Best 2D Fighter Games on Steam
Fighting games on a 2D plane with spacing, combos, and matchups.
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1Stick Fight: The Game - Stick Fight is a physics-based couch/online fighting game where you battle it out as the iconic stick figures from the golden age of the internet.
Sep 28, 2017
In this game, you can…
- shoot guns that spit out chasing snakes that swarm whoever they find.
- fire a black hole cannon that sucks everyone in and forces the fight into the next level.
- take control of a boss and use it to wreck your friends for a round.
- get launched across the map by your own shotgun, rocket, or minigun recoil.
- shoot chains or supports to collapse platforms and drop people into pits or hazards.
- fight on stages packed with spikes, lasers, lava floors, and shifting safe ground that turns each round into a scramble.
- pull off movement tricks like diving, flipping, wall-climbing, and tossing a gun just to pick it up for an extra jump.
2DRAGON BALL FighterZ - DRAGON BALL FighterZ is born from what makes the DRAGON BALL series so loved and famous: endless spectacular fights with its all-powerful fighters.
Jan 26, 2018
In this game, you can…
- swap bodies as Captain Ginyu mid-match, leaving your opponent suddenly controlling the wrong character.
- tag between three fighters to keep a team combo snowballing, then cancel one super straight into another finisher.
- trigger cinematic super attacks that blow up the stage and swing the camera in for a dramatic ending.
- chain a single clean hit into a huge combo.
- land punches and specials that recreate specific Dragon Ball scenes and tiny move details in actual fights.
- throw out simplified supers and flashy strings with beginner-friendly inputs, even if you're brand new.
- homing-dash straight to your opponent anywhere on screen, then immediately start pressure before they can reset.
- use character-specific gimmicks like Nappa summoning AI saibaimen for pressure or Beerus ricocheting projectiles off his attacks.
3ROUNDS - Rounds is a 1v1 rogue-lite shooter where each round gets more intense. The losing player of each round unlocks clever upgrades to create a better build to counter their opponent.
Apr 1, 2021
In this game, you can…
- steer a bullet with your cursor so it stays airborne, keeps scaling damage, and eventually wipes the screen.
- stack upgrades until you fire 50 bullets in under a second.
- teleport through a wall, then fire a shot that drills back through it to hit someone on the other side.
- stack cards until your shots drill through walls, home in, and ricochet into a maze of projectiles.
- lose a round, grab a new card, and turn that defeat into a comeback build that flips the match.
- turn the map into a weapon by pushing objects, cutting ropes, and collapsing floors onto opponents.
- chain effects so a single trigger pulls in poison clouds, explosions, and even saws spawning midair.
- mod the rules into a 16-player free-for-all where everyone's builds escalate into total mayhem.
4Your Only Move Is HUSTLE - Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
Feb 2, 2023
In this game, you can…
- slow down time and plan a fight frame by frame.
- control both fighters in single-player, script every action, then watch it play back as a real-time replay.
- turn a match into turn-based bullet hell when a wizard fills the screen with traps and projectiles.
- perfect-block every projectile in a barrage until the other player runs out of options.
- get grabbed, thrown into a corner, set on fire, grabbed again, launched skyward, then piledriven into the ground until you die.
- chain the same move four times to dribble someone on the ground like a basketball.
- both pick the exact same opening moves and mirror each other's first turns, then diverge the instant someone flinches.
- spend days solving one fight's sequence, then hit play and watch the whole thing run like a choreographed anime scene.
5Rivals of Aether - RIVALS OF AETHER is an indie fighting game where warring civilizations summon the power of Fire, Water, Air, and Earth. Play with up to four players either locally or online.
Mar 28, 2017
In this game, you can…
- fight offstage with no ledges to grab, wall-jump to refresh recovery, cancel special fall, and use your up move twice.
- drop a puddle, teleport back to it, turn it into a bubble pillar that lifts enemies, then drink it to power up huge attacks.
- load workshop characters like Obama, an Among Us crewmate, Tetris, or a literal chair, and fight them on custom stages.
- parry attacks for a few frames to stun enemies or reflect projectiles.
- land one opening and carry someone through a long chase combo that can jump to near-death if you keep reading them.
- set someone on fire, leave burning flames on the stage, then cash it out by absorbing the burn to launch them twice as far.
- play a wave-survival mode where you unlock runes that change your build, then take that powered-up chaos into versus matches.
- play a full beach-sport tetherball mode that turns into a serious back-and-forth instead of a throwaway minigame.
6BlazBlue Entropy Effect - Enjoy action-packed flashy combat with incredibly satisfying combos and responsive controls! Numerous characters, each with completely unique playstyles and loads of unlockable moves & upgrades! This action roguelike sets the bar for fluid fast-paced action.
Feb 14, 2024
In this game, you can…
- mutate a character's moveset mid-run by unlocking new attacks, follow-ups, and whole branches of command inputs.
- stay airborne against bosses by spending limited skills that reset your aerial attack limit and let you keep extending combos.
- hold off the final boss and keep clearing tougher rooms to stack more power before choosing when to end the run.
- start as a floating robot in a hub, then enter a simulation that lets you fight using BlazBlue characters' powers.
- build totally different versions of the same character in one run, like a behind-the-backstabber or a long-range shotgun fighter.
- turn a basic dash into an offensive movement tool, like riding a damaging shard of ice straight through enemies.
- chain dodges, parries, and punish windows into boss fights where defense links directly back into offense.
- trigger crossover missions that play like a separate mini-campaign built to introduce the Dead Cells Prisoner.
7Bopl Battle - A couch/online game where you battle your friends with unique and wild abilities. There are many choices such as a shrink ray, creating black holes, stopping time and attaching a rocket engine to the stage to send it flying. Choose a combination that synergizes well to win the round!
Nov 16, 2023
In this game, you can…
- make a black hole that can swallow the whole stage, then feed it with duplicated grenades until the battlefield disappears.
- attach a rocket engine to a platform or the stage and send the whole arena flying.
- grab the stage itself and drag it around like it's a movable object.
- grow almost anything permanently, so a tiny arrow or grenade becomes a massive threat.
- stop time to freeze everyone, then set up kills while they hang helpless in midair.
- shrink a black hole until it flips into a white hole.
- pick up one end of an electric fence and throw it to reposition it as a weapon.
- enlarge yourself and then eat your friends.
- revive at the last second to survive a suicide-bomb attack and treat self-sacrifice as a real strategy.
8JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R - Hirohiko Araki's masterpiece, brought to life as a fighting game! Battle with 50 colorful characters, wielding Stands, Hamon, and more! See how characters who could never meet in the story interact when they come face to face!
Sep 1, 2022
In this game, you can…
- stop time as DIO and watch everything freeze for nine seconds.
- predict your opponent's next line mid-fight as Joseph, then punish them while the quote plays out.
- throw a horse at someone as an actual attack.
- taunt Caesar as Joseph because the fight objective demands it, then win by finishing with a specific move.
- customize your character's pose and choose the exact line they say while posing.
- trigger unique matchup dialogue between characters who never meet in the story.
- fight story-tuned battles where the rules change for lore, like enemies draining health on every hit.
- land a steamroller super on someone and keep the combo going after the impact.
9Iron Snout - Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
Jan 27, 2016
In this game, you can…
- rip a wolf's head off, throw it, and even feed the chopped-off head to a disguised granny attacker.
- catch knives out of the air and throw them back to start a chain reaction in the middle of a pileup.
- pick up dropped weapons and keep using them until they break, including butcher knives, baskets, hats, machetes, and chainsaws.
- survive waves of wolves without moving, fighting left, right, and up using only punches, jumps, crouches, and dashes.
- uppercut a wolf into the air, grab what flies off, and whip it at another wolf before you even land.
- fight wolves who attack with absurd gear like pogo sticks, wrecking balls, rockets, chainsaws, and even granny disguises, all at once.
- rack up 200 enemies in one fight if you can survive long enough for the onslaught to keep escalating.
- play a 1 HP sudden-death mode where a single hit ends the run.
10Ultra Street Fighter® IV - The world’s greatest fighting game evolves to a whole new level with Ultra Street Fighter IV.
Aug 7, 2014
In this game, you can…
- pick both of your Ultras instead of just one, then swap plans mid-match depending on what your opponent is doing.
- absorb a hit with a Focus Attack, then cancel into a dash and stay on someone's face.
- grab someone with Hugo, bounce them off the wall, and convert it into huge damage.
- soak multiple hits with a Red Focus, then spend meter to turn it into a longer combo route.
- take enough damage to fill a comeback gauge, then unleash an Ultra combo to swing the whole round.
- learn frame-perfect combos in training, then land the same tight sequence on a real person online.
- step out of the fight to smash a car in a bonus stage.
