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Uses two-dimensional "sprites", 2D images created and used on a flat plane, as opposed to the three-dimensional models or environments found in 3D games.

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Sonic 3D in 2D
A 2D reimagining of Sonic 3D Blast
Sotaknuck
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(117 total ratings)
Platformer
GIF
Bubby's Tool Factory
Filter the trash out from factory's tools and the restaurant's food, and help Bubby the Frog acquire money!
Morphious86
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Play in browser
The World's Hardest Game: Ultimate Edition
The ultimate successor to the widely popular 'The World's Hardest Game'.
abho
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Puzzle
Money Hog
A colorful arcade action game.
Jani Nykänen
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
Poisoned Palace
Slaughter endless enemies and rise above the poison.
Jordan T. Smith
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
Pico-Bot
Original retro-style shooting game
Exquisite Bytes
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
Just Slide
A simple relaxing puzzle game.
Aditya Chaudhary
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
Wellout
Challenging retro 8-bit platform game
Buck
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
GIF
Get Built, Bro
Harpoon birds and feed them to the monster beneath your feet!
OpenCase
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
Just Another Space Shooter by Canana
A challenging game where you fight enemies and asteroids simultaneously, using vertical and horizonital shooting!
Canana
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
Rainbow Renovation
Paint the Floor, Move Crates to Cheat
Diamond Knight
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
Rise of the Penguins GB
A penguin platformer with a variety of challenging enemies along the journey
billwoo
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
Gun
shooty shooty bang bang
Ariel Leyva
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
Devilman - Playtest of Tutorial
SofieKSchmidt
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
Blade Dungeon
SpaneDev
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Puzzle
Star Warmer
A challenging action game mixing up fighting games’ hard-to-master combos and top-down shooter mechanics
Event Horizon School
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Action
How Far Can U Go?
very challenging balancing game!!
sihun
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Play in browser
Eggplants Need Water!
challenging, platformer
twiggle
Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Platformer
Count Ingsheep (ld40)
My ludum dare 40 game!
Tonyz
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Platformer
Time Flies
Have a good life!
POLIMI Game Collective
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Platformer
Whitii Adventure
One Day A little Square,his name is "Whitii" wants to discover the truth of the three worlds .
UU Soft
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Platformer
Mystery Morph
Explore Action Adventure Side Scrolling Game With Many Challenges
Livander Gamedev
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Platformer
Ping The Pong
CallMePotato
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Play in browser
Pathfinder: The Demolouge
schweem
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
Sky-HI (demo)
Fly your way through dangerous obstacles without dying, no mercy is included...
groundsprite
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
Dodge It: The Nearly Impossible Platformer
A platformer designed to test your skills, memory, and patience. It might seem impossible, it is 100% beatable
XSpector
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
Duality
Jamination için 48 saatte yapılmıştır.
kayribuba
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Action
Legion Rush
Control a Roman legion as you destroy barbarian villages.
Miammiam
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Action
Play in browser
A Chicken Dilemma
Move, chicken. Move. A puzzling game.
Draelent
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Puzzle
Play in browser
RESTRICTED_AREA
Top down shooter, Ludum dare 54 participation.
ROBOWARRIOR
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Shooter
Play in browser
Life Arcade
What you do now is what's going to kill you :)
Cabezotta
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Platformer
Yuki No Ko
Snow
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Platformer
Catch me if you can!
Live. Die. Retry.
AndreLee
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Survival
Desolated Lab
Mabozi Productions
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
Bubble escape
vladyslav_lev
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
Platformer
Play in browser
10 Rounds
Are you tired of easy games? Try 10 Rounds
Mediactive Studios
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
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