The Best 2D Games for PC Windows - Page 2

Update : Anomaly Agent added at rank #1.
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Nocturnal (2023)

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

After years of traveling, Ardeshir finds his native island covered in a mysterious fog. Carve your way with fire and steel to find out what happened to your people in this action-platformer game. You’re the only one who can discover the secrets that lie beyond the Mist.


  • platform
  • scroller
  • soundtrack
  • 2d
  • linear
  • narration
  • action-adventure
  • mystery
  • hand-drawn
  • dark
  • puzzle
  • demons
  • exploration
  • combat
  • eroge

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Echoes (2023)

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wii PC Windows Mac OS gamecube

Fears are not always just rustles in the dark. And death is not always a bad ending.


  • rogue-like
  • traditional
  • visual-novel
  • 2d
  • fiction
  • psychedelic
  • interactive
  • bullet-hell
  • rpg
  • space
  • hand-drawn
  • casual
  • dungeon
  • atmospheric

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Pizza Tower (2023)

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Android PC Windows

Pizza Tower is a fast-paced, 2D platformer game that puts you in the shoes of Peppino Spaghetti, an Italian pizza chef who embarks on a wild adventure to save his pizzeria from being destroyed. Inspired by Wario Land, the game is filled with funky, pixelated art and an energetic soundtrack that will have you fighting monsters and collecting toppings across five floors. With creative level design and secrets to uncover, Pizza Tower offers a unique platformer experience that is sure to leave you wanting more.

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What we like:
  • Creative level design and secrets
  • Versatile moveset for the protagonist
  • Inventive and challenging bosses
  • Vibrant and lively pixel art
  • Energetic and catchy soundtrack
What could be improved:
  • No multiplayer mode
  • Relatively short gameplay
  • Some might find the humor too absurd
  • Can only play certain power-ups in a few levels
  • No story

  • platform
  • 2d
  • fast-paced
  • funny
  • boss-fight
  • epic
  • comedy
  • cartoony
  • exploration
  • boss
  • inventive
  • reflexes
  • indie-platform
  • retro
  • pixel

14

Beeny (2022)

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IOS iPhone Android PC Windows Nintendo Switch

A vertical 2D platformer featuring a round bee in an early 90s prerendered environment.

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  • platform
  • 2d
  • precision
  • 1990s
  • cartoony
  • colourful
  • vertical
  • nature
  • dark
  • cute
  • atmospheric
  • old-school

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Gibbon: Beyond the Trees (2022)

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IOS iPhone Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch PC Windows Mac OS

Gibbon: Beyond the Trees is a hand-drawn adventure following a lost gibbon as they embark on a dangerous journey into unknown lands. Master the gibbon’s art of brachiation (swinging from branch to branch) at high speed, building momentum, pulling off spectacular somersaults. Race to freedom in liberation mode, or play through an hour-long narrative that captures the real struggle of living creatures.

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  • nature
  • emotional
  • hand-drawn
  • platform
  • 2d
  • family-friendly
  • story
  • narration
  • colourful
  • atmospheric
  • action-adventure
  • relaxing
  • exploration
  • cute
  • procedural

16

One Hand Clapping (2020)

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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
  • 2d
  • music
  • voice
  • puzzle
  • control
  • experience
  • education
  • family-friendly
  • colourful

17

King of the Hat (2022)

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Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One

A 2D party platformer where you fight with a hat! Throw your hat to attack, defend and bait opponents. But watch out! If someone jumps on your hat... you die!

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  • party
  • 2d
  • competitive
  • memes
  • fast-paced
  • cooperative
  • local
  • 4-player
  • multiplayer
  • family-friendly
  • cartoony
  • funny
  • fight
  • platform
  • pixel

18

Gravity Circuit (2023)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux Playstation 5 Nintendo Switch Playstation 4

Gravity Circuit is a flashy action packed 2D platformer in the spirit of console classics. Follow Kai, a lone operative war hero who harnesses the mysterious powers of the Gravity Circuit, on an adventure in a futuristic world inhabited by sentient robots.


  • platform
  • robots
  • 2d
  • beat-em-up
  • metroidvania
  • retro
  • pixel
  • scroller
  • superhero
  • futuristic
  • fast-paced
  • classic
  • action

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Tropical Resort Story (2022)

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PC Windows IOS iPhone Android Nintendo Switch Playstation 4

In Tropical Resort Story, you get to develop your own lush island full of nature and create the most luxurious resort possible. From building accommodations to discovering great travel packages, you can make your guests' dreams come true. Improve the ocean water quality by adding marine plants and rocks in the ocean, and releasing fish you've caught while fishing. With more tourists visiting your island, you get to open stores and restaurants, and even create new products. This game will keep you hooked on creating your tropical paradise!

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What we like:
  • Ability to create immersive natural environment
  • Opportunity to collaborate with business partners
  • Discovering winning combinations of features
  • Colorful and appealing graphics and sound effects
  • Easy to learn and play
What could be improved:
  • Janky handling on desktop
  • Narrow grid range makes building efficiency difficult
  • Limited challenge, low pressure gameplay

  • colony
  • simulation
  • city-building
  • 2d
  • casual
  • nature
  • building
  • pixel
  • cute
  • colourful
  • relaxing
  • fishing

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Marsupilami: Hoobadventure (2021)

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

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

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

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