Best games
Best pixel art games
The 205 best pixel art games, ranked from 9,835 critic and player ratings.
How this ranking is built
- Games are ranked on the aggregated critic score out of 100 imported from IGDB and Metacritic, never on Tier's own grades.
- A game only enters the ranking with at least 80 external ratings, so a single enthusiastic review never outranks a proven classic.
- Community grades from F to S are shown next to every game, and only stated as a fact above 5 Tier ratings.
- Release window covered: 1970 to 2026.
- 50 games are listed on this page, carrying 9,835 ratings between them.
- Rankings are recomputed hourly; this one was last rebuilt on 29 September 2026.
Ranking, page 3
101
The Expendabros
80
/100
102
Hero Siege
80
/100
103
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
80
/100
104
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
80
/100
105
Disney's The Lion King
80
/100
106
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice for All
80
/100
107
Proteus
80
/100
108
Please, Don’t Touch Anything
80
/100
109
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
80
/100
110
Metal Slug X
80
/100
111
Super Mario Maker
80
/100
112
Nidhogg 2
80
/100
113
Eastward
80
/100
114
Stargunner
80
/100
115
Claire
80
/100
116
Wolfenstein 3D
80
/100
117
Trials Fusion
79
/100
118
Dungeon of the Endless
79
/100
119
Mega Man 3 (1990)
79
/100
120
Yume Nikki
79
/100
121
Blasphemous
78
/100
122
LISA
78
/100
123
Teleglitch: Die More Edition
78
/100
124
Yuppie Psycho
78
/100
125
Westerado: Double Barreled
78
/100
126
Cthulhu Saves the World
78
/100
127
Battle City
78
/100
128
Shadow Warrior 2
78
/100
129
A Short Hike
78
/100
130
Blazing Chrome
77
/100
131
Wizard of Legend
77
/100
132
Inmost
77
/100
133
River City Girls
77
/100
134
Kathy Rain
77
/100
135
Mega Man 5
77
/100
136
The Disney Afternoon Collection
77
/100
137
Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP
77
/100
138
Super Mario Bros. 2
77
/100
139
DISTRAINT
76
/100
140
McPixel
76
/100
141
Aegis Defenders
76
/100
142
Mega Man (1987)
76
/100
143
The Escapists 2
75
/100
144
Jazzpunk
75
/100
145
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game
75
/100
146
Chroma Squad
75
/100
147
Kingdom: New Lands
75
/100
148
C
Carrion
75
/100
149
Kingdom: Classic
74
/100
150
Titan Souls
74
/100
The Expendabros
80
/100
102
Hero Siege
80
/100
103
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
80
/100
104
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
80
/100
105
Disney's The Lion King
80
/100
106
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice for All
80
/100
107
Proteus
80
/100
108
Please, Don’t Touch Anything
80
/100
109
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
80
/100
110
Metal Slug X
80
/100
111
Super Mario Maker
80
/100
112
Nidhogg 2
80
/100
113
Eastward
80
/100
114
Stargunner
80
/100
115
Claire
80
/100
116
Wolfenstein 3D
80
/100
117
Trials Fusion
79
/100
118
Dungeon of the Endless
79
/100
119
Mega Man 3 (1990)
79
/100
120
Yume Nikki
79
/100
121
Blasphemous
78
/100
122
LISA
78
/100
123
Teleglitch: Die More Edition
78
/100
124
Yuppie Psycho
78
/100
125
Westerado: Double Barreled
78
/100
126
Cthulhu Saves the World
78
/100
127
Battle City
78
/100
128
Shadow Warrior 2
78
/100
129
A Short Hike
78
/100
130
Blazing Chrome
77
/100
131
Wizard of Legend
77
/100
132
Inmost
77
/100
133
River City Girls
77
/100
134
Kathy Rain
77
/100
135
Mega Man 5
77
/100
136
The Disney Afternoon Collection
77
/100
137
Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP
77
/100
138
Super Mario Bros. 2
77
/100
139
DISTRAINT
76
/100
140
McPixel
76
/100
141
Aegis Defenders
76
/100
142
Mega Man (1987)
76
/100
143
The Escapists 2
75
/100
144
Jazzpunk
75
/100
145
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game
75
/100
146
Chroma Squad
75
/100
147
Kingdom: New Lands
75
/100
148
C
Carrion
75
/100
149
Kingdom: Classic
74
/100
150
Titan Souls
74
/100