Fan of Pixel-Art games.
Here are the best new Pixel-Art games for 2023 to enjoy the subtle art.
The purpose of Pixel Art is to create images using limited graphics and resources.
What is actually a Pixel Art game?
A pixel is the smallest, squared, homogenous fragment of a picture shown on a display device, be it a TV, smartphone, smartwatch, or portable game console.
It is widely associated with the low-resolution graphics from 8-bit and 16-bit era computers and arcade video game consoles, in addition to other limited systems such as LED displays and graphing calculators, which have a limited number of pixels and colors available.
Why Pixel-Art games?
- They give us the feeling of actual gameplay and game i.e. when games were in their pure form i.e. in the 1990s.
- Some of us might love abstract graphics in comparison to whacky and over-the-top graphics.
- They make players feel nostalgic because of their Retro style and gameplay.
- They are pleasing to the eyes and the music is very soothing.
- The pixel-based games have an emotional connection to many and they have stood the test of time and technology. Seriously they have stood against technology and time as we have progressed further.
- They are just simple and satisfying, pleasing to a certain niche of the audience that does not like modern vibrant colors-based games.
So, let’s start our list.
1- Doom & Destiny Worlds [PAID]
A true Pixel Art game with cool music.
Although the game is paid worth every penny. I think a lot of effort has been put into the creation of this game.
If we talk about the backstory of this game then it’s about four friends who are stranded on an unknown planet woke up afflicted by the most common video game disease i.e. Amnesia.
Craft your way through crazy cosplaying goblins, farting stone giants, and cursed genies across more than 60 hand-made islands.
The Dynamic Crafting System (DyCS) allows you to use blueprints and any available crafting material to create custom-made weapons, armor, drinks, and explosives.
To level up, defeat enemies, and progress.
2- Skeletal Avenger[PAID]
Another Pixel-Art-based game i.e. a hack’n’slash rogue-lite with a massive perk arsenal and skull-chucking special moves! Re-animate skeletons and fight your way to vengeance.
I have also covered this game earlier in my Best Android Games of the Month Videos.
Discover and experiment with dozens of perks, find new headgear to alternate your skull-chucking attack, loot weapons, armor, boots, and trinkets, and explore and conquer a fantasy world.
While progressing upgrade your skills to conquer more easily.
3- Maximus 2: Fantasy Beat-Em-Up
This is the first free game in the list of the new Pixel-Art games 2023.
The graphics are abstract and made with high precision. The gameplay and the music also resonate with it.
You can play this game in story mode, and also multiplayer co-op in real time.
The heroes are in the game with their own roles and weapons.
If you are playing in Multiplayer then you have to do teamwork if you want to survive.
4- Residual [PAID]
BEST PIXEL-ART GAME OF THE LIST 2023
Residual is a highly detailed Pixel-Art game.
And the atmosphere in the game is also very good, it is based on some Alien Planet and to survive on that.
The story is that in a forgotten galaxy, full of strange planets, a lone explorer crash lands with an ancient alien secret.
Your PDB i.e Personel Disaster Boat will be with you, so you don’t feel alone. The graphics are breathtaking and they convinced me to buy this game.
Your strategies will also be tested in this game, i.e. how should you act when the planet is close to the sun and how you use your supplies and how you will react when the sun is farther.
Jump and descend through colorful, highly detailed pixel art evoking classic 2D platformers. Solve light puzzles to reveal secrets of a long-lost civilization.
5- Dungeon Squad[PAID]
Dungeon Squad is a nice pixel-art game that you can play this year.
The game is so good that it also got a place in our list of the best Android games of 2022.
The gameplay goes intense sometimes.
The music and the special effects are nice and according to the game.
You are tasked with infiltrating a planet dominated by light all on your own.
Now you must go straight to the source of the enemy and return your home to its former glory.
Defeat the Army of Light and take back the power of the Abyss.
6- Pixel Tribe: Viking Kingdom
The Pixel-Art in this game is highly detailed and lucid & also pleasing to the eyes.
Build your village, craft, and gear up.
Raid your enemies to win and the music is up to the mark also.
You are the chief of Vikings so you must have built your Kingdom, crafted items and resources and craft weapons and armor, and send your Vikings on epic turn-based raids.
Overall the game provides a wholesome gaming experience.
It’s a strategy RPG with retro pixel art graphics where you build and upgrade a tribe of Vikings.
Build and upgrade buildings like the Weaponsmith, Viking ship, Church, and more.
7- Black Crown:CatfishKing’s Fury
You have to become a hard-working hero and you must rescue the princess Pepperoni, who was captured by the Catfish King.
Participate in in-game events and you can also customize your worrier.
Enjoy various costumes and fight endless battles.
As a hero you have to use equipment, so use & upgrade your various equipment.
8- Chefy-chef
You are the chef. Go in search of ingredients.
Use, cooking tools, solve puzzles and look for secret burgers.
The graphics are beautiful and abstract and also, the game looks stunning and exactly like a Pixel art game with puzzle elements.
There are 60 levels full of adventure in this game.
9- Tallowmere 2
Visually the game is stunning. And the music adds to the charm of the game also.
Pass through the dungeons while in tough circumstances and clear as many rooms as you can.
You have to face Roguelike randomness and the dungeons are not stationary, they have roguelike randomness.
Drink potions, find hearts to stay healthy, and loot and master weapons.
The game offers 3 modes, that are online, couch co-op, and online co-op.
Now just go, slay and conquer and raise your shield to survive.
10- 1 Bit Survivor (Roguelike)
1 Bit Survivor is an easy-to-play but difficult-to-master randomly generated roguelike with stylized pixel art and survival horror elements.
Fight to survive 28 Days of the Zed-pocalypse and save your pet Cat.
It features 3 unlockable character classes and casual gameplay with simple controls.
There are 10 level Tilesets in this game, and the animations are unique first-person animations.
CONCLUSION
All these games are true pixel-art games. Some are paid but think it takes effort to develop them, so I think the cost is justified.
There was a time when only Pixel-art games were there, and I also grew up playing them.
And I grew up in India meaning many people from undeveloped countries have played them.
While in developed countries the games were in 1880’s what we got them in 1990’s.
So, these people must have a special affiliation with them.
And must guarantee that they are still playing these games on their Android devices also.
ENJOY.
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