Best games
Best pixel art games
The 205 best pixel art games, ranked from 8,063 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 8,063 ratings between them.
- Rankings are recomputed hourly; this one was last rebuilt on 29 September 2026.
Ranking, page 4
151
Evoland 2
74
/100
152
Slain: Back from Hell
74
/100
153
They Bleed Pixels
74
/100
154
Metal Gear
73
/100
155
Organ Trail: Director's Cut
73
/100
156
Timberman
73
/100
157
Rivals of Aether
73
/100
158
Punch Club
73
/100
159
Domina
73
/100
160
Hammerwatch
72
/100
161
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
71
/100
162
TimeShift
71
/100
163
flOw
71
/100
164
Shadow Warrior
71
/100
165
Ultratron
70
/100
166
Forager
70
/100
167
F
Mario Bros. (1983)
70
/100
168
Relic Hunters Zero
70
/100
169
WET
70
/100
170
Frozen Free Fall: Snowball Fight
70
/100
171
BRAIN / OUT
70
/100
172
Microsoft Minesweeper
69
/100
173
Home
69
/100
174
99Vidas
69
/100
175
The Escapists
69
/100
176
Graveyard Keeper
68
/100
177
Lemmings
68
/100
178
Uncanny Valley
67
/100
179
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
66
/100
180
A Bird Story
66
/100
181
Sheltered
66
/100
182
Minecraft: Story Mode
65
/100
183
Peace, Death!
65
/100
184
Golden Axe
65
/100
185
Gemini Rue
65
/100
186
Shutshimi
65
/100
187
Gods Will Be Watching
64
/100
188
Serious Sam: The Random Encounter
64
/100
189
Final Fantasy III
64
/100
190
Dragonsphere
63
/100
191
Rain World
62
/100
192
Pac-Man
62
/100
193
Contrast
62
/100
194
Moon Hunters
62
/100
195
Tyrian 2000
61
/100
196
Argo
61
/100
197
Montaro
60
/100
198
Gunstar Heroes
60
/100
199
BLOCKADE 3D
60
/100
200
Gun Monkeys
59
/100
Evoland 2
74
/100
152
Slain: Back from Hell
74
/100
153
They Bleed Pixels
74
/100
154
Metal Gear
73
/100
155
Organ Trail: Director's Cut
73
/100
156
Timberman
73
/100
157
Rivals of Aether
73
/100
158
Punch Club
73
/100
159
Domina
73
/100
160
Hammerwatch
72
/100
161
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
71
/100
162
TimeShift
71
/100
163
flOw
71
/100
164
Shadow Warrior
71
/100
165
Ultratron
70
/100
166
Forager
70
/100
167
F
Mario Bros. (1983)
70
/100
168
Relic Hunters Zero
70
/100
169
WET
70
/100
170
Frozen Free Fall: Snowball Fight
70
/100
171
BRAIN / OUT
70
/100
172
Microsoft Minesweeper
69
/100
173
Home
69
/100
174
99Vidas
69
/100
175
The Escapists
69
/100
176
Graveyard Keeper
68
/100
177
Lemmings
68
/100
178
Uncanny Valley
67
/100
179
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
66
/100
180
A Bird Story
66
/100
181
Sheltered
66
/100
182
Minecraft: Story Mode
65
/100
183
Peace, Death!
65
/100
184
Golden Axe
65
/100
185
Gemini Rue
65
/100
186
Shutshimi
65
/100
187
Gods Will Be Watching
64
/100
188
Serious Sam: The Random Encounter
64
/100
189
Final Fantasy III
64
/100
190
Dragonsphere
63
/100
191
Rain World
62
/100
192
Pac-Man
62
/100
193
Contrast
62
/100
194
Moon Hunters
62
/100
195
Tyrian 2000
61
/100
196
Argo
61
/100
197
Montaro
60
/100
198
Gunstar Heroes
60
/100
199
BLOCKADE 3D
60
/100
200
Gun Monkeys
59
/100