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pemsa

Rexcellent Games · 2022-04-13

Steam

ActionAdventureCasualFree To PlayIndieRacingRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 10, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 10, 2021 (Mac), Jun 10, 2021 (Linux)

pemsa is an unofficial cart runner for the famous PICO-8 fantasy console. We've included some classic games developed for this console with permission from the authors, including Celeste, Slipways & Hug Arena.

0
playing now
91%
positive of 164 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 61% of 11,000 Action games in the census by review count.

Players online

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Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DRPG1980sIndieRetroActionCasualRacingStrategyAdventure

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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