How to play PixelField

PixelField is a free multiplayer pixel art game played in the browser on one permanent shared canvas. Pick a colour, claim a cell, and build alongside everyone else in real time. Everything below is the whole game: placing pixels, energy, XP and levels, coins, countries, clans and PixelField Pro.

Place a pixel

Placing a pixel is three steps:

  1. Pick a colour from the palette.
  2. Click a cell on the canvas.
  3. Confirm the placement.

The pixel updates for every player in real time once it is confirmed.

Pixel energy

Free players regenerate 1 pixel every 30 seconds, up to 5 stored at once. These are the current defaults — an admin can change the regeneration interval and stored capacity at any time.

Bonus pixels (from packs or rewards) are a separate pool from regenerated pixels, and are always spent first.

XP and levels

Every valid pixel placement awards XP — currently 1 pixel = 1 XP.

Your level shows how much you have played. It appears on your profile and on the leaderboard, and never gives a gameplay advantage: stored pixel capacity and the premium colors come with PixelField Pro, not with levels.

Coins

Coins are earned from daily login streaks, placement milestones, achievements and leaderboard rewards. They are spent on cosmetics — profile badges, borders and additional colour themes — never on anything that places pixels faster.

Countries and clans

Every pixel you place contributes one point to your country's total on the country leaderboard — ownership of the pixel itself is not tied to a country, only the contribution counts.

Clans are opt-in groups: create one, join one, or leave at any time. A clan's total is the sum of its members' placements, tracked on the clan leaderboard.

PixelField Pro

PixelField Pro is currently €4.99/month — the current default price, which an admin can change. Pro is not pay-to-win: it does not place pixels any faster than the regeneration rate everyone shares.

Pro currently includes:

  • Storing up to 10 regenerated pixels instead of 5 (current default cap, admin-configurable)
  • A premium colour palette
  • A profile badge
  • Extra profile customisation
  • Detailed statistics

Controls

Drag
Pan the canvas.
Scroll wheel / pinch
Zoom in and out.
Click a cell
Select it.
Fast place
The amber click-cursor button on the canvas toolbar, or “Toggle fast place” in the command palette. A single click then places the pixel straight away, with no separate confirm step.
Arrow keys
Move the selection.
Enter / Space
Confirm or select the highlighted cell.
I
Open pixel history for the selected cell.
Right-click / long-press
Open pixel history for that cell.
Escape
Clear the selection.
Cmd K / Ctrl K
Open the command palette.
/
Also opens the command palette.

Want the illustrated tour instead? See what PixelField includes.