Pico 8 games

Browse 100 short Pico 8 games you can play on ShortPlay.

Dart 07 cover

Dart 07

By Beetroot Paul

A scrolling shooter, built with PICO-8

shooter

Veggie Combo cover

Veggie Combo

By Achie

Movement puzzle game, where you use your tool to best aligh the farm and then harvest sweet sweet combo points.

puzzle

Of Honey And Bees cover

Of Honey And Bees

By random-state-machine

A short, narrative adventure about harvesting honey and not getting eaten.

adventure

Ascent cover

Ascent

By Johan Peitz

Explore a mysterious planet and uncover its secrets.

platformer

Crypt cover

Crypt

By Achie

Turn based dungeon crawler for a party of 1-4 to explore classes, scrolls and enemies inside the abandoned(?) crypt.

rpg

Tempo cover

Tempo

By Carson K.

Play as a marble that can slow time and charge a shot in any direction in order to shatter other marbles!

action

Just One Boss cover

Just One Boss

By ayla~nonsense

A boss fight against a charming opponent!

action

Earigator cover

Earigator

By Alec T

Deeper and deeper into the ear

action

Maskerthief cover

Maskerthief

By Conor Wilson

The Misadventures of Stealy Dan

platformer

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Cards Of The Bog

By abhimonk

Strategic deckbuilder inspired by Into the Breach!

strategy

Olden Peak cover

Olden Peak

By abhimonk

Tiny soulslike metroidvania in Pico-8!

action

Putrid S4nd cover

Putrid S4nd

By abhimonk

Shoot-em-up with spells in pico-8!

shooter

Sh4de cover

Sh4de

By abhimonk

Micro-Turn-based strategy!

strategy

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Truckring

By SweetHeart Squad

go in a loop and collect loops

action

Picogori 2025 cover

Picogori 2025

By Npckc

make shaved ice for animals at a festival

adventure

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Bombelort

By Crede

Get your shit together

action

Petal Quest cover

Petal Quest

By Noel Cody

A game of discovery with light puzzles (PICO-8).

adventure

Op Ratlo cover

Op Ratlo

By Walfie

rat loop sokoban (GMTK Game Jam 2025)

puzzle

Gunshark cover

Gunshark

By MarechalBanane

Small game made under 48 hours with PICO-8 for a friend, about a shark with guns.

action

Little Nose Fight cover

Little Nose Fight

By MarechalBanane

Challenge your friends in this intense nose fighting game!

fighting

Raging Squash cover

Raging Squash

By MarechalBanane

An unforgiving squash arcade game.

sports

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Hot Soup

By Gabriel Cornish

A Cozy Micro Twine for Rainy Days

narrative

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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

Curve Dasher cover

Curve Dasher

By Carson K.

A 560 character game made in PICO-8.

action

Iii Demake cover

Iii Demake

By Carson K.

A "catroidvania" about a one-eyed cat leaving his comfort zone DE-MADE WITH PICO-8

platformer

Islander cover

Islander

By Carson K.

An idle crafting game inspired by games such as Forager and Minecraft made in PICO-8

survival

Pico Night Punkin cover

Pico Night Punkin

By Carson K.

A low-res demake of Friday Night Funkin' made in PICO-8

rhythm

Picoban cover

Picoban

By Carlos Pedroso

A little sokoban game featuring deadly traps, gems and lasers!

puzzle

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Stlthscp

By Carson K.

The PICO-8 port of Stealthscape, a top-down momentum based speed game.

action

Win Win cover

Win Win

By Carson K.

A game about loss with nothing to lose

action

Arpongi cover

Arpongi

By ayla~nonsense

A game of pong, complete with gold, XP, armies, spells, castles, etc.

action

Got Coffee cover

Got Coffee

By Nangi

A game where you study and drink coffee to get energy.

adventure

Avoid Your Past cover

Avoid Your Past

By Beetroot Paul

a snake-like PICO-8 game where each collected coin brings a harmful memory of your past steps

action

Last Minute Shopper cover

Last Minute Shopper

By jasonmcleod

A very short game about waiting until the last minute to finish your Christmas shopping

strategy

Swatch cover

Swatch

By jasonmcleod

Match primary colors to produce secondary colors!

puzzle

Later Crater cover

Later Crater

By Gummy Grenade Games

Watch your step as meteors blow the world apart!

action

Pico Leaf cover

Pico Leaf

By Gummy Grenade Games

Relaxing sim about raking leaves

sim

Stayaway cover

Stayaway

By Cody Ward

#StaySafeJam #StayHome #StaySafe #SelfIsolate #StayAway

action

Escale cover

Escale

By Menica Folden

Explore an island and help your friends in this short cozy game about exploring people's mind

adventure

Flappy Ducky cover

Flappy Ducky

By Achie

Flappy game for the #OneLevelGameJam

platformer

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Shell Tactic

By Achie

A sweet little throwback, inspired by Battle City.

shooter

1k Defender cover

1k Defender

By Achie

Pico-8 shmup/galaga like in 1k compressed bytes.

action

Clock Mage cover

Clock Mage

By Achie

An entry for the MyLittleRogueLikeJam1

platformer

Crumbling Crypt cover

Crumbling Crypt

By Achie

A minimalist take on a roguelike dungeoncrawler

adventure

Dailyverse cover

Dailyverse

By Achie

Daily universe painting puzzle game, to get the biggest scores you can!

puzzle

Druid Dash 2 cover

Druid Dash 2

By Achie

A short sliding movement puzzle game for PPJJGG where you control multiple forest spirits at once.

puzzle

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Kumatori Panic

By Achie

A sokoban+bejeweled mashup puzzle game for AGBIC 2023

puzzle

Neon Runner cover

Neon Runner

By Achie

An entry for the #NdabJam gamejam.

platformer

Nightcrawl cover

Nightcrawl

By Achie

A minimalist dungeon crawler experience.

strategy

One Last Swing cover

One Last Swing

By Achie

Samurai Dueling game with Rock-Paper-Scissor combat, inspired by Punch Out.

fighting

Pico Gunman cover

Pico Gunman

By Achie

Wild Gunman remake for the JFO #3 jam in PICO-8

shooter

Super Corgi Drifter cover

Super Corgi Drifter

By Alec T

Your corgi has entered "zoomies mode", hold on for dear life!

action

Switch Jump cover

Switch Jump

By Achie

Platformer, made for the Full Moon Game Jam 2020

platformer

Deflektor cover

Deflektor

By SlainteES

Demake of the original classic Deflektor by Costa Panayi

puzzle

Dungeon Manager cover

Dungeon Manager

By SlainteES

A small Dungeon Keeper like game in ultra-low resolution

sim

Rift Raiders cover

Rift Raiders

By SlainteES

Fight the swarm in this little space roguelite and show your packing skills to those nasty aliens from outer space!

strategy

Swarmed cover

Swarmed

By Jammigans

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

shooter

Bathos cover

Bathos

By Johan Peitz

Can you get out?

puzzle

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Picopicotron

By Johan Peitz

A toy desktop environment with silly programs.

sim

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Ursa Maior

By Zahkros

This game is about the alternate story of the Ursa Maior star constellation.

adventure

Slimes Light cover

Slimes Light

By Werxzy

A puzzle game involving lights and shadows.

puzzle

Snekburd cover

Snekburd

By Werxzy

A Snakebird demake made in Pico-8

puzzle

Rain Culture cover

Rain Culture

By NuSan

Play a god and solve plant-based puzzles

puzzle

Bouncy Blob cover

Bouncy Blob

By NuSan

One button tiny physic-based platformer under 1024 bytes

platformer

Cyclo 8 cover

Cyclo 8

By NuSan

A physic bike game

platformer

Dami And Flo cover

Dami And Flo

By NuSan

Organize your delivery train to provide requested products at each stations

puzzle

Flooded Caves cover

Flooded Caves

By NuSan

Dig caves to redirect an inevitable rising water until you can save everyone

puzzle

Nono 1k cover

Nono 1k

By NuSan

Simple nonogram in <1024 compressed bytes of code in Pico 8

puzzle

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Packing And Unpacking

By NuSan

Tiny narrative-puzzle jam game about packing and unpacking in harsh situations

puzzle

Path Of Aratron cover

Path Of Aratron

By NuSan

control a little demon to solve puzzles using esoteric programming

puzzle

Pcraft cover

Pcraft

By NuSan

Gather materials, build your tools and explore the island.

adventure

Smooth Ride cover

Smooth Ride

By NuSan

One button tiny physic-based platformer under 1024 bytes

platformer

Tank Keeper cover

Tank Keeper

By NuSan

tiny resource gathering game where you have to keep your tank moving

adventure

Mimic cover

Mimic

By sourencho

Mimic animals to take their form!

puzzle

To A Starling cover

To A Starling

By peteksi

A short but polished platformer.

platformer

Ufo cover

Ufo

By paranoidcactus

A short atmospheric platformer.

platformer

Occult Gunner cover

Occult Gunner

By Noh

A triangular & armed self defence machine

arcade

Mum is missing cover

Mum is missing

By PBeS Studio

find your mum - low rez jam 2024

platformer

Arrowmania cover

Arrowmania

By Carson K.

A 4 key rhythm game made in PICO-8 inspired by games such as Stepmania and DDR.

rhythm

Aztec cover

Aztec

By SlainteES

Save the Aztecs from the wrath of Tonatiuh

platformer