The Best 2D scroller Games - Page 3

Update : Bubble Ghost Remake added at rank #48.
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Shiro (2020)

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Review score
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PC Windows Android Nintendo Switch

Shiro is an adventure platformer in which you have to find your missing sister


  • platform
  • 2d
  • adventure
  • scroller
  • action
  • hack-and-slash
  • action-adventure
  • local
  • arena
  • split-screen
  • pixel
  • 4-player
  • tps
  • anime
  • shooter

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DOOMBLADE (2023)

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85
Review score
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PC Windows

Take on the role of Gloom Girl as you join forces with a talking sentient sword, Doomblade, to exact vengeance on the Dread Lords. Explore interconnecting worlds, slaying monsters with the sword's brutal wrath. With memorable boss design, good graphics, and catchy music, prepare to teach your enemies fear with the Doom Drop, Wicked Wind, and the Nightmare Onion abilities. Are you ready for the quest?


What we like:
  • Refreshing movement mechanics
  • Engaging exploration
  • Great art
  • Fun boss fights
  • Nuanced gameplay
What could be improved:
  • Sluggish player movement
  • Lack of guidance
  • Challenging environmental hazards
  • Frustrating difficulty spike

  • dark
  • nonlinear
  • metroidvania
  • humor
  • 2d
  • scroller
  • multiple-endings
  • platform
  • action-adventure
  • exploration
  • souls
  • colourful
  • atmospheric
  • soundtrack
  • fantasy

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6Souls (2021)

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77
Review score
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PC Windows Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Xbox One Nintendo Switch

6Souls is an exciting 2D pixel-art action-adventure platformer. Join Jack and his dog, Butch, as they embark on an adventurous journey to find the abandoned Clifford Castle and uncover its secrets and the fate of the Clifford family.


  • dog
  • 2d
  • platform
  • scroller
  • pixel
  • action-adventure
  • medieval
  • family-friendly
  • mystery
  • colourful
  • controller-support
  • adventure
  • exploration
  • cute
  • fantasy

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Yars Rising (2024)

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65
Review score
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Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 4 PC Windows Nintendo Switch

From the renowned development studio WayForward Technologies, Inc. (Shantae, River City Girls, Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp) comes Yars Rising, a 2D action adventure exploration of one of Atari’s richest, and best known classic titles.

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  • platform
  • 2d
  • action-adventure
  • metroidvania
  • anime
  • exploration
  • sci-fi
  • shooter
  • classic
  • scroller
  • cyberpunk
  • stealth
  • 2.5d
  • comic
  • retro

25

Alien Hominid HD (2023)

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88
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Xbox One PC Windows Xbox 360

The 2D side-scrolling shooter from The Behemoth is back! With your mighty blaster and a group of mysterious kids by your side, destroy the agency and reclaim your spaceship!


  • cooperative
  • hand-drawn
  • run
  • old-school
  • aliens
  • boss
  • side-scrolling
  • local
  • gun
  • 2d
  • shoot-em-up
  • scroller
  • shooter
  • action
  • arcade

26

Road To Adventure! (2020)

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77
Review score
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PC Windows

Help Tommy destroy The Evil Corporation, save the enviroment, the forest and his friends. A beautiful, funny and challenging game awaits!

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  • 2d
  • precision
  • platform
  • pixel
  • linear
  • scroller
  • single-player
  • inventory
  • action-adventure
  • third-person
  • retro
  • adventure
  • family-friendly

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Pronty (2021)

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PC Windows Android Nintendo Switch

Embark on an underwater adventure in Pronty where you'll battle mutated sea creatures and polluted environments with your robotic swordfish companion. The game's unique combat system and challenging boss fights will keep you engaged for hours. Explore the intricately designed underwater world while enjoying immersive sound and music. With post-launch updates, Pronty is a game you'll want to replay over and over.


What we like:
  • Beautiful graphics and art style
  • Engaging story and characters
  • Unique and challenging combat mechanics
  • Well-designed boss fights
  • Good variety of enemies and environments
What could be improved:
  • Cutscenes disrupt the game's flow
  • Level design is cramped and claustrophobic, limiting movement
  • Stamina bar mechanic feels unnecessary and limits player choices

  • underwater
  • metroidvania
  • exploration
  • 2d
  • scroller
  • multiple-endings
  • platform
  • cartoony
  • boss-fight
  • action-adventure
  • atmospheric
  • cute
  • boss
  • difficult

28

Gravity Circuit (2023)

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87
Review score
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PC Windows Mac OS Linux Playstation 5 Nintendo Switch Playstation 4

Gravity Circuit is a flashy action packed 2D platformer in the spirit of console classics. Follow Kai, a lone operative war hero who harnesses the mysterious powers of the Gravity Circuit, on an adventure in a futuristic world inhabited by sentient robots.


  • platform
  • robots
  • 2d
  • beat-em-up
  • metroidvania
  • retro
  • pixel
  • scroller
  • superhero
  • futuristic
  • fast-paced
  • classic
  • action

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Underhero (2018)

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PC Windows Linux Mac OS Xbox One Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch

Underhero is a 2D side-scroller RPG adventure game with timing-based combat. It tells an intriguing and mysterious story, full of silly characters brimming with personality, quirky dialogue, and lots of weird humor. Inspired by Paper Mario games and RPGs in general, it tells the story of a world where the chosen hero has failed and an underling of the main villain takes his place as the new “hero”. Join the magical hilt Elizabeth the IV and the little Masked Kid, as they travel the world to restore Elizabeth’s long lost power, so they can defeat the tyrannical Mr. Stitches and save the world once and for all!


  • rpg
  • protagonist
  • japanese
  • 2d
  • pixel
  • villain
  • scroller
  • turn-based
  • humor
  • conspiracy
  • jrpg
  • platform
  • dark
  • combat
  • colourful

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Pronty: Fishy Adventure (2021)

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100
Review score
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PC Windows

Guide Pronty and its Javelin partner Bront as it defend the once great city of Royla. Explore the deep sea, fight mutant sea creatures, and discover the secrets behind this new Atlantis in this beautiful action-packed adventure.

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  • metroidvania
  • underwater
  • 2d
  • scroller
  • shoot-em
  • multiple-endings
  • platform
  • cartoony
  • action-adventure
  • atmospheric
  • souls
  • cute
  • exploration

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