PICO-8 game jams

Current and upcoming game jams that mention PICO-8 on their public listing. Mentions are keyword heuristics — always confirm allowed engines on the official jam page.

6 jams

Racing Jam #1

Jan 1 → Dec 31 · ongoing · INTJT2 · 86 joined

LiveGodotUnityUnrealMultiplayerMusic

Birbday Jam 2026

Jun 30 → Nov 30 · ongoing · Dorian Blackwood · 71 joined

LivePICO-8Tabletop

20 Second Game Jam 2026

Oct 23 → Nov 17 · 25d · Akzidenz , xenobrain , marc · 1,385 joined

LiveGodotUnityUnreal2DVisual novel

Culture Bytes Mini-Jam #3

Oct 24 → Oct 31 · 7d · Melanated Game Kitchen · 8 joined

LiveGodotUnityUnreal2D3D

PiCoSteveMo 4

Nov 1 → Dec 1 · 30d · BaseCase · 13 joined

PICO-8RetroMusic

Cross Community Game Jam

Nov 18 → Nov 30 · 12d · gamedeveloeprsitaly , gameloopit , Pizza Game Dev , Level Up Lab · 8 joined

GodotUnityUnreal

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