divemensions cover

Divemensions

By SoyVixterDev

The 2.5D puzzle platformer where you need to move into the third dimension to solve puzzles!

puzzle

Tiny Space Ninja cover

Tiny Space Ninja

By Croustade Team

Slash through an invasion of peeping aliens to save the mental health of the Space Station's astronauts – for GBJam 11

action

Banana Duck cover

Banana Duck

By Hamdy Elzanqali

A duckling fighting for banana 🍌.

platformer

A Pond Beyond cover

A Pond Beyond

By NPJarcade

A 'ribbiting' adventure for LowRezJam2024

platformer

Beyond the UnderGround cover

Beyond the UnderGround

By pke1029

A heart-fluttering exercise in butterfly watching while trying to find out what's beyond the surface of daily life.

adventure