Best 2D games on PC
Games use flat, two-dimensional graphics rather than fully 3D environments. They span platformers, survival sandboxes, RPGs, action games, and strategy simulations.
- Flat, two-dimensional presentation
- Side-view or top-down perspectives
Related: Pixel Graphics, Platformer, Sandbox, Indie
3,068 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
Shift Happens
Co-op puzzle platformer where linked creatures swap sizes to progress
77% positive
4,390 reviews
StarVaders
Roguelike deckbuilder with grid-based mech combat against alien invaders
97% positive
4,386 reviews
Buddy Simulator 1984
Retro psychological horror adventure with a buddy that learns about you
93% positive
4,363 reviews
Teeworlds
Free-to-play 2D arena shooter with team matches and custom maps
89% positive
Free
Guns, Gore & Cannoli
Side-scrolling shooter pits a Prohibition-era gangster against zombies and mobsters
91% positive
4,348 reviews
Seraph's Last Stand
2D bullet-hell roguelike with wave-by-wave upgrades and item combinations
94% positive
4,347 reviews
Fantasy Map Simulator
Sandbox world simulator where fantasy nations rise, fight, and fall
89% positive
4,346 reviews
Spacebase DF-9
Space colony management sim with asteroid mining and alien settlers
18% positive
4,341 reviews
SNKRX
Top-down arcade roguelite with an auto-attacking snake of heroes
95% positive
4,334 reviews
DEFCON
Cold War strategy matches of nuclear strikes and fragile alliances
87% positive
4,333 reviews
Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley
Musical adventure about outwitting police and restoring Moominvalley's nature
97% positive
4,305 reviews
8BitMMO
Free-to-play 2D sandbox MMO built around player-made towns and exploration
60% positive
Free
Dig or Die
2D survival crafting with nightly monster raids and building physics
90% positive
4,290 reviews
Serial Cleaner
Top-down stealth game cleaning crime scenes while evading police
84% positive
4,285 reviews
Cubic Castles
Online voxel sandbox with shared building and platforming challenges
74% positive
Free
American Arcadia
Story-driven puzzle platformer about escaping a deadly reality show
94% positive
4,275 reviews
STRIDER™ / ストライダー飛竜®
Side-scrolling action platformer with fast swordplay and interconnected areas
81% positive
4,250 reviews
Infinitode 2 - Infinite Tower Defense
Minimalist tower defense with endless waves and deep research progression
91% positive
Free
Dealer's Life 2
Pawn shop simulation about haggling over goods and growing a business
85% positive
4,237 reviews
The Plucky Squire
Storybook action-adventure with puzzles across 2D pages and 3D spaces
85% positive
4,234 reviews
Thimbleweed Park™
Point-and-click mystery with five playable characters in a strange town
93% positive
4,233 reviews
Birth
Point-and-click adventure collecting bones to build a companion
96% positive
4,226 reviews
Animation Throwdown: The Quest for Cards
Free-to-play card battler combining characters from six animated shows
74% positive
Free
Circle Empires
Casual real-time strategy built around conquering linked circular territories
89% positive
4,179 reviews