Any Recommended 2d Steam Games?

[xaeniac]

Looking for 2d Steam Games on the PC? Got any you recommend?

 

[BlueWeasel]

A few of my personal favorites:

Pixeljunk Shooter (the Ultimate version was just released and includes 1 and 2)
LIMBO
Bloons TD5
Escape Goat 1 and 2

 

[queequeg99]

The Trine series (1, 2, or 3). Super beautiful and it has great two player action if you want to go that route.

Capsized. Cool little scroller.

 

[Zenoth]

World of Goo

There's many more but I'm mentioning WoG simply because I replayed it recently and I had fun again. But I have to admit that I wouldn't recommend it at its current price but that's just me really. Some people wouldn't mind paying even triple that for it, that's fine.

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth

That one can get pretty addictive, but it can also be surprisingly difficult (well, it IS at times, for me anyway), but not frustrating.

And there's so many others, I'll let everyone else keep on going for their own suggestions, the list could be very long.

 

[byteman99]

there are a bunch of awesome shmups coming out on steam. The next big one to hit is Mushihimesama by Cave. They announced that they are porting over some of their titles.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/377860/

 

[Seba]

Mark of the ninja
Limbo
Monaco
Trine 2
World of goo

 

[CPA]

The Trine series (1, 2, or 3). Super beautiful and it has great two player action if you want to go that route.

Capsized. Cool little scroller.

Trine 3, however, is not 2D.

 

[TeknoBug]

Another vote for Trines series.

 

[ImpulsE69]

Shovel Knight
Mighty No. 9 will be coming out soon - it is basically Megaman, made by the creator of Megaman.

Much of the indie scene is 2D. There are many decent ones in all genres.

 

[sweenish]

Braid and Gunpoint. Especially Gunpoint. It's short, but it's great.

 

[darkewaffle]

Cave Story. I'd also say Bastion and Transistor though they're not 'classic' 2d.

 

[BSim500]

There are hundreds, maybe even thousands. Too many to list. The most relevant sub-genres you're looking for are:-

- Artillery games (like Hedgewars, Worms, etc)
- Board / tile games (Chess, Mahjong, etc)
- Card games
- Old MS-DOS Games (Lemmings 1&2, Theme Park / Theme Hospital, etc)
- Platform games (Ori And The Blind Forest, Spelunky, The Cave, Unmechanical, etc)
- Puzzle games (Bejeweled, Boulder Dash, Contraption Maker, Mousecraft, Zuma, etc)
- Point & click adventure games (from old ScummVM to modern)
- RPG-lite games (eg, Spiderweb Software's : Avadon, Avernum, Geneforge, etc)
- Retro emulator (Arcade MAME, Commodore 64 / ZX Spectrum) games.
- Tower Defense games (eg, Garden Defense, Kingdom Rush, Plants vs Zombies, etc)
- Other Indie's like (Don't Starve, Neighbors From Hell 1&2, Party Hard, This War Of Mine, etc).

If you include "pseudo 2D/3D" games like top-down RPG's with fixed non-rotational isometric views, then add stuff like Baldur's Gate 1&2, CLARC, Commandos Behind Enemy Lines, Diablo 2, Jagged Alliance 2, Icewind Dale, The Marvellous Miss Take, Transistor, etc.

In short - Steam's "Adventure / Indie / Puzzle" game sections plus a large chunk of GOG's catalog probably have what you're looking for.

 

[Seba]

I think that he is expecting recommendations for good games (specific titles), not game category definitions. Certainly he is not looking for a list with thousands of games in it.

 

[poofyhairguy]

My favorite is Outland.

I also like:

Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams
Double Dragon Neon
Super Meat Boy
Mark of the Ninja
Shank 2

 

[queequeg99]

Trine 3, however, is not 2D.

Oops! Didn't even realize that. It's been sitting in my queue of games to play once I finish 2 (which I love and tend to start over now and again with my daughters).

 

[Fanatical Meat]

FTL: Faster Than Light

http://store.steampowered.com/app/212680/

 

[shortylickens]

Jets N Guns is the most fun you can have with your pants on.

Unless you take your pants off. In which case it is the most fun you can have with your pants off.

 

[ImpulsE69]

Jets N Guns is the most fun you can have with your pants on.

Unless you take your pants off. In which case it is the most fun you can have with your pants off.

God I suck at that game. I can barely make it through on level.