The Best 2D Games of 2015

END OF YEAR AWARDS
We're doing it again! We're taking a look back at all of the best games from 2015 and giving out super meaningful awards! If you'd like to spend an hour watching a man and a horse as they talk about 2D video games and get up to some shenanigans, then you should proceed immediately to the video below.

If that isn't your bag, then you can just scroll down and just read a list of all the best games below the video, but you will disappoint a certain lovable horse and make him cry real puppet horse tears.

Otherwise, get ready for the best hour of your life!





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Best Updated Re-Release
Winner: Westerado: Double Barreled

Most Innovative
Winner: Ronin
Honorable Mention: A Mini Falafel Adventure

Best Old-School Throwback
Winner: Odallus: The Dark Call
Honorable Mention: Axiom Verge
Honorable Mention: Master Spy

Best Fire
Winner: Ori and the Blind Forest

Best Weirdest
Winner: Not a Hero
Honorable Mention: A Mini Falafel Adventure

Most Ambitious
Winner: Ori and the Blind Forest

The "It's About Damn Time!" Award
Winner: Axiom Verge

Best Use of Brutal Difficulty
Winner: Downwell
Honorable Mention: Oblitus

Best Game Starring an Animal
Winner: Dragon’s Wake

Best Game Starring a Ninja
Winner: Mute Crimson+

Best Puzzler or Puzzle Platformer
Winner: Camera Obscura

Best Platformer
Winner: Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows (DLC)
Honorable Mention: Adventures of Pip
Honorable Mention: Mute Crimson+

Best Action-Adventure or Action-RPG
Winner: Ori and the Blind Forest
Honorable Mention: Axiom Verge
Honorable Mention: Odallus: The Dark Call
Honorable Mention: Skelemania

Best Action Game
Winner: Downwell

Biggest Disappointment
Loser: There Was a Caveman

Best 2D Game of 2015
Winner: Ori and the Blind Forest