Pixel art browser games 17

Indie web games tagged “pixel art”, all free to play in the browser on the developer’s own site.

Tags come from the developers and our reviewers, so they describe how a game feels to play: its mood, mechanics and style.

Arcade

Oil Kong

by Développeur

Arcade / Rétro / Plateforme 2D

📱 Phone👥 Multiplayer⏱ 5–30 minutes

Action

Bright Lancer

by Slo Nod

A fast pixel-art action game in the spirit of Hyper Light Drifter and Hades

🖥️ Desktop⏱ 5–30 minutes

Simulation

Villager

by bernie wick

Gather wood and stone and build a cosy little island town for your villagers

🖥️ Desktop⏱ 5–30 minutes

Horror

Doppelpartment

by A. V. Dossow

Manage an apartment block and work out which tenants have been replaced by doppelgangers

🖥️ Desktop⏱ 5–30 minutes

Horror

Vacant

by doublecrow

Film a ghost-hunting show in this narrative pixel-art horror game

🖥️ Desktop⏱ 30+ minutes

Platformer

Super Pyonpon

by Team Bugulon

Grapple and tunnel through planets to reach their cores as fast as you can

🖥️ Desktop⏱ 5–30 minutesGame-jam entry: Ludum Dare 57

Platformer

APOLLO

by Daniel Moreno

A short, cute pixel platformer about learning to fly on the wind

🖥️ Desktop⏱ Under 5 minutesGame-jam entry: Mini Jam 155

Platformer

birdsong

by Daniel Linssen

A one-screen platformer about a young bird learning to fly

🖥️ Desktop⏱ 5–30 minutes

Action

Vampire Survivors

by poncle

The original web demo of the gothic horde-survival hit: mow down thousands of monsters

📱 Phone⏱ 5–30 minutesPaid, free browser demo

Action

Neon Afterhours

by rexzen

An office worker escapes into Hong Kong action movies in fast top-down pixel combat

🖥️ Desktop⏱ 5–30 minutesEarly access

Strategy

Pixel Metropolis

by Pixel Metropolis

An isometric city builder that grows one settlement on the Seine from the Stone Age onward

🖥️ Desktop⏱ 30+ minutesEarly access

Arcade

Batcula

by Batcula

A gothic pixel-art flappy arcade game about a bat flying through Transylvania

📱 Phone⏱ Under 5 minutes

Platformer

Celeste Classic

by Maddy Thorson & Noel Berry

The tiny PICO-8 platformer that grew into Celeste: climb the mountain one screen at a time

🖥️ Desktop⏱ 5–30 minutes

Questions about pixel art games

What are some good free pixel art browser games?

Good places to start on GameHub: Oil Kong, Poke Survivor, Stone House Orphanage and Vampire Survivors. Browse all 17 pixel art games above and sort by most upvoted or most played.

Which pixel art games can I play on my phone?

4 games here work on phones: Oil Kong, Poke Survivor, Vampire Survivors and Batcula. Use the “Works on phone” filter on the home page to see only phone-friendly games.

Are these pixel art games free?

Yes, all of them can be played for free in the browser. Of the 17 listed, 16 are completely free and one has optional purchases or a paid full version. Each listing says which.

Are there multiplayer pixel art games?

Yes: Oil Kong can be played with other people.

Do I need to download or install anything?

No. Every game on GameHub runs in a web browser. The Play button opens the game on the developer’s own site; GameHub never hosts or re-uploads games.

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