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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Stronghold Crusader HD (2012) The highly anticipated sequel to the best-selling Stronghold, Stronghold Crusader HD throws you into historic battles and castle sieges from the Crusades with fiendish AI opponents, new units, 4 historical campaigns and over 100 unique skirmish missions.

Price 7.99€
Rating 9.5
Release 21 Oct 2013
Stronghold HD (2012) The original castle sim, Stronghold HD allows you to design, build and destroy historical castles. Engage in medieval warfare against the AI in one of two single player campaigns or online with up to 8 players.

Price 3.99€
Rating 9.3
Release 21 Oct 2013
Super Amazing Wagon Adventure Super Amazing Wagon Adventure is a fast-paced 2d shooting game with a random story. You control a group of three migrants traveling west along a wagon trail. The game consists of short scenes that are sequenced together in a semi-random way to tell a crazy adventure story.

Price -20% 2.42€
Rating 9.1
Release 17 Oct 2013
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream The adventure plunges you into the tortured and hidden past of five humans. Delve into their darkest fears. Outwit the Master Computer AM in a game of psychological warfare. Disturbing, compelling. An adventure you won't easily forget !!

Price -93% 0.74€
Rating 8.6
Release 17 Oct 2013
Goodbye Deponia More chaos, more destruction, more Rufus. Not one, not two, but three Rufuses cause all kinds of crazy mayhem in the long-awaited adventure comedy Goodbye Deponia!

Price -98% 0.48€
Rating 8.5
Release 17 Oct 2013
Space Rangers HD: A War Apart Space adventure, open world RPG, strategy, arcade, quest and more!

Price -91% 1.41€
Rating 9.1
Release 17 Oct 2013
140 140 is a challenging minimalistic platformer with abstract colorful graphics. Rhythmic awareness is required to overcome obstacles controlled by an energetic, yet melancholic electronic soundtrack.

Price -37% 3.15€
Rating 8.9
Release 16 Oct 2013
Knights and Merchants KNIGHTS and MERCHANTS recreates the era of the Middle Ages. Apart from the purely fictitious geography of our world, all game elements and scenes are based on the Anglo-Saxon period, 1200 A.D. And we haven't used imaginary elements like fabled creatures, either. The player takes on the role of an ordinary captain in the Palace Guard.

Price -96% 0.44€
Rating 8.2
Release 14 Oct 2013
Democracy 3 Have you ever wanted to be president? or prime-minister? Convinced you could do a better job of running the country? Let's face it, you could hardly do a worse job than our current political leaders.

Price -78% 5.59€
Rating 7.3
Release 14 Oct 2013
Soundodger+ Dodge the music and dance through a mesmerizing ballet of choreographed bullets, each synced to music from over a dozen international artists. Push your creativity and skills with the fully-featured Level Editor and never run out of things to dodge.

Price 7.99€
Rating 8.5
Release 11 Oct 2013
Escape Goat Escape Goat is a puzzle platformer where you take control of a goat, who has been imprisoned for witchcraft, and overcome traps and obstacles to escape the Prison of Agnus. Fear not, for with your supreme agility, sturdy horns, and the help of a magic mouse friend, you can turn the tables on foes and use the environment to your advantage.

Price -56% 2.24€
Rating 9.0
Release 09 Oct 2013
Cook, Serve, Delicious! Hungry? Take your restaurant from a one star abomination to a five star wonder in Cook, Serve, Delicious! Plan your menu, upgrade your equipment, and master challenges with easy-to-learn, hard-to-master gameplay!

Price -97% 0.42€
Rating 9.1
Release 08 Oct 2013
Bionic Dues Bionic Dues is a tactical, turn-based roguelite with mech customization. Out-think wide-ranging tactical situations featuring robots with bad GPS, terrible aim, insecurity, a lack of focus, a tendency to backstab, and dozens of other maladies to exploit.

Price -95% 0.49€
Rating 7.2
Release 08 Oct 2013
Knock-knock There is an unusual cabin deep in the woods. It had served as a laboratory and a dwelling for three generations of Lodgers.But as of late the latest Lodger has been noticing weird changes in familiar surroundings; things are missing, noises and rattle heard. Something odd is coming out of the woods.

Price -87% 1.33€
Rating 8.3
Release 04 Oct 2013
Unholy Heights Welcome to Unholy Heights, a mashup of Tower Defense and Apartment Management Simulation!

Price -89% 0.44€
Rating 8.5
Release 04 Oct 2013
The Inner World The Inner World – A 2D-Point’n’Click Adventure Together with the help of the mysterious thief Laura, his best intentions and no clue whatsoever, Robert sets off on his adventure to discover the secret of the wind's disappearance. Will the young adventurer be able to save his world?

Price -97% 0.49€
Rating 8.5
Release 27 Sep 2013
Bunny Must Die! Chelsea and the 7 Devils From the creator of the Gundemonium Collection comes a thrilling new 2D action-platformer! Help Bunny escape the Devils’ Labyrinth and defeat the 7 Devils in this hilariously over-the-top action-platformer game. Battle through a large, connected map filled with unique enemies, traps, and puzzles.

Price -48% 5.77€
Rating 6.6
Release 26 Sep 2013
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams - Rise of the Owlverlord Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams - Rise of the Owlverlord is a blistering platformer with morphing worlds, featuring seven brand new levels, a new boss and new gripping tracks from Chris Hülsbeck and Machinae Supremacy! Dash through tricky levels and transform the whole world at will in this fast-paced platformer.

Price -90% 0.50€
Rating 7.7
Release 26 Sep 2013
Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure In Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure, Maxwell unites with Batman™, Superman™ and the rest of The Justice League™ to restore order to the DC Comics Universe. Challenge your imagination as you battle the mightiest villains in an exciting, action-filled adventure through GOTHAM CITY™, METROPOLIS™, ATLANTIS™ and other iconic...

Price -98% 0.43€
Rating 7.9
Release 24 Sep 2013
PAC-MAN™ Championship Edition DX+ It's time to gear up!Get ready for more ghost chain gobbling and frantic action in PAC-MAN® CE-DX+! The award-winning chomping game makes a shattering debut on Steam with even more content and a refined user-interface to compare high scores with your friends!

Price -70% 4.49€
Rating 9.2
Release 24 Sep 2013
Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures "The most rewarding game of 2013!" Influenced by retro classics Mega Man and Castlevania, Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures features the AVGN and friends as they blast their way through 10 levels of fun, fast paced 2D action based on the AVGN's adventures in his online series.

Price -50% 2.54€
Rating 8.5
Release 20 Sep 2013
Foul Play Play as the daemon-hunter Baron Dashforth in a side-scrolling co-op brawler set entirely on the grand spectacle of a theatre stage that rewards performance over pummeling. Perform shattering takedowns and reversals!

Price -56% 6.74€
Rating 7.5
Release 18 Sep 2013
Volgarr the Viking Return to the Golden Age of arcades with a hardcore action platformer that pulls no punches! Possesses all the hallmarks of true classics like Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts (SNES), Rastan Saga (Arcade), Castlevania (NES) and more with precise controls, high challenge, and meticulous design.

Price -81% 1.98€
Rating 7.8
Release 13 Sep 2013
THE KING OF FIGHTERS XIII STEAM EDITION [[i]i]“THE KING OF FIGHTERS XIII”[/i], SNK PLAYMORE’s flagship 2D versus fighting title returns in an ultimate version on Steam!!

Price -66% 6.86€
Rating 8.7
Release 13 Sep 2013

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