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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Sweetest Monster A middle-aged man has an encounter with a cute catgirl in the dead of night - but all is not as it seems.

Price 5.99€
Rating 8.6
Release 06 Feb 2017
Soda Dungeon Pop the top on some legendary action with Soda Dungeon, the fresh and fizzy hit mobile RPG adventure, now available on your desktop! Manage your team as you raid the local dungeons, upgrade your tavern, and attract new party members. Gold, legendary items, and more await you.

Price Free to play
Rating 9.1
Release 06 Feb 2017
GIGA WRECKER Become more than human and save mankind from total annihilation! From legendary developer Game Freak comes an action adventure like no other - manipulate the world around you and smash the evil Ajeet to smithereens!

Price -98% 0.56€
Rating 7.4
Release 06 Feb 2017
2 Ninjas 1 Cup Get ready for a game so stupid you would rather show your browser history than admit that you like it! Lots of action, explosions and yes, it's a penis-tank in the trailer.

Price 0.99€
Rating 7.2
Release 03 Feb 2017
A House of Many Doors Explore the House, a parasite dimension that steals from other worlds, in a train that scuttles on mechanical legs.

Price -85% 1.75€
Rating 7.9
Release 03 Feb 2017
Rosenkreuzstilette Rosenkreuzstilette is a mega-action-platformer game in which you step into the shoes of Spiritia Rosenberg, a virtuous young woman caught on the wrong side of a revolution instigated by her closest friends.

Price 9.99€
Rating 7.5
Release 02 Feb 2017
Alwa's Awakening Use your magic staff and progress through a large interconnected world where you'll solve puzzles, fight enemies and defeat bosses in order to help free the land of Alwa. Explore and uncover the secrets by using your platforming skills in this challenging and charming 8-bit adventure game.

Price -91% 0.90€
Rating 7.6
Release 02 Feb 2017
Ninja Stealth 2 Ninja Stealth 2 is the sequel of Ninja Stealth - A.I. Revolution, now as a RPG with more puzzles than sensors.

Price 4.90€
Rating 6.6
Release 30 Jan 2017
Disgaea 2 PC The Overlord Zenon has cursed the land, leaving a young man named Adell to seek vengeance. However, all hell breaks loose as Adell accidentally kidnaps the Princess of the Netherworld. Will Adell be able to return the Princess, defeat Zenon, and break the Overlord's dark curse?

Price 19.99€
Rating 8.7
Release 30 Jan 2017
Guild Quest You’ve just bought yourself a new island and it’s time to fill it up with QUESTS! Collect guildians, upgrade their guildhalls, and unleash them onto your own custom quest lines.

Price Free to play
Rating 6.4
Release 26 Jan 2017
Rocketbirds 2 Evolution The original Coq of War returns in a glorious explosion of finger-licking fun; with enhanced controls, new upgrade systems, a full single player campaign in “Part 1: The Cockup” with full VO and OST - and a 1- 4 player campaign in “Part 2: The Rescue” with procedurally generated maps.

Price 9.99€
Rating 7.1
Release 26 Jan 2017
Mainlining After MI7 has been hacked, your primary goal is to bring a cyber-criminal network to justice. Played entirely from your computer's desktop, Mainlining is a thrilling point and click hacking adventure that features a gripping narrative which will have you hooked from the very first case.

Price -90% 1.15€
Rating 7.3
Release 26 Jan 2017
CAYNE Hadley wakes in a facility. She is 9 months pregnant. They want her baby... CAYNE is the FREE, isometric horror game from the creators of STASIS.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.8
Release 24 Jan 2017
Nefarious Play as the villain in Nefarious! An action platformer where you globe hop between several kingdoms kidnapping princesses who alter gameplay in unique ways. Then thwart various heroes in reverse boss fights, recreated iconic battles where you control the boss.

Price 14.99€
Rating 7.9
Release 23 Jan 2017
Little Triangle Little Triangle has the most complete platformer experience among many others. All three game modes including single player mode, local co-op mode and local mini Battle Royale mode are all well polished and hilarious!

Price -70% 2.50€
Rating 8.4
Release 20 Jan 2017
Death's Hangover Death's Hangover is a ball and bat game, featuring horror elements, mature comedy and themes.

Price -80% 0.90€
Rating 8.2
Release 20 Jan 2017
Hive Jump HIVE JUMP is a sci-fi action platformer for 1-4 players blending run ‘n gun gameplay with roguelike elements.

Price -85% 3.02€
Rating 6.6
Release 18 Jan 2017
Galaxy Admirals Galaxy Admirals is a multiplayer turn-based cosmic strategy with pretty innovative and challenging gameplay. Improve your command skills with AI and conquer the whole universe by fighting with real players.

Price -58% 0.85€
Rating 8.0
Release 17 Jan 2017
I Am The Hero I Am The Hero is a pixel art, beat 'em up, fighting game that tells the story of a "Hero" with a glorious but mysterious past. Is he the hero he thinks he is or is there a another side to this legendary figure?

Price 9.99€
Rating 7.7
Release 16 Jan 2017
RED Story: Red receives the invitation card from her grandmother and decides to visit her, but there is all over the monsters on her way. Those monsters try to stop and take her away, so she needs to use her personality to get out of the danger. The story background is in the deep forest.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.7
Release 14 Jan 2017
Rise & Shine Welcome to Gamearth, a once peaceful planet now threatened by the warmongering Space grunts of Nexgen. In the aftermath of their devastating first strike a child named Rise is forced to take on the sacred gun Shine - and with it the fate of his world.

Price -65% 3.43€
Rating 6.7
Release 13 Jan 2017
Zup! 3 Minimal physical puzzle with explosions

Price 1.99€
Rating 8.7
Release 12 Jan 2017
Criminal Girls: Invite Only You've been entrusted with the care of a crew of girls whose sins have damned their souls to Hell and an eternity of punishment... Their only hope of salvation is for you to recognize their unique histories, and to guide them along the path to redemption.

Price -82% 3.69€
Rating 7.4
Release 11 Jan 2017
Pictopix Pictopix is a puzzle game where you use logic to color squares on grids in order to reveal pictures.

Price 6.99€
Rating 9.2
Release 05 Jan 2017
Milkmaid of the Milky Way Milkmaid of the Milky Way is an award-winning point-and-click adventure game in rhyme that combines a gripping story with puzzles and exploration. What happens when a young milkmaid sees an alien craft in a fjord in 1920's Norway?

Price 5.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 04 Jan 2017
Trick and Treat - Visual Novel Trick & Treat is a Visual Novel that test your instincts by making choices that can get you out from the cursed forest or drive you to death… or maybe just maybe your choices can guide you to something more?

Price Free to play
Rating 8.6
Release 30 Dec 2016
99Vidas "99Vidas" is a "beat 'em up" set in a contemporary world that pays tribute to both the new and the classic in gaming industry. Brought to you in all pixelated, 16 bit-esque glory, chockfull of references to not only gaming, but all 80's and 90's pop culture.

Price -69% 4.10€
Rating 7.5
Release 22 Dec 2016
Heroine Anthem Zero -Sacrifice- 《Heroine Anthem Zero : Sacrifice》 is an epic fantasy 2D side-scrolling ARPG with Japanese voiceovers and support for 7 languages. In a world unforgiven by God, it is a story of sacrifice and survival ten years in the making. Come and enter a world of adventure from long ago.

Price -30% 6.99€
Rating 6.2
Release 22 Dec 2016
Castle of no Escape 2 Explore 6 x 6 x 6 = 216 rooms of randomly generated hazards and enemies while collecting the necessary artefacts. Hundreds of monsters are roaming inside, guarding the sword shards — the last known thing to be capable of defeating the demonic castle owner.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.2
Release 21 Dec 2016
Distant Space Distant Space are present the arcade game of cosmic fights in arcade style of the 80's, this is a game where you can control the spaceship and forced to destroy extraterrestrials, which are moving in the certain order.

Price -73% 0.27€
Rating 7.5
Release 20 Dec 2016
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Shantae embarks on her first full HD adventure! When a mysterious crime wave sweeps Sequin Land, it’s up to Half-Genie Hero Shantae to save the day! Use Shantae’s devastating Hair-Whip Attack to send monsters flying, or Belly Dance to transform her into more powerful forms!

Price -78% 4.48€
Rating 8.7
Release 20 Dec 2016
Pretty Girls Panic! Socially conservative sea creatures have constructed a water filled screen to hide the Pretty Girls from view. But please don't panic! Use your special tool to penetrate the barrier and reveal the girls while avoiding getting caught. Girls will gradually disrobe from stage to stage to reward you for your success.

Price -71% 0.59€
Rating 7.6
Release 19 Dec 2016
Happy Room Welcome to the laboratory! Here tests are taken upon highly durable human clones using newest weapon technologies. Your goal is to head these tests.

Price 4.99€
Rating 8.7
Release 19 Dec 2016
Angels of Death "Please... kill me." "Help me get outta here, and I'll kill you." ~ Angels of Death is a psychological horror-adventure game, consisting of four episodes.

Price 9.99€
Rating 9.1
Release 19 Dec 2016
Super Blue Boy Planet SBBP is a 2D platformer with pixel graphics. Blue boy’s girlfriend is kidnapped by aliens so he goes through 21 levels to save her and he also fight bosses along the way.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.7
Release 16 Dec 2016
Legend of Merchant Legend of Merchant is a mini-game about trading goods. You will play an ancient eastern merchant, make descisions and make money in limited time. Game has some randomness and you can always start all over again and try to achieve a higher score.

Price 1.99€
Rating 7.8
Release 16 Dec 2016

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