Pixl8 vs Eternity Nightfall
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pixl8
This app transforms your iPhone into a retro 8-bit console for PICO-8 games. It allows you to play a vast library of handcrafted pixel-art games, with features like customizable touch controls, controller support, and cross-platform multiplayer.
- PICO-8 game library
- Tap-and-play cart system
- Customizable touch controls
- Bluetooth controller support
- Cross-platform multiplayer
- Save states management
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Pixl8 turns your iPhone into a pocket-sized retro 8-bit-style console for PICO-8, the fantasy console loved for its tiny, handcrafted pixel-art games. Point Pixl8 at the folder where you keep your carts and it turns them into a tap-and-play library. Each cart is a single PNG image (example.p8.png) with a whole game inside: art, music and code. If you love retro gaming, chiptune soundtracks and hand-drawn pixel art, Pixl8 lets you carry a whole community's worth of indie games in your pocket: arcade shooters, platformers, puzzlers, RPGs, roguelikes and playable demos, all in that unmistakable low-res, high-charm PICO-8 style. https://pixl8.dev What you get: • A growing library of games, added with their authors' permission and playable right away. • Library, Favourites and Recent tabs for your own collection. • Per-cart actions on long-press: open the BBS page, resume game, start fresh game, manage save states. • Cross-platform multiplayer: play with friends on other devices, over local Wi-Fi or the internet. Plays the way you want: • Touch controls with a fully editable on-screen layout. Drag, resize and save your placement. • Bluetooth game controllers. Pair a retro-style gamepad for the authentic feel. • Hardware keyboard supported. • Shader effects, including a retro LCD look. Pro features (optional one-time purchase): • Save states, up to 10 per cart, plus an auto-save-on-exit slot. • Host multiplayer games. • Resume on tap: open a cart and pick up exactly where you left off, with no menu navigation. • In-game quick-save and quick-load on a gamepad combo. • Manage Save States screen with export and import. Whether you grew up on 8-bit handhelds or just love the pixel-art aesthetic, Pixl8 makes it effortless to discover, collect and play the best of the PICO-8 scene. Pixl8 does not ship PICO-8 itself or any of Lexaloffle's copyrighted assets. It is an independent player that reads the public PICO-8 cart format. To run a cart you will need either one of the bundled examples (included with permission) or your own files. The lexaloffle.com BBS hosts thousands of free community carts. Pixl8 is not affiliated with Lexaloffle.
Eternity Nightfall
Navigate a vast, first-person gothic maze filled with undead enemies. Find the chest, defeat its guardians, and collect loot. Customize your pistol with unlockable stickers.
- Vast 64x64 cell maze (100,000 m2)
- First-person pistol combat
- Weapon sticker customization
- Undead enemy encounters
- Chest guarding sentinels
- In-app coin purchases
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A hundred thousand square meters of hedge. One night. One chest. Eternety Nightfall is a first-person gothic maze for iPhone and iPad. Rain on the stones, torchlight on the walls, heavy undead in the halls. The maze is 64×64 cells — about 100,000 m2. Wall-following will not save you. Reach the courtyard, drop the sentinels that guard the chest, take the loot. Your clear time is your Game Center rank. PLAY • 64×64 rings and islands, one south gate, ~100,000 square meters • First-person pistol: fire, aim, reload, inspect • Weapon stickers: unlock marks and slap them on the pistol • Heavy zombies that go silent, then scream and charge • Courtyard sentinels lock the chest until they fall • HUD flasks, coins from the dead CONTROLS Move with the stick. Drag anywhere else to look. AIM toggles sights. An empty mag or an empty flask pauses the run and opens the Shop. COINS Ammo, flasks and stickers cost 100 coins. Optional packs of 100, 500 or 1000 coins are consumable In-App Purchases through Apple. No ads. No subscription. The game interface is English. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://valuable-gymnast-0fa.notion.site/Remo-Privacy-Policy-372aa1bd8d0380609b61ca3fbece5a47
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Eternity Nightfall at 15.0 against Pixl8's 17.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Pixl8 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Eternity Nightfall sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pixl8 ships an update every 4 days, Eternity Nightfall weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pixl8 | Eternity Nightfall |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 136 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Codedreams | Mihail Prisacaru |
Customer experience
Pixl8
Eternity Nightfall
In-app purchases
Pixl8
- Pixl8 Pro:Save States & Multiplayer$6.99
Eternity Nightfall
- 100 Coins$0.99
- 500 Coins$3.99
- Drakeborn pistol skin$3.99
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- 1000 Coins$6.99
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