r/Unity2D is a subreddit with 189k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and self-promotion, and the community frequently discusses unity, game, struggling, 2d, and tutorial, and they frequently recommend/review drawing software and art software.
A subreddit for News, Help, Resources, and Conversation regarding Unity, the game engine, notably the 2D/2.5D aspects of the engine.
Popular Themes in r/Unity2D
#1
Advice Requests
: "How to make a Desktop Companion game in Unity"
9 posts
#2
Self-Promotion
: "As a Wildlife Photographer and a Pokemon fan, I always wanted to create a wildlife photography game, with creature collection and scrapbook customization. We just released our Steam Page !"
8 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "[For Hire] Pixel Artist available for Unity 2D projects. Spritesheets, Tilesets, and Animation Frames."
5 posts
#4
Opportunities
: "is there anything to improve upon?"
2 posts
#5
Money Talk
: "In order to finish our game in time, I had to pay my dog 3 steaks a day, hope I'm not getting ripped off, the price did seem a bit high..."
1 post
Popular Topics in r/Unity2D
#1
Unity
: "My first serious project in Unity (and quite a long one...)"
132 posts
#2
Game
: "Finally finished all enemies for this new area of my hand drawn metroidvania Game. This one is called "Pumper" and is like a bio machinegun plant XD"
110 posts
#3
Struggling
53 posts
#4
2d
: "Cave stage + droid sneak peek for our 2d action shooter"
51 posts
#5
Tutorial
32 posts
#6
Pixel
: "Learning Pixel art for a cute Sisyphus incremental game"
30 posts
#7
Coding
: "I added an interactive fabric to my game"
26 posts
#8
Game Dev
: "Top 5 genre for indie Game Devs"
25 posts
#9
Animation
: "My friend made a free Flash-inspired tower defense game in Unity 2D. I'd love for you to check it out!"
22 posts
#10
Sprite
: "Is using a shader a good way to recolor pixel art Sprites in Unity?"
21 posts
Products Discussed in r/Unity2D
Drawing Software
3 reviews
#1
Affinity Designer
4.5★ from 2 reviews
#2
Paint Tool SAI
4.0★ from 1 review
Art Software
1 review
#1
Aseprite
4.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/Unity2D
#1
Show-off
: "Handcrafting an Isometric Tilemap for My FFT-Like"
54 posts
#2
Question
: "2d character artists needed"
34 posts
#3
Feedback
: "[UNITY] Based on the Feedback - First Pass on New Art / Environments along with a New Boss! (In-Progress)"
24 posts
#4
Announcement
: "Today we are making it out of Early Access after only 1 year. It feels surreal to have a full release out on Steam"
14 posts
#5
Game/Software
: "A Retro style Rage game (browser playable)"
13 posts
#6
Tutorial/Resource
: "An animal expansion for my asset pack what do you guys think? link in comments"
9 posts
#7
Solved/Answered
: "A casual scene from the game I'm working on"
2 posts
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Last updated: June 28, 2026