Pixel Devil and the Broken Cartridge

Pixel Devil and the Broken Cartridge

Level Evil · February 27, 2019 · Indie, Action, Adventure, Pixel Graphics, Retro

Buy Pixel Devil and the Broken Cartridge from Steam at $2.99 — the cheapest of 1 store we compare.

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Pixel Devil and the Broken Cartridge price by region

Pixel Devil and the Broken Cartridge costs £2.09 in the United Kingdom, €2.39 in Europe (EUR), $2.99 in the United States, $2.99 in Georgia (USD), CA$3.39 in Canada, NZ$3.69 in New Zealand, A$4.50 in Australia, R$6.49 in Brazil and zł10.99 in Poland right now.

Cheapest Pixel Devil and the Broken Cartridge offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
United Kingdom £2.09 £2.09 — 1
Europe (EUR) €2.39 €2.39 — 1
United Statesyour region $2.99 $2.99 — 1
Georgia (USD) $2.99 $2.99 — 1
Canada CA$3.39 CA$3.39 — 1
New Zealand NZ$3.69 NZ$3.69 — 1
Australia A$4.50 A$4.50 — 1
Brazil R$6.49 R$6.49 — 1
Poland zł10.99 zł10.99 — 1

Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.

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About Pixel Devil and the Broken Cartridge

Description


Classic platformer in the style of Pixel-art. The main character goes to the world of 8-bit games to save his girlfriend. Help him to find new abilities and find out who is behind the abduction of the girl.

Idea Of ​​the Game


Pixel Devil and the Broken Cartridge is an old school pixel art platformer. The protagonist ends up in the world of 8-bit video games. Help him get through challenging levels, beat various bosses, learn new skills, and find the villain behind the abduction of young women. But more importantly, together you’ll have to find the answer to the big question: why have the characters of old school video games suddenly turned evil?

Key Features

  • Classic pixel-art graphics
  • Interesting levels
  • Exciting bosses
  • Eight-bit music

Pixel Devil and the Broken Cartridge — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player
Controller
Full controller support
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Pixel Devil is a retro-inspired platformer that divides players on its execution of classic NES-style gameplay. While some appreciate its nostalgic appeal and challenging level design, most criticize the clunky controls, frustrating platforming, poor pixel art quality, and confusing progression that requires backtracking to other stages for specific items. The game feels unpolished overall, with lazy graphics, uninspired enemy design, and combat mechanics that need significant refinement.

Not recommended Mar 24, 2019
[h1] Retro Inspired Game that Misses the Mark [/h1] Would you rather watch than read? Me too: https://youtu.be/FlHO5x0TSXk Pixel Devil is HEAVILY inspired by games like Megaman and platformers of old. While it's a great idea on the surface, it unfortunately falls really flat when you get into how the game controls, functions and plays. The platforming is frustrating (and not in a good Super Meatboy kind of way), the level design and thought is bonkers (You can get far into a stage only to find out that you need a specific item from ANOTHER stage in order to progress) and the combat needs work. Honestly, there are other problems with it as well that just add up to an unpolished game. Combat feels clunky when dealing with enemies and half of them have some kind of invulnerability period that you are always waiting on, bosses are uninspired and boring and collecting the powerups is a chore. tl;dr - Inspired by the games of old, without any of the fun. An unboxing for video games! I do these for people who hate reading and want to see the gameplay: https://youtu.be/FlHO5x0TSXk
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Not recommended Feb 27, 2021
The game's quality is very low: - music is primitive; - level design is random and uninspired; - no interesting game mechanics; - pixel graphics is done in very lazy manner: even nes games from 1987 have much better detalisation. I would recommend to stay away from this product!
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Recommended Jul 5, 2021
Nice NES-era-style platformer. If it was on NES back in the day, it would be a straight hit. If you happened not to be poisoned by modern day gaming expectations, you would love it, and you'll enjoy it even if you do, this one doesn't hate you like some old NES titles do
1 found this helpful
Recommended Mar 1, 2019
for 8-bit and Коля lovers :D
1 found this helpful
Recommended Jul 8, 2025
Казалась простой, в смысле, просто сделанной и дешёвой. Но мне понравился этот контент. 5 уровней кажутся малым развлечением, но 5ый меня долго развлекал используя всех боссов игры. Не смотря на стрёмную графику, и невыразительных врагов, игра интересно испытывает игрока Желаю выйти продолжению с лучшему качествами первой части, и работой над ошибками, особенно хочется увидеть более выразительных врагов на уровнях, побольше, посимпатичнее, чтобы не прятались за блоками как трусы
Recommended Dec 14, 2021
The enjoyable graphics, good music and well-balanced level design make this a good game for everybody.

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