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PS4 / PC / XONE - 4/22/2016 · Petroglyph Games

8-Bit Armies is a retro Real-Time Strategy game. With a colorful, blocky voxel art style, 8-Bit Armies is Petroglyph's most fast-paced, friendly, and accessible RTS game to date. Featuring a campaign of 25 single-player missions, 10 co-op missions, multiplayer and skirmish modes.

PC / Switch - 9/12/2023

Alien monsters have invaded Earth! It's up to the Star Guardians, a dysfunctional group of heroines, to protect the planet and awkwardly save the day (yet again)! Fight evil with pixelated style, in this turn-based, choose-your-boss-path game made with just 8 colors!

3DS / PC / XONE / Switch - 12/3/2017 · Insane Code

80'S OVERDRIVE is a 2D pixel art racing game, designed to take you back in time to when 8 and 16 bit consoles and arcade games ruled the world. Compete against opponents in career mode to unlock new races, buy new cars, and upgrade them with state-of-the-art technologies! Try your skill in time attack mode and see how far you can get in this race against the clock! Create your own tracks with built-in track generator and easily share them with your friends!

PS4 / Linux / PC / Mac / Vita / XONE / Switch - 3/24/2017 · Bitmap Bureau

"88 Heroes is a chaotic 2D platformer where each level completed or untimely death brings a new hero into the action! With just 88 minutes to complete all 88 rooms you'll need every one of the 88 Heroes to stop Dr. H8 destroying the Earth!" "The "88 Heroes" - eighty-eight of the strangest and seemingly most pointless superheroes ever to grace the face of the earth. 'They called the best, but the best were busy!'"

Switch - 10/12/2017

It's 8:08am on 8th August 1988, and the evil Dr. H8 has brought the world to the brink of total annihilation! His demands are simple: pay $88 octillion within 88 minutes, or Dr. H8's 88 thermo-nuclear warheads will wipe out the Earth! But who will save us in our time of need? The bravest? The boldest? No... the 88 Heroes (plus ten of their friends)! Prepare to infiltrate Dr. H8's lair with the help of the strangest, dumbest and most pointless superheroes ever! With 88 levels between you and Dr. H8, only 88 seconds to complete each level and the 88-minute Doomsday clock already ticking, lead 98 unique characters – each with their own special abilities – on a platform-hopping, enemy-smashing, danger-dodging mission to save Earth from complete destruction!

PS4 / PC / Mac / XONE - 7/22/2016 · Santa Clara Games

Join the mercenary forces of G.O.D. Inc where you get to play as 1 of 2 expendables, Mike or Lola. Fight against global nuclear threats, Middle East fighters and city riots whilst travelling to the most dangerous places unimaginable. Gear up for this top down 8bit shooter thrill ride!!

Series X|S / PS4 / Linux / PC / Mac / XONE / Switch - 10/16/2020 · Sobaka Studio

9 Monkeys of Shaolin marks a true rebirth of the iconic brawler genre in vein of old-school video games. If, as a kid you had hours of fun playing SNES or SEGA beat 'em up videogames crushing foes left and right then this new title from the creators of hardcore brawler REDEEMER is definitely for you! As a mere Chinese fisherman Wei Cheng you have to avenge the death of your friends and family slaughtered in a pirate raid at your peaceful village. Game protagonist is quite a tough nut to crack as he knows the basics of ancient martial arts only mastered by legendary Shaolin monks. Get your trusty battle staff ready for a challenging adventure in Medieval China and for merciless fights with hordes of various enemies. Action-packed battles, user friendly controls and incredible atmosphere of great kung-fu movies of 70s – all this makes 9 Monkeys of Shaolin a perfect choice for every true fan of really hardcore brawlers.

Switch - 10/15/2024 · Otomate, Design Factory

An otome visual novel about being spirited away.

Series X|S / PS4 / Android / PC / iOS / PS5 / XONE / Switch - 3/27/2023 · Halberd Studios

9 Years of Shadows is an emotionally-driven Metroidvania, enhanced by healing music that tells the story of Europa, a young woman of noble birth tasked with ending the curse that plagues her people and restoring color to all lands.

PS4 / Linux / Android / PC / iOS / Mac / XONE / Switch - 2/24/2017 · Jutsu Games

911 Operator is a game about the difficult work of people that manage emergency lines and services. Main task is to answer incoming calls and to react properly - give first aid instructions, advise, dispatch correct number of firemen / police / ambulances, or sometimes just ignore the call.

PS3 / PS4 / Android / PC / iOS / Vita / XONE - 12/22/2016 · QUByte Interactive

"99Vidas" is a "beat 'em up" set in a contemporary world that pays tribute to both the new and the classic in gaming industry. Brought to you in all pixelated, 16 bit-esque glory, chockfull of references to not only gaming, but all 80's and 90's pop culture. 99Vidas is set in a fictional anachronic universe, inspired by video games and the pop culture of the 1980s and 1990s. The game begins when an artifact known as 99Vidas goes missing. This artifact is believed to hold such great power it could bring darkness and chaos to our very existence, should it ever fall into the hands of those with evil intents. As the Guardians of the 99Vidas, granted the Power of the Elements, bound to live through the ages to protect the artifact, it is your responsibility to face the forces of evil, defeat the Evil Boss and his six henchmen, and retrieve the 99Vidas.

PS4 / Android / PC / iOS / PS5 / XONE / Switch - 9/25/2024 · Valorware

Rediscover the magic of the 9th Dawn series with this complete re-imagining of the original game. Venture into a massive 2.5D open world. Explore 45 new dungeons in top-down or first-person view, craft weapons, raise pets, play a deck-building card game, and take down the Castle of Maltyr!

PS4 / PC - 5/26/2015 · No Pest Productions

A game about parrying, attacking, and overcoming difficult foes

PS3 / PS4 / Linux / Wii / Android / PC / iOS / Mac / Vita / XONE / Switch - 1/19/2016 · WayForward

When Blobolonia is threatened by an evil Emperor, the blob comes to Earth looking for help. Instead, he finds a young boy. Help the blob dethrone the evil Emperor that's terrorizing Blobolonia and establish a friendship with the blob that will last a lifetime.

PS4 / PC / PS5 / Switch - 10/17/2023

The Blob is back in an exclusive collection with Limited Run Games. The Retro Collection includes the original NES A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, and The Rescue of Princess Blobette, originally on Game Boy. Discover Blob's amazing appetite for jellybeans, and the different transformations that occur with each favor. Learn to use these shapes to overcome even the most outrageous obstacles.

PC - 6/16/2025 · Devcats

Welcome back to the world of A Building Full of Cats! In this sequel, not only will you be petting all the cats in the building, but you'll also be assisting its residents with various tasks. Can you pet all the cats and make a difference in the lives of the building's residents?

PC / iOS / Mac / Switch - 2/8/2018 · The Wandering Ben

A Case of Distrust is a narrative mystery from 1924 San Francisco. Play as private investigator Phyllis Cadence Malone in this historical 2D adventure game. Explore underground speakeasies, smoke-filled billiard halls, classic barber shops, and more. Catch suspects in lies by using evidence, statements, and your wits. Intrinsic challenges face our heroine, as she struggles against a pushback on emancipation, leading to many doubts, both internal and external. Uncover the truth in a mystery full of deception!

PC / Mac - 11/10/2025 · Hesperus Games

A non-linear detective adventure. Investigate a case of fraud by analysing documents from an abandoned office. Examine evidence, connect clues, and make your own deductions to solve the case.

PC - 10/31/2025

Purely for fun. An adorable platformer for anyone that loves cats.

Linux / PC / Mac - 2/9/2026

A Trippy Puzzle-Platformer That Literally Plays with Color