2D Games you didn't know were made with Unreal Engine

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Many people believe that you can't make 2D games with Unreal Engine and that there aren't any released titles.
However that couldn't be further from the truth!
In this video I'll introduce 2D and 2D/3D hybrid games that have been created using Unreal Engine!
That of course includes Square Enix's HD-2D titles, but also many indie games you may haven't heard about or didn't know were made with Unreal Engine.

Timecodes:
0:00 Intro
0:43 Octopath Traveler
1:24 Indie Games
5:00 Square Enix HD-2D Games

The Fusion of Nostalgia and Novelty in Octopath Traveler | Unreal Fest Europe 2019 | Unreal Engine:

Beyond Authentic Pixel Art in Unreal Engine | Unreal Fest Europe 2019 | Unreal Engine:

Backbone - Working with 2D Pixel Art in a 3D World | Unreal Indie Dev Days 2019 | Unreal Engine:

List of 2D Unreal Engine games on itch:

🎵 Music By:
- Team Astro - Hidden Treasure
- Provided by Lofi Records

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[MoshiMoshiDoppio]

I remember being told that it was impossible to make 2D games with Unreal Engine, however that didn’t stop me from trying. I didn’t make anything nearly as good as these games, but it goes to show it can be done

[RockyMulletGamedev]

Hey ! Thank you for the shout out ! 😃
That was unexpected 😆I was just casually watching your video and then 4:57 came as a surprise hahaha
Thanks again 🙏

[goblinphreak]

I always heard people claiming "if making 2d, use unity" but that's not because unity is better or that unreal can't do 2d, its because AT THE TIME (many many years ago) Unity had the better licensing deal. But now Unreal has a great license deal, aka full access to the engine, make the game you want, and they wont take a penny up to 1 million dollars in sales, after that they take their %. WHICH IS HUGE when you think about small devs with 5 or less employees. Then with said profits, not only can you pay your employees (if you have any) you could then buy a real license for unreal engine which would then allow your next game to profit more.

as far as "engine wars" and "which will be the last man standing" not a single engine on the market gets close to unreal engine 5. i feel bad for game dev studios that have their own "engine" because no matter how much they upgrade it, they will NEVER catch up to unreal engine. which makes me sad for bethseda. i remember they were asked about switching engines but they said the world building tools they used in their engine was too unique to let go.... except if you buy a legit license from Unreal, they will literally add into the engine ANY tool you would want to use. in this, they could import all the tools they like to have in their old engine into unreal engine 5.... which then makes the engine better, and also means future support is possible for them. seriously unreal engine won the engine lumin, nanite, all these things that other engines DO NOT HAVE. "derp this engine has ray tracing" yeah, but that's gpu based ray tracing. lumin works on the CPU which is huge (yes you can also toggle lumin to work on gpu's, but default its a cpu workload).

[Chitus]

Ender lilies: Quietus of the Knights is another 2D Metroidvania game made using UE4 and the art, soundtrack, and gameplay make for a very memorable experience! Totally recommend checking it out!

[LifeCodeGame]

Amazing! Unreal Engine is so versatile and can be used to create such a variety of games. Keep up the great work!

[freedomgamesplanet]

I believe that one day Unreal will be able to compete with Unity and Godot in 2D, even if it is focused on 3D, the passion of the community and developers for 2D is making this dream closer and closer to happening

[ricksanford]

The FF Pixel Remasters would be absolutely wonderful using the techniques in Octopath Traveller. I mean, I'm going to buy them when they're available on the Switch, but dang, can you imagine...

[remy]

Awesome ! This channel is the reason I'll make my next game with UE5 🙌 Keep it up, your content is awesome, thanks 😁

[aldgardmusic]

So many titles I didn't know used Unreal Engine. I am actually making an old school point and click game with Unreal Engine, and it's a lot of fun! No fancy effects or advanced new tools, just low graphic pixel art with nostalgia.

It's quite an interesting feeling to make something small with a big engine 😅
Anyhow, I know C# and JavaScript but no C++. To create with Blueprints makes it very easy to progress fast, which then makes it very fun!

[jephrennaicker]

This is really good too know, looking forward to more videos like theses, cause I never knew, and like the idea of you reaching out to other Dev team to see what they did, to making a successful game

[viscid]

This video is pure gold 🙌🏻 thanks for sharing 😊

[loop]

Just found your channel and am gona be here for a long time, keep the good work up 👍

[raverecage]

With unreal if you go with the flow i.e. 3d its super easy to use but if you try 2d, you will feel the resistance because its not designed for that extensively. With Unity, its easy to do both 2d and 3d BUT(big but) trying to match the render pipeline of unreal is stupidly difficult like mixing different render methods, graphics instance management... hence not so much AAA 3d games.

[brandonjacksoon]

I will add 2 awesome looking games in your list ;)
F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch is also was made in Unreal.
Mandragora is absolutely amazing looking game is made in Unreal Engine.

[michaelsparkson]

Almost all of those are 3D games using Paper 2D models.

[EhurtAfy]

Yeah, crazy how Unreal is so diverse but so many realistic games like Ark: Survival Evolved, The Isle, Conan Exiles, Atlas, all kind of have the same graphics and annoying lighting behavior. Lots of bloom, sun rays, etc. that just don't feel good on my eyes. Then I play a CryEngine game like Far Cry 5 and it looks and feels much better. It's not news to me that Unreal is used for many kinds of games, but this is a nice showcase 👍

[ProxyDoug]

2:30 Where can I watch more of this behind the scenes footage?

[CobraCode]

Get my 12 hour course on how to make 2D games with Unreal Engine:

I hope you can use some of these games as an inspiration or refence for your own game dev projects!
Let me know if there are any noteworthy games I missed!

[Unknown-bzpl]

thx man u realy did open my eyes, i was so confused between diff engines now everything is clear, thank u

[NostalgikGamez]

I wish unreal had support for c#. I'd rush over there in a heart beat