The Best 2D Games for Playstation 5 - Page 4

Update : Blazing Strike added at rank #44.
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Gigapocalypse (2021)

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Become a customizable giant monster with manifold skills in Gigapocalypse, inspired by classical Kaijū movies such as “Godzilla” and “King Kong” and the game classic “Rampage”.


  • tamagotchi
  • pixel
  • 2d
  • dinosaurs
  • destruction
  • arcade
  • cute
  • boss-fight
  • skill
  • mech
  • 1990s
  • scrolling
  • casual
  • boss

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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.


  • metroidvania
  • souls
  • nonlinear
  • scroller
  • platform
  • psychological
  • 2d
  • pixel
  • horror
  • boss
  • action-adventure
  • aliens
  • sci-fi
  • atmospheric
  • precision-platform

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Astronite (2022)

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Astronite is a 1bit metroidvania that combines action, exploration, puzzles and platforms. Recover the planet where you and yours lived before it was invaded by strange creatures.


  • 8-bit
  • platform
  • souls
  • nonlinear
  • metroidvania
  • 2d
  • scroller
  • music
  • precision
  • action-adventure
  • open-world
  • pixel
  • sci-fi
  • exploration
  • shooter

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Imp of the Sun (2022)

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Bring back the light to the sun’s empire in this 2D fast-paced action-platformer game inspired by Peruvian cultures. Make your way through hand-crafted environments, battle using your skills and improve them as you will need them in order to defeat the Four Keepers that stole the power of the sun.


  • hand-drawn
  • platform
  • 2d
  • soundtrack
  • metroidvania
  • boss-fight
  • exploration
  • nonlinear
  • emotional
  • combat
  • non-linear
  • colourful
  • boss
  • open-world
  • story

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Funtasia (2023)

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Funtasia, a colorful paradise being polluted by airborne garbage. Only a handful of heroes and their goofy wheel machinations can help fend off the trash. Push pedal to metal, drive fast, and survive the Furry Road in this physics-based, side-scrolling racing game for single and co-op shenanigans!


  • 2d
  • racing
  • local
  • side-scrolling
  • cooperative
  • scroller
  • hand-drawn
  • pvp
  • cartoony
  • multiplayer
  • colourful
  • platform
  • physics
  • funny
  • fantasy

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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

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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

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Nocturnal Visitors (2024)

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Investigate morally grey crimes in this fantasy thriller in where magic and science, chaos and order, are two sides of the same coin.


  • horror
  • magic
  • 2d
  • casual
  • colourful
  • crime
  • adventure
  • rpgmaker
  • alternate
  • fantasy
  • dark
  • mystery
  • puzzle
  • single-player
  • story

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Super Perils of Baking (2022)

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Super Perils of Baking is a ground-up remake of Lillymo Games’ very first title, 2018’s 2D platformer Perils of Baking.


  • platform
  • 2d
  • precision
  • underwater
  • collectathon
  • remake

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Zeus Quest - The Rebirth of Earth (2022)

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A classic and funny point & click adventure game. Designed for all the family, including the kids. 4K@120FPS


  • funny
  • cartoony
  • fantastically
  • point-and-click
  • mythology
  • 2d
  • family
  • text
  • adventure
  • action-adventure
  • puzzle
  • hand-drawn
  • platform
  • space
  • stylized

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