Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Bitmelo
Make pixel art games in your browser
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Bitmelo launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Lightcube is a pixel art editing tool for game developers and artists that make quality game assets, animations and awesome art.
2024 · lightcube.art · its alternatives →
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Pixellate▲102A simple and easy-to-use pixel art creator with offline mode
2021 · pixelated.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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A purpose-built drawing tool for pixel artists
2017 · apps.microsoft.com · its alternatives →
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The idea for this pixel art puzzle game came from playing Triominos, and wondering what would happen if you replaced numbers with colors. A few mutations later, and it became a mobile game where you click a piece to turn it in place, to recreate pixel art. I built the basic idea in just over an hour on Twitch. Dev-wise, I used a homebrew Typescript game engine I created, called Booyah (https://github.com/play-curious/booyah). The graphics are all rendered using the awesome library PixiJS. What do you think?
2023 · pixel-puzzler.playcurious.games · its alternatives →
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GB Studio▲159A free and easy to use game creator for the GameBoy
2019 · gbstudio.dev · its alternatives →
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3D using bitblting in Windows. Contribute to lowlevel86/3D-Game-Programming development by creating an account on GitHub.
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Make 8-Bit Art!▲107An in-browser canvas tool for making retro art.
2014 · make8bitart.com · its alternatives →
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One giant pixel canvas that anyone can draw on
2021 · pixelplace.io · its alternatives →
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The professional AI pixel art generator for game developers
Jul 2026 · spritefusion.com · its alternatives →
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Create Pixel Art and Sprite Sheets Instantly for Your Games
2025 · pixelartgen.com · its alternatives →
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A Suite of Software by Indie Game Devs, for Indie Game Devs.
2024 · its alternatives →
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Hi HN! I built a free pixel art editor that runs entirely in the browser — no install, no signup, no watermark. The frontend is open source (MIT): https://github.com/comficker/simplepixelart What it does: - Sprite editor with layers, selections, mirror drawing, and an infinite-canvas workspace (multiple boards on one desk) - Frame-by-frame animation with onion skin, per-frame duration, GIF and spritesheet export - Tileset builder that auto-generates Wang-16 and blob-47 terrain sets from a single base tile — exports Godot 4 TileSet, Tiled .tsx, or PNG+JSON — plus a tilemap…
Aug 2026 · simplepixelart.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, I'm excited to share a project I've built: PixelateImage.org. Instead of being a traditional image editor, this is an *AI-powered tool that generates pixel art directly from your text prompts.* If you've ever wanted to create unique pixel art characters, scenes, or assets for games, art projects, or just for fun, but perhaps lacked the specific artistic skills or time, this might be for you. My goal was to make generating retro-style or modern pixel art more accessible. You can type in a description (e.g., "a brave knight in a dark forest," "a futuristic cityscape at night," "a cute…
2025 · pixelateimage.org · its alternatives →
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