itch.io

Featuring extraterrestrial beings, these games often explore themes of space travel, alien invasions, or interstellar diplomacy. Encounter mysterious life forms, defend against alien threats, or uncover the secrets of the cosmos in these otherworldly adventures.

An 8-bit handheld game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo. Now popular among home-brew creators and modern developers looking to capture a retro style

Pixel Art refers to the charming, simplistic, retro/renaissance style of very-low-resolution graphics, such as from the 1977-1995 Atari, GameBoy, & Super Nintendo (SNES) eras.

Shoot 'Em Up or shmup games are a subset of shooter games where the player continually moves forward while waves of enemies enter the screen. Both shooting and dodging are critical to advancing. See also Bullet Hell.