Pixl8 · Pico-8 Game Player

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About this game

Pixl8 turns your Android phone, tablet, or TV into a pocket-sized retro 8-bit-style console for PICO-8 — the fantasy console loved for its tiny, handcrafted pixel-art games. Point Pixl8 at the folder where you keep your carts and it turns them into a tap-and-play library. Each cart is a single PNG image (example.p8.png) with a whole game — art, music and code — tucked inside.

If you love retro gaming, chiptune soundtracks and hand-drawn pixel art, Pixl8 lets you carry a whole community's worth of indie games in your pocket: arcade shooters, platformers, puzzlers, RPGs, roguelikes and playable demos, all in that unmistakable low-res, high-charm PICO-8 style.

https://pixl8.dev

What you get:
• A growing library of games (with their authors' permission) — retro pixel-art carts playable right away.
• Library, Favourites and Recent tabs for your own collection.
• Per-cart actions on long-press: open the BBS page, resume game, start fresh game, create a home-screen shortcut, manage save states.
• Write NFC cards with your favourite games — tap a card to launch straight into a game.
• Android TV support — retro gaming on the big screen.
• Wear OS Tile — add the Pixl8 tile to your watch for one-tap access to your recently played games, right from the watch face.

Plays the way you want
• Touch controls with a fully editable on-screen layout — drag, resize and save your placement per device.
• Game controllers over USB or Bluetooth — pair a retro-style gamepad for the authentic feel.
• Keyboard and mouse supported.

Pro features (optional one-time purchase)
• Save states — up to 10 per cart, plus an auto-save-on-exit slot.
• Host and join remote multiplayer games.
• Resume on tap — open a cart and pick up exactly where you left off, no menu navigation.
• In-game quick-save and quick-load on a gamepad combo.
• Manage Save States screen with export and import.

Whether you grew up on 8bit handhelds or just love the pixel-art aesthetic, Pixl8 makes it effortless to discover, collect and play the best of the PICO-8 scene on Android.

Pixl8 does not ship PICO-8 itself or any of Lexaloffle's copyrighted assets. It is an independent player that reads the public PICO-8 cart format. To run a cart you'll need either one of the bundled examples (included with permission) or your own files — the lexaloffle.com BBS hosts thousands of free community carts.

Pixl8 is not affiliated with Lexaloffle.

Ratings and reviews

Really enjoying this so far! This came out at the perfect time as I just got my first emulation handheld (rg rotate) and was struggling to get PICO-8 games running on it and this worked flawlessly!

Really nice Pico8 front end. The pre installed games are really pretty fun and interesting too. With no ads it's a perfect free download.

I like this New pico-8 emulator

What’s new

Android TV — play with the remote
No controller needed: the D-pad moves and OK is button O. If your remote has them, Menu works as button X and Play/Pause opens the pause menu (save, load, quit). A gamepad or keyboard is still recommended for full control.

Bigger screens
Tablets, Chromebooks and TVs now show more games per row. On ChromeOS the app opens maximised in landscape and resizes freely.