Squidlit
Released Mar 2018
Every day is a wonderful day for invertebrates! Come join the Squidlits of Blipston for a squishy adventure of spoopy castles, muffins, and wiggles! Made with classic handheld technology in mind, Squidlit strives to be the closest modern recreation of GameBoy game-design methods on the market.
90% positive · 440 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Where to buy
Steam $1.99
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Evaluation
Squidlit launched on March 2, 2018 as a compact Game Boy-style platformer. The developer shipped a series of bug fix and quality-of-life patches through 2018 and 2019, culminating in a final v1.09 patch on February 11, 2020. That last post noted the team was moving on to their next title, Super Squidlit, describing it as a sequel rather than additional content for this game. The developer also teased a Nintendo Switch version in October 2019 and mentioned "one final major update for the PC version" in a post from October 28, 2019 — language that explicitly frames the update cycle as concluding. There has been no developer communication since February 11, 2020, no unreleased DLC listed on the store, and no announcements of further content for Squidlit. The game launched as a self-contained experience and the developer has since moved on to other projects. All signs point to this being a complete, finished product.
Evidence
Final patch v1.09 shipped with minor bug fixes. The post directed followers to the developer's Twitter for news about their next title, Super Squidlit — indicating focus had shifted away from this game.
Developer described an upcoming update as 'one final major update for the PC version,' explicitly signaling the end of the PC update cycle.
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Developer
Publisher
Squidlit Ink.
Achievements
18
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player
About this game
Are you ready for an invertebratey adventure? Do you have the gumption to take on a mighty quest for the good of oodles of squidlits everywhere? If so, many trials await you as you squrp your way to victory in the squishiest of escapades!
The mechanics are simple!
After jumping, jump again to ink downwards on the enemies you encounter as you blip and squip along your merry way! Can you stop Skwit Skwot before it’s too late?
Squidlit does everything it can to be as accurate to Game Boy hardware as possible, including:
- No more than 10 8-pixel wide sprites in a line.
- No more than 40 sprites at any time.
- Four sound channels that are shared between “voices” of music and the sound effects.
- All sounds were made on a real Game Boy (using LSDJ).
- 160 x 144 pixel resolution.
- And a whopping 4 shades of... “grellow”.
Are these done yet?
Last evaluated Jun 27, 2026
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