Game Art Styles

Palette

Limited palette games

A small, deliberate set of colors used throughout.

22 games · Filter with more styles →

Furi Demake - The Chain screenshot: pixel art, side-scrolling, black outlines, flat / unlit (combat)
Furi Demake - The Chain
Pixel art · 2D · 2023
Gris screenshot: hand-drawn, painterly, minimalist, side-scrolling, no outlines, soft gradient (environment)
Gris
Hand-drawn · 2D · 2018
Into the Breach screenshot: pixel art, isometric, black outlines, flat / unlit (combat)
Into the Breach
Pixel art · 2D · 2018
Return of the Obra Dinn screenshot: stylized 3d, first-person, interior lines, dithered shading (environment)
Return of the Obra Dinn
Stylized 3D · 3D · 2018
Superhot screenshot: minimalist, low-poly, first-person, no outlines, flat / unlit (combat)
Superhot
Minimalist · 3D · 2016
Shovel Knight screenshot: pixel art, side-scrolling, black outlines, flat / unlit (environment)
Shovel Knight
Pixel art · 2D · 2014
MadWorld screenshot: cel-shaded, third-person, inked lines, two-tone cel (environment)
MadWorld
Cel-shaded · 3D · 2009
Dragon Warrior III (Game Boy Color) screenshot: pixel art, three-quarter, first-person, black outlines (environment)
Dragon Warrior III (Game Boy Color)
Pixel art · 2D · 2000
Pokémon Crystal Version screenshot: pixel art, three-quarter, black outlines, flat / unlit (environment)
Pokémon Crystal Version
Pixel art · 2D · 2000
Pokémon Gold Version screenshot: pixel art, three-quarter, fixed camera, black outlines, flat / unlit (environment)
Pokémon Gold Version
Pixel art · 2D · 1999
Pokémon Blue Version screenshot: pixel art, three-quarter, black outlines, dithered shading (environment)
Pokémon Blue Version
Pixel art · 2D · 1998
Pokémon Red Version screenshot: pixel art, three-quarter, black outlines (environment)
Pokémon Red Version
Pixel art · 2D · 1998
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins screenshot: pixel art, side-scrolling, black outlines, flat / unlit (environment)
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
Pixel art · 2D · 1992
Super Mario Land screenshot: pixel art, side-scrolling, black outlines, flat / unlit (environment)
Super Mario Land
Pixel art · 2D · 1989
Dragon Warrior III (NES) screenshot: pixel art, three-quarter, black outlines, flat / unlit (environment)
Dragon Warrior III (NES)
Pixel art · 2D · 1988
Super Mario Bros. 2 screenshot: pixel art, side-scrolling, black outlines, flat / unlit (environment)
Super Mario Bros. 2
Pixel art · 2D · 1988
Super Mario Bros. 3 screenshot: pixel art, side-scrolling, black outlines, flat / unlit (environment, combat)
Super Mario Bros. 3
Pixel art · 2D · 1988
Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic screenshot: pixel art, side-scrolling, black outlines, flat / unlit (environment, combat)
Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic
Pixel art · 2D · 1987
All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros. screenshot: pixel art, side-scrolling, black outlines, flat / unlit (environment)
All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros.
Pixel art · 2D · 1986
Super Mario Bros. Special screenshot: pixel art, side-scrolling, dithered shading (environment)
Super Mario Bros. Special
Pixel art · 2D · 1986
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels screenshot: pixel art, side-scrolling, black outlines, flat / unlit (environment, combat)
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels
Pixel art · 2D · 1986
Super Mario Bros. screenshot: pixel art, side-scrolling, black outlines, flat / unlit (environment)
Super Mario Bros.
Pixel art · 2D · 1985

Often combined with

2D 19Pixel art 18Black outlines 178-bit 17Flat / Unlit 15Side-scrolling 12Exaggerated 11Vibrant 10

Other palette styles

1-bit 2Monochrome 6Spot color 2Vibrant 73Muted 21Pastel 6Neon 4Dark 17Warm 12Cool 10