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Pico-8 pricing
No tier breakdown is published on the record we hold for Pico-8. Below is what is on record, and how it compares with the software tools listed alongside it.
- Entry price
- $14.99/one-time
- Model
- One-time
- Tiers
- -
- Free tier
- Not on record
What is on record
The Pico-8 catalogue entry carries a starting price of $14.99/one-time and a one-time pricing model, but no tier breakdown. The category comparison below is still useful, and the Pico-8 review carries the full feature record.
What the product covers
The full Pico-8 feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Core
- Pixel art editor
- Music composer
- Lua scripting
- Built-in palette
- Sprite system
- Map editor
- Code editor
- Game cartridges
Integrations
- GitHub
- Lexaloffle BBS
Security
- Cartridge sandboxing
Deployment
- Local deployment
- Web deployment
- Cartridge deployment
Platform
- Windows support
- Macos support
- Linux support
- Web support
- Raspberry-pi support
Localization
- Lua language support
People bring Pico-8 in for retro-style indie game development, educational game programming, game jam participation, pixel art game creation with strict creative constraints. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Pico-8 are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
Before you pay for Pico-8
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: not published on the record we hold. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare Pico-8 against the tools that do have one before committing.
Pico-8 runs on windows, macos, linux, raspberry pi, and is published by Lexaloffle of Independent. The full record is on the Pico-8 review.
Pico-8 pricing questions
- How much does Pico-8 cost?
- Pico-8 starts at $14.99/one-time. No tier-by-tier breakdown is published on the record we hold.
- Does Pico-8 have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: Pico-8 is listed as one-time. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- What am I actually paying for with Pico-8?
- The record lists 20 features across 6 areas: core, integrations, security, deployment, platform, localization. In practice it is brought in for retro-style indie game development, educational game programming, game jam participation.
- Does Pico-8 charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Pico-8 prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Pico-8 against before paying?
- Nothing else in this directory is filed close enough to Pico-8 to make a useful price comparison.