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WHAT
IS
PIXELPICKED?.

Everything you need to know about what PixelPicked is — for developers building games and players looking for something worth playing.

For developers

From first commit
to launch day
and beyond.

PixelPicked gives indie mobile developers real visibility from beta to launch. Free forever. No commission.

  • 01

    Submit at any stage

    Register your game before it is finished. Add a trailer, screenshots, and a description. You do not need a publisher, a marketing deck, or a finished product.

    Pre-launch
  • 02

    Human approval in 1–2 days

    Every submission is reviewed by a person. No clones. No shovelware. Games that pass get a dedicated page. Games that do not get honest feedback.

    Curation
  • 03

    Build your audience early

    Post devlogs as you build. Share screenshots and early builds. Collect followers who will be notified the moment you launch.

    Audience
  • 04

    Recruit real beta testers

    Players apply for beta access directly from your game page. Get feedback from people who are already interested — not random strangers from a subreddit.

    Beta testing
  • 05

    Coordinated launch campaign

    Push notifications to every follower. Trending placement on the homepage. Broadcast across Discord, YouTube, TikTok, and X. You arrive on launch day with a crowd.

    Launch week
  • 06

    Community voting and features

    The community votes weekly. Top games get featured in the Weekly Pixel newsletter and across our socials. No ad spend. Just genuine player votes.

    Discovery
  • 07

    Cross-platform social reach

    PixelPicked broadcasts across X, Reddit, TikTok, and YouTube. Your launch reaches audiences that never open an app store chart.

    Reach
  • 08

    Stay discoverable forever

    Unlike the App Store, your game does not disappear after the launch window. It lives in the feed permanently. Post updates to re-engage your community.

    Post-launch

Pre-launch. Launch week. Post-launch. PixelPicked is the platform that stays with you through all of it — from first commit to long after day one.

Every stage. One platform.

PixelPicked for indie game developers

PixelPicked is the curated mobile game launch platform for indie developers. Submit your game at any stage of development, build a pre-launch audience through devlogs, recruit beta testers from interested players, and run a coordinated launch campaign with push notifications, homepage trending placement, and broadcast across social channels. Free forever. No commission.

Submit at any stage

Register your game before it is finished. Add a trailer, screenshots, and a description. You do not need a publisher, a marketing deck, or a finished product.

Human approval in 1–2 days

Every submission is reviewed by a person. No clones. No shovelware. Games that pass get a dedicated page. Games that do not get honest feedback.

Build your audience early

Post devlogs as you build. Share screenshots and early builds. Collect followers who will be notified the moment you launch.

Recruit real beta testers

Players apply for beta access directly from your game page. Get feedback from people who are already interested — not random strangers from a subreddit.

Coordinated launch campaign

Push notifications to every follower. Trending placement on the homepage. Broadcast across Discord, YouTube, TikTok, and X. You arrive on launch day with a crowd.

Community voting and features

The community votes weekly. Top games get featured in the Weekly Pixel newsletter and across our socials. No ad spend. Just genuine player votes.

Cross-platform social reach

PixelPicked broadcasts across X, Reddit, TikTok, and YouTube. Your launch reaches audiences that never open an app store chart.

Stay discoverable forever

Unlike the App Store, your game does not disappear after the launch window. It lives in the feed permanently. Post updates to re-engage your community.

PixelPicked for mobile game players

PixelPicked is the curated discovery platform for players who want to find the best indie mobile games before they reach the App Store. Every game is human-reviewed for originality and quality. Follow games in development, apply for beta access, vote for the best releases each week, and receive a push notification the moment a game you are following launches.

Discover games before anyone else

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.

Only quality-approved games

No clones. No gacha loops. No slot machines disguised as games. Every game is reviewed for originality before it appears in the feed.

Give feedback that shapes games

Apply for beta access from any game page. Test early builds and give feedback that developers actually read — before anyone else has played it.

Be part of development

Follow a game from day one. Read devlogs as the developer builds. You are not just a player — you are part of the community that makes great games possible.

Get notified when games launch

Follow any game in development and get a push notification the moment it ships. Never miss a game you have been waiting for. Be the first to download and review it.

Vote for the best games

Every week the community votes. The best games rise to the top. Your vote directly determines which games get featured — no algorithm overrides it.

Weekly newsletter, no filler

The Weekly Pixel lands in your inbox with the top community-voted games, notable launches, and developer stories worth reading. Curated by humans. No sponsored content.

Games beyond the App Store charts

The App Store surfaces what makes money, not what is good. PixelPicked surfaces what is genuinely original. Hidden gems, not chart climbers.