Pixen Alternatives

Pixen is described as 'Pixel art editor designed for working with low-resolution raster art, such as those 8-bit sprites found in old-school video games. With innovative features like a color palette system, patterns, and high-zoom support, Pixen packs all the tools pixel artists need in an' and is a Image Editor in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Pixen for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and Android apps. The best Pixen alternative is GIMP, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Pixen are Paint.NET, Pixelorama, PixiEditor and Microsoft Paint.

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  1. PictBear icon
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    PictBear is an image editor and paint program that is very friendly toward the beginning user, PictBear is very straightforward and easy to use no matter what your skill level is.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. Complete 3D to Pixel Toolkit [Built using Godot Engine].

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • itch.io
    • Godot Engine
    • Linux
    • Windows
    • Mac
     
  3. Pyxel Edit icon
     13 likes

    Pyxel Edit is a pixel art drawing application especially designed for working with tiles. Place tiles to form a level, edit them directly to see how they all work together, then export your tileset and the level data, and load it into your game.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  4. RealWorld Paint icon
     23 likes

    RealWorld Paint is an free portable image/photo/animation editor. It supports layers with styles and can import and export Photoshop, GIMP and Paint.net images with layers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. Project Dogwaffle lets you be creative without the fear of messing up your clothes. No sudden spills, no funny fumes. You can paint, erase it, and try again, and again, and again......

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. Paint 3D is a free, beginner-friendly 2D and 3D design app for Windows 10 and 11, originally developed by Microsoft. It lets you create 2D drawings and 3D models using brushes, shapes, stickers, textures, and a built-in 3D model library — all without needing design experience.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. PixBuilder icon
     18 likes

    Free Photo Editing Software for PC

    PixBuilder Studio is a free image editing software program for digital photo editing, images processing, and resizing. For digital photo editing, you can use its many professional quality functions. PixBuilder Studio allows you to use the foll.

    137 PixBuilder alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. Moai icon
     9 likes

    Moai is a spiritual successor to one of the elder gods of pixel editing: Autodesk Animator. Designed to make detailed pixel work easy while preserving many of Animator's unique processes, Moai exists to bridge the old with the new.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. Halftone icon
     1 like

    A simple Libadwaita app for lossy image compression using dithering technique. Give your images a pixel art-like style and reduce the file size in the process with Halftone.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
  10. Lightcube icon
     2 likes

    Lightcube is a pixel art editing tool for game developers and artists alike, with a wide range of features including multiple layers, animation frames and a range of tools include pen, eraser, magic wand selection, paint bucket, line draw and pattern brushes.

    32 Lightcube alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Steam
     
  11. PixaPencil icon
     2 likes

    An open source pixel art editor for Android.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
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