Games like Pixel Devil and the Broken Cartridge
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Classic platformer in the style of Pixel-art. The main character goes to the world of 8-bit games to save his girlfriend. Help him to find new abilities and find out who is behind the abduction of the girl.
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$9.99Super Life of Pixel
Oct 22 · Super Icon Ltd
Both: Retro · Pixel Graphics
Join Pixel as he quests through gaming history, teleporting across the most iconic video game systems of generations past. He’ll have to jump, dodge and play smart if he wants to survive all the traps, puzzles and enemies waiting to take him down at every turn.
IndiePlatformerRetroPixel Graphics2DGreat SoundtrackAdventureSingleplayerDifficult👍 232
$1.99PIXELMAN
Feb 28 · Kindermann Corp.
Both: Pixel Graphics · Retro
PIXELMAN is a retro styled, action-filled, high-score chaser arcade game, where you control the title character in his mission to rescue the citizens of Pixville from the evil Baron Von Pixel and his contraptions.
ActionIndieCasualPixel GraphicsRetro2DArcadeParody FunnyComedy👍 224
$14.99Mago
Jun 21 · Dream Potion Games
Both: Pixel Graphics · Retro
Mago is a retro 2D platformer that puts us in the boots of a sorcerer, who was unfortunate enough to eat evil overlords' food. Now he has to rescue his beloved princess from the dinner menu of the evil Gourmet! Nostalgia awaits!
IndieAdventurePlatformerPixel Graphics2DRetroGreat SoundtrackFunnyDifficultSingleplayer👍 933
$12.99Old School Musical
Sep 13 · La Moutarde
Both: Retro · Pixel Graphics
What has 50 amazing chiptune tracks, a loony story mode, 32 different chicken types to fight, and takes you on a tour of all your favorite retro games? It's Old School Musical! Tib and Rob are the heroes of a wacky adventure that will teach them where all of the bugs in our favorite games come from.
IndieActionAdventureRhythmRetroPixel GraphicsMusicDifficultGreat Soundtrack2D👍 724
$9.99Retro Game Crunch
May 19 · Rusty Moyher, Shaun Inman, Matt Grimm
Both: Retro · Pixel Graphics
Retro Game Crunch is a series of 7 games, full of the charm and challenge of the 8-bit generation. Each world feels like an authentic NES classic. A massive genre-spanning collection.
IndieActionAdventureRetroPixel GraphicsLocal Co-Op2DPlatformerMetroidvaniaLocal Multiplayer👍 280
$6.998BitBoy™
May 5 · AwesomeBlade
Both: Pixel Graphics · Retro
Huge classic platformer with several power-ups and 8-12 hours of main story & 300+ hidden locations just begging for exploration · 56 big Levels · 5 huge worlds
PlatformerIndieActionCasualPixel Graphics2DRetroSingleplayerDifficultArcade👍 681
$19.99The Messenger
Aug 30 · Sabotage
Both: Retro · Pixel Graphics
As a demon army besieges his village, a young ninja ventures through a cursed world, to deliver a scroll paramount to his clan’s survival. What begins as a classic action platformer soon unravels into an expansive time-traveling adventure full of thrills, surprises, and humor.
RetroPlatformerPixel GraphicsMetroidvaniaNinja2DGreat SoundtrackIndieAction2D Platformer👍 10,714
$6.99Ultionus: A Tale of Petty Revenge
Feb 25 · Last Dimension
Both: Retro · Pixel Graphics
Ultionus is a love-letter to the home computer arcade games of the late 80s and early 90s, with colorful 2D visuals, catchy chiptune music by the legendary Jake 'Virt' Kaufman, and 7 stages of hard-as-nails gameplay.
RetroFemale ProtagonistActionPlatformerPixel GraphicsAdventureIndieSci-fi2DArcade👍 181
$9.99Mutant Mudds Deluxe
Nov 21 · Atooi
Both: Pixel Graphics · Retro
Love pixels? Fond of platformers? Is there a special place in your heart for the 8-bit and 16-bit era? Want to have fun? Yes!? Well, you’ve come to the right place, my friend. Mutant Mudds Deluxe is a “12-bit” action platformer full of pixels and platforming fun!
Indie2D PlatformerPixel GraphicsSingleplayerPrecision PlatformerPlatformerActionRetroAdventure2D👍 399
$12.99Shieldmaiden: Remix Edition
Mar 12 · Dumativa
Both: Retro · Pixel Graphics
The end of the world just started and everyone is gone. The machines took over and your only goal is to look for your missing sister in a retro wave atmosphere. Fight and find your way into the danger with your shield in this vibrant pixel art world.
ActionIndieAdventureDystopian PlatformerFemale ProtagonistRetroPixel Graphics2D PlatformerCyberpunk
$9.99A Hole New World
May 19 · MadGearGames
Both: Pixel Graphics · Retro
The city is being invaded by monsters from the Upside Down World! You, the Potion Master, must defeat evil all alone, with no tutorials or "Easy Mode" to assist you. You'll have to rely on the help of Fäy, your companion fairy, and your potions!
ActionIndiePixel GraphicsRetroDifficultPlatformerSingleplayer1980sFunnyAdventure
$0.99An Imp? A Fiend!
Mar 16 · Blaze Epic
Both: Retro · Pixel Graphics
Stuck in the Underworld without the slightest clue why, a young fiend has a bit of a mystery to solve in this action/adventure platformer. With a world to explore, a past to uncover, and quite the task to complete, players must embark on a quest filled with monsters, towns, dungeons, bosses, and various platforming challenges.
IndieActionAdventureRetroPlatformerPixel Graphics
$0.99Curse of the Crescent Isle DX
Aug 21 · Adam Mowery
Both: Pixel Graphics · Retro
A curse has befallen the Crescent Isle and it's up to you to save it. Luckily the curse has transformed your people into helpful monsters such as drills, blobs, icicles, and gravity flipping...things. With your monster subjects in hand you'll have to drill through rocks, maneuver through spiky terrain, freeze water to pass over the sea,...
ActionAdventureIndiePlatformerPixel GraphicsRetroFemale Protagonist2D
$4.99Point Perfect
Jul 17 · Highcastle Studios
Both: Pixel Graphics · Retro
Dodge, dip, duck, click and point your way in this retro-arcade death trap! The invaders are approaching, the Mothership needs your help to defend the home systems. Climb aboard, ready your Navigator 3.1X fighter craft and select some targets for the big guy to blow back to hell.
IndieCasualActionPixel GraphicsMouse OnlyArcadeRetroPoint & Click👍 118
FreeCastle of no Escape 2
Dec 21 · D. E. X. Team
Both: Pixel Graphics · Retro
Explore 6 x 6 x 6 = 216 rooms of randomly generated hazards and enemies while collecting the necessary artefacts. Hundreds of monsters are roaming inside, guarding the sword shards — the last known thing to be capable of defeating the demonic castle owner.
Action RoguelikeIndieActionPixel GraphicsProcedural GenerationRoguelike2DDarkDark FantasyRetro👍 343
$4.99Neptunia Shooter
May 21 · Idea Factory International
Both: Pixel Graphics · Retro
Armed to the teeth, players begin as Neptune in an unworldly 8-bit space dimension ravaged by creatures who burst endless waves of bullets. Shoot, dodge, and defeat the boss in six unique bullet-hell worlds.
Bullet HellActionShoot 'Em UpAnimePixel GraphicsCuteRetroFemale Protagonist2DArcade👍 580
-50%$4.99Steel Sword Story S
Jun 20 · 8bits fanatics
Both: Pixel Graphics · Retro
The classic 2D side-scrolling action game has evovled! With twice the content, better controls, and higher accessibility, Steel Sword Story S is bigger and better than ever!
ActionIndiePixel Graphics2DRetroSingleplayerSide ScrollerGreat SoundtrackControllerSilent Protagonist
$4.99Legends of Pixelia
Sep 14 · SimaGames
Both: Pixel Graphics · Retro
Legends of Pixelia is an action RPG that combines retro pixelart with modern gameplay mechanics. Choose a hero class, crawl through procedurally generated dungeons and show your reflexes in challenging boss fights. Single player & local multiplayer, best played with gamepad.
Action RPGActionRPGPixel GraphicsDungeon CrawlerLocal Multiplayer2DRetroProcedural GenerationCharacter Customization
$3.99NightmareZ
Sep 8 · Anamik Majumdar
Both: Retro · Pixel Graphics
NightmareZ is a side-scrolling platform action game with multiple enemies, lots of fancy features and retro visuals. This is a retro styled platform and action game which will immerse you in a unique world full of good and evil demons.
ActionIndiePlatformer2DRetroSingleplayerPixel GraphicsDifficult
$19.99XeGrader plus
Jul 6 · Tokihiro NAITO
Both: Pixel Graphics · Retro
A fantasy shooter where exploration and gimmicks are keys to victory. In a world of meticulous pixel art, uncover secrets hidden in every stage. Collect powerful upgrades, defeat fantasy monsters with precise shooting, and forge the world's fate!
ShooterTop-Down ShooterPixel GraphicsRetroActionScore AttackCollectathonArcadeExplorationFantasy
$2.99Litil Divil
Mar 19 · Gremlin Interactive
Both: Retro · Pixel Graphics
Welcome to the Underworld, where you guide Mutt, the bad luck Litil Divil, through the Labyrinth of Chaos to retrieve the Mystical Pizza of Plenty. Our “hero” takes a fateful step through the Mortal Portal to prowl five hellish levels of treacherous tunnels with more than 50 raucous rooms of gameplay.
AdventureActionRetroOld SchoolClassic1990'sPuzzlePixel Graphics
-65%$3.49B.I.O.T.A.
Apr 12 · small bros
Both: Retro · Pixel Graphics
Intense 2D action-platformer set in a mining colony infected by an alien plague. In B.I.O.T.A. you can choose your hero, fight gruesome monsters, and customize your 8-bit retro experience with swappable 4-color palettes.
2D PlatformerAliensRetroShoot 'Em UpSide ScrollerMetroidvaniaSingleplayerPixel GraphicsArcadePlatformer👍 206













