Top rated free games from 2021 tagged 8-Bit

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i had another dream about you last night

a short pixel adventure about dreams, crushes, and moving on.

caanti

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(110 total ratings)

Adventure

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GIF

Mimic

Mimic animals to take their form!

sourencho

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(271 total ratings)

Puzzle

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Lily's Well

Who is calling for you at the bottom of the well?

Pureiceblue

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(122 total ratings)

Adventure

GIF

Sleepi Boi Can't Sleep

Help Sleepi Boi find a way to sleep well. It's a rainy night while you explore his house along the way.

thatsmaik

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(114 total ratings)

Adventure

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GIF

rainy day

-100%

a short game about a family's struggle with and recovery from depression

bee tea

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(36 total ratings)

Interactive Fiction

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Five Nights at Freddy's NES

Fnaf as if it was for the Nintendo entertainment system

ENDOBLANCE

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(101 total ratings)

Survival

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FROM BELOW - A Real NES Game!

A brand new NES game!

Matt Hughson (NES Dev)

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(69 total ratings)

Puzzle

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Chip-Boi

Game with a twist

Sagy

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(16 total ratings)

Platformer

L'Abbaye des Morts for NES

NES port of Locomalito's game L'Abbaye des morts

Parisoft

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(15 total ratings)

Platformer

Street Fighter II NE (NES DEMO)

Street Fighter II - Nostalgic Edition for NES

Parisoft

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(15 total ratings)

Fighting

GIF

Minivania

A small metroidvania - explore an underground world and collect platforming powerups!

Jordan Guillou

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(68 total ratings)

Platformer

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Donut Be Seen (Prototype)

A fast-paced UFO Simulator

guselect

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(59 total ratings)

Action

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Super Mario Bros. S - The All-Stars Update

The first half of World 1 is here!

superpi2

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(23 total ratings)

Platformer

GIF

Unearthed

An Interstellar Puzzle Game. Winner of the GBCOMPO21 Game Jam!

BenJelter

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(39 total ratings)

Puzzle

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Axial Disc 1

It's up to you.

Sawyer Friend

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(15 total ratings)

Role Playing

Sneaky Stealy

You and your best friend are burglars

Ironchest Games

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(38 total ratings)

Play in browser

Randoom

Pícaro Games

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(11 total ratings)

Platformer

GIF

Spacejam

A classic 8bit arcade space shooter+infinite runner game

DOVEANE ◥▶_◀◤

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(11 total ratings)

GIF

iro

a little exploration game set on a lonely planet.

sukinapan

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(47 total ratings)

Adventure

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ITALIA 1944

RPG/Adventure

zanklesoft

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(13 total ratings)

Pushingo

An original release from WLS to Nintendo's Gameboy handheld console.

Rajcsányi László (WLS)

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

(11 total ratings)

Puzzle

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Astra's Moon

Astra's ship has crashed. Help her get back to the moon!

theJAMARK1

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(53 total ratings)

Platformer

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Manbomber

Welcome to Manbomber, an explosive homage to the old-time multiplayer classic!

Fresh-D

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(13 total ratings)

Action

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Sloth Story

Tale of a sloth woken up rudely by an earthquake

keviinx

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(13 total ratings)

Role Playing

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GUSANO GO

Snappy arcade game about a very long worm.

KLICKTOCK

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(22 total ratings)

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GIF

why not frog: portals

Collect all the stars!

wmgcat

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(12 total ratings)

Platformer

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Pizza Delivery Demastered Deluxe

Collect all da pizza!

Coffee 'Valen' Bat

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(12 total ratings)

Action

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Just Shut Up and Drive

Get your adrenaline up & finish 10 Tracks before your rivals.

Mushy Jukebox

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(25 total ratings)

Racing

I Am A Game.

This is a game. There's not much more to this. This is a game.

Codebolt

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(28 total ratings)

Play in browser

Stevedore (MSX, 2020)

Help Stevedore find the keys to get out of the abandoned warehouse. The lighthouse keeper is waiting for him!

theNestruo

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(21 total ratings)

Puzzle

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Flower Quest

Explore Caves. Grow Flowers. Adventure!

Thejaspel

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(19 total ratings)

Adventure

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Super Bernie World

Join Bernie's movement and transform the United States in this free retro 2D platformer.

Eniko

Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars

(147 total ratings)

Platformer

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Pillars (C64)

A version of the classic puzzle game 'Columns' for the Commodore C64

Arlasoft

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(14 total ratings)

Puzzle

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Hyperbeatz

Rhythm game for the NES

Mystical Wheelbarrow

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(19 total ratings)

Rhythm

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Night Knight C64

Aris

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(9 total ratings)

Platformer

Memory Leak

The game starts, main menu appears. You press start, but something is wrong. Try clicking again.

yeetgench

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(14 total ratings)

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