Games like Ref2Pixel

What Atlased is Atlased is a sprite sheet and atlas editor made to be used as a support tool for 2D games development, asset preparation pipeline, game jam sessions and etc. It is capable of creating sprite atlases (both images and markup) and performing various editing and export operations. In a nutshell Atlased is: Atlas markup editor -  you can create and change regions within existing ima…

87%Game Brain Score

graphics, optimization

87% User Score Based on 76 reviews

PixageFX Studio is the flagship of the PixageFX family. With PixageFX Studio you can turn photos, videos and animated GIFs into pixel art, oil paints, abstract paintings, cartoons, comics, sketches and more. In addition, thanks to its parametric structure, you can perform transform operations and much more that you may need every day. PixageFX Studio has hundreds of modules. Each module is co…

Try the demo before buying!This is the player for professional users. It's more complicated to set up and not intended for home / casual use. If casual use applies to you, please go check out VZX player instead. Link in description below. what to expect from the Demo VersionPro Player Has a limited selection of visuals, and no loading of custom visuals. Otherwise feature complete. Use this to…

PixelExip is a professional and powerful pixel art conversion tool that allows you to easily transform any image into charming pixel art style. Whether you are a game developer, digital artist, or a creator passionate about retro aesthetics, PixelExip can meet your creative needs. Core Features Diverse pixelation algorithms: Color mode method: Preserves the main tones of the image. Average…

36%Game Brain Score

graphics, gameplay

57% User Score Based on 14 reviews

IntroGameCreator is an all-in-one game development engine that focuses on providing a fully visualized approach to create 2D games without programming. It supports publishing to PC, mobile, and website. In the meantime, we also provide a platform that serves as a hub for the distribution of both commercial and free games, as well as the sale of assets, plugins, and templates by the development co…

80%Game Brain Score

graphics, stability

80% User Score Based on 128 reviews

With Pixel FX Designer you can create awesome particle effects with the ability to giving them a pixelart feel by tweaking several options and render them to .png sprite sheets or .gifs . You can export the original particle render just disabling any pixelation or palette limitation. Or you can add effects like Glow, Outline,etc... all works in real time to see the final FX visual.To keep update…

99%Game Brain Score

graphics, humor

grinding, stability

99% User Score Based on 14,950 reviews

Aseprite is a pixel art tool that lets you create 2D animations for videogames.Features Compose sprites using layers & frames as separated concepts Create images in RGBA or Indexed color modes Open/Save GIF animations, sequence of PNG files, etc. A timeline where you can copy/move layers, frames, or specific images Animation tools: Real-time animation preview, onion skinning, tag fr…

63%Game Brain Score

story

graphics, stability

94% User Score Based on 18 reviews

Stop wrestling with spreadsheets. Start designing stories visually. StoryFlow Editor is a visual node-based narrative design tool for creating branching dialogue systems, interactive stories, and complex game narratives. Built with a Blueprint-style visual scripting interface familiar to Unreal Engine developers - no coding required. Connect dialogue nodes. Create branching choices. Add cond…

93%Game Brain Score

graphics

stability, monetization

93% User Score Based on 134 reviews

An industry standard for two decades, talent from game studios like Yacht club Games, Wayforward, HalfBrick studios, and many more, have been using Pro Motion to create the sprite animations, static images, environment art, and tile-sets for their top tier pixel art games. The latest version, Pro Motion NG, continues to add and improve upon an already proven and powerful tool-set, enabling pixel …

89%Game Brain Score

graphics, gameplay

grinding, story

89% User Score Based on 246 reviews

As an indie game dev you are faced with the challenge of building bigger and richer worlds with smaller teams and limited resources. Houdini Indie’s procedural workflow can help you keep up as you automate repetitive tasks, making it easier to quickly generate larger amounts of high quality content. PROCEDURAL WORKFLOW Houdini Indie provides you with a procedural pipeline-in-a-box where all th…