Top rated free games made with PICO-8 tagged Side Scroller

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Terra - A Terraria Demake

A demake of Terraria, in PICO-8!

cubee

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(112 total ratings)

Action

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Return of the SLIMEPIRES!

Years after the horde have claimed Earth's surface, they find their way into Bunker 4103.

Sophie Houlden

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(70 total ratings)

Platformer

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Shelled Shinobi

Parkour platforming as a shinobi tortoise

magu

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(50 total ratings)

Platformer

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Picofender

1980s-style arcade shooter. It's like a turbo-speed Defender with a shield.

protonperson

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(10 total ratings)

Action

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GIF

Saxophight

Help Max the Sax make his way in the cutthroat world of underground jazz.

cekent

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(24 total ratings)

Action

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GIF

you are the coin master

the more you have, the worse it is

Sean

Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars

(16 total ratings)

Platformer

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Charge!

An 8-bit Viking Rampage!

Hyperlink Your Heart

Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars

(17 total ratings)

Action

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Alex Kidd in Pico World

A "de-make" of Alex Kidd in 64x64! Created within Pico-8's limitations.

Domarius Games

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(8 total ratings)

Platformer

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Eibas

Climb the tower to shut down the signal! A short platformer with simple combat.

BrokenRook

Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars

(25 total ratings)

Platformer

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Alien Planet

Explore a lush alien world on foot or by spaceship.

Isaac Games

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(6 total ratings)

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Pico Dino

I recreated the Google Dinosaur game in pico-8.

Isaac Games

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(4 total ratings)

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Escalator World

You can only go up from here

pancelor

Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars

(5 total ratings)

Action

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QUEST

299 characters of source code

kittenm🐈ster

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(4 total ratings)

Adventure

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Flutter

2D Endless runner

ValleyEcosystem

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(3 total ratings)

Action

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The Flightless

PICO-8 platformer with heavy focus on using gliding to your advantage

StarlessElaine

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(3 total ratings)

Platformer

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Mail Runner

A silly platformer where you have to adapt to some crazy penalties.

Noh

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(3 total ratings)

Platformer

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GIF

Super Contra Hot

Side-scrolling bullet-time bullet-hell action

picoter8

Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars

(3 total ratings)

Action

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Jumpy Jumpy Sword Man

A PICO-8 side scrolling hack n' slash inspired by Rastan.

mdefalla

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(2 total ratings)

Platformer

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GIF

Two Coins

Battle on the shores of the Styx to pay the ferryman's toll

akbiggs

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(2 total ratings)

Action

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C'est La V

Save Tokyo from an onslaught of baddies as Sailor V

dbelliss

Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars

(2 total ratings)

Action

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CONNECTORZ

A platformer about joining blocks together

galactical

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

(2 total ratings)

Platformer

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GIF

Song of the Space Wyrm

singing in space

Sean

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(1 total ratings)

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Close to the edge

Inspired by the worlds of Roger Dean

felipex2112

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(1 total ratings)

Platformer

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Hatim Platformer

Jump, run, etc.

hatimb00

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(1 total ratings)

Platformer

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Flappy Coin

Pump the coin into the stratosphere and beyond!

CDNO

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(1 total ratings)

Action

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BIGLY (demo)

Magabyte

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(1 total ratings)

Platformer

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Train Journey

You wake up on an empty train. None of its stops are your own. How will you get home...?

meivuu

Rated 3.0 out of 5 stars

(2 total ratings)

Platformer

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Operation Pico

Rescue All Hostages!

AntonyOakenfull

Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars

(1 total ratings)

Shooter

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BLOOM

Spreading kindness in a withered world

naramel

Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars

(1 total ratings)

Platformer

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Event Horizon

A space shooter where you control two ships at once.

Josiah Purtlebaugh

Rated 3.0 out of 5 stars

(1 total ratings)

Action

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Nova Zone - Pico-8 Edition

A Pico-8 demake of Eggware.xyz's Nova Zone

Mowlhill

Rated 3.0 out of 5 stars

(1 total ratings)

Shooter

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Biocide 3000

Bend gravity, shoot to kill

Slumma

Rated 3.0 out of 5 stars

(1 total ratings)

Action

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Ivanoid

Save your brother from the Doppelganger!

Horstplay

Rated 3.0 out of 5 stars

(1 total ratings)

Action

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Annihilation 3150

An accurate depiction of what the world will be like in the year 3150

RevolutionaryInteractive

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

(2 total ratings)

Action

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GIF

Star Picker-Upper

A game about picking up stars!

Sean

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

(2 total ratings)

Platformer

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