Best 2D Games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our 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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Annalynn Annalynn is a 2D platformer made in the style of arcade games from the early '80s. Collect the coins, grab the bonus foods, and turn the tables with blinding rubies! Think you've got what it takes to go for the high score?

Price 3.99€
Rating 9.1
Release 29 Jan 2021
回门 Way Back Home "Way back home" is a 2D horizontal board horror puzzle game. It takes the Republic of China period from 1905 to 1926 as the background of the times. With a large number of exquisite original paintings, rich playing methods, excellent music and dubbing, delicate script and narrative game style, it creates a strong historical...

Price 6.89€
Rating 6.8
Release 29 Jan 2021
Ambrosia The apprentice priestess Flode is dedicated to serving the God of Light, Leight, but when she's suddenly wrapped up in a scandal, she's sent to a remote island to spread the faith. Little does everyone know, the island houses long-forgotten secrets of its own...

Price 12.49€
Rating 9.0
Release 29 Jan 2021
Angel Wings Upon answering a mysterious phone call, you awaken in an unfamiliar place filled with new faces… Through intricate relationships and thoughtful introspection, will you be able to unravel the reason you are here?

Price Free to play
Rating 8.3
Release 29 Jan 2021
Olija Olija is a game about Faraday's quest, a man shipwrecked then trapped in the mysterious country of Terraphage. Armed with a legendary harpoon, he and other castaways try to leave this hostile country to return to their homelands.

Price -93% 1.10€
Rating 8.6
Release 28 Jan 2021
Sword of the Necromancer Help Tama to save Koko using the powers of the forbidden Sword of the Necromancer. Turn your foes into allies and reach the depths of the Necromancer's dungeon. Defeat the guardians to gain enough soul power to bring Koko back from the dead, no matter the cost.

Price -91% 1.48€
Rating 6.4
Release 28 Jan 2021
Chroma: Bloom And Blight Chroma: Bloom and Blight is a truly free-to-play competitive card game set in the story-rich lands of Arholt. Every card and game mode in Chroma is free, including all future expansions. Find your hero, build your deck and tell your story...without worrying about the cost of cards.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.4
Release 28 Jan 2021
TOHU Experience a brand new adventure game set amongst a world of weird and wonderful fish planets. Explore beautiful environments, solve intricate puzzles and discover the truth about a mysterious little girl and her mechanical alter-ego, Cubus.

Price -97% 0.44€
Rating 8.0
Release 28 Jan 2021
Academia : School Simulator Design, build, and manage a high school with terrific teachers and fantastic facilities or simply let your students poop in the bushes? Academia : School Simulator is a management/tycoon game where you get to decide!

Price 19.99€
Rating 8.2
Release 28 Jan 2021
100 hidden mice Hidden object game in the laboratory setting. Black and white hand-drawn graphics in a cartoon style. Difficult and interesting! Very large location!

Price 0.99€
Rating 8.7
Release 27 Jan 2021
Metal Unit Metal Unit is a sprawling side-scrolling platformer with roguelite features. Play as Joanna, a soldier on a mission to capture her treasonous sister. Wear the M-Unit 11 suit and battle against monsters and aliens while uncovering the truth about humanity.

Price -97% 0.45€
Rating 8.0
Release 27 Jan 2021
Ghost in the pool A bizarre campus legend, take you into the traditional Japanese black-and-white comic horror story. Witness the familiar scenes and contemplate the terrifying moments.

Price -50% 1.99€
Rating 7.2
Release 27 Jan 2021
NIMBY Rails Design and run your own railroads for the real world. Solve global transportation dilemmas. Unleash your inner railway engineer and transit policy manager.

Price 18.49€
Rating 8.6
Release 26 Jan 2021
Cyber Shadow The world has been taken over by synthetic lifeforms. A desperate plea for help sets Shadow, the sole survivor of his clan, on one last mission to uncover what started the path to perpetual ruin.

Price -63% 7.50€
Rating 8.0
Release 26 Jan 2021
Phoenotopia: Awakening Embark on a grand adventure in Phoenotopia! An action-adventure puzzle platformer inspired by the great classics. Meet charming townsfolk, brave the dungeons, and thwart evil in your quest to save your family.

Price -75% 4.49€
Rating 8.0
Release 21 Jan 2021
Ocean's Heart Ocean’s Heart is an epic top-down action RPG in which you explore a beautiful archipelago as a young woman named Tilia. Take on contracts to fight monsters, descend deep into ancient dungeons, defeat menacing foes, and unravel the mystery of Ocean’s Heart. All done in beautiful, bright pixel art.

Price 14.99€
Rating 7.9
Release 21 Jan 2021
Who Needs a Hero? A stick and a dream: that's all you need in an RPG. Make choices that shape your destiny, build relationships, face epic monsters, and choose between being a feared villain or a legend.

Price 19.99€
Rating 8.7
Release 21 Jan 2021
Skul: The Hero Slayer Guide 'Skul' on his quest to single-handedly take on the Imperial Army and rescue his King from captivity, in an action-packed rogue-lite 2D platformer for the ages.

Price -78% 3.76€
Rating 9.2
Release 20 Jan 2021
The Adventure of NAYU Nayu is a fox who lives in a strangely cozy world.Go on a little adventure with Nayu ♪ in this adorable clicker-like game for everyone to enjoy.

Price -88% 0.38€
Rating 9.1
Release 19 Jan 2021
Fujiwara Bittersweet Girl protag heartwarming slice of life with bittersweet twists!

Price Free to play
Rating 8.1
Release 16 Jan 2021
Knights College KnightsCollege is a kemono visual novel set in the Knight College, where elite knight candidates live. In this game, every choice is presented as a card, and the protagonist lives in the dormitory while collecting cards.

Price 24.50€
Rating 9.2
Release 15 Jan 2021
hexceed A relaxing, hexagon based, puzzle game. An exciting new twist on a classic game without the element of guesswork! Use your critical thinking and our stimulating game mechanics to progress through hundreds of levels!

Price Free to play
Rating 8.6
Release 15 Jan 2021
Wizards Artillery tactics games are back! Grab some friends and get ready for an all out Wizard war! Create your own way of play with tons of unique spells to choose from. With randomly generated terrain and unlimited combinations, you'll never know what will happen next. Completely free to play.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.1
Release 15 Jan 2021
Word Game: Episode 0 Word game is literally a game of words. Player controls "I" to find clues between lines, delete words to change the meaning of sentences, or shift words to rewrite facts. “I” must be wise and brave enough complete the mission of words. May the best "I” win!

Price Free to play
Rating 9.5
Release 14 Jan 2021
Yaga Play as Ivan, a one-handed blacksmith with incredibly bad luck, who must take on the impossible tasks given to him by the tzar. All the while the mysterious witch, Baba Yaga, watches over Ivan's fate.

Price -94% 1.67€
Rating 7.7
Release 12 Jan 2021
Grow Defense Upgrade your Castle and Unlock new tiers of Skills and Weapons to Defend vs Monsters and Bosses across VARIOUS ZONES! Find Rare ITEMS dropped from monsters and bosses and upgrade them to their full potential! Defeat RAID Mega-Bosses to find LEGENDARY items!

Price Free to play
Rating 7.3
Release 10 Jan 2021
Love n War: Hero by Chance Hero by Chance is a tactical RPG with exciting battles and hot girls. Upgrade your army with many cool unlockables, engage in striking love stories and WIN THIS WAR!

Price -80% 0.59€
Rating 7.5
Release 08 Jan 2021
Press Any Button This video game realized how boring it had been and now is trying its best to fix that.

Price 1.99€
Rating 8.7
Release 07 Jan 2021
Endless Voyage / 无尽航线 “Endless Voyage” is a Roguelike strategy card game. Follow captain Qin, who leads her sailors into a labyrinth of boulders. combine your deck as well as collecting powerful relics to defeat various NPCS and explore this world. Captain, raise your sails and venture forward!

Price -55% 6.89€
Rating 7.1
Release 07 Jan 2021
NERTS! Online NERTS! Online is a fast-paced competitive solitaire game for you and up to five of your friends, played the same way we play it at the Zachtronics office!

Price Free to play
Rating 9.0
Release 05 Jan 2021
I'a I'a Cofflhu Fhtagnyaa "I'a'Ia Cofflhu Fhtagnyaa" is a Galgame with Cthulhu mythology, with three female (xie) masters (shen) who can be attacked, 8-10 hours of game time. Working in a coffee shop, I accidentally discovered the indescribable secret of this shop...

Price 4.99€
Rating 7.8
Release 04 Jan 2021
GranAge Return of the action Master! GranAge!!

Price Free to play
Rating 7.1
Release 29 Dec 2020
OMORI Explore a strange world full of colorful friends and foes. When the time comes, the path you’ve chosen will determine your fate... and perhaps the fate of others as well.

Price 16.79€
Rating 9.6
Release 25 Dec 2020
Ratropolis A fusion of roguelite, tower defense, city-building, and deck-building! We created a new kind of real time strategy game filled with addictive and fast-paced gameplay. Create your deck, defend your city, and build the largest Ratropolis in history!

Price 14.99€
Rating 8.5
Release 22 Dec 2020
Idle Slayer Idle Slayer is an incremental game with idle and active playstyle mechanics, medieval pixel art visuals and retro 8-bit sounds and music.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.3
Release 21 Dec 2020
Zup! Z Minimal physical puzzle with explosions

Price 1.99€
Rating 9.3
Release 21 Dec 2020

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