The Best 2D scroller Games for Linux - Page 3

Update : Penguin Panic added at rank #26.
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Bud Spencer & Terence Hill - Slaps & Beans 2 (2023)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch

After the shipwreck in Africa, Bud and Terence save a village from criminals and make their way home on a raft loaded with bananas. But of course it wouldn't be a Bud and Terence adventure if everything went according to plan.

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  • 4-player
  • local
  • 2d
  • cooperative
  • 1980s
  • pixel
  • scroller
  • comedy
  • family-friendly
  • retro
  • funny
  • fight
  • arcade
  • party
  • relaxing

22

Professor Doctor Jetpack (2024)

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Professor Doctor Jetpack is a physics based lunar lander game, in which you embark on a dangerous journey to ... control your jetpack. Also to save the world.

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  • precision
  • platform
  • scroller
  • 2d
  • physics
  • pixel
  • flight
  • parody
  • cartoony
  • hand-drawn
  • funny
  • arcade
  • atmospheric
  • controller-support
  • casual

23

Timespinner (2018)

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Nintendo Switch Xbox One Playstation 4 Linux PC Windows vita Mac OS

Enter a time-traveling Metroidvania adventure as Lunais, a young Timespinner on a mission to save the future and unravel the mysteries of the Lachiem Empire. With great combat, pixel-perfect art, and a killer soundtrack, Timespinner is a must-play for fans of the genre. Bring a friend for local co-op and dive into the world of Familiars and time manipulation. Are you ready to control time and take on epic boss battles? Play Timespinner and find out!


What we like:
  • Engaging story and character development
  • Impressive 16-bit aesthetic design
  • Unique time travel mechanics
  • Challenging but adjustable difficulty
  • Great soundtrack, story, and gameplay
What could be improved:
  • Relatively short
  • Redundant weapon options
  • Limited movement abilities
  • Unhelpful pets

  • platform
  • metroidvania
  • pixel
  • 2d
  • time
  • manipulation
  • empire
  • lgbtq
  • travel
  • exploration
  • boss
  • boss-fight
  • combat
  • rpg
  • scroller

24

Sunblaze (2021)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Lead Josie, aka. Sunblaze into a superhero training simulator built by her dad, a retired protagonist fighting the evils of our universe. Sunblaze is a brain-twisting precision platformer with hundreds of challenging levels, an awesome story, a superb soundtrack, and a beautiful game design.


  • platform
  • superhero
  • unforgiving
  • precision
  • 2d
  • puzzle
  • training
  • stylized
  • scroller
  • controller-support
  • cartoony
  • cute
  • pixel
  • story
  • robots

25

!AnyWay! (2022)

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PC Windows Linux

Anyway is a 2D platformer adventure in which every day is not the same: There are some secret rules to this place which can change from day to day. So be cautious, it may be dangerous out there!

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  • 2d
  • platform
  • action-adventure
  • precision
  • family-friendly
  • scroller
  • colourful
  • metroidvania
  • casual
  • character
  • atmospheric
  • comic
  • attack
  • score
  • sandbox

26

Penguin Panic (2025)

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A penguin's life is never easy. Even more so when you're a penguin mother, looking to protect her eggs. Penguin Panic is a cute platformer and features simple controls, secret challenges and cheerful graphics. A fast-paced action game that no one will want to put down.

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  • 2d
  • platform
  • casual
  • colourful
  • grand-strategy
  • scroller
  • cute
  • 1990s
  • cartoony
  • fast-paced
  • family-friendly
  • action
  • strategy
  • nature

27

o---o (2023)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux

An arcade game styled after classic titles of the first generation of consoles. Gameplay set in the cybernetic sphere, accompanied by electronic music matching the game's visuals.

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  • precision
  • arcade
  • futuristic
  • psychedelic
  • music
  • platform
  • minimalist
  • illuminati
  • 2d
  • fast-paced
  • scroller
  • runner

28

Elsie (2024)

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Linux Playstation 5 PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Elsie is a technicolour, hyperkinetic, rogue-like action-platformer filled with procedurally generated levels, an army of robots to blast through, and a wide scope of items & weaponry to make each run unique. Master countless magitek weapons and abilities in order to embrace the chaos.

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  • rogue-like
  • 2d
  • perma-death
  • modern
  • scroller
  • platform
  • procedural
  • bullet-hell
  • robots
  • futuristic
  • pixel
  • replay-value
  • retro

29

Hack and Slime (2022)

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early access Linux PC Windows

What could be scarier than a massive dungeon-tower infested with skulls, ogres, and dragons? That those same monsters ride the largest multinational in the world with it. You know; business is business.

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  • scroller
  • rpg
  • hack-and-slash
  • 1990s
  • dungeon-crawler
  • action-adventure
  • magic
  • pixel
  • action
  • colourful
  • comedy
  • 2d
  • medieval
  • funny
  • platform

30

Catmaze (2018)

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Playstation 4 Xbox Series X Xbox One Linux Mac OS PC Windows Playstation 5 Nintendo Switch

Catmaze is a fairy metroidvania inspired by Slavic myths. Age-old tales will come to life in the unforgettable adventure of Alesta, a sorceress whose courage guides her through mysterious paths and dark forests in search of the lost road to Nav, the world of the dead.

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  • metroidvania
  • 2d
  • character
  • cute
  • narration
  • scroller
  • fantasy
  • action-adventure
  • multiple-endings
  • platform
  • historical
  • anime
  • wizard
  • pixel
  • colourful

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