Top rated free games that last about a half-hour tagged 8-Bit

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Princess Poffin and the Spider Invasion

save the moth kingdom from all these spiderwebs!

NomnomNami

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(237 total ratings)

Adventure

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KAIMA

the world is getting eaten up... will you survive?

NomnomNami

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(376 total ratings)

Role Playing

Böbl (NES)

A water-based platformer developed for the NES. Bobl ROM included

Morphcat Games

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(98 total ratings)

Platformer

Mothkeeper

Raise a nursery of moths by farming herbs

Moth House

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(111 total ratings)

Simulation

Play in browser

GIF

Nonsense at Nightfall

One night you can't sleep and decide to take a sleeping pill. What happens next is unexpected...

Siegfried Croes

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(224 total ratings)

Adventure

GIF

The Year After

A game about life, love, loss and time

Hadrian Lin

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(131 total ratings)

Visual Novel

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Into Ruins

Modern roguelike with atmosphere

SPARSE//GameDev

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(114 total ratings)

Role Playing

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UnDUNE II

A demake of "Dune 2" - in PICO-8

Paul Nicholas (Liquidream)

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(64 total ratings)

Strategy

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地獄・Hell

A game about eggs. Made for #AGBIC jam 2017.

babylon brooks

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(51 total ratings)

Role Playing

Riko

Hardcore Handcrafted Puzzle Game

Spyr

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(89 total ratings)

Puzzle

Play in browser

GIF

Indivisible on NES

An actual NES ROM demaking Lab Zero's Indivisible

Kasumi

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(17 total ratings)

Platformer

What's up in a Kharkiv bomb shelter

Save people from hunger! Don't die yourself!

Dahuanna

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(23 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

Play in browser

The Game Boy Camera Gallery 2022

Explore a cute virtual gallery filled with artistic photos taken on the Game Boy Camera by over two dozen photographers!

Scratching Post Studio

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(54 total ratings)

Simulation

Play in browser

CLEO - a pirate's tale - DEMO

A Solo Developed Retro Pixel Art Pirate Adventure

ChrisGreycap

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(21 total ratings)

Adventure

Super Mario Bros. S - The All-Stars Update

The first half of World 1 is here!

superpi2

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(23 total ratings)

Platformer

Feed IT Souls

A metroidvania for the GBC

Gumpy Function

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(102 total ratings)

Platformer

Play in browser

GIF

The Station - DEMO

Welcome to the Station

pixel-boy

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(62 total ratings)

Adventure

GIF

Lost Ethereal

Save your dead family from the spirit world

LucreGames

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(61 total ratings)

Puzzle

Play in browser

BOWLING CROSS: FINAL FRAME

Battle-Bowling Action RPG

CURSED BOOTLEG INC

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(50 total ratings)

Role Playing

Sybil's Tail

a tiny PICO-8 game with a big heart

sol

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(27 total ratings)

Platformer

Play in browser

GIF

Tanks of Freedom

Indie Turn Based Strategy in Isometric Pixel Art

P1X

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(113 total ratings)

Strategy

Crucis Mortem - Mario Horror Game

WhiteVoid

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(26 total ratings)

Platformer

GET OUT of this Dungeon

Locked in a dungeon. Find the gems to GET OUT. 8bit Metroidvania

Insanus

Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars

(169 total ratings)

Platformer

Play in browser

GIF

molecules

A 3D puzzle journey through space.

pocketfruit

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(34 total ratings)

Puzzle

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Banana Duck

A duckling fighting for banana 🍌.

Hamdy Elzanqali

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(33 total ratings)

Platformer

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GIF

Riftwalker

An explosive fast-paced arcade space shooter.

Plan B

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(16 total ratings)

Shooter

Lasagna Boy (Classic)

Trashy Rascal Studios

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(60 total ratings)

Puzzle

Rabbit's Quest

Explore, Engage and Upgrade in this retro metroidvania.

directshift

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(13 total ratings)

Adventure

Malleus Goblinficarium

A roguelike with dice-based combat

ampersandbear

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(68 total ratings)

Role Playing

Cocoa and the Time Machine (ZX Spectrum & MSX)

A ZX Spectrum 48K and 128K & MSX platform, puzzle adventure

Minilop

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(19 total ratings)

Platformer

BOOTLEG BOX: Vol 01

5-In-1

CURSED BOOTLEG INC

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(17 total ratings)

The Swarm is Coming... (ZX Spectrum)

Top Down tactical ZX Spectrum shooter. 4 missions. Crash Smash

Minilop

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(10 total ratings)

Action

GIF

why not frog: portals

Collect all the stars!

wmgcat

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(12 total ratings)

Platformer

Play in browser

GIF

Monkey Warp

the adventure of a little monkey with a teleporting boomerang banana.

Cedric Stoquer

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(42 total ratings)

Platformer

Play in browser

Upward

Can you climb this mountain?

pocketfruit

Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars

(103 total ratings)

Platformer

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Ananias Roguelike

A modern classic dungeon crawling adventure

Slashie

Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars

(49 total ratings)

Role Playing

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