Free Platformer Sprites and Tilesets

Platformer packs are the best-supported category in free 2D art, because they're what everyone builds first. The useful ones give you a character with a full animation strip, tiles that connect on every edge, and matching hazards and pickups. Check the animation frame count before you commit: a four-frame run cycle and a twelve-frame run cycle need different code, and swapping later is more work than picking right.

Everything here is free to download from the source site. These results come from Kenney, OpenGameArt. Licences vary by file and are shown on each card. Nothing is hosted by us, and every link goes to the original page so you get the current version and the real licence terms.

1-Bit Platformer PackKenneyCC0Abstract PlatformerKenneyCC0New Platformer PackKenneyCC0Pico-8 PlatformerKenneyCC0Pixel Line PlatformerKenneyCC0Pixel PlatformerKenneyCC0Pixel Platformer BlocksKenneyCC0Pixel Platformer Farm ExpansionKenneyCC0Pixel Platformer Food ExpansionKenneyCC0Pixel Platformer Industrial ExpansionKenneyCC0Platformer Art BuildingsKenneyCC0Platformer Art CandyKenneyCC0Platformer Art DeluxeKenneyCC0Platformer Art Extended EnemiesKenneyCC0A platformer in the forestOpenGameArt · OpenGameArt CommunityVarious CCPlatformer Art Complete Pack (often updated)OpenGameArt · OpenGameArt CommunityVarious CCPlatformer Art DeluxeOpenGameArt · OpenGameArt CommunityVarious CCSurt's killer Platformer tiles and crittersOpenGameArt · OpenGameArt CommunityVarious CCGeneric Platformer TilesOpenGameArt · OpenGameArt CommunityVarious CCGeneric Platformer Tileset (16x16) + BackgroundOpenGameArt · OpenGameArt CommunityVarious CCcastle platformerOpenGameArt · OpenGameArt CommunityVarious CCSeasonal Platformer TilesOpenGameArt · OpenGameArt CommunityVarious CCPlatformer TilesetsOpenGameArt · OpenGameArt CommunityVarious CCFree Platformer Game TilesetOpenGameArt · OpenGameArt CommunityVarious CCPlatformer BaddiesOpenGameArt · OpenGameArt CommunityVarious CCPlatformer Art: BuildingsOpenGameArt · OpenGameArt CommunityVarious CCFree Desert Platformer TilesetOpenGameArt · OpenGameArt CommunityVarious CCArcade Platformer AssetsOpenGameArt · OpenGameArt CommunityVarious CC

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Using these sprites in a game

Pack sprites into an atlas before shipping. One texture with everything on it means one GPU upload and one draw call for your whole interface, instead of one per image, and that's the difference between a smooth 2D game and a stuttering one on mobile.

Keep the source art at its authored resolution and scale in-engine rather than resizing the files, especially for pixel art, where any resampling that isn't a clean integer multiple destroys the edges. Set your texture filtering to nearest for pixel art too, or everything comes out blurry.

For engine choices in 2D, see Phaser vs Defold and Construct vs GDevelop.

Licences, briefly

CC0 means public domain: use it commercially, modify it, ship it, no credit required. That covers everything from Kenney, Quaternius, KayKit, Poly Haven, and AmbientCG.

Freesound and OpenGameArt host a mix. Some files are CC0, others are CC-BY (credit required) or CC-BY-SA (credit required and derivatives must carry the same licence, which is a real constraint on a commercial game). The licence is set per file by whoever uploaded it, so check the source page before you ship.

The complete guide to game asset licences covers what each one actually requires and where teams usually get it wrong.

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