Best 2D 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 games.

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Fortune Summoners A massive gameworld to explore with nearly a dozen dungeons to delve into.

Price 14.99€
Rating 8.0
Release 30 Jan 2012
Dustforce DX Take control of a nimble janitor to rid the world of dust and debris.

Price -95% 0.55€
Rating 8.4
Release 17 Jan 2012
Blackwell Deception Street psychics. Their blinking neon signs are everywhere, promising love and wealth and happiness. They make a fortune preying on the gullible and milking them dry. So when these victims begin dying and leaving confused spirits behind, it can only take a genuine psychic (and her wayward spirit guide) to clean up the mess.

Price -93% 0.70€
Rating 8.9
Release 13 Jan 2012
Blackwell Unbound The year is 1973. The sound of a lone, ethereal saxophone drifts over the Roosevelt Island promenade, while a series of accidents plague a midtown construction site. The citizens of Manhattan take no notice of these events, let alone think they are connected.

Price -88% 0.55€
Rating 8.8
Release 13 Jan 2012
The Blackwell Legacy When 3 NYU students kill themselves, nobody thinks that a sinister force is at work. Nobody but fledgling medium Rosa Blackwell & her new spirit guide Joey Mallone.

Price -79% 0.98€
Rating 8.5
Release 13 Jan 2012
SATAZIUS The year is 2051. Location: SATAZIUS, a long-abandoned planet. The cruiser Agano was on patrol when it was attacked and stricken by a confederacy of space pirates that had established a base on SATAZIUS. The pirates attacked the Agano intending to steal the assault ship ‘Trafalgar’ that was stowed aboard the Agano, but the Trafalgar made...

Price -86% 0.83€
Rating 7.8
Release 16 Dec 2011
Cave Story+ Run, jump, shoot, fly and explore your way through a massive action-adventure reminiscent of classic 8- and 16-bit games.

Price -68% 4.87€
Rating 9.0
Release 22 Nov 2011
Waves Waves is an Arcade Twin-Stick Shooter that's all about High Scores. Build your combo and drop bombs in pursuit of Leaderboard dominance over seven game-modes!

Price Free to play
Rating 9.0
Release 16 Nov 2011
Sonic Generations Collection Celebrate 20 years of Sonic in an all new adventure that delivers a definitive experience to Sonic fans new and old!

Price 24.08€
Rating 9.2
Release 03 Nov 2011
Gemini Rue Discover a world where life is cheap, identities are bought & sold, & a quest for redemption can change the fate of a whole galaxy.

Price -86% 1.18€
Rating 8.4
Release 26 Oct 2011
Worms Throw a grenade down memory lane with the original and classic turn-based strategy game Worms™! Up to 4 teams of worms do battle over an ever-changing battlefield with falling weapon crates, crazed exploding sheep and more besides. Winner of many industry awards, find out what all the fuss was about.

Price -93% 0.43€
Rating 7.8
Release 19 Oct 2011
Worms Crazy Golf Worms™ Crazy Golf is a hilarious mixture of the explosive action of Worms™ and the puzzle-based challenges of crazy golf! All of the trademark Worms™ humour, comic violence, and cartoon visuals are present, combined with addictive yet accessible golf gameplay.

Price -95% 0.50€
Rating 7.6
Release 19 Oct 2011
The Binding of Isaac Now 20% More Evil with the Free Halloween update!

Price -2% 4.90€
Rating 9.3
Release 28 Sep 2011
Puzzle Pirates Every activity in Puzzle Pirates is a uniquely fun puzzle: be it sailing, gunning, or hauling treasure, your own puzzling skill determines your success!

Price Free to play
Rating 7.7
Release 31 Aug 2011
Serious Sam Double D XXL Pile on the firepower with the revolutionary Gunstacker and fire all your weapons at once in a symphony of destruction!

Price -94% 0.63€
Rating 7.9
Release 30 Aug 2011
Cossacks: Art of War Cossacks: The Art of War continues the history of the great battles of XVII–XVIII centuries

Price -84% 0.83€
Rating 7.5
Release 26 Aug 2011
Blocks That Matter When indie game developers Alexey and Markus are in trouble, their only hope comes from their creation.

Price 4.99€
Rating 7.4
Release 19 Aug 2011
Avadon: The Black Fortress Avadon: The Black Fortress is an epic, Indie fantasy role-playing saga. You will serve the keep of Avadon, working as a spy and warrior to fight the enemies of your homeland. As a servant of the Black Fortress, your word is law. Use your power to crush a growing rebellion! (Or join it.)

Price -75% 2.58€
Rating 7.7
Release 17 Aug 2011
Bastion Discover the secrets of the Calamity, a surreal catastrophe that shattered the world to pieces.

Price -86% 2.13€
Rating 9.4
Release 16 Aug 2011
Space Pirates and Zombies Explore a randomly generated Galaxy populated with factions, enemies, missions, and items providing you with a unique experience each time you play.

Price -59% 4.11€
Rating 8.7
Release 15 Aug 2011
LIMBO Uncertain of his sister's fate, a boy enters LIMBO

Price -75% 2.95€
Rating 9.1
Release 02 Aug 2011
Cthulhu Saves the World The lord of insanity, Cthulhu was all set to plunge the world into insanity and destruction when his powers were sealed by a mysterious sorcerer. The only way for him to break the curse is to become a true hero. Save the world to destroy it in an epic parody RPG journey of redemption, romance, and insanity!

Price -87% 0.41€
Rating 8.8
Release 13 Jul 2011
Breath of Death VII Resurrect the classic era of RPGs with the retro parody RPG, Breath of Death VII: The Beginning. Join Dem the Skeleton Knight, Sara the ghost historian, Lita the vampire techie, and Erik the zombie prince as they explore an undead world in search of the secrets of the past. Laugh! Cry! Laugh some more!

Price -86% 0.42€
Rating 8.0
Release 13 Jul 2011
Dungeons of Dredmor Test your luck and cunning in this exciting RPG as you craft, cast, and pillage your way through Lord Dredmor's Dungeons.

Price -74% 2.09€
Rating 9.1
Release 13 Jul 2011
Puzzle Agent 2 Agent Nelson Tethers just solved his biggest case yet. So why isn't he satisfied? Venture back to eerie Scoggins, Minnesota to solve the mystery of "the Hidden People" once and for all!

Price -82% 0.83€
Rating 8.2
Release 30 Jun 2011
Solar 2 Dynamic abstract sandbox universe. Changes and evolves as you do.

Price -83% 1.53€
Rating 8.7
Release 17 Jun 2011
Jamestown Jamestown: Legend Of The Lost Colony is a neo-classical top-down shooter for up to 4 players, set on 17th-century British Colonial Mars. It features all the intensity, depth, and lovingly handcrafted pixels of a classic arcade shooter, with a modern twist: deeply-integrated cooperative gameplay.

Price -69% 2.57€
Rating 9.0
Release 08 Jun 2011
Terraria Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

Price -52% 4.75€
Rating 9.7
Release 16 May 2011
DETOUR A true test your wits and spatial reasoning. Detour combines highway-building fun with the excitement of a competitive real-time strategy game. Construct a path for your convoy to reach its destination in this incredibly addictive title. With online multiplayer!

Price 0.99€
Rating 6.0
Release 16 May 2011
BEEP A combination of platforming with a gravity gun, BEEP is an amazing physics-platformer. Despite its friendly art style, this is a hardcore platformer in the truest sense.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.2
Release 06 May 2011
Fortix 2 Fortix 2 is best described as a reverse turret defense game. As Sir Fortix, the knight, you must conquer castles while dodging tower turrets and evil monsters. Fight your way across the shires of the island Artalom, storming from castle to castle.

Price 1.99€
Rating 8.5
Release 06 May 2011
Dwarfs!? Dig! Dig! Dig! Manage the small underground Dwarf base and make it as rich as possible before they meet their inevitable doom. Purchase before May 11th and save!

Price -97% 0.27€
Rating 7.4
Release 04 May 2011
Capsized Capsized is a fast paced 2D platformer focused on intense action and exploration. As a intrepid space traveler, your ship has crash landed on a mysterious alien planet. You must navigate through the perilous environment and fight off blood-thirsty creatures to save your crewmates and escape with your lives!

Price -95% 0.50€
Rating 7.3
Release 29 Apr 2011
The Tiny Bang Story Life on Tiny Planet was calm and carefree until a great disaster occurred - Tiny Planet was hit by a meteor! The world fell apart and now its future depends only on you! Use your imagination and creativity: in order to restore Tiny Planet and help its inhabitants you will have to fix a variety of machines and mechanisms as well as solve...

Price 4.99€
Rating 8.5
Release 22 Apr 2011
The Next BIG Thing The Next Big Thing is a great adventure game in high definition, loaded with laughs, tributes, mysteries and wacky puzzles!

Price -83% 0.85€
Rating 7.9
Release 21 Apr 2011
Runaway: A Twist of Fate Runaway: A Twist of Fate is the adventure game of the year! Featuring a production worthy of a big 2D animated movie, Runaway follows a story full of twists and turns, and packed with comical highlights. All in all, you will be confronted with more than 200 mysteries and puzzles to keep your brain running through a big adventure that you...

Price -85% 0.75€
Rating 8.4
Release 21 Apr 2011

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