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Unity 2D game development

Unity’s 2D suite is a comprehensive solution that includes worldbuilding, characters, graphics, physics, and more for making 2D games across platforms.

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How to create 2D games in Unity

Advanced 2D Creation

Master lighting, animation, and performance in 2D.

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2D Game Foundations

Build a complete 2D game from a blank project.

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Pixel Art Lighting

Create and optimize 2D lighting for pixel art games.

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2D Adventure Basics

Learn core 2D skills by making an adventure game.

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2D Workflows

Speed up 2D iteration in Unity by importing layered PSD and Aseprite files as editable sprites, animations, and Prefabs.

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2D Animation

Create and animate 2D characters in Unity using sprite workflows, rigging, skinning, IK, and flipbook animation tools.

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2D Lighting

Light 2D scenes in Unity using 2D Lights with control over color, intensity, layers, and how lighting interacts with sprites.

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2D Optimization

Use Sprite Atlas in Unity to pack sprites into atlases, reduce draw calls, and control texture settings by platform.

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2D Tilemaps and Level Authoring

Create and edit 2D levels using Unity’s Tilemap system with flexible grids, smart tile painting, animation support, and scalable workflows.

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2D Physics

Simulate 2D physics in Unity using colliders, rigidbodies, joints, and effectors for accurate interactions and motion.

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2D Demos and Samples

Gem Hunter Match

An official Unity cross-platform sample project that showcases the capabilities of 2D lighting and visual effects in the Universal Render Pipeline (URP) in Unity.

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Dragon Crashers

Explore how Unity’s 2D tools work together to build animated characters, dynamic levels, lighting, VFX, shaders, and polished 2D scenes.

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Happy Harvest

Explore a top-down 2D farming game that demonstrates lighting, shadows, animation, sprite libraries, and VFX, with guides to reuse these techniques.

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2D Animation

This package provides 2D characters in different game styles that were used by internal Unity teams and are now available to users.

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2D games made with Unity

Skul: The Hero Slayer

SouthPAW Games

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Cuphead

Studio MDHR

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Hollow Knight & Silksong

Team Cherry

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Greak: Memories of Azur

Navegante Ent.

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Dave the Diver

Mintrocket

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Bye Sweet Carole

Little Sewing Machine

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Fretless: The Wrath of Riffson

Ritual Studios

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Big Boy Boxing

Soupmasters

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Frequently asked questions

You can follow the latest updates for our 2D solutions by visiting our Unity Platform Roadmap and share your feedback directly with the product team.

Access the Unity Documentation to find a comprehensive manual to help you start developing 2D games in Unity.

Check out the Unity Community Discussion forums to follow the latest updates and interact with 2D creators.

Advance your Unity skills with live sessions and over 750 hours of on-demand learning content designed for creators at every skill level. Check out Unity Learn here.

Choose the latest LTS version to work with the most stable, dependable, and supported version of Unity. Get started from the Unity Hub or learn more here.