Everything you need to know about how PixelPicked works — for developers building games and players looking for something worth playing.
How it works
Submit your game at any stage of development — even if it is unfinished. Add your trailer, screenshots, description, and genre. Tell us what you are building and why it is original.
We accept games at any stage of development. You do not need a finished product, a publisher, or a marketing deck. You need a game worth following.
Submit your game at any stage of development — even if it is unfinished. Add your trailer, screenshots, description, and genre. Tell us what you are building and why it is original.
We accept games at any stage of development. You do not need a finished product, a publisher, or a marketing deck. You need a game worth following.
Every submission is reviewed by a human within 1 to 2 days. We check for originality and quality. No clones. No shovelware. If your game passes, your page goes live.
The review takes 1 to 2 days. We look at whether your game is genuinely original and whether it meets a basic standard of quality. Games that pass get a dedicated page. Games that do not get honest feedback.
Your game page is live. Post devlogs. Share screenshots and early builds. Collect followers who will be notified when you launch. Recruit beta testers from players who are already interested.
This is the phase most developers skip — and why most launches fail. Post devlogs as you build. Share progress updates. Open beta testing slots. Every follower you collect here is someone who will show up on launch day.
When you are ready to launch, tell us. We run a coordinated campaign — push notifications to every follower, trending placement on the homepage, and a broadcast across our Discord, YouTube, TikTok, and X.
Your launch campaign runs for the week of your release. Every player who followed your game gets a push notification. Your game goes to the front page for community voting. We broadcast the launch across all our social channels. You arrive on launch day with a crowd that has been waiting.
The community votes for the best games each week. Top voted games get featured in the weekly newsletter sent to thousands of players, and broadcast across our socials.
Your game stays on the homepage for a full week after launch. The community votes. The best games rise to the top and get featured in the Weekly Pixel newsletter and across our social channels. No ad spend. Just genuine player votes.
After launch, your game remains in the discovery feed permanently. Players keep finding it. Post updates to re-engage your community. Great games keep growing long after day one.
Unlike the App Store, your game does not disappear after the launch window. It stays in the discovery feed. Post update devlogs and your existing community comes back. Weekly leaderboards give every game a fresh chance to rise.
Find indie mobile games while they are still being made — months before they hit the App Store. Every game in the feed has been curated by a human. No clones. No gacha loops. No shovelware.
PixelPicked is the only place where you can discover a mobile game before it launches. Follow it from the first devlog to the day it ships. Be the first to play it.
Find indie mobile games while they are still being made — months before they hit the App Store. Every game in the feed has been curated by a human. No clones. No gacha loops. No shovelware.
PixelPicked is the only place where you can discover a mobile game before it launches. Follow it from the first devlog to the day it ships. Be the first to play it.
Apply for beta access directly from any game page. Test early builds and give feedback that developers actually read. Your input shapes what gets built before anyone else has played it.
Developers on PixelPicked are actively looking for real feedback from real players. Your opinion on the controls, the difficulty, the story — it goes directly to the person making the game. Not into a void.
Follow a game from day one. Read devlogs as the developer builds. Watch a game go from concept to launch. You are not just a player — you are part of the community that makes great games possible.
The best indie games are built with communities around them. On PixelPicked, you are part of that community from the beginning. Follow the developer's journey. Comment on devlogs. Vote for the games you love.
Every game on PixelPicked has been reviewed by a human before it appears in the feed. You will never scroll past a clone, a cash grab, or a slot machine disguised as a game.
The curation is the product. We review every submission for originality and quality. What you see in the feed is genuinely worth your time. That is the promise.
Follow any game in development and get a push notification the moment it launches. Never miss a game you have been waiting for. Be the first to download and review it.
When you follow a game on PixelPicked, you are on the list. The developer notifies their followers on launch day and you get the notification directly. No more discovering a great game six months after it launched.
The Weekly Pixel lands in your inbox every week with the top community-voted games, notable new launches, and developer stories worth reading. Curated by humans. No algorithm. No sponsored content.
Every week, the PixelPicked community votes for the best games. The top games go into the newsletter. Subscribe and you will never run out of great mobile games to play.
Pre-launch. Launch week. Post-launch. We are the platform that stays with you through all of it.
Every stage. One platform.
Submit your game at any stage of development — even if it is unfinished. Add your trailer, screenshots, description, and genre. Tell us what you are building and why it is original.
We accept games at any stage of development. You do not need a finished product, a publisher, or a marketing deck. You need a game worth following.
Every submission is reviewed by a human within 1 to 2 days. We check for originality and quality. No clones. No shovelware. If your game passes, your page goes live.
The review takes 1 to 2 days. We look at whether your game is genuinely original and whether it meets a basic standard of quality. Games that pass get a dedicated page. Games that do not get honest feedback.
Your game page is live. Post devlogs. Share screenshots and early builds. Collect followers who will be notified when you launch. Recruit beta testers from players who are already interested.
This is the phase most developers skip — and why most launches fail. Post devlogs as you build. Share progress updates. Open beta testing slots. Every follower you collect here is someone who will show up on launch day.
When you are ready to launch, tell us. We run a coordinated campaign — push notifications to every follower, trending placement on the homepage, and a broadcast across our Discord, YouTube, TikTok, and X.
Your launch campaign runs for the week of your release. Every player who followed your game gets a push notification. Your game goes to the front page for community voting. We broadcast the launch across all our social channels. You arrive on launch day with a crowd that has been waiting.
The community votes for the best games each week. Top voted games get featured in the weekly newsletter sent to thousands of players, and broadcast across our socials.
Your game stays on the homepage for a full week after launch. The community votes. The best games rise to the top and get featured in the Weekly Pixel newsletter and across our social channels. No ad spend. Just genuine player votes.
After launch, your game remains in the discovery feed permanently. Players keep finding it. Post updates to re-engage your community. Great games keep growing long after day one.
Unlike the App Store, your game does not disappear after the launch window. It stays in the discovery feed. Post update devlogs and your existing community comes back. Weekly leaderboards give every game a fresh chance to rise.
Find indie mobile games while they are still being made — months before they hit the App Store. Every game in the feed has been curated by a human. No clones. No gacha loops. No shovelware.
PixelPicked is the only place where you can discover a mobile game before it launches. Follow it from the first devlog to the day it ships. Be the first to play it.
Apply for beta access directly from any game page. Test early builds and give feedback that developers actually read. Your input shapes what gets built before anyone else has played it.
Developers on PixelPicked are actively looking for real feedback from real players. Your opinion on the controls, the difficulty, the story — it goes directly to the person making the game. Not into a void.
Follow a game from day one. Read devlogs as the developer builds. Watch a game go from concept to launch. You are not just a player — you are part of the community that makes great games possible.
The best indie games are built with communities around them. On PixelPicked, you are part of that community from the beginning. Follow the developer's journey. Comment on devlogs. Vote for the games you love.
Every game on PixelPicked has been reviewed by a human before it appears in the feed. You will never scroll past a clone, a cash grab, or a slot machine disguised as a game.
The curation is the product. We review every submission for originality and quality. What you see in the feed is genuinely worth your time. That is the promise.
Follow any game in development and get a push notification the moment it launches. Never miss a game you have been waiting for. Be the first to download and review it.
When you follow a game on PixelPicked, you are on the list. The developer notifies their followers on launch day and you get the notification directly. No more discovering a great game six months after it launched.
The Weekly Pixel lands in your inbox every week with the top community-voted games, notable new launches, and developer stories worth reading. Curated by humans. No algorithm. No sponsored content.
Every week, the PixelPicked community votes for the best games. The top games go into the newsletter. Subscribe and you will never run out of great mobile games to play.