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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Hyper Knights Slash and Dash, raise your army, learn powerful combos and take back your land!

Price -72% 1.42€
Rating 8.4
Release 19 May 2017
Ghost Files: The Face of Guilt Lead the Police investigation in the afterlife!

Price -75% 3.69€
Rating 6.8
Release 18 May 2017
Old Man's Journey Old Man’s Journey, a soul-searching puzzle adventure, tells a story of life, loss, and hope. Interacting with the world around you, you'll shape the landscape to create the old man's path forward. Experience heartache and hope as you embark on a heartfelt journey through a sunkissed world.

Price -96% 0.40€
Rating 8.4
Release 17 May 2017
OVIVO OVIVO is a minimalistic platformer with unusual mechanics where everything is as simple as black and white. The journey in this metaphoric world is filled with illusions and hidden messages.

Price 9.75€
Rating 8.4
Release 12 May 2017
Learn to Fly 3 Build your spaceship from scratch, earn funds and invest them into building a bigger, better spaceship as you try and fly your way up to space!

Price Free to play
Rating 9.2
Release 12 May 2017
Charlie Murder It’s a punk rock apocalypse! Team up with your friends to lead embattled punk rock band Charlie Murder in their epic quest to save the world from rival death metalers Gore Quaffer and their legions of evil.

Price -2% 9.81€
Rating 9.1
Release 12 May 2017
The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile The followup to 2009's Dead Samurai, The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile is a combo-fueled, fast-paced, stylistic 2D action platformer that features the series' staple gritty, graphic novel-inspired art style, built on a new engine that allows for an even more visually gruesome experience.

Price -2% 9.81€
Rating 9.0
Release 12 May 2017
Rakuen A hospitalized Boy comes to terms with his own story by traveling with his Mom to a beautiful fantasy world; ultimately helping his fellow patients find closure by walking a mile in their shoes.

Price -72% 4.20€
Rating 9.3
Release 10 May 2017
Animation Throwdown: The Quest for Cards Family Guy, Bob's Burgers, Futurama, American Dad, King of the Hill, and Archer join forces in Animation Throwdown, your favorite new collectible card game. Collect your favorite characters, combine cards to make hilarious combos, and battle your way through an adventure of animated proportions.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.3
Release 05 May 2017
WAVESHAPER WAVESHAPER is a minimalist score attack game in which you attempt to stop the 2D vector menace, one obstacle at a time.

Price 1.89€
Rating 8.5
Release 03 May 2017
Metal Waltz: Anime tank girls Military Strategy + RPG + Collection + Story. This is a story of the war between mankind and the tank monsters. The hope of the human relies on the girls, whose bodies have been rebuilt and combined with armor parts. All the girls are under your command. Lead your army, won the war!

Price Free to play
Rating 7.6
Release 02 May 2017
One Dog Story One Dog Story is an engaging pixel adventure game with RPG elements, gameplay that’ll get you hooked for hours, and well-developed characters. You wake up in an underground laboratory, free again after a horrific accident. Prepare to explore this expansive game world and its many secrets and mysteries.

Price -54% 4.64€
Rating 7.4
Release 28 Apr 2017
Mini Ghost "Mini Ghost" is a mini metroidvania in the 80's MSX art style and gameplay. It's the mini prequel of Ghost 1.0.

Price 1.99€
Rating 8.7
Release 28 Apr 2017
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch. 5 Meakashi Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.

Price 7.99€
Rating 9.1
Release 28 Apr 2017
Just Ignore Them One night can feel like a lifetime of pain, suffering and horror to a child...do you have what it takes to survive the night? Play as an 8 year old child who is tormented by monsters in his house. Your choices make his future which lives can be saved or ended.

Price -89% 0.46€
Rating 7.4
Release 28 Apr 2017
Slice, Dice & Rice Slice Dice & Rice is an indie fighting game with no health bars. Inspired by Bushido Blade, it revolves around the idea of finding an opening in opponents defense and ending the round with a single, clean hit.

Price -94% 0.66€
Rating 6.2
Release 27 Apr 2017
Under Leaves Journey into the forest, the jungle or the depths of the deep blue sea. Find chestnuts for the pigs, a caterpillar for the crocodile or a starfish one, two three. A color-filled hidden object game from the world of animals.

Price 4.99€
Rating 8.9
Release 27 Apr 2017
Pinstripe An ex-minister ventures through the frozen depths of Hell in search of his kidnapped daughter.

Price -98% 0.43€
Rating 8.6
Release 24 Apr 2017
aMAZE 2 aMAZE 2 is a straightforward and surprisingly-difficult celebration of the simple beauty of the maze.

Price -75% 0.50€
Rating 8.1
Release 21 Apr 2017
Orbt XL Defy gravity in Orbt XL! A fast-paced, addictive, 'just-one-more-round' arcade score chaser. Stay in orbit, dodge obstacles, and rack up points, the closer you are to the black hole, the higher your score! Easy to learn, tough to master, and perfect for quick play sessions while waiting in queue.

Price 0.99€
Rating 9.3
Release 21 Apr 2017
Forts Unleash your creativity and strategic prowess in Forts, the exhilarating physics-based RTS! Design, construct, and customize imposing fortresses, bristling with devastating firepower, and blast your opponent’s buildings to rubble!

Price -63% 5.66€
Rating 9.0
Release 19 Apr 2017
The Disney Afternoon Collection Starring a cast of beloved Disney characters, The Disney Afternoon Collection takes you back to a golden era of gaming and afternoons filled with adventure. All six classic games feature new and improved visuals and include filtering options that replicate a retro look and feel.

Price -83% 3.49€
Rating 8.4
Release 18 Apr 2017
Card Creator Card Creator is a powerful, deep and easy to use card creation software, the best tool for games designers (amateurs or pro) and fans of card and tabletop games. Card creation made easy, fast and fun!

Price 38.99€
Rating 6.8
Release 18 Apr 2017
ONRAID Onraid is a challenging 2D shooter game, where you are free to develop your own play style and tactics to destroy your enemies.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.3
Release 18 Apr 2017

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