If you love video games, then you’ll want to know about the exciting new 2.5D games expected to launch this year. In this post, we’re reviewing some of the most highly anticipated upcoming 2.5D games guaranteed to be blockbusters when they hit their respective platforms in the Year 2022.
The Wandering Village
Genre – 2.5D, Farming sim, Roguelite, Strategy, Indie
Platforms – Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Series S, Microsoft Windows, Steam
Release Date – 2022 , TBA
Mysterious toxic spores have contaminated the planet. A small group of survivors seeks shelter on the back of a giant, wandering animal. Become their leader, build their settlement and form a symbiotic relationship with the creature to survive together in this hostile, yet beautiful world.
Terra Nil
Genre – 2.5D, Indie game, Strategy , Casual, City Builder
Platforms – Microsoft Windows, Steam
Release Date – 2022 , TBA
Terra Nil is a reverse city builder about ecosystem reconstruction. Turn a barren wasteland into an ecological paradise complete with different flora and fauna. Then clean up, leaving the environment pristine. Subverting the builder genre, Terra Nil is about the restoration of a ravaged environment.
REPLACED
Genre – 2.5D, Action, Pixel Graphics, Platformer
Platforms – Xbox Series X and Series S, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, Steam
Release Date – 2022 , TBA
REPLACED is a 2.5D sci-fi retro-futuristic action platformer where you play as R.E.A.C.H. – an artificial intelligence trapped in a human body against its own will. REPLACED combines cinematic platforming, pixel art, and free-flow action combat set in an alternative 1980s.
Wizard with a Gun
Genre – 2.5D, Action, Adventure, Sandbox, Action Roguelike
Platforms – Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows, Steam
Release Date – 2022 , TBA
Wizard with a Gun is an online cooperative sandbox survival game set in a magical wilderness wrought with dangerous creatures and arcane mysteries. Embark on a journey alone or with friends to collect, craft, and outfit your wizard however you see fit as you explore the unknown.
Fallen Aces
Genre – 2.5D, Action, Noir, Immersive Sim, Comic Book, Shooter, Indie
Platforms – Microsoft Windows, Steam
Release Date – 2022 , TBA
The A.C.E.S. Watchful guardians of Switchblade City. Being taken down, one by one. Now it’s up to one man, with two fists, to get to the bottom of it all. Fallen Aces is a crime noir FPS that plays right out of the ’90s and looks right out of the comics.
Project Warlock II
Genre – 2.5D, Retro, Shooter, Gore, FPS
Platforms – Microsoft Windows, Steam
Release Date – June 2022, TBA
Adrenaline-pumping gore retro funhouse that’s full of guns, magic, demons, vertical arenas, 3D visuals, 2D sprites, and heavy metal music. Inspired by FPS classics like Quake and Doom 64, Project Warlock II is the explosive boomer shooter sequel you were too shy to ask for.
Achilles: Legends Untold
Genre – 2.5D, Action, Adventure, RPG,
Platforms – Microsoft Windows, Steam
Release Date – 12, May 2022
End the conflict between Hades and Ares in this souls-like action RPG. Battle gods, defeat mythological creatures, and gather resources alone or in a co-op in Achilles: Legends Untold.
Eiyuden Chronicle Rising
Genre – 2.5D, Adventure, JRPG, RPG
Platforms – Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X and Series S, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows, Steam, PlayStation 5
Release Date – 10, May, 2022
Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising is an action RPG set in the same world as Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes. Features town-upgrading mechanics, and fast-paced combat. A prequel to the world of the Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes.
Jack Move
Genre – 2.5D , Cyberpunk , JRPG , Turn Based , Story Rich
Platforms – Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows, Steam , Macintosh operating systems
Release Date – 2022 , TBA
Jack Move is a JRPG that features a unique blend of gritty cyberpunk storytelling, turn-based battles, and beautiful modern pixel art. Take on the role of Noa, a vigilante hacker who is thrust into a world of murder, kidnapping, and dark research after her father goes missing.
Blind Fate Edo no Yami
Genre – 2.5D, Action, Exploration, Souls Like, Indie
Platforms – Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X and Series S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 5
Release Date – 2022 , TBA
Dive into a world that mixes Sci-Fi and ancient tradition. Slash through robots with a trusty katana, use hi-tech implants to navigate the surroundings, dodge enemy attacks, and land devastating finishers. Reclaim the past following the way of the Japanese samurai in the fantastic period of New Edo.
OXENFREE II Lost Signals
Genre – 2.5D, Interactive Fiction, Side Scroller, Exploration, Interactive Fiction
Platforms – Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows, Macintosh operating systems, PlayStation 5
Release Date – 2022, Steam
Five years after the events of OXENFREE, Riley returns to her hometown of Camena to investigate mysterious radio signals. What she finds is more than she bargained for.
Revolution The Spark
Genre – 2.5D, Turn Base, Story Rich, CRPG, Strategy
Platforms – Microsoft Windows, Steam
Release Date – 2022 , TBA
Fight back in Revolution: The Spark, a story-driven, turn-based tactical RPG. Gather your allies and explore 9 unique districts in the capital of a corrupt Empire whose citizens cry out for your help. Will the city erupt in violent revolution or can you find a way to keep the fragile peace?
STASIS BONE TOTEM
Genre – 2.5D, Indie, Point and Click, Isometric, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Platforms – Microsoft Windows, Steam
Release Date – 2022 , TBA
STASIS: BONE TOTEM is a thrilling and spine-tingling journey into the unknown fathoms of the icy ocean and the terrors that await a family. They will uncover a threat far beyond their wildest dreams. An isometric adventure created by the team behind STASIS and BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION.
Small Saga
Genre – 2.5D, RPG, Indie, JRPG, Turn-Based Combat
Platforms – Microsoft Windows, Steam, macOS
Release Date – 2022 , TBA
Beneath the streets of London, an angry mouse seeks revenge against the god who stole his tail. An epic RPG of miniature proportions!
Best Month Ever
Genre – 2.5D, Female Protagonist, Adventure, Story Rich, Point click
Platforms – Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X and Series S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5
Release Date – 5, May 2022
Take part in a roller coaster of emotions with Louise embarking on a road trip of a lifetime through the late 1960s USA, trying to show her son Mitch how to navigate the often cruel modern world. Your choices matter!
Reina and Jericho
Genre – 2.5D , Action , Metroidvania , Precision Platformer
Platforms – Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X and Series S, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 5
Release Date – 2022 , TBA
Create a perfect chain of cause and effect in Reina & Jericho, an intense story-driven adventure through a fortress defended by Reina’s worst enemies. Confront Reina’s past, present, and future as she battles her foes and bends time itself.
The Tribe Must Survive
Genre – 2.5D, Strategy , Survival, Colony Sim, City Building
Platforms – Microsoft Windows, Steam, MacOs
Release Date – 2022 , TBA
The Tribe Must Survive is a tribe-builder with a generous splash of survival and rogue-like. Whatever it takes… The Tribe Must Survive!
Lords of Ravage
Genre – 2.5D, Strategy, Turn-Based Combat, Spectacle Fighter
Platforms – Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X and Series S, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows, Linux, PlayStation 5
Release Date – 2022 , TBA
Become the final boss of the dungeon! Create your own playing style by combining followers from different factions in spectacular turn-based combat. Build a shadow empire to find a powerful artifact that can alter the fate of this world. Choose your path as one of the “Lords of Ravage”!
Diluvian Ultra
Genre – 2.5D, FPS, Exploration, Shooter
Platforms – Microsoft Windows, Steam
Release Date – 2022 , TBA
Battle through a living ship made out of flesh and stone, in this pulse-pounding retro first-person shooter
Rendezvous
Genre – 2.5D, Cyberpunk, Pixel Graphics, Adventure, Puzzle
Platforms – Microsoft Windows, Steam
Release Date – 2022 , TBA
Rendezvous is an action-adventure game set in a futuristic Indonesia. For Setyo to save his sister from sharing his own fate, he must return to the streets of Neo-Surabaya before it’s too late. Is it truly possible to redeem the sins of your past?
The 2.5D genre is exploding with popularity thanks to these upcoming hit games that we have mentioned. Developers have taken the strengths of 3D gaming and fused them with the storytelling elements of 2D, to great effect. Whether you love platformers, action-adventure games, or something in between, 2.5D gives you a powerful new way to experience your favorite stories and play your favorite characters (or create your own). Best yet, you can expect that this trend will only continue as more and more developers join the fray.