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. For those who prefer not to search, check out lists of the most played, top deals and best free to play 2D games on Steam.

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Fairy Tale Mysteries 2: The Beanstalk Vanquish the last giant!

Price -97% 0.46€
Rating 7.1
Release 08 Oct 2015
2064: Read Only Memories 2064: Read Only Memories is a cyberpunk thriller that explores the social challenges of tomorrow through classic adventure gaming. A journalist-turned-detective teams up with Turing, the world’s first sapient machine, to unmask a conspiracy that will shake the foundations of Neo-San Francisco.

Price -96% 0.42€
Rating 7.6
Release 06 Oct 2015
SKYHILL World War III is over, the world's infested with mutants and your supplies are running out. Fight your way down this damned hotel, from your penthouse on top to the first floor. Craft weapons, search for food and reach the exit. Otherwise you'll be torn apart, starve to death or maybe both...

Price -91% 0.91€
Rating 7.6
Release 06 Oct 2015
Prison Architect Only the world’s most ruthless Warden can contain the world’s most ruthless inmates. Design and develop your personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect.

Price -93% 1.98€
Rating 8.8
Release 06 Oct 2015
Hylics Hylics is a recreational program with light JRPG elements.

Price -50% 1.49€
Rating 9.5
Release 02 Oct 2015
Game Corp DX Manage your Game Studio, earn big bucks, impress the critics, beat rival studios and clean up at the awards!

Price -81% 0.59€
Rating 8.5
Release 02 Oct 2015
Steredenn: Binary Stars Steredenn is a frenetic and chaotic space shooter, carved in big beautiful pixels, with insane boss battles. Embark in your ship and engage the fight against dreadful space pirates in a never-ending combat for your survival.

Price 12.99€
Rating 8.3
Release 01 Oct 2015
The Escapists: The Walking Dead Merging the smash hit indie game The Escapists with the world wide phenomenon that is The Walking Dead, Team17 have taken the very best of both worlds and are now providing players with the opportunity to play Rick Grimes as he takes on hordes of zombies let loose upon the world.

Price -94% 1.19€
Rating 6.2
Release 30 Sep 2015
Expand Expand is a meditative video game in which you explore a circular labyrinth that constantly twists, stretches and expands around you.

Price 4.99€
Rating 8.2
Release 30 Sep 2015
Ninja Pizza Girl Ninja Pizza Girl is a serious game about bullying, emotional resilience – and pizza delivering ninjas! It’s a fast, flow-based game about Gemma, a sixteen-year-old girl trying to keep her dreams alive in face of the most merciless enemies known to any teenage girl – other teenagers.

Price -89% 0.78€
Rating 7.5
Release 30 Sep 2015
Arcana Heart 3 LOVE MAX!!!!! With its own unique battle system and a wide selection of characteristic angels, the girls are appearing on Steam for the first time in [Arcana Heart 3 LOVE MAX!!!!!]!!

Price -97% 0.90€
Rating 7.6
Release 29 Sep 2015
Mighty Gunvolt Take control of one of three playable characters (Gunvolt, Ekoro, and Beck) as you blast your way past the baddies in stage after stage of side-scrolling action! Each stage ends with a boss encounter. Defeat the boss to complete the stage.

Price 4.99€
Rating 7.0
Release 29 Sep 2015
Dino Run DX DINOSAURS. PIXELS. PYROCLASTIC DOOM WALLS. MASSIVE INDIE CROSSOVERS. Dino Run DX has all of that and more. Come rediscover the original runner and escape extinction all over again.

Price -92% 0.48€
Rating 8.9
Release 29 Sep 2015
Jotun: Valhalla Edition Jotun is a hand-drawn action-exploration game set in Norse mythology. In Jotun, you play Thora, a Viking warrior who died an inglorious death and must prove herself to the Gods to enter Valhalla. Impress the Gods!

Price -94% 0.96€
Rating 7.6
Release 29 Sep 2015
Enigmoon Metroidvania with challenging puzzles and free exploration as long as you have oxygen.

Price 16.79€
Rating 7.1
Release 28 Sep 2015
Cataegis : The White Wind Welcome to Cataegis - The White Wind: Ziggurat Chapter, a frantic 2D arcade action retro-style game that pays homage to the glory days of 8-bit side scrolling gaming.

Price 3.99€
Rating 7.4
Release 25 Sep 2015
A Kiss For The Petals - Remembering How We Met A brand new entry in the landmark yuri game series, "A Kiss For The Petals!" The story of how fan-favorite couple Risa and Miya first met is now available on the PC!

Price -28% 5.81€
Rating 8.9
Release 25 Sep 2015
Doodle God Doodle God is an addicting puzzle & world building game where players use logic and ingenuity to create the entire universe. Starting with the basic elements of earth, wind, fire and air players can build a world filled with locomotives, Dragons, skyscrapers, Aliens and more.

Price -97% 0.44€
Rating 7.2
Release 24 Sep 2015
Missing Translation Lost in a weird city in the middle of the desert and surrounded by strange creatures that keep staring at you. This is a game about exploring the unknown and solving puzzles... lots of them! Don't be fooled by the looks, this isn't a point & click adventure.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.4
Release 24 Sep 2015
Reverse Crawl A dungeon crawl where YOU are the dungeon! Lead your minions in tactical turn-based combat against the pesky heroes, and unlock a variety of evil Powers. With a dynamic campaign system and a branching storyline, "Reverse Crawl" lets you experience an RPG from a whole new angle!

Price -82% 0.91€
Rating 8.3
Release 24 Sep 2015
Weapon of Choice DX Weapon of Choice is a high-energy, side-scroller in which each playable character is unique with their own special weapon and abilities! Blast insane aliens, find new player characters, and choose between branching paths!

Price 5.89€
Rating 7.3
Release 23 Sep 2015
A Fistful of Gun Select one of eleven unique playable gunslingers and seek revenge solo or with your friends in Online or Local Co-Op! Master the specialized controls of each character, collect gold from fallen foes to purchase upgrades, get totally drunk and unleash a tornado of lead across the dusty plains.

Price 9.75€
Rating 6.1
Release 23 Sep 2015
TowerClimb TowerClimb is a difficult and rewarding procedurally generated platformer with roguelike elements. Enormous and mysterious towers of ancient unknown origin stand above humanity, extending to the heavens. Struggle forward as a weak human, driven by an iron will to reach the top.

Price 14.99€
Rating 8.5
Release 22 Sep 2015
Penarium Penarium is a frantic 2D arena arcade game where you take on the role of Willy, trapped in a sinister circus show. Run, jump and avoid an array of killer death-traps while being cheered on by a sadistic crowd that’s out for blood.

Price -94% 0.57€
Rating 7.9
Release 22 Sep 2015