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Silver Pines Preview: It Plays and Looks Like If Alan Wake Were Made in the ‘90s
Silver Pines features fluid pixel art, eerie voice acting, and an ominous small-town setting that evokes a Lynchian atmosphere. The preview highlights the game's hair-raising details and overall unsettling tone.
After cranking up the difficulty, I am once again asking: How many of these games with pixel art styles can you…
PC Gamer presents a quiz challenging readers to identify 15 games based on distorted pixel art screenshots. This is the second round of their pixel art identification quiz, with a six-minute time limit. The article also mentions other PC Gamer quizzes on various gaming trivia topics.
Slice-Of-Life Title A Space for the Unbound Is Out Now on Mobile
The slice-of-life adventure game A Space for the Unbound, featuring pixel art and a story set in late 90s rural Indonesia, is now available on the Google Play Store. The game follows two high school sweethearts dealing with supernatural events and personal struggles, with a free prologue chapter available and the full game unlockable via a $9.99 in-app purchase.
Gravity Paws Gives A Lost Dog The Power To Turn The World Upside Down
Gravity Paws, a new pixel art platformer developed by Joffre Macedo Neto and published by JM Neto Game Dev, is now available on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC for £4.19. The game features Duke, a lost dog who gains the ability to invert gravity, which players must master to navigate obstacles and defeat enemies on his journey home. JM Neto Game Dev also previously released the retro-styled title Paper Pixel.
Fields of Mistria Review So Far
Fields of Mistria is a fantasy farming simulation game set in a pastel pixel art world populated by mythical creatures. The game offers a unique blend of farming mechanics with magical elements.
Big Boy Boxing – Beta Sign Up | Alpha Beta Gamer
Big Boy Boxing is a single-player boss rush game featuring hand-drawn pixel art animations and a retro soundtrack, inspired by Punch-Out! and Cuphead. Players will face over fifteen unique opponents, study their patterns, and utilize customizable perks and special abilities. A beta sign-up is currently available for the game.
Come for Beastfolk Barber's cute, furry hairdressing, but stay for its thoughtful approach to worldbuilding
Beastfolk Barber is a simulation game where players manage a salon for anthropomorphic customers, dealing with anxieties around haircuts and a deal with a demon. The game features a unique worldbuilding approach, exploring themes of identity and societal acceptance through its narrative and character interactions, all presented with gorgeous pixel art. The demo has impressed with its thoughtful design and potential for deeper commentary.
Maxwell's Odyssey - A nod to early 90's platformer classics, teased by Cosmic Void (+DEMO)
Maxwell's Odyssey is a new action platformer from Cosmic Void, featuring a pixel-art style and a synth-heavy soundtrack. Players will explore a castle, battle various enemies, and unlock new abilities to rescue the sorceress of Amber Valley. A playable demo is available for PC players.
A Giant Toad Starts A Wild Adventure In John Fox
John Fox, a retro-inspired 2D beat 'em up developed by 9Ratones and published by Ratalaika Games, is now available on PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, and Steam. The game features pixel-art graphics and a story about a retired super soldier seeking revenge on a murderous toad.
Fantasy Online 2 is an early access pixel art MMO for Steam, browser, and Android
Fantasy Online 2, a pixel art MMORPG developed by Studio Pixel Games LLC, is available in early access on Steam, Android, and web browsers. The game features character customization, crafting, quests, and guilds, with an upcoming expansion titled Legends of the Sky. While Steam reviews are "very positive," some players have noted issues with the community, grind, and in-game cash shop.
This new Final Fantasy board game passed me by, but I'm sold already thanks to the pixel art
A new Final Fantasy board game, Origins of Light: A Final Fantasy Board Game, was previewed at Gen Con 2026, drawing inspiration from the Pixel Remaster series with its pixel art style. Developed by KessCo, the game aims to recreate the original three Final Fantasy titles for tabletop. While gameplay details are scarce, the preview showcased crystal dice and character art reminiscent of the 16-bit era, with a Kickstarter planned before a late 2026 launch.
Secretlab's Pokémon collection just evolved with new SKINS for Charizard, Blastoise, and Vensaur that fit any Titan Evo and celebrate the franchise's classic pixel art
Secretlab has expanded its officially licensed Pokémon collection with new SKINS for its Titan Evo gaming chairs, featuring Charizard, Blastoise, and Venusaur. These new designs celebrate the classic Kanto region Pokémon with vibrant colors and a textured feel reminiscent of classic pixel art. The SKINS are sold separately for $99 and can be applied to any Secretlab Titan Evo chair, with additional smaller Pokémon characters also featured on the shoulder frames.
Zombies: Graffiti Squad heading to Nintendo Switch
Nuntius Games and Fogo Games announced that Zombies: Graffiti Squad will be released on Nintendo Switch on August 27, 2026. This colorful pixel-art top-down action shooter, inspired by classics like Zombies Ate My Neighbors, features graffiti mechanics, a roster of four unique characters, and over 70 different weapons. The game will be available digitally for $9.99.
MoonStreet: The Playable Movie – Beta Sign Up | Alpha Beta Gamer
MoonStreet: The Playable Movie, a 2.5D pixel narrative adventure, is opening beta sign-ups. Players control scientist Keith Klipper and his robot companion M.A.X. simultaneously to investigate a collapsing retrofuturistic city plagued by civil unrest and mysterious power outages. The game features detailed pixel art, environmental storytelling, and a jazz soundtrack.
Thimbleweed Park 2 is "not really a sequel, not really a prequel," but it is in development and due out in 2028
Thimbleweed Park 2 is in development and slated for an early 2028 release, with Ron Gilbert returning to lead the project. The game promises to be "more Thimbleweed Park than ever," featuring the return of agents Ray and Reyes investigating a mystery at Edmund Mansion. Original team members are reuniting for development, and the game will be self-published.
Thimbleweed Park 2 announced with another murder to investigate in 2028
Thimbleweed Park 2, a sequel to the 2017 point-and-click adventure, has been announced for an early 2028 release on PC, Mac, Linux, and GOG. Original team members including Ron Gilbert, Mark Ferrari, Gary Winnick, and David Fox are returning for the self-published title. The game promises another bizarre mystery investigation in the town of Thimbleweed Park.
Dungeon Antiqua 2 coming to Nintendo Switch
Amata Games and Shiromofu Factory announced that Dungeon Antiqua 2, a 2D dungeon crawler RPG with Super Nintendo Entertainment System-style pixel art, will be released on Nintendo Switch on August 20, 2026. The game features strategic exploration, a symbol encounter system, and a flexible character building system with ten jobs, offering an estimated 10 to 12 hours of playtime.
Apidya' Special - An authentic, 24-bit pixel remake of a classic Shoot 'em up is still coming and we have exclusive footage!
ININ Games has announced that 'Apidya Special', a 24-bit pixel art remake of the 90s shoot 'em up classic, is still scheduled for release on August 25th, 2026 for consoles and PC. The game features handcrafted pixels, an original soundtrack by Chris Hulsbeck, and modern features like co-op mode and adjustable visual presentations.
Bite-sized Metroidvania game Ascent DX set for Nintendo Switch release
The bite-sized Metroidvania game Ascent DX, developed by Sleepy Grove Games and Apskeppet, is set to release on Nintendo Switch on August 20, 2026, for $2.99. The game features 64x64 pixel art and chiptune music, offering players a short but engaging experience exploring a desolate planet to uncover its mysteries and their own fate.
Shelter from the Storm Is a Simple Point-And-Click Adventure Out Now
Shelter from the Storm, a point-and-click adventure game by Home Groan Games, is now available for free on Android, following its initial PC release in January 2025. The game features retro pixel art, a moody soundtrack, and simple puzzles set in a mysterious abandoned manor.
