Game Art Styles

Shading

Games with flat / unlit shading

Little or no shading; surfaces are solid fills.

26 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
Super Mario Maker 2 screenshot: pixel art, stylized 3d, side-scrolling, flat / unlit (environment)
Super Mario Maker 2
Pixel art · 2D / 2.5D · 2019
Untitled Goose Game screenshot: stylized 3d, minimalist, low-poly, three-quarter, no outlines, flat / unlit (environment)
Untitled Goose Game
Stylized 3D · 3D · 2019
Celeste screenshot: pixel art, side-scrolling, colored outlines, flat / unlit (environment)
Celeste
Pixel art · 2D · 2018
Into the Breach screenshot: pixel art, isometric, black outlines, flat / unlit (combat)
Into the Breach
Pixel art · 2D · 2018
Hyper Light Drifter screenshot: pixel art, three-quarter, no outlines, flat / unlit (combat)
Hyper Light Drifter
Pixel art · 2D · 2016
Stardew Valley screenshot: pixel art, three-quarter, colored outlines, flat / unlit (environment)
Stardew Valley
Pixel art · 2D · 2016
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
Don't Starve screenshot: hand-drawn, three-quarter, inked lines, flat / unlit (environment)
Don't Starve
Hand-drawn · 2.5D · 2013
Hotline Miami screenshot: pixel art, top-down, no outlines, flat / unlit (combat)
Hotline Miami
Pixel art · 2D · 2012
Limbo screenshot: silhouette, side-scrolling, no outlines, flat / unlit (environment)
Limbo
Silhouette · 2D · 2010
Ōkami screenshot: cel-shaded, painterly, third-person, inked lines, flat / unlit (environment, character)
Ōkami
Cel-shaded · 3D · 2006
Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 screenshot: pixel art, side-scrolling, three-quarter, black outlines, flat / unlit (environment, character)
Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2
Pixel art · 2D · 2001
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
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 World screenshot: pixel art, side-scrolling, three-quarter, black outlines, flat / unlit (environment)
Super Mario World
Pixel art · 2D · 1990
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.: 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 22Pixel art 21Black outlines 16Vibrant 16Limited palette 15Side-scrolling 158-bit 14Exaggerated 14

Other shading styles

Two-tone cel 19Three-tone cel 1Soft gradient 41Hatching 3Halftone 1Dithered shading 10Rim lighting 5Baked lighting 10Realistic lighting 7