The Best 2D scroller Games for Linux - Page 5

Update : Penguin Panic added at rank #26.
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Jaded (2025)

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A fast-paced platformer where you can slash, dash, and control time. Slow down the frenzy of combat and find the right moment to strike! Then, aim the 360-degree dash and zoom away at lightning speed! Master your abilities to maneuver around obstacles and vaporize foes before they can touch you.

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  • platform
  • precision
  • 2d
  • lore
  • scroller
  • linear
  • hack-and-slash
  • magic
  • pixel
  • post-apocalyptic
  • story
  • supernatural
  • colourful
  • combat
  • cute

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Sock It (2024)

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Enter Sock It, the zany Punch-Out-May-Cry-like with fleshed out opponents, platforming, and cutscenes! Spar off with more than 12 bosses! Follow the story of a cryofrozen amputee boxer who needs to find his past! Encounter a stupid assassin, a greedy squatter, and a secret scheme!

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  • 2d
  • spectacle
  • precision
  • platform
  • boxing
  • scroller
  • soundtrack
  • hack-and-slash
  • comic
  • fight
  • comedy
  • book
  • story
  • pixel
  • sci-fi

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Skies Above (2024)

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A fast-paced, action-packed pixel art game, where you have to help a Leviathan to reach space by defending it from an endless robot army.

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  • scroller
  • pixel
  • action-adventure
  • colourful
  • 2d
  • family-friendly
  • nature
  • casual
  • arcade
  • atmospheric
  • cute
  • action
  • adventure
  • fantasy

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Kingdom: New Lands (2016)

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Experience the mystery and challenge of managing a kingdom in Kingdom: New Lands. Explore new lands, build your kingdom, and defeat greedy creatures while discovering the secrets of this minimalist strategy game. With stunning visuals, simple controls, and a haunting soundtrack, Kingdom: New Lands will keep you hooked for hours as you learn and grow your empire.


What we like:
  • Innovative gameplay mechanics
  • Expanding game world
  • Addictive gameplay
  • Beautiful visual style
  • Rewarding learning curve
What could be improved:
  • Lack of control over characters
  • Limited diversification of gameplay loop
  • No clear instruction

  • pixel
  • tower-defense
  • colony
  • medieval
  • rogue-like
  • strategy
  • simulation
  • scroller
  • base-building
  • survival
  • building
  • 2d
  • resource-management
  • side-scrolling
  • defence

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BioGun: Clinical Trial (2024)

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Linux PC Windows

Prologue version of the game BioGun.Get injected into the microscopic world. Face viral threats and winding corridors on your mission to save man’s best friend from the inside. Will you be the vaccine to save dog-kind from extinction?

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  • metroidvania
  • hand-drawn
  • emotional
  • twin-stick
  • 2d
  • shoot-em-up
  • scroller
  • action-adventure
  • stylized
  • cartoony
  • atmospheric
  • story
  • open-world
  • colourful
  • exploration

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School Hero (2025)

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Android Linux PC Windows

Beat everyone in the school and save your beloved girlfriend in this anime-inspired Beat Em Up game!, as Sakura high calls for a new Hero. Will you answer the call and save her?

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  • anime
  • beat-em-up
  • scroller
  • comic
  • arcade
  • hand-drawn
  • cartoony
  • book
  • martial
  • colourful
  • action-adventure
  • 2d
  • pixel
  • action
  • retro

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Space Elite Force (2018)

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Linux PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Space Elite Force is a frenetic space-shooter with weapon customization and insane bosses battles. Embark in your ship and fight for the survival of the human race!

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  • jet
  • gun
  • bullet-hell
  • shoot-em-up
  • scroller
  • attack
  • space
  • customization
  • score
  • colourful
  • short
  • pixel
  • arcade
  • 2d
  • controller-support

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AfroPenguin & The Forbidden Ramen (2023)

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"AfroPenguin & The Forbidden Ramen" is a challenging argentinian 2D adventure game which pays homage to those Nintendo titles that made us smile as a kid (and why not, as adults).

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  • 2d
  • scroller
  • action-adventure
  • platform
  • 1990s
  • cartoony
  • 1980s
  • linear
  • relaxing
  • colourful
  • exploration
  • pixel
  • arcade
  • casual
  • comedy

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Triple Jump (2025)

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Triple Jump is an auto-running puzzle platformer where you have a library of different “jumps” that you can assign in any combination to three slots. You are then faced with levels that require some combination of those jumps to solve.

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  • precision
  • runner
  • scroller
  • platform
  • development
  • artificial
  • intelligence
  • family-friendly
  • pixel
  • dark
  • 2d
  • dystopian
  • atmospheric
  • old-school
  • casual

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Miska's Cave (2021)

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Miska's Cave is a unique action-centric side scroller with strategic components and animated with pixel art. If you love completing challenging games that require varying strategies, this game is for you.

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  • souls
  • underground
  • scroller
  • pve
  • runner
  • action-adventure
  • magic
  • pixel
  • hand-drawn
  • beat-em-up
  • 2d
  • attack
  • score
  • casual

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