If you’ve ever played some of the games written for the Pico-8 fantasy console, you might have come across some gems, but also have this strange nagging doubt that you’re missing some awesome games and you just don’t know where to find them.
Well Reddit user, novel_gamer has come to our rescue and created a shared Google sheet showing all the Pico-8 game by rank, based on ‘likes’ on the Pico-8 website.
The top 15 are shared below:
| Author | Game |
|---|---|
| noel | Celeste |
| bridgs | Just One Boss |
| krajzeg | The Lair |
| noel | Celeste Classic 2 |
| SophieHoulden | Dusk Child |
| pirx_vr | PICOHOT |
| benjamin_soule | Mistigri |
| CarsonK | Pico Night Punkin’ |
| Jusiv | FUZ |
| krajzeg | Dank Tomb |
| impbox | PICORACER-2048 |
| cubee | Terra – A Terraria Demake |
| szczm_ | PICOWARE |
| CarsonK | ISLANDER – Idle Crafting Game |
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