Best 2.5D Games on Steam
Games mixing 2D play with 3D depth, models, cameras, or layered spaces.
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1Little Nightmares - Take on the role of Six, a lone child lost in a massive metal vessel known as the Maw, surrounded by dangerous, distorted versions of adults. You’ll need to do your best to escape in one piece or your fate will be worse than you ever dared dream.
Apr 27, 2017
In this game, you can…
- solve puzzles by using the ship's machinery, like making a rope of sausages to swing across a gap.
- find tiny Nomes hiding in the dark and hug them like strange little companions.
- slip through child-sized passageways the adults can't fit into.
- hold your breath behind cover while a monster walks past your hiding spot.
- turn a careful sneak into a sudden sprint-and-climb escape when you get spotted.
- sneak around a pursuer with absurdly long arms that can grab you from far away.
- wake up with only a lighter, then navigate the Maw with no dialogue and almost no guidance.
- use boxes, keys, and levers to improvise a path upward while monsters patrol nearby.
2This War of Mine - In This War Of Mine you do not play as an elite soldier, rather a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers. The game provides an experience of war seen from an entirely new angle.
Nov 14, 2014
In this game, you can…
- peek through keyholes, steal unseen, and hear the owners realize their medicine or food is missing.
- walk in on a soldier cornering a starving girl, intervene, kill him, take his gun, and limp home badly wounded.
- kill someone in panic, hear nearby civilians scream "You killed him!", and watch your own survivors spiral into depression or leave.
- spend the day patching walls, building beds, cooking, and keeping everyone alive until night lets you risk a supply run.
- choose one survivor to sneak into a random ruined location at night with a strict time limit and barely any bag space.
- have your shelter raided at night, then wake up to missing supplies and wounded survivors if nobody stood guard.
- jump an armed man from the shadows, stab him silently, grab his gear, and then get shot while trying to escape.
- get an endgame epilogue that tells who survived, who deserted, and who broke after you finally make it to the end.
3INSIDE - Hunted and alone, a boy finds himself drawn into the center of a dark project. INSIDE is a dark, narrative-driven platformer combining intense action with challenging puzzles. It has been critically acclaimed for its moody art style, ambient soundtrack and unsettling atmosphere.
Jul 7, 2016
In this game, you can…
- wear a helmet to mind-control other people and use their bodies to solve puzzles.
- pretend to be one of the mindless workers by matching their steps, jumps, and where they face so guards let you pass.
- get swallowed by a giant writhing mass of human bodies, then take control of it and smash through the facility.
- blend into a marching crowd to avoid getting spotted and killed.
- pilot a tiny submarine and use underwater movement as a full-on traversal and puzzle mechanic.
- as that giant body, rampage through the complex, kill the person in charge, and end by collapsing into a strange pool of light.
- reach a secret ending by hunting down hidden orbs that unlock an alternate conclusion.
4Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition - “Ori and the Blind Forest” tells the tale of a young orphan destined for heroics, through a visually stunning Action-Platformer crafted by Moon Studios.
Apr 27, 2016
In this game, you can…
- drop a checkpoint almost anywhere, but only by spending the same energy you need for powers and survival.
- freeze the action, latch onto an enemy or projectile, aim, and launch yourself like a slingshot across the room.
- dash off an enemy, projectile, or lantern to fling yourself forward while kicking that object away in the opposite direction.
- outrun a collapsing disaster in escape chases where every jump and wall-climb has to land or you restart.
- redirect enemy shots into switches, walls, or other hazards to solve obstacles and win fights with their own attacks.
- chain wall jumps, double jumps, stomps, dashes, glides, and bashes into one flowing traversal combo across the map.
- throw a glowing orb to open routes, extend movement, and turn projectile play into both travel and combat options.
- teleport between warp points so you can revisit far-off zones and clean up secrets without trekking the whole world again.
5Little Nightmares II - Little Nightmares II is the second game in a series that has thrilled and captivated millions of players worldwide since 2017. Now it’s your turn to try to survive this critically acclaimed entry in the most charming horror series ever made.
Feb 10, 2021
In this game, you can…
- call out to your partner, hear her answer, and hold hands as you move together through dangerous areas.
- enter televisions and travel through the Signal, moving deeper toward whatever is broadcasting it.
- wake up alone in a forest of burned-out televisions, dodge traps, and find a girl locked in a basement with only a music box.
- team up to open hidden trapdoors, climb oversized furniture, and solve puzzles built around staying close as two kids.
- sneak through schools and cabins while gigantic adults patrol, and getting spotted immediately turns it into a chase.
- grab whatever you can reach and swing it to fend off an enemy, where one mistimed hit can end the fight fast.
- face set-piece encounters with warped residents like the Teacher and the Hunter, built around stalking, hiding, and sudden escapes.
- reach an ending that flips the story in a single, shocking turn and recontextualizes what you've been doing.
6My Singing Monsters - Dive into the Musical World of My Singing Monsters! Breed them, feed them, listen to them sing! Breed & collect a menagerie of Monsters, each a living instrument! Build your paradise across 35+ Islands, customize your world, and enjoy endless music! There's never a dull moment in the Monster World!
Mar 24, 2021
In this game, you can…
- build a song by placing monsters until new melodies emerge and the loop turns into a full island-sized composition.
- mute individual monsters or change their volume so the same island plays a different arrangement on demand.
- move your monsters into a separate battle island to fight in quest-style turn-based battles and win new costumes.
- breed monsters with hatch times that range from hours to weeks, chasing rare results with tiny odds that can take repeated attempts.
- send monsters you've raised to a separate Gold Island, then start rebuilding new ensembles back on your other islands again.
- play daily minigames like memory, spin, and scratch to earn rewards while the monsters shout their sounds back at you.
- set up coin-earning monsters and place mines that generate diamonds each day, then reinvest into more islands, buildings, and upgrades.
- collect over 250 monsters with unique sounds, then watch your island become a living chorus as each one joins the track.
7Wandering Sword - Wandering Sword is a Chinese martial-arts RPG where you play a young swordsman caught up in a feud and nearly dies. Escaping the event puts you on the path of pursuing the highest form of martial arts and exploring the pugilistic world to become the great hero you are always destined to be.
Sep 14, 2023
In this game, you can…
- beat up someone you just befriended until they cough up your gifts.
- make one dialogue choice or travel to the wrong place and unknowingly lock out whole questlines hours later.
- recruit up to 14 unique martial artists and learn new techniques by raising friendship with the right masters.
- roam a huge chunk of the world early, poking into towns, mountains, rivers, lairs, and hidden corners for secrets.
- track down side stories that only continue if you investigate, leave, and come back later at the right time.
- switch between turn-based fights and real-time combat, then swap back in for the battles that matter.
- hunt techniques, weapons, recipes, pills, and books, then pivot your main character from fists to sword to staff builds.
- carry power forward into a new run, start stronger, and reroute your choices to uncover different recruits and endings.
8Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night - Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is an exploration-focused, side-scroller action RPG by Koji Igarashi. Play as Miriam, an orphan scarred by an alchemist's curse that slowly crystallizes her body. Battle through a demon-infested castle and defeat its master to save yourself, and all of humanity!
Jun 18, 2019
In this game, you can…
- kill one monster and walk away with a new spell, a passive boost, or a familiar that fights beside you.
- hit what looks like the ending, then keep going as the castle opens into the real route and more endings.
- eat cooked meals for permanent stat boosts, then hunt rare ingredients to stack those bonuses.
- steal demon powers from enemies and slot them into your build.
- chain high jump and other movement skills to reach places you were never supposed to get to yet.
- learn a weapon technique on one weapon, then use that technique on other weapons of the same type.
- follow a mini-map that marks unopened chests, then start tearing through hidden walls and secret passages to reach them.
- enter a secret 8-bit area inside the castle, with its own rules and a boss fight.
- unlock a built-in randomizer and extra modes like boss rush and boss revenge, plus additional playable characters.
9DOOM + DOOM II - Developed by id Software, and originally released in 1993 and 1994, the definitive, newly enhanced versions of DOOM + DOOM II are available as a combined product.
Aug 3, 2007
In this game, you can…
- play a new episode with an incinerator flamethrower and a CALAMITY BLADE that replaces the BFG with a room-clearing firestorm.
- jump into cross-platform co-op or deathmatch with 16-player online support, local split-screen, and 26 new deathmatch maps.
- scour maps for hidden routes and secret rooms that can stockpile ammo and gear for later levels.
- blast demons with a Super Shotgun that turns fights into positioning puzzles.
- start with a pistol, then carry your supplies between levels as new weapons and enemy types force constant loadout decisions.
- pick between the original MIDI soundtrack and the remixed IDKFA versions on the fly.
10My Friend Pedro - My Friend Pedro is a violent ballet about friendship, imagination, and one man’s struggle to obliterate anyone in his path at the behest of a sentient banana.
Jun 20, 2019
In this game, you can…
- kick a frying pan into the air, keep it spinning with gunfire, and bank bullets off it into enemies.
- get your best stunt or kill sequence automatically captured as a downloadable GIF or video clip.
- dual-wield and split your aim, targeting two different enemies at the same time while you move.
- enter slow motion mid-fight to line up shots while dodging incoming fire.
- zip-line through a window, breach into a room at full speed, and wipe everyone out without breaking the flow.
- swing between ropes and ziplines past lasers, electric traps, and fire traps while keeping the shooting going.
- ride a skateboard through combat sections, weaving movement tricks into your gunfights.
- replay levels for combo-based scores, S-ranks, and no-death bonuses that push you to find cleaner routes.
