2DReleased PC Video Games

9.4 Game Score

A remastered version of Legend of Mana, a jRPG from Square from 1999. Go on a 2D adventure through an empty world to fill it with magic and lost locations.

9.4 Game Score

An expansive turn-based strategy game that takes us to the Eastern Front of World War II. In Gary Grigsby's War in the East 2, three massive campaigns and seven smaller scenarios await checking out.

9.3 Game Score

An episode-broken 2D adventure game enveloped in an atmosphere of anxiety and loneliness. We play the role of a supplier of antique furniture and help him to fulfill his last order. We travel through abandoned areas in search of adventures and meet a handful of unusual characters.

9.3 Game Score

Another installment in the turn-based strategy war game series by 2BY3 Games, led by the genre veteran Gary Grigsby. In contrast to its predecessor, War in the West is set on the Western Front of World War II, beginning in July 1943 and the Allied invasion on Sicily and Italy, following with the battles in France, and ending with the assault on Germany in August 1945.

9.3 Game Score

A combination of a turn-based strategy and an RPG, developed by Overhype Studios. Battle Brothers takes the player to a medieval-like low-fantasy world, where they become a leader of a mercenary band. The player can have up to 12 fighters under their command, and each of them has a portrait, name and a backstory, apart from a set of features that affect their stats and capabilities on the battlefield.

9.3 Game Score

A representative of the roguelike species, in which we play the role of a magician wandering through the gloomy underworld. In comparison to other games, whose graphics were made in pixel art technique, Noita stands out due to its extensive possibilities of destroying the environment - each pixel here is a separately animated object subject to the laws of physics.

9.3 Game Score

OMORI is a 2D horror game produced by OMOCAT, an independent studio. Play as OMORI and together with him go to the colourful and seemingly carefree world, where his devoted friends are already waiting for him.

9.2 Game Score

A strategy game set in a science-fiction world in which we supervise an extraterrestrial colony. It has been developed by debuting independent studio Ludeon, established by a former employee of Irrational Games, who previously worked on the Bioshock series. The story of RimWorld takes place in a future in which humanity colonized many alien star systems, but they are located so far from each other that their inhabitants cannot count on anyone, but themselves.

9.2 Game Score

An expanded edition of the warmly received platform game developed by Moon studio in 2015. The story of Ori and the Blind Forest focuses on the titular spirit of the forest who is trying to learn something about itself and the world that surrounds it. The game lacks any dialogues and the story is told by using the gameplay and mute cutscenes. As for the mechanics, the game belongs to the subgenre called metroidvania.

9.2 Game Score

A complicated logic game in which we design and test electronic circuits. SHENZHEN I/O was developed by the independent studio Zachtronics that specializes in creating complex logic educational titles focusing on engineering, electronics, programming, and chemistry. In SHENZHEN I/O, we assume the role of a beginner engineer who gets hired by an electronics company in the Chinese city of Shenzhen.

9.2 Game Score

An action game with roguelike and metroidvania elements by indie French studio Motion Twin. During the game, you explore a grim castle, whose elements (such as chambers, cloisters, and sewers) are procedurally generated. Given the permadeath system, it means that each new gameplay is a fresh experience, during which you can discover new parts of the fortress. An important aspect of Dead Cells is combat, which is very difficult.

9.2 Game Score

Hollow Knight is a 2D metroidvania game developed by the indie studio Team Cherry. The game takes us to a fantasy underground world located bellow the city of Dirtmouth. The place attracts numerous adventurers, who disappear without a trace when they enter it. We play as an adventurer who decides to face the challenge and find riches, fame, and the answers he is looking for in that underground world. The game is presented from a side-scrolling perspective.

9.2 Game Score

BirdGut is a hand-drawn free platformer with elements of puzzle game created by independent creator Micah Boursier. As a flying bee we have to get out of the bird that ate us.

9.2 Game Score

An experimental adventure that combines point-and-click game with idle games mechanics. In The Longing, as a faithful servant of a sleeping king we have to wait 400 days in real time. We can explore the vast system of caves and read full editions of real books.

9.2 Game Score

The Henry Stickmin Collection is a collection of humorous adventure games from the Newgrounds platform. PuffballsUnited Studio refreshed the five adventures of Henry and added a huge chapter that closes the story, full of references to iconic games and movies.

9.2 Game Score

People Playground is a sadistic playground where the player can harm characters with hundreds of different objects. This is ruled by a physics engine that realistically simulates the behavior of objects and the reactions of victims to injury.

9.2 Game Score

A psychedelic horror visual novel that is a direct sequel to the 2020 game. In Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk we once again play the protagonist of the previous part, struggling with fear and sadness overwhelming her.

9.1 Game Score

A climatic adventure game originally released for iPad in 2011. The mechanics of the game is based on the point-n-click interface, so the game is mainly about searching the locations in order to find clues to help solve puzzles. From time to time, simple combat sequences also occur to add variety to the gameplay.

9.1 Game Score

An unusual adventure game developed by independent studio Deconstructeam. The title focuses on moral dilemmas and the necessity of making choices. During the game, the players control humans that face hard life situations. Their decisions can impact the fate of many people. The player will for example assume the role of a terrorist who must guard a group of hostages or a scientist who has 48 hours to develop an antidote for a deadly virus.

9.1 Game Score

A free expansion to Shovel Knight, a well-received platform title developed by Yacht Club Games. This time, the players received a completely new hero – Plague Knight, who is known for being one of the antagonists in the base game. After his defeat at the hands of Shovel Knight, the fledging protagonist decides to leave his former allies and embark on a journey in search of ingredients necessary for creation of a mysterious, powerful potion.

9.1 Game Score

A 2D science-fiction simulation game by Canadian studio Klei Entertainment, in which your task is to develop a colony on an unspecified planet. In Oxygen Not Included you're responsible for all the ways in which the base functions, from expanding it to managing every individual colonist and assigning their duties. A colonist can e.g.

9.1 Game Score

A strategy game inspired by movies such as Cabin in the Woods and Warehouse 13, in which the player assumes the role of a manager of monsters. The game was developed by an independent studio known as Project Moon.

9.1 Game Score

A complex puzzle game in which we hack secured networks and devices. This requires proper programming of the robots operating inside the computer systems - in order to do so, we have to learn a programming language that was invented especially for the needs of the game.

9.1 Game Score

A hybrid of adventure game, platform game and economic strategy, whose main theme is... dying. In Spiritfarer, the player takes on the role of a girl who, like a mythical Charon, takes the dead to the underworld on her boat. The production was developed by the Canadian independent studio Thunder Lotus Games.