Best 2D Platformer Games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our strategy game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated 2d platformer games. For those who prefer not to search, check out lists of the most played, top deals and best free to play 2D Platformer games on Steam.

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Leo’s Fortune - HD Edition An award-winning platform adventure game where you hunt down the cunning thief who stole his gold. Beautifully hand-crafted levels bring the story of Leo to life, offering a journey full of challenges. Revisit this classic adventure as it celebrates its tenth anniversary.

Price 6.99€
Rating 8.5
Release 08 Sep 2015
Tinboy Tinboy is a puzzle-platformer, with a massive difficulty level.

Price -84% 0.67€
Rating 6.0
Release 31 Aug 2015
Azure Striker Gunvolt A 2D action game featuring a young man with the power of lightning who stands for freedom against the evil ambitions of a massive organization. When lightning strikes, a new legend is born.

Price 14.99€
Rating 8.1
Release 28 Aug 2015
Flywrench Flywrench is a frenetic action game from the makers of Nidhogg about piloting an aerobatic ship through the depths of space.

Price 6.89€
Rating 8.8
Release 24 Aug 2015
Mega Man Legacy Collection Mega Man Legacy Collection is a celebration of the 8-bit history of Capcom’s iconic Blue Bomber featuring faithful reproductions of the series’ origins with the original six Mega Man games.

Price -88% 1.81€
Rating 8.3
Release 24 Aug 2015
Tcheco in the Castle of Lucio Tcheco in the Castle of Lucio is an exciting, fast-paced action game.Help Tcheco the Adventure Boy to leave a mysterious castle full of deadly creatures! Be ready for a big challenge, full of nonsense humor and retro goodness.

Price 0.99€
Rating 8.5
Release 22 Jun 2015
Koi-Koi Japan [Hanafuda playing cards] "Hanafuda" is a traditional Japanese card game. Now you can enjoy "Koi Koi," its most well-known variation, in a purely Japanese milieu with elegant and refined graphics. Online Multiplayer!!

Price -67% 3.26€
Rating 8.7
Release 27 Apr 2015
JumpJet Rex Test your dinosaur jump-jet skills with a game that redefines the platformer genre, aptly renaming it "platflyer." Simply put, you're a t-rex with rocket boots trying to save earth from an incoming asteroid. Do you have what it takes to stop it?

Price -95% 0.54€
Rating 8.2
Release 21 Apr 2015
Lakeview Cabin Collection Delve into the diverse world of horror movies in this 2D action puzzler. Nothing can prepare you for the R-rated challenges you will face!

Price -65% 3.58€
Rating 8.8
Release 09 Apr 2015
Tallowmere Raise your shield. Indulge Lady Tallowmere and her lovingly violent dungeons. New rooms are created every time you play. How deep can you delve?

Price -85% 0.62€
Rating 8.5
Release 03 Mar 2015
Boring Man - Online Tactical Stickman Combat Battle other 2D stickfigures online while jumping around like a lunatic and getting blown up into smithereens. With over 70 weapons, Boring Man is the most chaotic and hilarious 2D online shooter on the internet.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.5
Release 20 Feb 2015
David. You play David, an awfully small abstracted chosen hero tossed into a blissfully simple world overrun by giant culminations of evil physics-beasts. As David, you are given a slingshot-esque gift that you will have to use to conquer your colossus foes. Be there AND be square.

Price -75% 0.50€
Rating 7.5
Release 16 Feb 2015
Schein Schein is a 2D precision side-scrolling puzzle platformer. Use the magic of light to explore hidden worlds, solve challenging puzzles, and defeat deadly beasts in this award-winning atmospheric action-adventure game.

Price -85% 0.77€
Rating 6.9
Release 09 Oct 2014
Beyond Gravity Beyond Gravity is procedurally generated "platformer" where you jump in-between planets and try to collect as many pickups as you can. This gets progressively harder the further you jump. No need to worry tho as you can upgrade your character with loads of upgrades and power-ups!

Price 1.99€
Rating 8.3
Release 23 Sep 2014
6180 the moon Simple space, dynamic jump. 6180 the moon offers a fresh, unseen game play style by connecting the top and bottom of the screen.

Price 3.99€
Rating 8.5
Release 19 Sep 2014
Super Time Force Ultra Super Time Force Ultra is an insane platformer filled with robots and dinosaurs and fun and time travel... sometimes all at the same time!

Price -95% 0.66€
Rating 8.4
Release 25 Aug 2014
Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition The definitive version of the smash hit Metroidvania-style action-platformer, Guacamelee! STCE adds new levels, powers, challenges and refinements to the sprawling, ridiculous, Mexican-inspired adventure of the original Guacamelee! Gold Edition.

Price -96% 0.69€
Rating 9.0
Release 21 Aug 2014
Contraption Maker The spiritual successor to The Incredible Machine from its original designer and programmer. Play 100s of puzzles. Build and share elaborate contraptions with an huge variety of parts and critters.

Price -84% 2.07€
Rating 8.7
Release 07 Jul 2014
Momodora III Momodora III is a classic action platform game with a variety of items and secrets. It's the third installment of the Momodora series, although playing the previous titles is not necessary to enjoy the game!

Price 1.99€
Rating 8.9
Release 01 Jul 2014
Munin Imagine you could move mountains - literally! With realistic physics, Norse runes, rotating platforms and a lot of gray cells you'll help Munin, Odin's messenger in her very own 2D-adventure, to reclaim her power on a journey through Yggdrasil.

Price -93% 0.37€
Rating 7.8
Release 10 Jun 2014
1001 Spikes Discover the lost treasures of Ukampa in South America as Aban Hawkins searches for his estranged father, world-famous archeaologist, Jim Hawkins. Aban Hawkins races into the frozen tundra of the antarctic, undiscovered temple ruins and the vast caverns of South America in search of his father and the legendary treasure rumored to lie...

Price -76% 2.46€
Rating 7.8
Release 03 Jun 2014
BattleBlock Theater® Welcome to BattleBlock Theater! You’ve got no where to go but up...on stage. Play single player or co-op to free your friends and save Hatty Hattington! Jump, solve and battle your way through a mysterious theater inhabited by highly technological felines.

Price 14.99€
Rating 9.6
Release 15 May 2014
8BitBoy™ Huge classic platformer with several power-ups and 8-12 hours of main story & 300+ hidden locations just begging for exploration · 56 big Levels · 5 huge worlds

Price 5.69€
Rating 7.1
Release 05 May 2014
GIGANTIC ARMY Side-scrolling mech-shooting bad-assery is BACK!GIGANTIC ARMY is a heartfelt homage to 16-bit era mech shooters such as Cybernator / Assault Suits Valken, Metal Warriors, and Front Mission: Gun Hazard, developed by the studio behind the acclaimed shooter SATAZIUS.

Price -40% 3.53€
Rating 7.1
Release 06 Mar 2014