The Best Scroller Games

Update : Alien Hominid Invasion added at rank #19.
1

Nocturnal (2023)

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Xbox One PC Windows Nintendo Switch Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Android Playstation 4

After years of traveling, Ardeshir finds his native island covered in a mysterious fog. Carve your way with fire and steel to find out what happened to your people in this action-platformer game. You’re the only one who can discover the secrets that lie beyond the Mist.


  • platform
  • scroller
  • soundtrack
  • 2d
  • linear
  • narration
  • action-adventure
  • mystery
  • hand-drawn
  • dark
  • puzzle
  • demons
  • exploration
  • combat
  • eroge

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Return. (2018)

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PC Windows Xbox One

Return to your home planet after 200 years of space travel in this atmospheric, art-driven adventure. Shoot, slash, and roll your way through dangerous enemies and ancient bosses, purchase items and unlock powerful weapons, and explore your unfamiliar home for parts to repair your ship.


  • dystopian
  • soundtrack
  • pixel
  • stylized
  • scroller
  • atmospheric
  • post-apocalyptic
  • souls
  • exploration
  • hack-and-slash
  • 2d
  • sci-fi
  • story
  • difficult

3

A Taste of the Past (2022)

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PC Windows

What do you do when you lose someone you love? A Taste of the Past is an emotional sidescroller about reconnecting with your Chinese culture while navigating a train to the afterlife. Featuring a wholesome story, cooking minigames, and hope.

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  • life
  • immersive
  • walking-simulator
  • hand-drawn
  • scroller
  • fiction
  • simulation
  • text
  • point-and-click
  • visual-novel
  • stylized
  • interactive
  • cartoony
  • third-person
  • anime

4

Dungeon Munchies (2019)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Mac OS Android IOS iPhone Playstation 4 Playstation 5

Dungeon Munchies is a unique 2D platformer that combines zombie cooking action with RPG elements. Explore a collapsed world filled with mutated potatoes, killer wasps, electric snails, and more. Collect ingredients from defeated enemies, cook new recipes, and unlock different buffs and weapons. The game offers a mix of gross-out humor and a compelling storyline.


What we like:
  • Unique combination of cooking and platforming
  • Compelling storyline
  • Customization options for combat
  • Impressive art style and monster designs
  • Diverse soundtrack
What could be improved:
  • Imprecise controls for ranged weapons, shields, and platform jumping

  • cooking
  • platform
  • bullet-hell
  • rpg
  • comedy
  • scroller
  • post-apocalyptic
  • anime
  • pixel
  • 2d
  • funny
  • action
  • action-adventure
  • food
  • zombies

5

Chick-Chick (2023)

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PC Windows ps2 ds wii mobile phone

You play as chickens who have to survive on unstable platforms in various universes of the chicken coop, will you be able to keep the balance and hold on, compete with friends and beat the record!

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  • party
  • scroller
  • cartoony
  • split-screen
  • choices
  • satire
  • action-adventure
  • hand-drawn
  • colourful
  • sport
  • cute
  • survival
  • easter
  • emotional
  • solo-player

6

Peace, Death! 2 (2021)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch IOS iPhone Android

Peace, Death! 2 is a midcore turn-based logic game where you send clients to Hell, Heaven, or Purgatory and help members of the Reapers Union as they work towards their great cause!


  • comedy
  • memes
  • turn-based
  • scroller
  • point-and-click
  • casual
  • 2d
  • humor
  • funny
  • simulation
  • arcade
  • pixel
  • tactical
  • dark
  • puzzle

7

Soda Crisis (2022)

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PC Windows

Soda Crisis is a fast-paced platform shooter game with stunning visuals and excellent ratings on Steam. You play as a mysterious character outfitted with high-tech gadgets and combat skills, using them to get rid of enemies. The game combines hellish gunplay with action-packed platforming, creating an enjoyable and unique experience.

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What we like:
  • Fast-paced gameplay
  • Enjoyable combat
  • Unique art style
  • Powerful electronic soundtrack
  • Variety of tools to overcome difficulties
  • Mini-games for added fun.
What could be improved:
  • Difficulty can be overwhelming for some players
  • Story is somewhat lacking in comparison to visuals and gameplay.

  • side-scrolling
  • scroller
  • platform
  • shoot-em-up
  • runner
  • shooter
  • gun
  • parkour
  • 3d
  • hard-hitting
  • training
  • colourful
  • combat
  • customization
  • action-adventure

8

Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers (2022)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Xbox One

UFOs! Aliens! Aircrafts! Resistance! SHOOT 'EM UP! Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers is a spaceship shooter with 2D gameplay and 3D environment. Enjoy a smart combination of a fast-paced shooting experience and the 1950's sci-fi movies aesthetic, with live-action cutscenes.


  • fmv
  • cinematic
  • shoot-em-up
  • scroller
  • noir
  • space
  • retro
  • aliens
  • politics
  • cooperative
  • old-school
  • local
  • sci-fi
  • action-adventure
  • so-so

9

Lakeview Cabin 2 (2023)

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Mac OS PC Windows

The ultimate 2D horror is back! Dive deep into the diverse world of horror movies! Nothing can prepare you for the R-rated challenges you will face!

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  • scroller
  • humor
  • nonlinear
  • split-screen
  • 2d
  • survival-horror
  • hack-and-slash
  • multiple-endings
  • psychological
  • dark
  • sandbox
  • horror
  • survival
  • comedy
  • pixel

10

Burnhouse Lane (2022)

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Playstation 4 Xbox One Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Burnhouse Lane tells a story of Angie Weather, a one foot in the grave agency nurse attempting to complete five impossible tasks in order to win her life back. Solve puzzles, make friends and enemies, run, hide and fight in this dark adventure that'll take you on a trip to another world and back...


  • horror
  • dark
  • cats
  • psychedelic
  • humor
  • scroller
  • choices
  • action-adventure
  • drama
  • psychological
  • atmospheric
  • surreal
  • multiple-endings
  • story
  • adventure

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