The Best 2D Games

Update, : Elderand added at rank #27.
1

Webbed (2021)

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96
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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox One

Swing through the trees, spin sticky webs, and make friends with bugs! Be the adorable spider you've always wanted to be.


  • platform
  • 2d
  • family-friendly
  • collectathon
  • physics
  • nature
  • cute
  • puzzle
  • pixel
  • relaxing
  • cartoony
  • exploration
  • cutesy
  • colourful

2

Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & Teef (2022)

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76
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PC Windows Mac OS Nintendo Switch Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Xbox One Xbox Series X

Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & Teef is a side-scrolling shooter with a generous helping of verticality, wherein you play as a gleeful greenskin seeking revenge after being wronged by his boss. You'll trek across the surface of Luteus prime, encountering native Orks and cutting through them on your mission with all manner of ramshackle munitions at your disposal. Plus, its price point does wonders for forgiving that it isn't an 18-hour epic adventure.


Pros:
  • Generous checkpoints and gun store
  • Variety of denizens to oppose you
  • Colossal combatant bosses lifted from the Warhammer 40
  • 000 universe
  • Up to four players in its co-op space
  • Unique abilities and passive bonuses to change gameplay experience
Cons:
  • Short game length (2 hours)
  • Abundant load screens

  • shooter
  • twin-stick
  • 2d
  • warhammer-40k
  • cooperative
  • platform
  • pvp
  • boss-fight
  • boss
  • cartoony
  • beat-em-up
  • bullet-hell
  • hand-drawn
  • scroller
  • side-scrolling

3

Katana ZERO (2019)

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97
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PC Windows Xbox One Mac OS Nintendo Switch

Katana ZERO is a stylish neo-noir, action-platformer featuring breakneck action and instant-death combat. Slash, dash, and manipulate time to unravel your past in a beautifully brutal acrobatic display.


  • platform
  • 2d
  • pixel
  • cyberpunk
  • assassin
  • violent
  • instant-death
  • manipulation
  • time
  • hack-and-slash
  • story
  • action
  • ninja
  • fast-paced
  • gore

4

Ghost Song (2022)

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80
Review score
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PC Windows Xbox One Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch Playstation 5 Xbox Series X

On the desolate moon of Lorian, a long-dormant Deadsuit awakens from slumber. Journey beneath the surface on an atmospheric 2D adventure of self-discovery, ancient mysteries, and cosmic terror. Explore winding caverns and acquire new abilities to unearth this alien world’s long-buried secrets.


  • metroidvania
  • 2d
  • platform
  • boss
  • hand-drawn
  • sci-fi
  • atmospheric
  • scroller
  • exploration
  • boss-fight
  • metroid
  • horror
  • dark
  • robots
  • controller-support

5

Marsupilami: Hoobadventure (2021)

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90
Review score
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Playstation 4 Xbox One Nintendo Switch PC Windows Mac OS Playstation 5

Discover the Marsupilamis as you have never seen them before in an adventure full of surprises!


  • platform
  • 2d
  • comic
  • colourful
  • scroller
  • family-friendly
  • book
  • action-adventure
  • cartoony
  • funny
  • adventure
  • comedy
  • anime
  • exploration
  • single-player

6

Dad's Monster House (2021)

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93
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Xbox One Xbox Series X PC Windows IOS iPhone Mac OS

Dad's Monster House is a hand-drawn puzzle game featuring horror and fantasy. It tells the story of Carlos' journey after he receives a distress call from his father, pleading for him to return to his old home and rescue his dad.

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  • 2d
  • adventure
  • puzzle
  • rpg
  • fantasy
  • hand-drawn
  • seek-and-find
  • wonderland
  • frankenstein
  • featuring
  • casual
  • comic-book
  • surrealist
  • horror
  • platform

7

One Hand Clapping (2020)

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PC Windows Android IOS iPhone Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Playstation 4 Xbox One Nintendo Switch stadia

One Hand Clapping is a vocal 2D platformer. Solve puzzles, by singing or humming into your microphone, and find confidence in the power of your voice as it changes the world around you.


  • platform
  • rhythm
  • music
  • voice
  • 2d
  • control
  • experience
  • puzzle
  • education
  • family-friendly
  • colourful
  • cute
  • scroller
  • musical
  • atmospheric

8

Donut Dodo (2022)

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89
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Nintendo Switch PC Windows

If a long lost arcade game from 1983 resurfaced today, it would be Donut Dodo - a classic 2D platformer from the golden era, tough as nails and challenging for the whole family! Ready to top the high score table?

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  • arcade
  • attack
  • score
  • 2d
  • 1980s
  • platform
  • chiptune
  • linear
  • funny
  • retro
  • cartoony
  • old-school
  • pixel
  • action
  • sprite-work

9

Gunborg: Dark Matters (2022)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Xbox One Playstation 5 Playstation 4

Gunborg: Dark Matters is a side scrolling game that stands out from the pack with its distinct gameplay element, responsive combat and vibrant visuals. You have to infiltrate an alien spaceship and capture the enemy aliens using your sword and shield. The game runs smoothly and offers complete button mapping, plus an energy shield to help you traverse levels and deflect projectiles.


Pros:
  • Responsive Combat
  • Vibrant Visuals
  • Smoothe Frame Rate
  • Energy Shield Mechanic
  • Complete Button Mapping
  • Gradual Difficulty Increase
Cons:
  • Short Playtime Length
  • Limited Replayability

  • platform
  • twin-stick
  • 2d
  • scroller
  • shooter
  • arcade
  • bullet-hell
  • swordplay
  • sci-fi
  • aliens
  • cyberpunk
  • mech
  • action-adventure
  • pixel
  • old-school

10

Astalon: Tears Of The Earth (2021)

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Nintendo Switch Linux Mac OS Playstation 4 Xbox One PC Windows

Uphold your pact with the Titan of Death, Epimetheus! Fight, climb and solve your way through a twisted tower as three unique adventurers, on a mission to save their village from impending doom!


  • platform
  • metroidvania
  • retro
  • fantasy
  • 2d
  • pixel
  • exploration
  • post-apocalyptic
  • action-adventure
  • chiptune
  • boss
  • magic
  • anime
  • dark
  • old-school

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