The Best 2D Games for Playstation 4

Update 23 April 2025: Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves added at rank #46.

Here are our 10 Best 2D Games for Playstation 4, position 41 to 50:

Is It Wrong to Try to Shoot 'em Up Girls in a Dungeon?
Umbraclaw
Guts 'n Grunts
Wife Quest
SHEEPO
Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves
Super Onion Boy 2
Zapling Bygone
Aurora
Nocturnal Visitors

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Is It Wrong to Try to Shoot 'em Up Girls in a Dungeon? (2020)

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Enjoy a free shoot'em up side-scrolling mini-game with the characters from the anime and JRPG DanMachi, and fight through stages of bullet hell and bosses!

top-down
scroller
2d
shoot-em-up
bullet-hell
linear
shooter
platform
anime
magic
attack
score
pixel
arcade

Umbraclaw (2024)

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Umbraclaw tells the story of Kuon, a house cat who has died in the mortal world, after she awakens in the Soulplane, a realm of the dead. She must challenge the perilous underworld to return home to her owner in this 2D action adventure.

platform
action-adventure
2d
boss
hand-drawn
survival
skill
boss-fight
cult-classic
adventure
action

Guts 'n Grunts (2023)

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Inspired by games like Contra and Turrican, Guts 'n Grunts is a mid-paced action game with lots of shooting, swimming, and rolling. Find power-ups. Earn upgrades. Fight for pig freedom!

2d
robots
scroller
1990s
platform
post-apocalyptic
mature
satire
shooter
pixel
old-school
action
adventure
sci-fi

Wife Quest (2021)

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A retro platform, side-scrolling game with gorgeous pixel art. Help Mia rescue Fernando, her husband, who has been kidnapped by a Dark Elf named Morganna and her pack of Monster Girls.

platform
pixel
2d
scroller
cute
magic
anime
funny
side-scrolling
linear
colourful
relaxing
boss
retro
fantasy

SHEEPO (2020)

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Explore a strange planet, collect the creatures you find, and then shape-shift into them to expand your world. Build your own path, chat with the locals, and discover the planets sprawling secrets in this quirky metroidvania platformer.

metroidvania
platform
2d
exploration
open-world
sheep
colourful
hand-drawn
cute

Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves (2025)

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26 years on, a brand-new entry in the Fatal Fury series is set to arrive on the scene! FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves features a unique art style that stimulates the senses and an innovative REV System that supercharges the excitement. Here, at long last, a new legend is about to unfold…

fight
spectacle
2d
3d
pvp
single-player
competitive
rpg

Super Onion Boy 2 (2021)

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Super Onion Boy 2 is a 2D adventure game in retro style platformer. Defeat enemies on the way with the help of superpowers and epic transformations, collect coins and stars to earn extra lives, find chests with magic potions and defeat all the terrible bosses until you reach the final boss.

retro
2d
platform
magic
pixel
boss
controller-support
mystery
ninja
adventure
old-school
action

Zapling Bygone (2022)

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Zapling Bygone is a twisted metroidvania where you murder your foes and steal their abilities by wearing their skulls and absorbing their consciousness into your hive-mind.